Lots of Freezing/Lock ups.. please help!
Hi folks,
I experience tons of freezing when playing audio via the Finder, Safari, iTunes, etc.-- even when using the internal mac speaker. However Pro Tools is rock solid. In other words, I can't even play a Youtube video or listen to music on Spotify without experiencing a freeze within minutes. Recently I discovered that simply unplugging my Mbox completely prevents the crashing. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to troubleshoot this aside from doing a clean install and/or upgrading Pro Tools? Pro Tools has been solid and it would be a hassle to have to reinstall all my plug-ins. I am running Pro Tools 10.3.2 on Mac OS 10.8.3 with a MBox Mini. MUCH thanks in advance! |
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Has anyone else encountered this issue or have any suggestions?
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Mbox drivers up to date?
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Can you take a look at Activity Monitor under the CPU tab and see what's taking up your CPU cycles? See what 'kernel_task' is up to.
I've got a feeling it relates to my thread here |
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Nothing looks odd under Activity Monitor. Any other suggestions? Thanks! |
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I read the other thread... still no solution? |
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I don't think there is an easy fix. Interesting that PT is still rock solid for you. My theory was that whenever the machine addresses the Avid driver driver, the kernel_task goes through the roof.
For me, PT with a 003r throws errors trying to record/playback one track of audio with no plug ins. Can you take a look at what the kernel_task is doing when you've got PT running? |
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[QUOTECan you take a look at what the kernel_task is doing when you've got PT running?[/QUOTE]
Yes, I'll report back when I get to the studio tomorrow. |
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How can I tell exactly what the kernel task is doing?
Btw when I say PT is "rock solid", that's when I have it up and running. It often locks on boot and always when I change the Playback buffer. So frustrating. |
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