Error -9073 - Disk too slow

[JshRynWrd]

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[Southsidemusic]

Hi and Welcome to the Community

We need more info on your setyp and version numbers aswell as drives, ram, number of drives, models etc etc etc

Please see this thread before we can help you here

http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=300050

Best of Luck

Christopher

[JFreak]

I'm guessing you're recording to your system drive, which is a no-no unless you have HD license and Disc Cache

Sounds like disk errors if your mac is slow

Open Disk Utility and Verify it.

If you get lots of Red Text, you need to repair it..

[Sadie Tango]

I started getting the -9073 error yesterday running a session with about 30 tracks and lots of edits, though no plug-ins. I removed some of the tracks which helped briefly then the problem started again. I just replaced my Mac Pro 1,1 with a 2012 Mac Mini i7 2.6 gHz quad core with an SSD start up drive and I'm using a G-Drive mobile thunderbolt drive for audio, along with my old Digi 003 console and Digimax FS preamp. I have had no issues with my new set up until this problem started. I thought it might be a thunderbolt issue so I plugged in the HD via its USB 3.0 port, but the problem remained. Then I tried playing back the session from my FW800 backup drive. Still the same error message. I tried playing a different project and it played fine. So my next hunch was that the problem session was corrupted. I created a new session and imported all the tracks into the new session and started working without any problems. I did a lot of editing and even added a couple new tracks and still no problem. So I'm guessing that the older session was corrupted, but I'm wondering what would cause that.

The error message: "DAE can't get audio from the drive fast enough. Your drive may be too slow or fragmented or a firewire drive could be having trouble due to the extra firewire bandwidth or CPU load" made no sense since it's a 7200 rpm thunderbolt drive.

[Sadie Tango]

Went back to late and got the error -9073 again on the new session I created importing the tracks from the original problem session. Not as bad as before but still unnerving. Any idea what might be causing it?

[Craig F]

Sadie, how full is your G-Drive and what drive is inside the case

[Park Seward]

Originally Posted by JshRynWrd

Hi,

I've been having this problem with Pro Tools 11 on my Macbook Pro only recently - whether playing back a recording or making a recording, after a minute or so, an error message (-9073) will come up telling me the disk is too slow (More Info on this error message leads to this link http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/e...kbase&filter=0). I've noticed that my Mac has recently started to freeze and show the beach ball on occasion in other applications, not just Pro Tools, so I suspect the problem is with my Mac and not Pro Tools itself. It's really confusing me because this has only started to happen recently and for a few months previously, Pro Tools would work fine. Any advice?

Thanks :)

Laptops usually have a 5400 RPM drive, not a 7200 RPM. Also, you should not be recording to your system drive.

Two strikes against you. Use an external 7200 RPM drive for Pro Tools Sessions.

[Sadie Tango]

The G drive is less than half full (538 gb remaining of 999). The drive is 7200 rpm and is recommended for audio and video media. I'm not sure of the manufacturer for the drive but I think that G Tech uses Hitachi drives, and is actually owned by Hitachi.

2012 Mac Mini i7 quad core 2.6 ghz, 256 gb SSD drive, 16 gb RAM, Pro Tools 10.3.8, Digi 003, Presonus Digimax FS preamp, 1 TB G Drive mobile thunderbolt 7200 rpm

[Craig F]

Hatachi has frequent good and bad cycles
G-Tech is not the same scene Hatachi bought them