PT 9.0.2 - WHAT on earth Happened here AVID!!!

[25ghosts]

I have been through hell and back since installing this version.

Everything is so erratic I cant even believe it.

I have NOT yet installed this version on my main HD RIG: SO I use the HD version on my Home Mac. A Nehalem dual 8 core 2.66 GHZ.

9.0.2 --- Is constantly conflicting with Core Audio. When PT is running randomly I cannot launch any other apps. Their dock icon is just sitting there bouncing in the dock. Then I try opening Apple AUdio Midi Manager and that will just spin around. Then I quit PT and every thing is fine.

Now I am double clicking in a region in the region list because I want to rename it... The dialog opens but it is NOT susceptible to keyboard input.
It is not the keyboard because when I close the dialog I can use the keyboard to play and stop.

Other times I hit Playback in Protools and then I get a crash report from OS X saying that System Preferences has unexpectedly quit. IT WASN'T open in the first place...
This is really erratic.

I have a backup of 9.0.1 and that does NOT exhibit this erratic behavior along side with the not being able to rename my regions and audio files.

This is buggies PT release I have witnessed in my 6 years of using PT-

[Marsdy]

Did you install the Pro Tools HD Driver for Mac?

[25ghosts]

Originally Posted by Marsdy

Did you install the Pro Tools HD Driver for Mac?

Hey Dave,

yeah I did. Thanks for chiming in!

[Fidelis]

PT 9.0.2 working fine here...

[jimlongo]

Originally Posted by 25ghosts

Hey Dave,

yeah I did. Thanks for chiming in!

Originally Posted by Marsdy

Did you install the Pro Tools HD Driver for Mac?

That's what caused my problems. I did that, then upgraded Protools, and every time I hit play I'd get a loop of the first couple of seconds of the project, and have to force quit.

I reran the upgrade and everything was fine.

I reread that section a couple of times and came to the conclusion that the HD Drivers were only necessary for first time installers of 9 (it's very unclear).
If you are upgrading you already have them? I mean if they're necessary why aren't they included in the upgrade?

[Marsdy]

I'm not clear on this either.

The current PT HD Driver seems to be v9.0 dated 25/10/10

Also, the PDF on the HD Driver download page...
http://akmedia.digidesign.com/suppor...ired_69761.pdf
says for Pro Tools HD and HD Native systems, the Pro Tools installer installs the necessary files automatically.

I don't get this. If the PT Installer installs everything automatically, why is there a separate HD Driver installer? I don't remember using the Driver installer when I did a first time install of PT9.

[DigiTechSupt]

Did you try trashing preferences, including the specific Core Audio preferences indicated in the General Troubleshooting thread?

What about testing from a different administrator account?

[DigiTechSupt]

Originally Posted by Marsdy

I'm not clear on this either.

The current PT HD Driver seems to be v9.0 dated 25/10/10

Also, the PDF on the HD Driver download page...
http://akmedia.digidesign.com/suppor...ired_69761.pdf
says for Pro Tools HD and HD Native systems, the Pro Tools installer installs the necessary files automatically.

I don't get this. If the PT Installer installs everything automatically, why is there a separate HD Driver installer? I don't remember using the Driver installer when I did a first time install of PT9.

Pro Tools installs the HD drivers automatically. All other devices require that the driver be installed separately.

The HD driver is also available separately for those that want to use HD via Core Audio, but don't have Pro Tools installed or in situations where a driver install looks corrupted and they need to reinstall the driver, but don't have their Pro Tools installer handy.

[Marsdy]

Originally Posted by DigiTechSupt

Pro Tools installs the HD drivers automatically. All other devices require that the driver be installed separately.

The HD driver is also available separately for those that want to use HD via Core Audio, but don't have Pro Tools installed or in situations where a driver install looks corrupted and they need to reinstall the driver, but don't have their Pro Tools installer handy.

Got it, thanks DTS.

[Eric Lambert]

902 is good here so far.