level 8 ?

[floridarep]

I own a digi 002 rack and run it on a mac mini solo processor with 1 gig.. I have installed the upgrade to PT 7.1...every time i try and bounce a track it stops and gives me an error that the drive may be to slow / firewire band width cpu load / fragmented .....however i adjusted from level 3 default to level 8 and it works almost perfect .....what are the pros and cons to level eight and can the error be corrected with the lastest upgrade of PT 7.3.1 I beleave this is the lastest

[Park Seward]

What drive are you using for your audio files?

[floridarep]

Lacie D2 extreme

[Park Seward]

All it does is give more or less RAM to the buffer.

If you have a lot of edits, consolidating the drive will improve playback.

From Digi:

DAE Playback Buffer Size
The DAE Playback Buffer Size determines the
amount of memory DAE allocates for disk buff-
ers. The optimum DAE Playback Buffer Size for
most disk operations is Level 2.
?DAE Playback Buffer Size settings lower than
Level 2 may improve playback and recording
initiation speed, but may make it difficult to
play or record tracks reliably with sessions con-
taining a large number of tracks or a high den-
sity of edits, or running on slower or heavily
fragmented hard drives.
?DAE Playback Buffer Size settings higher than
Level 2 will allow for a higher density of edits in
a session or a higher track count when using
slower hard drives. However, a higher setting
can also cause a time lag to occur when starting
playback or recording, and result in a longer au-
dible time lag while editing during playback.

[floridarep]

well i never had this problem with the same drive untill i upgraded to 7.1 ...i mean i cant bounce ANTHING at level 3...I even draged the session into a brand new lacie drive oxford 911/7200 rpm....and still got the same error message....is there somthing I can adjust on the Mac Mini or in PT to gain optimal performance....or is it a 7.1 issue

[Park Seward]

The software may need a little more work...