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Old 03-13-2016, 01:29 PM
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Default ProTools 12 Windows 7 - Constantly 'Not Responding'

I got PTs on Windows 7 about a month ago and just recently it's been acting very strange.

Whenever I do anything (make a new track, open the I/O, or even move my playback cursor) it freezes for a good 30 seconds with the white 'Not Responding' overlay over the entire screen. If I try and make any changes to my Playback Engine or I/O it hard crashes. It's incredibly frustrating. Sometimes just clicking in the edit window will cause it to freeze. All this occurs on a fresh blank session, but I've loaded up other fuller sessions that have worked in the past and I have run into the same issues. I feel like its corrupt or something. It's completely impossible to use.
On top of that, when it randomly starts functioning properly, i get the error "Pro tools 12 could not initialize the Focusrite USB 2.0 Audio Driver." So I can't even playback or record once PTs stops constantly freezing and crashing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Old 03-13-2016, 03:50 PM
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Default Re: ProTools 12 Windows 7 - Constantly 'Not Responding'

(1.) Disable any floppy drive controllers present in your BIOS
(2.) Make sure Windows isn't designating your main interface as your default Windows sound device.
(3.) Nowhere NEAR enough info about your system, other than I only see you mentioning one hard drive.

IMPORTANT! You MUST use a secondary hard drive (not your main OS drive) for recording and playback of audio in Pro Tools. Recording or playback from the OS drive is known to be problematic and the cause of many different error types. If you are using your system drive and encountering errors, the first thing you should do is get a compatible drive.

Pro Tools supports recording and playback to a secondary drive that meets the following requirements:
  • 7200 rpm or faster
  • 9ms seek time or faster
But most importantly:
http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=300050
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Old 03-13-2016, 05:42 PM
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Default Re: ProTools 12 Windows 7 - Constantly 'Not Responding'

And, make sure there is no disk in your CD/DVD drive
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Old 03-13-2016, 06:20 PM
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Default ProTools 12 Windows 7 - Constantly 'Not Responding'

Have you deleted all your preferences and rebuilt your I/O pages from scratch?
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Old 03-14-2016, 08:13 AM
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Default Re: ProTools 12 Windows 7 - Constantly 'Not Responding'

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Have you deleted all your preferences and rebuilt your I/O pages from scratch?
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And, make sure there is no disk in your CD/DVD drive
Tried both these solutions but neither fixed the problem, unfortunately.
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Have you made sure that Windows is not using your interface, that it is set for only PT to use? Control Panel, Sound, under the Playback and Record tabs make sure that the Scarlet is disabled and the onboard sound device is selected.
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Old 03-14-2016, 03:50 PM
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Have you made sure that Windows is not using your interface, that it is set for only PT to use? Control Panel, Sound, under the Playback and Record tabs make sure that the Scarlet is disabled and the onboard sound device is selected.
damn, no luck there either.
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Old 03-14-2016, 07:05 PM
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Without this aforementioned request, we are now shooting in the dark..
http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=300050
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Old 03-14-2016, 08:11 PM
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Without this aforementioned request, we are now shooting in the dark..
http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=300050
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Computer
Model : GigaByte
Serial Number : To be fille***********
Chassis : GigaByte Desktop
Mainboard : GigaByte B75M-D3H
Serial Number : To be fille***********
BIOS : AMI (OEM) F4 03/23/2012
Intel vPro : 8.00.00.1351
Total Memory : 6GB DIMM DDR3

Processors
Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (4C 8T 3.49GHz/3.8GHz, 3.5GHz IMC, 4x 256kB L2, 8MB L3)
Socket/Slot : FC LGA1155

Chipset
Memory Controller : Gigabyte Core (Sandy Bridge) DRAM Controller 100MHz, 6GB DIMM DDR3 1.33GHz 64-bit

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Kingston 9905471-017A00LF 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Kingston 9905474-012A00LF 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)

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Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (14CU 448SP SM5.0 1.53GHz, 640kB L2, 1.3GB 3.8GHz 320-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (14CU 448SP SM5.0 1.53GHz, 640kB L2, 1.3GB 3.8GHz 320-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16)

Graphics Processor
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OpenCL GP Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (448SP 14C 1.53GHz, 224kB L2, 1.3GB 3.8GHz 320-bit)
Compute Shader Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (448SP 14C 1.53GHz, 640kB L2, 1.3GB 3.8GHz 320-bit)
OpenGL Processor : GeForce GTX 560 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 (1.3GB)
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Storage Devices
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Generic Storage Device (USB2) : N/A (G:)
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NS90 (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (D:)
Disk (, DVD+-R, CD-R, 512kB Cache) : N/A (E:)
Disk (, DVD+-R, CD-R, 512kB Cache) : N/A (F:)

Logical Storage Devices
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hard disk (C:) : 931GB (NTFS, 4kB) @ Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN162 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm)
Removable Drive (G:) : N/A @ Generic Storage Device (USB2)
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Peripherals
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Audio Device : Gigabyte Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller
Audio Device : ZOTAC International (MCO) GF110 High Definition Audio Controller
Audio Codec : nVidia Riva 128 Graphics Accelerator [NV3]
Audio Codec : nVidia Riva 128 Graphics Accelerator [NV3]
Audio Codec : nVidia Riva 128 Graphics Accelerator [NV3]
Serial Port(s) : 2
Parallel Port(s) : 1
Disk Controller : Gigabyte Panther Point 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
USB Controller 1 : Gigabyte Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller
USB Controller 2 : Gigabyte Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
USB Controller 3 : Gigabyte Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBus

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Send to Microsoft OneNote 15 Driver (1200x1200, Colour)
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Printer : HP Officejet 6600 (600x600, Colour)
Printer : Fax - HP Officejet 6600 (200x200, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)

Scanners and Cameras
Scanner : Hewlett-Packard HP Officejet 6600 (NET) (Scanner, USB)

Peripherals

Network Services
Network Adapter : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (Ethernet)
Network Adapter : Evolve Virtual Ethernet Adapter (Ethernet)
Wireless Adapter : TP-LINK 450Mbps Wireless N Adapter (802.11n (HT), AES-CCMP, 300Mbps)

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Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Personal 6.01.7601 (Service Pack 1)
Platform Compliance : x64
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