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Old 05-13-2014, 09:20 AM
kywildcat79 kywildcat79 is offline
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Default New MAC?

I've moved just about everything I know to move from my MAC to an external hard drive. I've used busses and sends and what not to "remove plug ins" from my tracks, but I still keep getting CPU errors.

I wonder if I just need to buy a more powerful MAC. One that would actually be used in a Studio... I believe the stats of what I am running are attached to this post..but it's a MACbook PRO from like 2011.

Anyone have suggestions on what to switch to?
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Old 05-13-2014, 10:05 AM
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Is this your setup? What other kind of gear are you using ex: soundcard, keyboard, etc.
Mac OS X
Version 10.7.5
Processor 2.35 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Start up Disk Macintosh HD
Pro Tools 10
Version 10.3.8
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Old 05-14-2014, 02:22 PM
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I don't know how to find what sound card I have, but Iam using a M-Audio Key Rig 49
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Old 05-15-2014, 04:55 AM
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I don't know how to find what sound card I have, but Iam using a M-Audio Key Rig 49
Your sound card is your audio input/output device.

As far as cpu errors that could be due to myriad things. Have you optimized your computer properly? Search here or try Google for what to do, but some general things to do are to turn off Spotlight, shutdown wireless networking, etc. Do you have a separate hard drive for PT to record to? Very necessary. Partitions on your system drive are not usable for such.

Can you put more ram in your computer? 4 gig is minimal and 8 gig would be better.

Have you tried different settings for number of cpu cores used and percentage of cpu usage in PT? Generally you want to have the number of cpu cores used to one less than what's in your system. Some interpret that to mean one less than the physical number of cpu cores (in a quad core that would be 3) or one less than the number of hyperthreaded cores (a quad core would have 8 hyperthreaded cores so the number would be 7). Try different cpu percentages but generally I find 90 to 95% good.
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