freezes while working on a project?

[kilroyrock]

Hi Everyone, I've been living with this problem for a minute now, it just doesn't make sense:

I'm running PTHD2 pci on a dual processor amd, 4 gigs ram, the computer is good enough to run this for sure. I have the amd timing fix on there as well.

I've got 18 tracks and about 6 auxes in a project i'm working on. There ARE plugins on, nothing crazy, a few waves, mostly the digi eq plugins, as i'm still tracking and wanted to just get a good sound to inspire me while I work.

I'll be playing back a file and then i open a plugin that's already on the track, and it'll freeze. I have to restart. I'll then bring it back up, and I'll try to just change the input on a channel to record, and it'll freeze. It's frozen while just zooming in while playing. I've created a new channel once, saved it, then started playing and it then froze. I restarted the computer and I was able to record on the new channel without a problem.

Has anyone had similar problems happen to them? Any ideas as to what the problem could be? It doesn't seem to be a trash preferences fix, it's a relatively new computer, new SATA hard drive.. I'm just at a loss.

Thanks for any help!

[Blackthorn]

What version of PT are you using?

[kilroyrock]

Sorry for taking so long to reply, I'm building a new studio, buying a house and getting married in a month time frame.


I'm running 8.0.3

[Fullsound Recording]

Frankly I would go back to 8.01 CS3 and see if its all good there. If so, then clone it and go to 8.03 and start ringing out the issues.

[kilroyrock]

That's my last ditch effort, I was hoping someone had already had this problem and figured this one out for me :)


No reason to re-invent the wheel on this one, unfortunately there are so many different reasons why this could be happening. I just don't want to hear "you should just buy a mac."

[kilroyrock]

Just had it lock up on 16 tracks, no plugins. I am dying here!