[Mike]

I created a new thread with the link.

By the way, It didn’t fix my problem, but it can’t hurt either.

[Mike]

Most often, I’m just using the internal, which, I’m
aware that’s not how you’re supposed to do it. But,
I have no troulbe with other machines. In fact, I did
most of my work on my old G4 for 3 years with no
trouble. I’m just working in a DV timeline.

I might have just found something. The energy saver
on G5’s now have a drop menu for proccessor
performance, which was set to auto. I found
a tech doc that said it should be set to ‘Highest’
for those doing intense work.

That would make sense if that’s it, because quicktime
and other apps would also lag or freeze on me.

I’ll keep you posted if that’s it.

[Mike]

That’s what I was looking for. Thanks.

[Mike]

Has anyone actually used the limiter/compressor in FCP (I’m using FCP 5)?
I have tried, but it doesn’t seem to be doing anything. I have Pro Tools on
another machine and I understand what I’m doing there, but I’m looking
for a quick way to get compression when the quality doesn’t matter much.
Since there’s no visual feedback, I can’t tell if it’s really limiting the peaks.

[Mike]

…. to think of all the times I could have been using that!

thanks a bunch.

[Mike]

I should have added, all at once. I know
how to do it layer by layer.