Bounce to Disk didn't always work

[EachHit]

Originally Posted by Bill Denton

But I bounce to the same Disk as I save all my AudioFiles.

That could well be your problem right there...try bouncing to a different drive.

Doing a lot of heavy reading and writing simultaneously from the same disk could quite easily cause any number of problems...

I will try that the next Time I have to bounce something.

Strange thing is that I don't get any specific Description of the Problem. The Error is only occuring after the Track is played completely thru. The Error only show up when Pro Tools should encode to MP3.

I also can't remember that this ever happened in the early 10.3.x Versions.

@dr_daw:
At home I have a Intel i5 and only one AudioInterface (Focusrite Saffire 6 USB). It's Windows 7 Home Premium and I use Pro Tools 10.3.8

The other Computer I share with my Cousin is now a Win8 PC hooked up with a Behringer X32. I only record there and never Bounce on that Computer. It has Pro Tools11 and Pro Tools 10 installed. I only use 10 cause that's what I use. On that System I only had 1 or 2 Crashes mostly right at the Beginning when I opened a Session from my Computer at Home.

Heavy Greetz

[dr_daw]

Originally Posted by Bill Denton

But I bounce to the same Disk as I save all my AudioFiles.



That could well be your problem right there...try bouncing to a different drive.



Doing a lot of heavy reading and writing simultaneously from the same disk could quite easily cause any number of problems...

I think Bill nailed it, I couldn't quite understand what you were saying there. If you are bouncing to you system disk you ARE more likely going to have trouble.

[EachHit]

Originally Posted by dr_daw

I think Bill nailed it, I couldn't quite understand what you were saying there. If you are bouncing to you system disk you ARE more likely going to have trouble.

I never bounce to any System Disk. Including my System Drive I have 4 Harddrives. But I have one particularly for my Recording Stuff.

I did a lot of that Renedering/Bouncing with Cubase 5 as I started out with that Recording and Mixing Stuff. Never had problems.

Today I may need to do some Bouncing and I will try to Bounce to a different Harddisk and see what happens.

Heavy Greetz

[Bill Denton]

Originally Posted by dr_daw

I think Bill nailed it, I couldn't quite understand what you were saying there. If you are bouncing to you system disk you ARE more likely going to have trouble.

Actually, I related the problem to bouncing to your "session" (audio) disk.

Bouncing to a "dedicated" fast drive, not used for anything else, is the optimal solution.

But if you are running the "standard" three-disk configuration (OS, Sessions, Samples), bouncing to the OS disk might actually the best option, especially if your are using a lot of samples/VIs.

When setting up your bounce, you want to keep the target off any other drive involved in the bounce. And, surprisingly, this leaves only the OS drive.

Disk drives are incredibly cheap...if you're recording for money, buy something like a 3 TB WD Black and put it on a fast interface. Use it for bounce and backup...you won't be doing both of those operations at the same time.

And Merry Christmas to all...

[EachHit]

Originally Posted by Bill Denton

Actually, I related the problem to bouncing to your "session" (audio) disk.

Bouncing to a "dedicated" fast drive, not used for anything else, is the optimal solution.

But if you are running the "standard" three-disk configuration (OS, Sessions, Samples), bouncing to the OS disk might actually the best option, especially if your are using a lot of samples/VIs.

When setting up your bounce, you want to keep the target off any other drive involved in the bounce. And, surprisingly, this leaves only the OS drive.

Disk drives are incredibly cheap...if you're recording for money, buy something like a 3 TB WD Black and put it on a fast interface. Use it for bounce and backup...you won't be doing both of those operations at the same time.

And Merry Christmas to all...

I'm glad I don't record for money. I think that would kill my Fun for this stuff.

When I would bounce everyday a lot of Stuff and have to keep a lot of the Project's that I would definetly go out an by some more Harddrives.
Had also my own WD Blue for the Stuff I recorded on the Computer from my Cousin. But now there's a new PC with 2 SSD's. So I'm not in a need for more Harddrives.

My Samples are lying on the same Drive as my Recordings. But I mostly create a Slate Trigger File from the Samples which I put on the System Drive.
But I am not heavy Sample User. And the only VI I use a lot is Superior Drummer. But for Mixing I Bounce all the Files.

Heavy Greetz

[EachHit]

Just as an update.

I did some of my Bounces to a Drive that is not used thru the System and which is not involed in any Part with Pro Tools.

Some worked without a Problem. But today I also had the same Problem again. Right after the Song played thru I got an Error that there was a Program Error. I think Pro Tools just wanted to start converting cause I always use Convert after Bounce.
After it failed I did another attempt with the same Settings and I even surfed the Internet and checked my Mails. And it worked.

But I still don't have a clue where the Problem could be.

Heavy Greetz