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Pro Tools LE 7.0 playback problems of virtual instruments and plugins – but no error
I am experiencing some playback errors with my virtual instruments and plugins with Pro Tools 7.0
I have just got this new computer (specs below) and have installed my copy of Pro Tools 7.0 onto it. I cannot find at the moment my 7.3 update installer (which I had previously been using). After the install, I opened up a project I had been working on from a different machine, and when I went to play, the plug-ins/virtual instruments wouldn’t work, apart from the first few seconds of playback. I was using BFD Lite for drums, and the first two bars would play, and then it would stop. I started a new project, setup a click track, and the click only played back for a few bars before stopping. I am running a Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz PC (full specs below), Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 2), a Digi 002, Pro Tools 7.0, 2 GB RAM. Attached Peripherals: Digi 002 (firewire), USB external hard drives x 2, M-Audio Radium 61 keyboard (USB). I have the MIDI keyboard and one USB drive attached to rear of computer USB ports, and the other USB external drive attached via both USB ports at front of computer (one for power, one for data). I have tested playback with the USB drives attached and unattached – problem still occurs. I have three internal hard drives; Hard Disk (C:) : 149GB (NTFS) (160GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache) Video (E:) : 186GB (NTFS (200GB, SATA150, 3.5", NCQ, 8MB Cache) Audio (F:) : 186GB (NTFS) (200GB, SATA150, 3.5", NCQ, 8MB Cache) I am recording to the Audio drive, and have used it before fine with my old computer. The default settings are still in effect. The only troubleshooting I have tried thus far is changing the Playback engine settings from the defaults. I adjusted the H|W Buffer Size from 512 both up to 1024 and down to 256, no change. I adjusted the RTAS Processors between 4 and 1, again no change. I adjusted the CPU usage limit from 85% to 40%, again, no change. The DAE Playback Buffer was adjusted from the Default 2 both higher and lower, again, no improvement. Below is the Sandra report info: SiSoftware Sandra Computer Model : Gigabyte P35-DS3 Workgroup : WORKGROUP Host Name : westav-9b039735 User : Ed Processor Model : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz Speed : 2.4GHz Cores per Processor : 4 Unit(s) Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s) Type : Quad-Core Integrated Data Cache : 4x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size L2 On-board Cache : 2x 4MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 16-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing Computer Mainboard : Gigabyte P35-DS3 BIOS : Award (Phoenix) F4 06/29/2007 Bus(es) : X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes Total Memory : 2GB DIMM DDR2 DDR3 Chipset Model : Giga-Byte P35/G33/G31 Processor to I/O Controller Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 267MHz (1GHz) Total Memory : 2GB DIMM DDR2 DDR3 Memory Bus Speed : 2x 334MHz (668MHz) Memory Module(s) Memory Module : Kingston 99U5316-017A00LF 1GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-5300U DDR2-666 (5-5-5-15 3-20-5-3) Memory Module : Kingston 99U5316-017A00LF 1GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-5300U DDR2-666 (5-5-5-15 3-20-5-3) Video System Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT (16 SP 1.3GHz, 256MB DDR2 2x400MHz, PCIe 1.00 x16) Graphics Processor Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT (16SP 1.4GHz, 255.7MB 2x400MHz) Storage Devices WDC WD1600AAJS-08PSA0 (160GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache) : 149GB (C:) ST3200826AS (200GB, SATA150, 3.5", NCQ, 8MB Cache) : 186GB (E:) ST3200826AS (200GB, SATA150, 3.5", NCQ, 8MB Cache) : 186GB (F:) FUJITSU MHY2250BH (250GB, USB/SATA150, 2.5", 5400rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache) : 233GB (G:) HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H62N (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : 467MB (D:) Logical Storage Devices Hard Disk (C:) : 149GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD1600AAJS-08PSA0 (160GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache) Video (E:) : 186GB (NTFS) @ ST3200826AS (200GB, SATA150, 3.5", NCQ, 8MB Cache) Audio (F:) : 186GB (NTFS) @ ST3200826AS (200GB, SATA150, 3.5", NCQ, 8MB Cache) RCT3 (D:) : 467MB (CDFS) @ HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H62N (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) Jonno250gb (G:) : 233GB (NTFS) @ FUJITSU MHY2250BH (250GB, USB/SATA150, 2.5", 5400rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache) Peripherals LPC Hub Controller 1 : Giga-Byte (ICH9) LPC Interface Controller LPC Legacy Controller 1 : ITE IT8718F Audio Device : Giga-Byte (ICH9) HD Audio Controller Serial Port(s) : 1 Parallel Port(s) : 1 Disk Controller : Giga-Byte (ICH9) 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 Disk Controller : Giga-Byte (ICH9) 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 Disk Controller : Giga-Byte JMB36X PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller USB Controller 1 : Giga-Byte (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller USB Controller 2 : Giga-Byte (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller USB Controller 3 : Giga-Byte (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller USB Controller 4 : Giga-Byte (ICH9) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller USB Controller 5 : Giga-Byte (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller USB Controller 6 : Giga-Byte (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller USB Controller 7 : Giga-Byte (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller USB Controller 8 : Giga-Byte (ICH9) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : Avlab Technology TSB43AB23 1394a-2000 OHCI PHY/link-layer Controller SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel 801xx/63xx SMBus Printers and Faxes Printer : Kyocera Mita FS-1010 KX (600x600, USB, Colour) Network Services Network Adapter : Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC - Packet Scheduler Miniport Power Management Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line Operating System Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 2) Platform Compliance : x86 |
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Re: Pro Tools LE 7.0 playback problems of virtual instruments and plugins – but no er
I see a few draw backs with this machine,,,the CPU and MOBO would be fine,( I think),, but for VI's, your drives are most likely the bottleneck! VI's need very fast, and dedicated drives for only VI's. 8MB cache would be one, and do you have your VI's on a seperate drive?? Also not sure about your firewire,,, you might try getting a TI card, PCI firewire. Check the sticky threads above for more info. And I would get a drive with 32MB cache, one for VI's and one for your audio drive!!! Also can check to see if your external drive, or something else, (even mouse and or keyboard) is on the same IRQ as your firewire drive, that could also shut your playback down!???
Drives are cheap, and the TI firewire card is real cheap! maybe pick one and start there?? Good Luck,,,,,,,,, Mike
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Re: Pro Tools LE 7.0 playback problems of virtual instruments and plugins – but no er
One more idea,, check to see that your drives are all formated NTFS, Basic.
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Intel Core i7 4790K 4.0GHz | Asus Z97-Pro LGA 1150 Intel 6Gb | Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB DDR3 2400 | Asus GT640 Silent 2 GB GDDR3 | Samsung 850 Pro SSD's, WD Caviar Black HDD's | PSU Corsair 750W ATX12V | Windows 10 | Presonus Studio One | 003R PT's 12.8 | Waves Platinum | Ivory/Piano | Berlin Woodwinds, Nocturne Solo Violin | SPITFIRE Solo Strings | EastWest Hollywood Strings, Brass, Pro Drummer, and Stormdrum 2 | VSL | Vienna Ensemble Pro | M-Audio Code 61, FaderPort 8 | |
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