Aae -9173

[frcjt]

what to do?

[Benoni]

http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/e...CPU-power-9173

Try that.

[sw rec]

Start by giving us complete system info, as opposed to ZERO info......

[frcjt]

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011)
2.3 GHz Intel Core i7
8 GB 1333 MHz DDr3
El Capitan

no plug-ins activated; only three tracks of live recording
anything else?
the error message makes no sense as I wasn't using ANY plug-in
as far as removing goes, does it mean remove from the system altogether?

[frcjt]

happened again
just playback. no plugins. three tracks
i opened the CPU meter and it shows things at around 8%-10% and then the gauge starts swinging up, higher and higher, like a wave in the sea.
there are also noises, like crackling
is there nowhere in my system I can find some kind of log to see what's happening?

[YYR123]

Yeah the Mac have an event monitor, I believe that's what it's called.....

Spotlight "Monitor"

[frcjt]

helpful!
what i see is something called the "Pro Tools QuickTime Server (Not Responding)"
i've attached a snapshot

any ideas?

[Southsidemusic]

What Drive is in that Macbook and do you record to that aswell or have you got the second drive needed if you have a spinner at 5400rpm as many of the older macbooks had?

[dr_daw]

Roll back to your back up of Yosemite. El Cap offers nothing in benefits for Pro Tools. Did it run before updating?

[frcjt]

spin rate for the 500GB is 7200-rpm in the specs. that's what i have:

internalHD Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 500.11GB 7200rpm
externalHD Firewire AVASTOR HDX 1000GB 7200rpm