Trouble bouncing to disk, please help

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I am using a Mac with Mix plus, 5.1.1 and am having a hard time bouncing mixes to disk. I am recieving an error message type 2, and am instructed to save my work and restart the computer. Now I have tried increasing the memory to Pro Tools but it does not seem to help. The problem is also random. Some bounces work, others do not. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Lance

[BDWillis]

Hey Lance - You may have tried all this, but… To clear the CPU's brain, throw away Digisetup & DAE prefs (NOT DAE folder!!), then restart. You'll have to re-select your hardware setup (it'll prompt you at PT launch) and PT will take a moment to re-learn your installed plug-ins on first PT launch. ALSO, increase memory allocation to DAE, because more plug-ins require more DAE horsepower.

Then: 1. Make sure DAE buffer is set to "2"; 2. Close all plug-in windows before bouncing; 3. Select "convert AFTER bounce" (not during) ; 4. If possible, bounce to a different drive than the startup drive OR the drive the session is on. Good luck.

Warmest Regards,
Brian

[Mark Haliday]

Before you trash preferences etc. I suggest you search this forum for "bounce" in the last 10 days : there has been some threads that might relate to your case.
Mark

[rpalf]

Have you got a power mac i.e. 9600 with a g3/4 upgrade card. I had the same problems a few months back and eventually tracked it down to a Newer tech g4 card. Every thing else in PT worked but bounce to disk was hopless. Put back the original Apple 350 card in a 9600 and now all is well ,(apart from having to make the tea while it boots up....slowly)
Other problem could be your card slot order...


Ray P

[PTLance]

Another thing is, what SCSI card are you using? I've had this problem with Adeptec cards and after switching to Atto (Digi reccomended) it worked fine. Good luck!!