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CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
Bought Pro Tools 10 2 weeks ago. Use it on my iMac 3,1Ghz i5 8Gb Ram and MBA 1,8Ghz i5 8Gb. Use a Motu 4pre.
I haven't been able to record 1 minute of music due to CPU OVERLOAD error 6101. I'm truying to record my guitar to a mono track, with no inserts, no plugins, no effects whatsoever: after a few seconds of recording I get the error message. Even when I don't use my Motu interface and try to record with the Pro Tools aggregate device (built-in mic) I constantly receive an error message. At first my Host Processor was set to 4 processors, then to 3, then 2, ... nothing is helping. never had this problem. Ableton Live, Garageband: al work perfect. Thought I bought thé industry standard for audio recording :-( can someone help me out? |
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Re: CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
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Re: CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
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Even if you have no plugins instantiated in this session you still should make sure all your plugins are up to date and/or test by removing all the plugins from their folder(s) and starting Pro Tools. Darryl |
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Re: CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
Thx for reply.
I don't use an external drive. My boot drive (OS X) and my audio drive are both the same. This is because I'm recording one single mono track (no inserts). If all other DAW can handle this,.... Pro Tools can't? I only use a external drive whenever I'm recording more then 4 tracks. On my MacBook Air I have an SSD drive. All my plugins are working. I don't understand why I can't record a single mono track. Error message pops up after few seconds. Help on this is much appreciated, as for Pro Tools is useless to me. |
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You don't say which version of OSX and PT you are using. |
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Re: CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
As I read your original post, my first thought was that you were trying to record to your system drive. Everywhere on the Avid site, any time it mentions system specs and optimizations, they say you should use an external drive for recording; Usb for Windows, Firewire 400, 800, or Thunderbird for Mac. Look for a drive with 16-32mb cache/buffer. No green drives! SSD's have been approved. Also, if on a Mac, disable Spotlight Indexing for your recording drive. Good luck!
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Re: CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
Yes, two drives are minimum requirement. One OS & other to record to.
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Too much blood in my drugstream Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 AERO D CPU: Intel Alder Lake Core i9-12900K CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR5 64GB (2x 32gb 5200MHz) Drives: 2 x Samsung 980 Pro 2TB NVME PCIE 4.0 M.2 SSD (Record & Samples) 1 x Samsung 980 Pro 1TB NVME PCIE 4.0 M.2 SSD (OS Win 11 Pro) GPU:Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 PCIE 4 PSU: Corsair HX Series HX850 Platinim CASE: Fractal Define XL R2 PT 11HD (v11.3.2) Omni s/pdif <> AxeFxIII HD 96I/O |
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Re: CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
I've found the way out: uncheck "ignore errors during playback/record" in Playback Engine dialog! As simple as it is! It helped me!
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Re: CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
New PT10+MboxPro user here with new mighty iMac27 768 GB SSD internal HD + 16 GB of RAM. Switched to PT from Cubase 3.
Everything went really smooth with MIDI. Untill first audio recording track. Project has TWO MIDI tracks (SSD drums + EW Ministry of Rock Bass) plus TWO audio tracks with Guitarig5 plugin. 4 AUX channels with few PT plugs, no sends yet. While recording second guitar "CPU OVERLOAD error" message appeared. My external HD for audio is still on the way, so I recorded on internal HD. Still, I am surprised CPU overload happened with FOUR TRACKS! I keep iMac clean from all other stuff - dedicated purely to PT. Weird. 768 GB SSD internal HD + 16 GB of RAM shouldn't choke so quick. I had no such problems 5 years ago with Cubase 3 with 4Gb RAM and simple Presonus Firebox interface. So I am surprised Just saying. Hope external 7200rpm/32 Cache HD will solve the problem, will it? In all other respects I like PT and MboxPro so far a lot. Seems like smooth stuff Quote:
a. 32 samples buffer size with "ignore errors..." checked: I got tracks with cool sound + audable pops and cracks b. Maximum buffer size without "ignore errors..." checked: I got tracks without pops and cracks but with poor sound. Or are my ears deceiving me?
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System Details: Host: iMac 27" QuadCore i7, 3.4GHz/32GB RAM/768 GB size internal SSD HD. OS X 10.8.3. Interface: Avid Mbox 3 Pro. Monitoring: Yamaha HS80M + Avantone MixCubes. Two external HD (7200 rpm, 64 cache): Buffalo DriveStation (for audio projects) + OWC Pro (for instruments' libraries). Instruments and plugins: NI Komplete 9 and East West Complete Composer's Collection 2 and other. Moved from Cubase 3 to PT10+MboxPro. Very happy with PT10! |
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Re: CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
Whether one likes it or not, or whether or not other DAWS need a minimum of two drives, Pro Tools does!
If one wants PT to run properly, get a computer that meets Avids recommended requirements.
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Too much blood in my drugstream Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 AERO D CPU: Intel Alder Lake Core i9-12900K CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR5 64GB (2x 32gb 5200MHz) Drives: 2 x Samsung 980 Pro 2TB NVME PCIE 4.0 M.2 SSD (Record & Samples) 1 x Samsung 980 Pro 1TB NVME PCIE 4.0 M.2 SSD (OS Win 11 Pro) GPU:Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 PCIE 4 PSU: Corsair HX Series HX850 Platinim CASE: Fractal Define XL R2 PT 11HD (v11.3.2) Omni s/pdif <> AxeFxIII HD 96I/O |
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