Avid support seems like a joke

[Oli P]

I have been calling and calling ...I get in the queue ...they ask me to wait, and then after several minutes the phone makes a ringing tone ...then silence and it hangs up
This was both yesterday and today ...wonder what I'm paying for with this useless support plan

[TOM@METRO]

Things are a bit messed up everywhere during these Covid times. But you could post your problem here and see if we can help, or perhaps escalate this for you.

[Oli P]

Originally Posted by TOM@METRO

Things are a bit messed up everywhere during these Covid times. But you could post your problem here and see if we can help, or perhaps escalate this for you.

I honestly can't see why covid should be to blame for telephone support not working.

But my problem is that pro tools cpu usage goes crazy after having a session open for a while ...like an hour or less.
It just builds up until it goes into max and refuses to play.
If I quit pro tools and restart, it goes back to normal...and then the cycle repeats with the buildup again.
Sometimes it is still crazy when I reopen...and then I have to restart the computer to get it back to normal ...for a while until next surge.

Problem started a few days ago.

I then updated OSX to catalina to see if that helped...and latest PT version.
But this problem seems to persist.

[Ru_C]

Originally Posted by Oli P

I honestly can't see why covid should be to blame for telephone support not working.

But my problem is that pro tools cpu usage goes crazy after having a session open for a while ...like an hour or less.
It just builds up until it goes into max and refuses to play.
If I quit pro tools and restart, it goes back to normal...and then the cycle repeats with the buildup again.
Sometimes it is still crazy when I reopen...and then I have to restart the computer to get it back to normal ...for a while until next surge.

Problem started a few days ago.

I then updated OSX to catalina to see if that helped...and latest PT version.
But this problem seems to persist.

Out of curiosity, would you like to try using this (or similar app) to switch to using the Intel integrated graphics rather the discrete AMD card in your iMac? See if that does anything..

https://gfx.io

[Oli P]

Originally Posted by Ru_C

Out of curiosity, would you like to try using this (or similar app) to switch to using the Intel integrated graphics rather the discrete AMD card in your iMac? See if that does anything..

https://gfx.io

How do you suggest I do that?

And my graphics card is Radeon Pro Vega 48 8 GB

[Ru_C]

Originally Posted by Oli P

How do you suggest I do that?

And my graphics card is Radeon Pro Vega 48 8 GB

the little utility I linked to above , should allow you to force the MAC into using the basic integrated graphics, rather than the posh Vega card.

UPDATE:Sorry no, it seems that's only for the older MacBooks , there should be a utility around though, much like the ones that allowing to switch off hyperthreading. I'll have a dig.