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Constant H/W Buffer Crashes
Hi, I'm running 2020.12 on a 2018 MBP (OS 10.14.6, 2.2ghz i7, 16gb RAM, Radeon Pro 555x 4gb GPU) and I continually get crashes associated with the h/w buffer. PT stops, throws an error, and on playback is distorted. I change the buffer, switching between 512 and 1024, and it starts working again like nothing happened. No crazy plugins or known conflicts, system usage is around 50-60% on PT system usage meter sometimes, but monitoring in activity monitor shows no strain.
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Re: Constant H/W Buffer Crashes
Have you done the recommended optimizations?
You can find them here: Help Us Help You Along with troubleshooting tips. Always suspect plugins first when you get errors, IMO. Are you using much VIs?
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Mac mini M2 16GB RAM macOS 13.4.1. PT Studio 2023.6. Topping E30 II DAC, Dynaudio BM6, 2 x Artist Mix, SSL UC1, Control on iPad. |
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Re: Constant H/W Buffer Crashes
No VIs. The biggest offenders are a couple Acustica plugs, which are known to take CPU. I have a couple on the session. Not sure why changing buffer sizes would reset and make it happy though, and that’s the fix.
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--- PT 2020.12 15" 2018 MBP OS 10.14.6 2.2GHz i7 16gb 2400MHz DDR4 Radeon Pro 555x 4gb Intel UHD 630 1536mb |
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Re: Constant H/W Buffer Crashes
Got it, that's crazy. I guess I'll just keep dealing with it until I can upgrade my computer.
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--- PT 2020.12 15" 2018 MBP OS 10.14.6 2.2GHz i7 16gb 2400MHz DDR4 Radeon Pro 555x 4gb Intel UHD 630 1536mb |
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Re: Constant H/W Buffer Crashes
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Re: Constant H/W Buffer Crashes
Yeah, errors is the more accurate term, true. I'm using and Apollo 8 as my interface.
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--- PT 2020.12 15" 2018 MBP OS 10.14.6 2.2GHz i7 16gb 2400MHz DDR4 Radeon Pro 555x 4gb Intel UHD 630 1536mb |
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Re: Constant H/W Buffer Crashes
I had stability issues with acustica plugins. Disable them and see if the crashes persists.
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Mac Mini M1 | Mac OS 12.6.1 Monterey | Avid Carbon + 2x Carbon Pre | Pro Tools Studio 2024.3 |
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Re: Constant H/W Buffer Crashes
I just had some weirdness last night after stating everything's running fine. It appears the Apogee ONE throws out an error saying something is missing, I will have to screen capture if it happens again. I kept getting the buffer error only with the Apogee as the interface. Built in audio was fine. No matter how many tracks, or track and with zero plug ins. Moving the ONE to a different USB C port on the MBP and restarting solved the issue. Very odd. Restarting alone did not help.
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