CPU Overload

[Jmissy87]

Hi everyone... I need your help

Once again... I have extreme basic knowledge of pro-tools and all things technical, so bow down to your advice.

I have NO plug-ins.
My imac has more than 800gb of free storage.
But I get this following message when I try to record a voice-over session...
"A CPU overload error occurred. If this happens often, try increasing the "H/W Buffer Size" in the Playback Engine Dialog, or removing some plug-ins. (-6106).

Anyone have any idea what this means, or how I can fix it? When it pops up, my recording is stopped. This can happen after 1 or 2 seconds, or as soon as I hit record, or a minute or so into the session... or not at all.

Any broken down, plain English advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!

[guatamas]

Go to:
Setup/Playback Engine

•Change the H/W buffer size to a higher value
•Change Host Processors to a higher value (ex: if your imac is a Core2Duo select both cores or if it is an i7 cpu choose a higher number but leave at least 1 or 2 processors free for other background stuff)
•With the above steps completed, change CPU Limit to 80% (if you have a CPU with more than 2 cores select 99%, but remember to leave at least 1 or 2 processors free, like I mentioned in the second point, if that is possible

[albee1952]

Are you trying to record to your ONLY hard drive? You NEED a separate(approved) hard drive for recording(you create and save your sessions on the recording drive).

[Jmissy87]

Thanks everyone. We've done all that you've said and we'll see how it goes in the session tomorrow

Thanks very much!

[Park Seward]

Originally Posted by Jmissy87

Hi everyone... I need your help

Once again... I have extreme basic knowledge of pro-tools and all things technical, so bow down to your advice.

I have NO plug-ins.
My imac has more than 800gb of free storage.
But I get this following message when I try to record a voice-over session...
"A CPU overload error occurred. If this happens often, try increasing the "H/W Buffer Size" in the Playback Engine Dialog, or removing some plug-ins. (-6106).

Anyone have any idea what this means, or how I can fix it? When it pops up, my recording is stopped. This can happen after 1 or 2 seconds, or as soon as I hit record, or a minute or so into the session... or not at all.

Any broken down, plain English advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!

What OS version and what PT version? Are they compatible? Have you ever repaired permissions?