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Old 07-15-2018, 05:24 PM
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So I am having issues suddenly with any new Pro Tools session that I creating when importing audio files where Pro Tools won't visually show the waveform.

I have 'waveform' selected on the left of the track and not 'blocks' or anything like that.

The strange thing is some tracks show the waveform and others don't until I zoom in a couple of clicks and suddenly the waveform appears.

Sounds like a bug with Pro Tools?

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Old 07-15-2018, 06:05 PM
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Do the missing waveforms appear when you Recalculate Waveforms?
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Old 07-15-2018, 07:03 PM
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Thanks for the reply.

I have tried this and it doesn't help, unfortunately.
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Old 07-15-2018, 08:26 PM
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Thanks for the reply.



I have tried this and it doesn't help, unfortunately.


What if you delete the wavecache files? Try making the height of tracks larger or smaller? Just guessing.


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What if you delete the wavecache files?
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Old 07-16-2018, 12:55 AM
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What if you delete the wavecache files? Try making the height of tracks larger or smaller? Just guessing.


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I've just deleted the wavecache files now and that has made it even worse, now more tracks aren't showing the visual waveform, it is as though I have it in 'blocks' but I don't.

Yet the audio exists (is audible) :/
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Old 07-16-2018, 01:30 AM
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If you've deleted the cache and reopen the session, it takes time for the waveforms to be redrawn. Do you see the spinning circle near the time counter (that indicates Pro Tools is working)? Or go to Window>task manager and see if Pro Tools is working.
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Old 07-16-2018, 04:45 PM
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The red circle isn't spinning near the time counter.

There is a task manager box that pops up in Pro Tools however with..
Name: Calculating Waveform Overviews.
Status: Assertion in "E:\Code\222370\ProTools\NewFileLibs\Ff\Audio\Elas tic\FF_PacketStreamSet.cpp", line 419.(Use the Copy button to copy this message to the clipboard.)
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Old 07-16-2018, 04:51 PM
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The red circle isn't spinning near the time counter.
If it's red instead of green while working/spinning, then you have an error.

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There is a task manager box that pops up in Pro Tools however with..
Name: Calculating Waveform Overviews.
Status: Assertion in "E:\Code\222370\ProTools\NewFileLibs\Ff\Audio\Elas tic\FF_PacketStreamSet.cpp", line 419.(Use the Copy button to copy this message to the clipboard.)
And there's your error. Looks like you have an elastic audio track/clip that is preventing the rest of the waveforms from calculating. Pretty much halting the process. You'll need to track down the bad audio in the session that is causing this.

As a troubleshooting step that I think will work, cancel the task with the error in task manager. Then highlight in the clip bin small groups of clips at a time to "recalculate waveforms" until you hit whatever is creating problems (keep the task manager open by the side to see it complete making waveforms or if it gets stalled.) That should narrow down the problem while also building the rest of the waveforms for the good files.
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Old 07-16-2018, 08:02 PM
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Thanks for the help with...

"As a troubleshooting step that I think will work, cancel the task with the error in task manager. Then highlight in the clip bin small groups of clips at a time to "recalculate waveforms" until you hit whatever is creating problems"

I have done this and it has been "Calculating Waveform Overviews" for the last couple of hours, will see if it eventually fixes it.
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