While working in Soundtrack Pro, you may get the following alert message under some circumstances:
"Disk Limit: Soundtrack Pro is dropping audio because your computer's hard disk cannot deliver all of the audio in time. Try removing long files or quitting applications."
This disk overload message appears when the amount of data to be streamed from your computer's hard disk exceeds the disk's capacity to deliver it in real time. There are several possible reasons why this can happen. Try one or more of the following tips to avoid the issue:
- If other applications are accessing the hard drive, there will be less bandwidth available for Soundtrack Pro. Quit other applications to give Soundtrack Pro optimal access.
- If you are using the internal drive on a portable computer, it may help to use a faster external drive.
You can set Soundtrack Pro preferences to not display this dialog. To do so, choose Soundtrack Pro > Preferences, then click the General tab in the resulting window. In the "Alerts and Saving" section, click the Show Alerts pop-up menu and uncheck the Disk overload message option. You can still export mixes in this situation (with or without the error turned on), as exporting is not a realtime process.
Please note that turning off the message will not prevent audio from being dropped when your hard drive is asked for more than it can deliver, but your session will continue to play.
If you are experiencing audio glitches with Soundtrack Pro, please check this document.