18 tracks... slowing dowwwnnnn!

[DHR53]

Awkkk! Things are starting to slow... and scroll is getting slower! Hmmm... guess I haven't really put T2 through it's paces yet? Dual 2.0 G5, 2.5 gigs of ram, 10.3.9... Seems a little slow for that load? It's crashed a couple of times during audio clip adjustments too?

[rpc9943]

interesting. On my 500mhz 256mb winxp laptop, I've worked with 24 tracks and it wasnt too slow
soooo what bitrate are you recording with?

RonC

[DHR53]

No recording! That's softs and loops... The interface is really slowing down. Scroll takes a couple seconds before anythng happens... CPU is at about 50%... 44hz... 16 bit samples! Hydra, FM7, RMIV, a few FX, etc. no sends...

Hmmm...

[ModuLR]

what resolution is your screen? just curious...

[braj]

I'm getting really slow performance, but My Mac is old. But Live4 seems actually more snappy than T2 though

[rich_h]

My display starts to slow noticeably on screen updates with more tracks, but actual response to user input seems fine.

[braj]

I get spinning beach balls a lot in 10.4.1, T2. Not fun.

[DHR53]

My screen is set to 1280 x 1024... 17" Apple display... I'm getting the beach ball when scrolling too! Yikes, so much for the Dual G5 being the fastest machine in the Universe!! (yea, I know... ) Thought I was getting a Sledge Hammer when I bought this thing!! Ha Ha! Probably run better on one of those 3.6ghz P4 "Pentapples"... DOH! I'm going to keep adding stuff to this edit, and see what happens? ...128 bars ought to kill this sucker I imagine??

[AD80]

My screen is set to 1280 x 1024...

My screen is set to the same. I got a dual 19" monitors. The project you have on your screen seems very do-able to me.

I just opened one of the demo songs and copied all the midi data to double the length (I think it got to like 300 bars) and kept copying the midi tracks until I reached well over 30 midi tracks. NO slowdown at all. I can scroll, and click anywhere and the cursor will move instantly.

I'm only running a PIV 2.8 with the CPU heat sink/fan glued on with crazy glue. Literaly slapped together.

[DHR53]

...Seems to run better on a PC then?

[AD80]

Does every Mac user have the same problem? I normally hit about 16-20 tracks of midi on my songs so its definitely nothing unusual.

[braj]

My machine is too old to say it is a Mac issue reliably.

[semiquaver]

I have the same problem dual 2g 10.3.8. Its only when I am zoomed out.

[rpc9943]

oh wait this is a mac issue sorry

RonC

[james]

Try these things and let us know if they help:

-turn off "e to e"
-delete the level meters from all tracks except the master
-freeze or render some tracks
-switch input mode to the older style drag-n-drop arrow
-deactivate unused audio inputs and outputs in the audio driver prefs
-repair permissions, defrag the hd etc...

Hey, I just noticed something. You've already deleted the level meters. What I thought were the meters are actually instances of the 4 band parametric eq on EVERY channel. Sorry, but I don't think that's a good idea. I know eq is important but my limited experience has shown a cumulative performance hit from this many plugs, even if they are native to the host program and the track is empty. Try only dropping plugs on the tracks you are working with and render those with the volume at a healthy level. That way you can still have lots of headroom when mixing.

I suppose some of this is a matter of personal choice and work habits. I use eq very sparingly. Then again, I work with mostly audio I've recorded myself and prefer to mess with mics and placement and source instruments and/or amps. It's an old habit that has served me well for years. My ears become easily fatigued with software eq and I tend to do more harm than good.