12.8.1 too many errors - rolled back to 12.8
 

This is the first update (12.8.1) that I've ever had so many issues with.

A little laggy, GUI glitches, midi timing and playback issues and a substantial amount of 'out of nowhere' issues... Video stops playing (internal using monitor) and constant 'cpu' errors.

Fortunately I number and keep pervious versions of PT in my apps folder so after giving 12.8.1 a fair amount of time to work correctly, I went back to 12.8.0 which was working great for me and now 2 hours in, is working perfectly.

Maybe 12.8.2 will resolve the issues in 12.8.1 that 12.8.0 never had. :)

I didn't post this to start a thread of Avid insults so be constructive with comments please.

Re: 12.8.1 too many errors - rolled back to 12.8
 

Hey dude - sorry you're having problems. I can't say i'm in the same boat, everything has been running absurdly well since 12.8 - I haven't had to down tools once. I work in post and have been slamming sessions 10 hours a day every day, its amazing how different rigs seem to be more susceptible to issues. I hope you figure out what's up - 12.8.1 for me has been a dream.

Re: 12.8.1 too many errors - rolled back to 12.8
 

Probably because I'm using PT mainly for scoring and running VIs. I bet on the mixing end it's running perfectly.

Glad to hear it's working for you!

Re: 12.8.1 too many errors - rolled back to 12.8
 

I use a tonne of VI's for virtual foley, and music ambiences when tracklaying - NI Reaktor/Kontakt, Spectrasonics Omnisphere etc.. I just don't run into issues.

I wish everyone could have the experience that i'm having, it makes me sad to see so many users with bung workstations.

Re: 12.8.1 too many errors - rolled back to 12.8
 

How did you performed the upgrade? Did you do a clean install and thrashed the preferences etc? Mine didn't run smoothly until I did the second.

Re: 12.8.1 too many errors - rolled back to 12.8
 

Not a clean install...too many kontakt libraries would have to be re-authorized. Just ran the updater, trashed prefs and launched.

I'm usually the guy who never has issues. This one just happened to bite me. LOL! No problem though, 12.8.0 is rock solid for me so I'll just park it there for a while.

Re: 12.8.1 too many errors - rolled back to 12.8
 

I posted in another thread a few days ago that I had to roll back to 12.8.0 due to errors trying to run AmpliTube 4. I later posted that the issue had been resolved. It turns out that the problem is still with me in 12.8.1. Randomly when I open a session all my AmpliTube 4 plugins will be disabled due to insufficient system resources (which is not true). Rather than roll back to 12.8.1 I have found that simply closing and restarting Pro Tools gets it working again. This NEVER happened before with any previous version. Only in 12.8.1, and only in Windows. No problems in macOS 10.12.6 Sierra.

All I do is record/mix music. The only VI I use is XPand II for drum tracks.

This was a clean install. I had just formatted my system drive and performed all the recommended optimizations.

Re: 12.8.1 too many errors - rolled back to 12.8
 

I work at a top sports network and we had gone to 12.8. I was amazed to learn of 2 bugs fairly quickly. One is the assignment of multiple outputs to multiple tracks - it was no longer possible and when doing audio post involving a ton of stems this is a big one. It is mind boggling to me that this one slipped through Alpha testing and this is pretty indicative of lack of resources at Avid in my opinion as this has been a basic key stroke for as long as I can remember.

The other bug was a resource bug. When deactivating a track it would randomly make other tracks deactivated before crashing - every time. I think this was a problem in how PT was accessing DSP on the HDX card as it seemed tracks with similar/same plug were the ones being deactivated before the crash.

Glad to see both of these are fixed in 12.8.1. Again - in my mind it is mind boggling that these 2 bugs made it into a released version - troubling to say the least. Though it does kind of go hand in hand with the 4.75 stock price!!! :eek:

Re: 12.8.1 too many errors - rolled back to 12.8
 

Same here. Had crashes initially, (running loads of VI's and a fair number of plugins) but after re-installing and trashing prefs, everything seems stable. :D I'll know for sure after spending more time with it.

Re: 12.8.1 too many errors - rolled back to 12.8
 

I use a slew of VIs. After installing 12.8.1 (dirty install) and trashing Prefs and Catalog/Database files I loaded a large session which pushes the CPU. It rolled fine. Graphics almost seem quicker. It's subtle if there's any difference. I did get one video engine has stopped error. Good lord those never seem to die.