how to free resouces in pro tools ,pro tools cant keep up during play back

[fredson]

i made about 20 track but during play back PT cant keep up , i have been trying to use the aux (bus out and in ) so i can free some track for PT to play well , pls any idea how and where to insert this aux busses to and send ?
thanks

[albee1952]

You're not explaining what you are trying to accomplish here(or am I the only one that doesn't understand?). You should review the threads on "Help us help you" and "general troubleshooting" so you can ask questions more clearly and give us the info we need to help. You really have provided nothing to go on.

[fredson]

i mean PT cant keep up during play back , i guess there is a way i can free some track using auxiliary track (send busses ) like input send and output to an aux track ?

[wolfskin]

You can free up some resources by using plug-ins on aux tracks rather than multiple instances of the same plug-in on individual tracks. Is this what you're asking?

[albee1952]

One more time....

You should review the threads on "Help us help you" and "general troubleshooting" so you can ask questions more clearly and give us the info we need to help. You STILL really have provided nothing to go on.

[fredson]

thanks yeah i do put a reverb on aux track , but just thinkin like sonar which i can use send buss to aux track in which the input buss can be easily found , i mean i want to send some audio track to an aux track using send busses and the audio track can be disactivate ,just like streaming ,so that PT can play well , was just thinkin on how to do this on PT ? thanks

[Bob Olhsson]

For openers, defrag the disk.

[SeedGuy]

It is not recommended to defrag your audio drives. This can cause more problems.

The way to 'defrag' is to copy all your audio onto a separate drive, format it, and copy back.

And yet another time... "Help us help you" and "general troubleshooting" threads!! You've still given us NO information about your PC.

[Bob Olhsson]

I've read that, did it for a few years and discovered after having playback problems that Pro Tools performs much better if you defrag the audio drive.

Copying 500 gigs of audio is simply not practical although it was good advice back in the days of much smaller hard drives.

[Shan]

Originally Posted by Bob Olhsson

I've read that, did it for a few years and discovered after having playback problems that Pro Tools performs much better if you defrag the audio drive.

I can attest that this is very much true. The so called "playback/pause" issue can definitely be cleared up for some by defraging the drive.

Shane