Commit / Freeze / Rendering Tracks causing Pro Tools to freeze or crash

[iamkimosabi]

System Specs:
2010 Mac Pro 12 Core Xeon 2.66ghz
96gb DDR3 Ram
512gb SSD MacOS Drive
512gb SSD Session Drive
1tb SSD Sample Drive

MacOS Mojave 10.14.6
Pro Tools 2020.3


I am currently working a session with mixed audio tracks and virtual instruments that runs just fine, but when committing a track or freezing a track / tracks....the DAW fails and freezes, until I "Force Quit" the application.

The track count isn't too bad, about 8 Virtual Instruments and 7 Audio Tracks.

I tested other sessions, and I have the same issue...committing a virtual instrument takes insanely long compared to Logic Pro X or Cubase 10.5. Not sure what I have wrong and im pretty sure this can't be the norm. Any helpful advice would be much appreciated. Thank you.