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Old 06-01-2007, 12:07 AM
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Default Having problems with my H/W Buffer size
Hello,

I am Running Pro-Tools 7.3 on a Mac G5 2.0 Dual Processor with 1GB Ram. I record interviews and sermons that range in size from about 30 mins-1 hr but after about 7 mins. or so it stops recording. What can I do to correct this problem.
The Error code is H/W Buffer size
Playback engine Panel 6086

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Old 06-01-2007, 10:41 AM
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Are you recording to the system drive or to an external firewire hard drive?
Are you using the 002? If you are, then to what port is it connected to?
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Old 06-01-2007, 12:56 PM
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I am recording straight to the system drive!
and yes I am using the 002 going to the back firewire port.

Are you saying I at least need 4.5 GB of Ram?
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I just hooked up my 003 console and I was getting the same error -6086 and -6093. What I did was trash the digidesign data folders on all my hard drives and made sure my P.T.L.E. system was up to date (latest versions for OSX) and re-started and it's ran perfect since. Error messages have disappeared.


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Old 06-01-2007, 03:10 PM
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did you change (in prefferences) the maximun time of the Session?

is allways stoping after 7 minutes?
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Update to 7.3.1cs2.

1 Gig of RAM is marginal. I recommend two.

Do not use your system drive for audio. Digi does not support that. Get a Firewire drive.
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Old 06-01-2007, 07:00 PM
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Thanks I will try all of the suggestions. I did buy 1 more GB of Ram today. but what type of firewire drive would you suggest? and are you saying that I sould not record my musice to the Mac's Hard drive?

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Old 06-01-2007, 07:26 PM
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If you are not using a MBox Pro 2 then buy FW 800 drives. If you are then buy FW400 drives.

Other World Computing is one good provider.

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Old 06-01-2007, 11:55 PM
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Yes, you should not record to your Mac system drive.
It is not supported.
You will need a firewire external hard drive.
I use OWC's Mercury Elite. Other popular brands are Lacie and Glyph.
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Old 06-02-2007, 12:35 AM
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Thanks a lot. I will get an external drive. So do I need to set up something special to record and save, or do I just record all of my sessions straight to the external drive?

And Yes it helped a lot I appreciate all of your help
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