Why am I getting system overload alerts in Logic Pro?
I've been using Logic for a while, started using it with a 2012 Mac mini but have recently(ish) upgraded to a late 2019 MacBook Pro. Never, ever had an issue when running it with the Mini but recently I've started getting system overload alerts!
It's not like I'm using lots of plugins or even many tracks. I'm even seeing the alerts in projects I recorded on the old Mac Mini! If it worked there why won't it work on what should be a much more powerful machine?
I've changed buffer size settings as recommended on Apples no help pages but hasn't really made a difference.
Gotta be honest, starting to think it's a Big Sur thing, everything was alright until Big Sur came along.
Anyone else having the same problem?
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https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203930
I didn't enable the performance monitor though, but have done now. The Processing Threads meter is working at about 10% of maximum and the Drive I/O meter isn't even registering on the scale.
So clearly plenty of processing capacity spare, it shouldn't really be having a problem.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
Unfortunately on the more modern Macs it's harder to setup a proper dual boot system otherwise I would have recommended booting from an old version of OSX to run Logic until all bugs have been ironed out. You can still do it but the T2 chip models need reconfiguring and there's no SD card slot so it's more of a pain.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
Could I not just acquire an external SSD and boot from there using an older OS? Pretty sure I've done that before, but not for Logic related stuff so don't know what I/O performance would be like if I did that.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
logic is always armed to record midi... (there’s a record capture button if you look)... if you have any software instrument tracks logic will be ready to capture on those tracks... even software loops...
best to bounce to a new track and turn tge
midi track off, saves a bit of processing power...
also, any tracks you have that are recorded, put the input to no input... that also saves a bit...
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
Then disable secure boot
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208198
you’ll be surprised.
So I understand you correctly, you mean to bounce it as an audio track?
That suggests MIDI is more intensive to process than audio?
Have I sort of got that right?
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.