Garageband bogging down....
Ibook G4 1.33 ghz 1.25 Gb DDR Ram Ilife 06 with all current updates installed........
this started to happen recently, when i try to play a scale on the piano it starts slowing down and if i let go of the keys some of my notes keep playing after the fact like im in a time warp,my song has about 8 tracks Locked but it does this,even with one track!!!!
ARRggg.... I have repaired perms did a cache clean,and all and still it does this. I have played around with different preferences in garage band too.
and i need a fast decending scale for a part and it aint happening locking tracks the doing a mix down didnt help either any ideas would be hot thanks so much...........
this started to happen recently, when i try to play a scale on the piano it starts slowing down and if i let go of the keys some of my notes keep playing after the fact like im in a time warp,my song has about 8 tracks Locked but it does this,even with one track!!!!
ARRggg.... I have repaired perms did a cache clean,and all and still it does this. I have played around with different preferences in garage band too.
and i need a fast decending scale for a part and it aint happening locking tracks the doing a mix down didnt help either any ideas would be hot thanks so much...........
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Originally posted by Catman4d2
Ibook G4 1.33 ghz 1.25 Gb DDR Ram Ilife 06 with all current updates installed........
this started to happen recently, when i try to play a scale on the piano it starts slowing down and if i let go of the keys some of my notes keep playing after the fact like im in a time warp,my song has about 8 tracks Locked but it does this,even with one track!!!!
ARRggg.... I have repaired perms did a cache clean,and all and still it does this. I have played around with different preferences in garage band too.
and i need a fast decending scale for a part and it aint happening locking tracks the doing a mix down didnt help either any ideas would be hot thanks so much...........
Just a wild shot:
Maybe you are working with a somewhat currupted Soundfile.
(Yes Soundfiles can get broken and this is a pretty nasty thing.)
Happend to me once. In order to trace the culprit back you
have to delete step my step the last Soundfiles you have
imported previously. Perhaps that helps.
I just read over your post again. Do i assume correctly, that you have
started an all new Garageband Project and this hanging issue continues
even with just one track inside an new project?
p.s. im also running panther 10.3.9 still if that has any bearing
Originally posted by Catman4d2
yes it is doing this on new projects as well sometimes its fine then it will start again arrrg..........
p.s. im also running panther 10.3.9 still if that has any bearing
Does this "hanging issue" happen on all new GB Projects
you are creating OR does this happen to *some* projects
and some other projects remain *clean* and intact?
If this problem happens to ALL your projects, than
i guess there is something wrong within your GB loop
library. Btw did you copy some 3rd partie loops
into your loop library lately? Maybe there you have
to trace back the culprit. In this case i would put them
away again. And see what happens.
Originally posted by Catman4d2
no loops added just stock GB loops and it does it on new projects too
Well, it seems to be a li'l bit convoluted so far.
It is difficult to find out what is going wrong
from remote. Each case is a bit different.
Some questions:
1. Any 3rd party hardware (HD's, card readers etc.) connected
while operating GB?
2. Do you have enough HD space left? For example
if your internal HD is, say, 30 GB you should have left
3-4 GB at least to let Mac OS X AND GB work properly.
This is *very* important.
Anyway, this is what i'd do:
0. look, if i had enough HD space
1. repair permissions (you did already)
2. zap the cache (you did already)
3. trash the GB prefs (give it a try)
4. create a new user and see what happens within GB
If GB happens to be strange within a new User account you'll
know at least, that the problem is a systemwide problem. ;-)
5. trash all GB related files (particularily the loops)
and reinstall GB (as a last resort)
perhaps that helps
good luck
EDIT PS:
1. Actually, what does "activity monitor.app" tell you while
running GB?
2. Does "console.app" tell you something of value?
Both of these apps you'll find in the "Utilities" folder which you'll find
in the main App folder. Sure you know that already.
Additionally you can launch terminal.app, type in "top". hit enter.
Afterward you can monitor all system activities all the time.
If something conspicuous is going on, while you are working
within GB, you will see instantly. Let us know...
Usb lacie drive with 250 gigs with 210 gigs available.
The lacie is fast btw for those shoppin,I use it for Imovie vids and garage band and soon it will house my growing itunes library
maudio 410 firewire interface installed. yeah i may just uninstall garageband because my files are on the external drive so it would be easy.
Question how do i clean and repair perms on on the external drive it came with a software tool but the tool is for uggg OS 9,the disk utilty says it can only repair those systems with os x installed?
Originally posted by Catman4d2
80 gig internal Drive... with 40 gigs available.
Usb lacie drive with 250 gigs with 210 gigs available.
...
Well, no Disk space issue so far.
...
Question how do i clean and repair perms on on the external drive it came with a software tool but the tool is for uggg OS 9,the disk utilty says it can only repair those systems with os x installed?
Short answer, you can't AND there is no need for.
yeah i may just uninstall garageband because my files are on the external drive so it would be easy.
Maybe there is *some* (although very unlikely) conflict
between the two Firewire devices.
1. Try GB without the M-Audio device.
2. Copy all your GB Projects (or at least one of them)
onto the internal HD and continue to work with internally stored GB project.
Unplug the FW HD, in order to see, if that changes something.
Also, i've got that hunch, that it might have something to do with the
automatic sleep function of the external HD.
Examine your "Power saving settings" and make sure the
option "put all HD to sleep, if possible" is not marked.
maybe...
one thing thats rather odd though is the system resource manager that shows how much of the cpu is being used for a particular app is showing garage band at max full on!!!!!!! even when playing back one track. or just it running without doing anything.
no other program does that.
iphoto started stuttering and doing the same thing but the last update cured it...... should i try uninstalling garage band? then re installing garage band?some of the more advanced features in ilife are only available in tiger and i have panther should i be running tiger? dumb question i know seeing as how leopard is just around the corner........... thanks for the help guys.