Pro tools SE h/w buffer size

[Punkchin]

Brand new to home recording.

Recently purchased Avid home studio with pro tools se. Installed well, loads right up. When I go to record the bar stops and an error message appears saying something or another can't keep up because my computer is fragmented or i need to increase the h/w buffer speed (or decrees the DAE?). I just bought the computer (Toshiba 4g memory, 500g disk w/windows 7). So... how do I increase or decrees those things?
O- Also... when I plug my guitar into the home studio- pro tools doesn’t recognize that I’m playing anything.

Please help before I punch my computer.

[Punkchin]

I've been watching those videos like a madman- I might have figured out the guitar problem... i need to change the input on the track. If anyone else needs help with that issue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_0Z3...=14&playnext=2 watch that video. If that dosnt work, go to youtube and type in Pro Tools SE- Recording and Audio track- that will show you how to mess around with that.

I still really need help with the... buffer thing. Thanks.

[djcheeze]

I too just started recording and am having a similar problem with the H/W Buffer size. My computer overall runs noticeably slower when Pro Tools is running in the background. I've tried everything in the knowledgebase to no avail.

[Ben H]

Hi Punchkin,

Is your Preference set to "Recording"?
Do you have another drive (external or internal) you can try recording to?

[Avid Product Design]

Setting Preferences > Audio to "Mixing or Producing" even when recording may help with this issue.

[Caio Maia]

I got the same Buffer Size Problem.
As i saw on youtube Pro Tools LE is the complete software and SE just kind of a demo program.

So we can't access the real control of Buffer Size (128, 256, 512...),
just set "Recording" or "Mixing".
I just had put it on Recording but the error still appears, the same as Error 720.


Can anyone tell us if we just need a Powered USB HUB or anything else?
We just can't work with this crashing all the time...

[deezy3791]

I have had this problem too.

It started doing that, then it just stopped. I really don't know what to tell you other than to "ride it out".

You might want to take the audio files you have recorded and import them into a new session. If it keeps doing it then it might be something in the audio tracks.

Possibly even the sample rate, are you recording at 44.1khz, 16 bit? That's what I usually use. Yours might be set to 48khz, and that makes the tracks richer than cd quality and pro tools might have a problem playing it back.

[Avid Product Design]

Can you please confirm that you are experiencing Error 720 on Windows (rather than Mac OS), and if so can you let us know which version(s) of Windows. Thanks.

[deezy3791]

I found that making a new project folder on the desktop helps with this issue.