AAE-9173 - Ran Out Of CPU Power

[JamesStaley]

Ok so,

First and foremost... the moment some one gets that internet attitude I am out of here. I hate negativity. So, I think I might be able to help you all.

There are no promises though the success rate of the machines is wy greater than when I started a week. this has really been a mix of using somethings that were in the threads and in my mind til "it worked." It'd be great though to be able to develop a system and test it to form the basis of a more professional method than... uh turn this off, turn this off, don't use that. (real engineering). So, fogged I would reach out and do it for the little duns. lol


I don't know rules as it has been awhile. I do seem to have something for this issue. There has been success' in both Windows (WIndows is no problem) and MacOS. Feel free to contact me her e and I am usually pretty quick to answer back to you.

I do not use Pro Tools anymore other than in when it is a necessity from someone else's project needs.

[Guilla]

I've got those CPU spikes.

Macbook pro mid-2015, 7 month old.

Intel Core i7, 16 GO RAM, 512 Go SSD. Pro Tools 12.6.1.

There is something wrong with Pro Tools since I'm opening big session in another DAW (Logic Pro X, Reaper) without those problems. I've tried to remove the 3rd party plugins etc... No one seems to be a particular culprit.

[Downtown_BE]

I heard rumours that 12.4 was pretty stable without -9173 on osx 10.9.5....?

[Guilla]

I don't know. But I feel it's a shame to downgrade just for hoping stablility :/.

[lesbrunn]

Originally Posted by Downtown_BE

I heard rumours that 12.4 was pretty stable without -9173 on osx 10.9.5....?

Whichever version is stable for you will depend on your hardware, software, system configuration and your workflow. I used 12.4 smoothly for quite a while, but then I started getting all sorts of errors, probably due to some change in my system. I couldn't trace what it was, and I moved to 12.6.1, which worked for me. 12.7 and 12.7.1 seemed to require more CPU, and I had many errors, but some folks here will disagree. 12.8 is stable, but there are bugs that can be show-stopping depending on your workflow. I'm using it smoothly without -9173s and many other errors. I can now work throughout the whole day without a single crash, which wasn't happening for me with some other versions. Again many others will disagree strongly that 12.8 is stable. That's real for them, and I won't argue about that.

You will need to experiment and find out which version works well for your system and workflow. I've come to realize that chasing versions because they work for others isn't such a good idea after all.

[Guilla]

Thank you for your help.

I'm sorry for the wrong words but being forced to find such a solution is pretty ridiculous. We shouldn't need to do that when we paid the price for PT software. Really crazy.

Back to it, perhaps those that found solution could share their setup to see which version works the best with which system :) ?

[Downtown_BE]

Originally Posted by guilla

thank you for your help.

Back to it, perhaps those that found solution could share their setup to see which version works the best with which system :) ?

fantastic idea!

[john1192]

Originally Posted by Downtown_BE

fantastic idea!

10.12.5 ... PT12.8.0.864 .. no 9173 issues .. all SSD drives

[Davod]

Same problem here with the random spikes to 100% with all 4 processors going at the same time for an unknown reason. It seems like some background task is causing it.

My system is a 13" MacBook Pro running Sierra 10.12.3, 3.1ghz i7, Retina early 2015 model. HD is a portable LaCie Thunderbolt (but I've tried connecting it both from Thunderbolt and USB with the same issues). I'm running PT 12.8 and it's a normal mix session with 3-4 plug-ins inserted on about 50 tracks or so. It's working fine and then randomly (unrelated to any particular section of the song) it spikes to 100% and then I get the garbled/distorted audio.

I DO have a quick workaround for the garbled/distorted audio for anyone having the same problem. I saw someone say they had to restart Pro Tools. You may not have to. All I do when that happens is change the buffer size to 512 and then back to 1024 again and this fixes the audio back to normal without having to restart Pro Tools. However... as frequently as I'm getting these spikes it's disruptive for me to have to keep doing this "fix".

I LOVE Pro Tools and I was running PT10 for the longest time. Pro Tools 12 has some incredible features. I really want to use it! Someone please document all the solutions for this.

I should mention that I'm not using any EuControl or external monitors (some people say that's the culprit). I'm mixing while traveling right now so I'm not using an audio card (just the internal built-in headphone out) but I have my Apogee One with me and I sometimes use that and it still has the same problems with that. Some people say the "Click II" instrument is the culprit but I've moved that to unused plug-ins. Still have the problem. Help? :)

[Guilla]

Originally Posted by john1192

10.12.5 ... PT12.8.0.864 .. no 9173 issues .. all SSD drives

Nice thank you !

Do you think updating to Sierra 10.12.5 will help me ?

Currently I am at 10.12.1, and I come from a Windows where "If it's not broken, don't fix it". So I tend to avoid fresh update if my computer is running smoothly (only PT is problematic here).