The waiting Hand

[ajazzie]

I am wondering how this waiting hand relates to the dae buffer allocation? With 640 ram on a 733 what would be the best buffer size to use to avoid this wait,
Thanx all,
Aj

[dkrausz]

When does it wait? After you press record, session start, processing?

dk

[ckerian]

It depends. if ya want more tracks and plus when mixing then use a larger buffer size, if you want less wait when starting to record or play, use a smaller size. how does it relate? it's a buffer! it has to fill before it will start. also the waiting could be a result from the maximum session size being too long.

[Ben Jenssen]

Ajazzie.
"Limit record allocation" (or something similar) in the prefs is what you probably want, if its the wait before recording you experience. If you dont put a number in here, PT will ready the whole free space on the drive before recording. This could take a looong time. I put 10 minutes here, and if I record, say, 10 track simultaneously, it will delay recording maybe a second.

The hardware buffer size has a MUCH smaller effect on the delay than this prefs setting.

[ajazzie]

Thankyou all,
Limiting the recording size does help, I have enough ram to have smooth sailing yet still have the hand for a couple of seconds when opening a simple plug like dverb or 1 band eq, shouldnt be a problem right?
It still runs ok yet I am a bit mystified that I get the strange delays.

I have 120 meg assigned to ptle and 120 to dae on a friends recomendation, I am still reasonably new to macs but not protools.
If you can shed some light or any comments please dio, once again thankyou all, its a good thing I can get help.

AJ

Ps..if you get the chance to try the ac1 plug, its well worth a look if you are like me and love the analog sound.

[soundboy69]

...gotta say I agree w/ you.
AC-1 rocks!
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[moosemaster]

Originally posted by Ben Jenssen:
Ajazzie.
"Limit record allocation" (or something similar) in the prefs is what you probably want, if its the wait before recording you experience. If you dont put a number in here, PT will ready the whole free space on the drive before recording. This could take a looong time. I put 10 minutes here, and if I record, say, 10 track simultaneously, it will delay recording maybe a second.

The hardware buffer size has a MUCH smaller effect on the delay than this prefs setting.

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[Ben Jenssen]

Thanx Moosemaster. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]