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Problems with Pro Tools 8.0.3(-6085) error Need Serious HELP & FAST
(I did look up my problem up & nothing came close to helping me)
I'm running my sessions off a macbook pro processor-3.06 ghz intel core 2 duo memory-4gb with snow leopard mbox 2 pro 250gb external hard drive and the mbox is connected via a 800 to 400 firewire cable my pro tools doesn't want to playback it was working fine on friday and before but saturday was when this problem started & now i cant get any sessions to playback i even tried creating a blank session & tried to see if playback worked & yet nothing I keep getting "This audio device buffer underflowed. If this occurs frequently, try decreasing the "H/W Buffer Size" in the Playback Engine Panel or remove other devices from the audio firewire bus.(-6085)" I got all the Playback settings at the lowest possible & I even tried to see if playback worked on a blank session and it didn't work and I really got to get stuff finished so if you guys could please help me I would really appreciate it |
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Re: Problems with Pro Tools 8.0.3(-6085) error Need Serious HELP & FAST
A couple things you could try -
Copy one of the sessions to your internal drive, remove the external drive from the equation, and then see if you can then run the session. This is just as a test, but since you're getting a firewire error, removing/swapping things on the firewire bus is a good place to start. If you have access to a different 800->400 cable or adapter you could try that as well, maybe the cable went bad or got cinched or something. |
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Re: Problems with Pro Tools 8.0.3(-6085) error Need Serious HELP & FAST
Before doing anything silly like writing to your system drive, which could only give you more errors...
If your MBox is connected to your Macbook via 400 to 800 cable... how is your external hard drive connected? If you are using a USB drive, that's most likely your choking point.
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Re: Problems with Pro Tools 8.0.3(-6085) error Need Serious HELP & FAST
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i dont have another 800 to 400 cable and my mbox is connected firewire & external is connected by usb Dism why would my hard drive be choking like that just asking because I have never heard of that?? |
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Re: Problems with Pro Tools 8.0.3(-6085) error Need Serious HELP & FAST
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You want to use a firewire drive with an oxford chipset. The best way to do it: Mac > 800 to 400 cable > FW400 drive > MBox Pro USB is notoriously unstable for streaming audio/video as it operates in bursts, whereas FW is more consistant. Plus, USB has pretty low write speeds in comparison.
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Re: Problems with Pro Tools 8.0.3(-6085) error Need Serious HELP & FAST
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Slim has been around a while and knows what he's talking about. His advise was sound. A tip for troubleshooting. I've recorded to the system drive a few times when I had no alternative, nothing wrong with that. Might not work depending on the load, but it will NOT break anything. To the OP: sorry I don't have any advise but to do the general troubleshooting stuff. Good luck.
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Re: Problems with Pro Tools 8.0.3(-6085) error Need Serious HELP & FAST
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Unsupported drive configurations are just asking for more problems.
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Re: Problems with Pro Tools 8.0.3(-6085) error Need Serious HELP & FAST
i wasnt taking nothing away from slim im sure he knows what he is doing but you never write to the main drive because its a clutter for the drive & will make everything slow down
i guess i will have to buy a firewire hard drive this is gonna slow down things for me & i got to buy a usb hub with firewire ports and there is no other way?? |
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Re: Problems with Pro Tools 8.0.3(-6085) error Need Serious HELP & FAST
Whoa what? No USB hub with FireWire ports.
You have to go into the FireWire port on the Macbook. You can daisy chain with FW, thats the lovely thing about it. A FireWire drive will have 2 ports on it. One to connect to the Mac, the other to connect to the MBox. Just make sure you get a FW400 (6-pin) drive, and use the 800 to 400 cable to connect to the Macbook. Then connect the MBox to the drive with a regular 400 cable. Should do the trick.
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Re: Problems with Pro Tools 8.0.3(-6085) error Need Serious HELP & FAST
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haha no of course i will get a usb hub with firewire ports but dam this is really killing me right now i just made a blank session & just pressed play & it still said the same thing smh wow |
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