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Old 10-12-2015, 12:10 PM
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Hey guys ive been getting CPU overloads on my system, even with my CPU not peaking over 25%

i suspect my hard drives might be too slow?

SSD for osx yosemite
SATA 5800 rpm disk for sessions

mac pro 3.1 8-core
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Old 10-12-2015, 12:13 PM
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7200 RPM session drives are needed for Pro Tools to be at it's happiest.
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Old 10-12-2015, 06:40 PM
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Hey guys ive been getting CPU overloads on my system, even with my CPU not peaking over 25%

i suspect my hard drives might be too slow?

SSD for osx yosemite
SATA 5800 rpm disk for sessions

mac pro 3.1 8-core
20gb ram
yosemite
I get the same issue all the time with Mac OS. The best I can figure is that it's an OS process taking preference and this is killing playback. Other times I get this out is the video engine trying to push out Pro rez. With that, I have been converting all video files to DNxHD.

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Old 10-12-2015, 06:43 PM
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Make sure all your plugins are up to date.
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Old 10-14-2015, 03:59 PM
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I get the same issue all the time with Mac OS. The best I can figure is that it's an OS process taking preference and this is killing playback. Other times I get this out is the video engine trying to push out Pro rez. With that, I have been converting all video files to DNxHD.

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What drive and specs of the drive that you are running your sessions off of??
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Old 10-15-2015, 03:20 AM
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Most important for cpu usage stability, I think, is to set PT to use less than max number of cores. I find my mac pro 3.1 quad core is happiest with HW setup set to use just two cores.
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Old 10-15-2015, 03:23 AM
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Most probable cause is a badly behaving plugin
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Old 10-18-2015, 09:36 PM
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What drive and specs of the drive that you are running your sessions off of??
72000 rpm Seagate barracuda. RAID 0.
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