CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
 

Bought Pro Tools 10 2 weeks ago. Use it on my iMac 3,1Ghz i5 8Gb Ram and MBA 1,8Ghz i5 8Gb. Use a Motu 4pre.

I haven't been able to record 1 minute of music due to CPU OVERLOAD error 6101. I'm truying to record my guitar to a mono track, with no inserts, no plugins, no effects whatsoever: after a few seconds of recording I get the error message. Even when I don't use my Motu interface and try to record with the Pro Tools aggregate device (built-in mic) I constantly receive an error message.

At first my Host Processor was set to 4 processors, then to 3, then 2, ...
nothing is helping.

never had this problem. Ableton Live, Garageband: al work perfect.
Thought I bought thé industry standard for audio recording :-(

can someone help me out?

Re: CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
 

Looking that up now

Re: CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
 

Include in that... clearly describe all the disk drives (make/model/spec) attached to your computer and be clear what one is the boot/system drive and what on is the audio/session drive.

Even if you have no plugins instantiated in this session you still should make sure all your plugins are up to date and/or test by removing all the plugins from their folder(s) and starting Pro Tools.

Darryl

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Thx for reply.

I don't use an external drive. My boot drive (OS X) and my audio drive are both the same. This is because I'm recording one single mono track (no inserts). If all other DAW can handle this,.... Pro Tools can't?
I only use a external drive whenever I'm recording more then 4 tracks.
On my MacBook Air I have an SSD drive.

All my plugins are working.

I don't understand why I can't record a single mono track. Error message pops up after few seconds.

Help on this is much appreciated, as for Pro Tools is useless to me.

Re: CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
 

You really need to use a second drive for PT to record to no matter the amount of tracks. And no 'green' drives either. Have you done the proper system tweaks like turning off Spotlight, setting your system to never sleep, etc.? Just because you may have had other daws working doesn't mean PT will work, especially without following the Avid recommendations.

You don't say which version of OSX and PT you are using.

Re: CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
 

As I read your original post, my first thought was that you were trying to record to your system drive. Everywhere on the Avid site, any time it mentions system specs and optimizations, they say you should use an external drive for recording; Usb for Windows, Firewire 400, 800, or Thunderbird for Mac. Look for a drive with 16-32mb cache/buffer. No green drives! SSD's have been approved. Also, if on a Mac, disable Spotlight Indexing for your recording drive. Good luck!

Tim

Re: CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
 

Yes, two drives are minimum requirement. One OS & other to record to.

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I've found the way out: uncheck "ignore errors during playback/record" in Playback Engine dialog! As simple as it is! It helped me!

Re: CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
 

New PT10+MboxPro user here with new mighty iMac27 768 GB SSD internal HD + 16 GB of RAM. Switched to PT from Cubase 3.

Everything went really smooth with MIDI. Untill first audio recording track.
Project has TWO MIDI tracks (SSD drums + EW Ministry of Rock Bass) plus TWO audio tracks with Guitarig5 plugin. 4 AUX channels with few PT plugs, no sends yet.

While recording second guitar "CPU OVERLOAD error" message appeared. My external HD for audio is still on the way, so I recorded on internal HD.

Still, I am surprised CPU overload happened with FOUR TRACKS! I keep iMac clean from all other stuff - dedicated purely to PT. Weird. 768 GB SSD internal HD + 16 GB of RAM shouldn't choke so quick. I had no such problems 5 years ago with Cubase 3 with 4Gb RAM and simple Presonus Firebox interface. So I am surprised :(

Just saying. Hope external 7200rpm/32 Cache HD will solve the problem, will it?

In all other respects I like PT and MboxPro so far a lot. Seems like smooth stuff :D


OK, and this. If I checked "ignore errors..." I got track with multiple pops - I could hear them during playback. So I had two options:

a. 32 samples buffer size with "ignore errors..." checked: I got tracks with cool sound + audable pops and cracks

b. Maximum buffer size without "ignore errors..." checked: I got tracks without pops and cracks but with poor sound. Or are my ears deceiving me?

:confused:

Re: CPU OVERLOAD error 6101 HELP
 

Whether one likes it or not, or whether or not other DAWS need a minimum of two drives, Pro Tools does!

If one wants PT to run properly, get a computer that meets Avids recommended requirements.