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Hard Drive search times too slow?
I am running PTMP 7.4 using a WD My Book 320GB FW400 drive.
The problem: I'm getting a "static/white noise" sound on random tracks, at random times. I am guessing this is the hard drive not finding the file fast enough. I defragged the drive. No luck. My interface's (FW400) cable and Hard Drive FW Cable are on seperate cards so no FW Bus lag and I still can't alleviate the issue. Even setting the HW Buffer size higher, or the Cache to maximum doesnt help. My computer is not old. Its new. Its ridiculously fast. What gives? Any Suggestions? Smaller hard drive partitions may be my answer?? Maybe an internal drive would be faster? Thanks. ---------------- M Audio Profire 2626 Pro Tools M Powered 7.4cs10 Windows XP SP2 Intel I7 3.06Ghz Quad Bloomfield Asus P6T Deluxe V2 Mobo 4GB Gskill DDR3 1600 SDRAM (PC 12800) EVGA Nvidia 9800GT 2 Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB Internal SATA Drives 7200RPM Western Digital My Book 320GB External Drive 7200RPM FW400
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Re: Hard Drive search times too slow?
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Re: Hard Drive search times too slow?
What happens if you run a session from your other internal drive? I would start there, and also try opening a session that has the problem, but hold the SHIFT key while it opens. That will disable all plugins(a handy way to see if a plugin is causing the noise). Most IK plugins will burst noise when they are in demo mode. Is it possible you lost an authorization due to some software update? (happened to me with the 8.0.3 update on LE).
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Re: Hard Drive search times too slow?
I have been having the same problem. I was using an external eSATA drive for audio. I went to an internal drive and it seems like it went away. I have to say I never noticed this before I went to 8.0.3.
Asus P5Q Pro Turbo, Intel q9550, windows 7 64bit, Profire 2626 pro tools m-powered 8.0.3 |
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Re: Hard Drive search times too slow?
100% positive its my hard drive. Not a plug in issue seeing it happens on random tracks with different plug ins. I plan on reformatting my extra internal drive for audio. Any suggestions on partition size?
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Re: Hard Drive search times too slow?
BTW, I am running 7.4cs10 and I am getting the issue. I don't think it's a PT version glitch.
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Re: Hard Drive search times too slow?
One thing to consider, we are both using the Profire 2626.
I just got this for Christmas and was using the delta 1010lt Prior to that so I wouldn't rule out that it's a m-audio driver issue. I sent digi a support email on this and all they thought was it was a clock issue because i had my adats attatched. __________________________________________________ _________________ Asus P5Q Pro Turbo, Intel q9550, windows 7 64bit, Profire 2626 pro tools m-powered 8.0.3 |
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Re: Hard Drive search times too slow?
Just wondering if you fixed your problem yet.
I believe I may have an answer. I was recording to a WD Caviar black 1tb 7200rpm Internal drive that was in my Thermaltake eSATA external whatcha macallit. The controller is a jmicron pcie to esata controller. When i coppied the sessions over to another internal drive I had no problem also I found this today. http://duc.digidesign.com/showthread...+NOISE&page=20 read the last post. Good luck |
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Re: Hard Drive search times too slow?
sorry update my specs
WDC WD1001FALS-00E8B0 ( The HDD in question ) Chipset : Intel P45/P43 Processor : Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505 @ 2833 MHz Physical Memory : 8192 MB (4 x 2048 DDR2-SDRAM ) Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Hard Disk : SAMSUNG (320 GB) Hard Disk : WDC (1000 GB) Hard Disk : WDC (320 GB) DVD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GSA-H60L ATA Device Monitor Type : ViewSonic VA1912wSERIES - 19 inches Network Card : AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCIe Ethernet Controller Operating System : Windows 7 Professional Professional 6.01.7600 (x64) DirectX : Version 10.00 |
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