[ardour-users] Problem with playback

[Brett Clark]

>> Can I solve the problem with muting some tracks
>> or do I have to limit my number of tracks?

Im not sure muting will help you because i believe that Ardour will still process the track.  You would probably have to disable the track so that it isnt processed at all.  Someone may want to correct me if im wrong on this.
 
Also, have you tried tuning your drives for max performance?  Here are links to articles about doing that: 
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/installtwosix.html#SECTION000201100000000000000
and
http://linux.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html
 
--Brett