PT 9 error: Could not allocate space for Recording!

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I've been successfully using PT9 for the past 7 months and all of a sudden I can't create a new session and record with it. I get the same error message "Could not allocate space for Recording!" This is on a 2 TB drive with 890 GIG free! it makes no sense. I just wanted to record 2 tracks and I enabled the tracks to record, pressed play to listen to the click for a minute & the message popped up. I checked the disk allocation and it all looks good. the session drive is set to RR and the other drives TT. this happened on the second of a 3 song session today. I couldn't resolve it right then, so the client left. needless to say I am not a happy camper.

And YES I did a search for this but the responses are not conclusive and from years ago. Any help will be sincerely appreciated.

thanks...

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nobody has had to deal with this issue? that's surprising... how about Tech Support?

[Craig F]

I've had this happen if it's not the Workspace then check the drives hard permissions
if not that then time to trash the pref and database files

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Craig_F: thanks for responding. I checked the disk drive permissions & they seems to be OK. I will try trashing the permissions this evening... strange that this just "happened" out of nowhere. [sigh]

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deleting the Pro Tools preferences (only) seemed to do the trick. I can't understand what changed to cause this, but I seem to be back working for now. client coming back over on Friday. I've got my fingers crossed!!!!!!

[brandobean]

I'm getting this error now too and it ruined a session for me. Totally at a loss how to resolve it.

ISSUE: "Could Not Allocate Space for recording!" error when I try and record to more than one track at a time.
SYSTEM: PT 9.06 with Saffire Pro 40 on Mac OSX 10.6.8. Macbook Pro 2011 4GB ram, external firewire OWC mercury elite 2TB drive

HOW IT HAPPENED: I was able to record drums (7 simultaneous tracks) to one session. I closed the session, opened another that had existing drums (same 7 tracks), and attempted to record to the 7 tracks simultaneously ... got the error.

WHAT I TRIED:
* Restarting PT, Rebooting Mac, cycling power on Audio interface and Firewire drive.
* Playing back the session while NO tracks are record enabled... this works! (just can't record)
* Turned off quick Punch record mode
* Checked disk allocation: All tracks point to the external drive with plenty of space
* Checked Workspace: Both internal and external drives are set to R for record enabled.
* Verified I can write to the external drive via the finder
* deleted all plugins from the session and increased playback buffer to the unusable setting of 512 samples.
* Creating a new blank session and importing session data from the session that didn't work... no dice
* Created a new blank session in the same folder as the broken session. A ha, I was now able to record ONE track at a time. Recording TWO at a time, would throw the Allocation error.
* Backed up then deleted PT prefs and database files
* Now am no longer able to record to ANY single track in ANY session I open... I always get the error.
* restored the prefs and database files... still not able to record to any track in any session without the error
* Changed Disk Pref "Open Ended Record Allocation" to be 15 minutes (was set at 60min)... YES this now allows me to record ONE or TWO tracks at a time. Recording THREE (or if one of the two tracks is stereo), throws the error.

SO, after 3 hours of trouble shooting and having to send a client home (costing big $$) I still can't record more than 1-2 tracks at a time. I can't even record ONE track at a time if I need that track to be longer than 15 minutes.

Please for the love of god someone help. I lost enough money today to warrant buying Logic Pro and being done with this...

[brandobean]

I think I may have found a solution to my own issue. I ran Apples Disk repair utility on the external PT drive. It said it found minor issues and needed to repair them. I let it, and as of right now, I'm able to at LEAST record 7 tracks at once. This is a miracle and I feel like I've found religion! Let's see if it lasts!