'Cannot allocate disk space for recording'

[greenroom]

PTLE5.11/Win98SE.

Flawless for the last coupla years.

Audio drive 60GB, 40GB free. Regular defrags.

If i want to record a stereo track, create track and arm for record. Start recording but before anything happens, get the above message. Whats going on?

I can record in mono but some of the pads etc i use from Sampletank (on a second PC) have panning and movement within the stereo field which i want.

Any suggestions? [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]

[mgdigital]

First I think you need 2 HD and use one of them exclusively for audio files. Now, if you have Norton SystemWorks try to defragment your hd with speeddisk (Norton utilities. It works for me.

[greenroom]

Originally posted by mgdigital:
First I think you need 2 HD and use one of them exclusively for audio files. Now, if you have Norton SystemWorks try to defragment your hd with speeddisk (Norton utilities. It works for me.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Thanks, but i have 2 audio drives AND a system drive

[greenroom]

Originally posted by Roy Howell:
greenroom,
You may know this, but do you have your session length set to a limited amount of time? If not, you can get that prompt you're getting. To set it, go to Setups/Operation, and set 'Open Ended record Allocation' to say, 10 minutes (or whatever your longest sessions usually last).
Beyond that, the old 'check your DMA' advice is all I have to suggest.

~Roy

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Roy,

Thanks but i have this set with NO ALLOCATION i.e. to use whatever space is on the disc. I wonder if this is the problem?

[Roy Howell]

Yes, it could well be. Setting a limit has stopped that problem in a few cases, including my own. Maybe try it... you can always reset it for longer later.

[Roy Howell]

greenroom,
You may know this, but do you have your session length set to a limited amount of time? If not, you can get that prompt you're getting. To set it, go to Setups/Operation, and set 'Open Ended record Allocation' to say, 10 minutes (or whatever your longest sessions usually last).
Beyond that, the old 'check your DMA' advice is all I have to suggest.

~Roy

[greenroom]

Originally posted by Roy Howell:
Yes, it could well be. Setting a limit has stopped that problem in a few cases, including my own. Maybe try it... you can always reset it for longer later.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Well I am a greenarsed termite! I had the thing set to a limit, not the whole disk space.

Doh!!!! [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[Roy Howell]

Now if we can just figure out Granular Synthesis... [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]