Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, "Maurits van de Kamp" <maurits@b...> wrote:
>
> > >> your max recording time is a function of contiguous hard disk space
> > > Where on earth did you get that idea?
> > 
> > *rotfl* I guess if you have a really really slow hard disk, the  
> > change from sequential writing might cause a delay long enough to  
> > make Logic's engine cough a little bit. But to be honest, I never 
> > had  such a slow disk nor do I know somebody :)
> 
> Well actually, I used to work with a G4 with a not-big-enough harddisk, and I
> never actually managed to totally run out of space; instead I got an
> increasing number of random "harddisk too slow" messages as the amount of free
> space decreased, because of the increasing number of small fragments that had
> to be searched and used. But this only became an issue when the drive was over
> 95% full..
> 
> Which also proves that Logic does NOT only record on contiguous harddisk
> space. :o) (By the way, it couldn't even, because it has no idea what
> "contiguous space" is; it just asks OSX for some drive allocation and gets it).
> 
> Maurits.
>
Agreed, stop buying os x updates, had a nightmare of a year with tiger