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PT8 Waveform Flicker
Am I the only person having this problem?
In PT8 sometimes when I'm scrolling around a session or zooming in and out the waveforms flicker on and off, as though it's refreshing them for no reason. It's an intermittent problem which I haven't yet been able to reproduce with any consistency, but it has at times been causing me major headaches whilst trying to edit. It sometimes happens with all the waveforms at once, but also sometimes happens on individual regions. I'm open to any suggestions. Could it be a video card issue? PT HD 8.0, Mac OSX 10.5.5, 1xCore card, 1xAccel, MacPro 2x2.66 Dual-Core Intel Xeon, 5GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT |
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Re: PT8 Waveform Flicker
Yes I've seen waveforms randomly disappear when scrolling/zooming. They usually come back after a short while but I don't know why.
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Re: PT8 Waveform Flicker
Yes, same here.
macbook pro late 2008, with faster videosettings |
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Re: PT8 Waveform Flicker
Here too. I'm gonna try and see if changing my scrolling options to none helps. Digi is this something we should expect? I'm running a Dual 2.7 with a GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL graphics card.
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Re: PT8 Waveform Flicker
Yes, in order to maximize scrolling speed and UI responsiveness, minimize memory usage, and maximize playback performance, PT 8 sometimes dynamically loads audio waveforms in the background as you expose new parts of the audio at certain zoom levels. Normally this happens transparently to the user, but occasionally it becomes visible at zoomed-in zoom levels when scrolling or zooming. When this happens, you may occasionally see a blank waveform in the region for a brief moment while the waveform data is loaded.
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Re: PT8 Waveform Flicker
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Shane
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Re: PT8 Waveform Flicker
Well, at least I'm not going completely crazy. Or blind.
I never saw this in 7.4, I can only assume this change in behaviour is due to the new 16-bit waveforms, which presumably take up more memory? So can you confirm PT7 didn't dynamically load waveforms? I appreciate your response PaulV, but seriously for me this is not happening "occasionally" or "transparently" it's happening all the time, especially (but not exclusively) on EA enabled tracks. I agree with Shan, at the moment I would prefer to be editing in 7.4, shame I can't install both versions on the same system. Might I suggest for a future release, an option to turn dynamic waveform-loading off? This way I can disable the feature in exchange for a performance hit whilst I am editing, then turn it back on when mixing? |
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Re: PT8 Waveform Flicker
Count me in
I have also a white flash when grabbing a volume curve. Then there is a short white flash on the whole track. This behavior is an every track. Ale
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Re: PT8 Waveform Flicker
> I have also a white flash when grabbing a volume curve.
To clarify, this white flash you mention is a different known issue, having to do with OS X's UI. We're working on that one. As regards the waveform loading delay, I appreciate the feedback; we'll take all of this into consideration and see if we can improve it.
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Re: PT8 Waveform Flicker
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Thanks and keep us posted. Shane
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Pro Tools Power User Editing Give your plug-ins a facelift...and skin 'em! __________________ "Music should be performed by the musician, not by the engineer." Michael Wagener 25th July 2005, 02:59 PM __________________ Pro Tools|HD Native 9.0.1 | Pro Tools|HDX 10.2 | Studio One | REAPER 4.22 | HD OMNI | HoboMac Pro 2.26Ghz Quad-Core | W7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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