“Buffer Underrun Error” in MasterList CD with the audio drive(s) on a Disk I/O, PT Project, Session 8 SCSI Mac, or SysAxe SCSI bus.
As MasterList CD does not take specific advantage of these SCSI cards, playing files from a drive connected to them may actually slow the performance of the disc writing feature, resulting in buffer underruns (a condition reported by MasterList CD when it can’t write to the CD because the overall data throughput of the system is too slow). If you are uncertain, simply use the Speed Test feature in the Write Disc dialog and compare the speed of the drive when it is connected to the Digidesign SCSI card versus the Macintosh SCSI bus. In most cases the Macintosh SCSI bus will be faster as the data travel will be confined to a single SCSI bus. For best results, connect the hard disk(s) to the Macintosh SCSI bus, and always optimize the disks before writing the CD. Do not connect the CD recorder to the SCSI bus of the System Accelerator, Session 8 or Disk I/O. The CD Recorder should always be connected to the Macintosh SCSI bus.
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