RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 whenever I try to put a few ideas together, the playback stops. A message appears,'this project has too many tracks etc.'Then mentions optimizing.. The thing is, I only use one track at a time. on this occasion, i am using loops from ezdrummer and a simple bassline. please help thank you Quote
ambient Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 I used to have this on my old macbook with garageband, I was overdoing things. I was using 15 or so tracks of software instruments, synths and things though. Try freezing the tracks that you've finished with, free's up CPU usage. Quote
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted January 26, 2014 Author Posted January 26, 2014 Mr.Ambient. Thanks for your quick response. Please could you explain how to freeze. ? What I am doing is, laying down a drumloop on 1 track. Then play that back and record bass on another track etc. The fun starts as soon as i start playing a bassline cheers Quote
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted January 26, 2014 Author Posted January 26, 2014 BTW, I am using podfarm at the same time. This shouldn't be a problem should it? Not a memory issue ? Quote
ambient Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 Try here [url="https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/garageband?categoryID=127"]https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/garageband?categoryID=127[/url] What version of garageband have you got and what interface are you plugging into ? Quote
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted January 26, 2014 Author Posted January 26, 2014 Thanks again Ambient. Garageband is 4.1.2 (2008) snow leopard. Interface is line 6 ux1 Quote
ambient Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 No problem, it seems odd though that you're having problems with just so little on there. I was using loads of synths before I ran into problems. Try it without podfarm see if it goes away. There's some info here about freezing tracks. [url="http://www.lynda.com/GarageBand-tutorials/Freezing-tracks-improve-system-performance/84529/87997-4.html"]http://www.lynda.com/GarageBand-tutorials/Freezing-tracks-improve-system-performance/84529/87997-4.html[/url] You're using the same garageband I used. Quote
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted January 26, 2014 Author Posted January 26, 2014 Thanks again. Quit podfarm and it still plays up. in the past, i have recorded without any problems. i even reinstalled everything on my mac mini a couple of weeks ago. oh well.... Quote
Sibob Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 If you want to try another DAW, check out Reaper.....free to use Si Quote
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted January 31, 2014 Author Posted January 31, 2014 Thank you si bob. This weekend , I will do 2 things. I will erase the idea I has, and probably start another track from scratch. I will also use logic express , and see how I go on that Quote
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