Protools 9 giving error messages saying increase HW buffer

[brettgo]

Protools 9 giving error messages saying increase HW buffer and remove plugins.
Well Im using 2 plugins on this session and its doing my nut in !!
Playback stops and it wont bounce at all.
PLEASE advise before I go back to Logic 9 and a stress free life
Cheers

[OddsAre]

More info needed...

What computer are running, OS version, RAM, do you have a Firewire external audio drive?

[albee1952]

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[Park Seward]

Did you check the plug in compatibility grid at the top of this page?

[icbizkits]

my machine does the same. brand new mbp 13 core duo with snow leopard, 7200 rpm firewire drive. no other software installed or running. 5 tracks recorded. seems as soon as i add a plugin i start getting issues.

[Tha Rhythm]

Experiencing the same thing I noticed the problem got worse when I upgraded to 9.0.1, but have since resorted back to 9.0.0 but still experiencing the HW buffer issue.

Pro Tools 9.0.0, Digi 002, MacBook Pro (non uni-body), OS X 10.6.6, 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, Waves Platinum Ver6. Drumagog 5.

[Tha Rhythm]

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[AxeDye]

Yeah seriously drop more info for the love of god lol my theory is yoir computet isnt fast enough... Audio drive and boot drive need to be 7200 rpm. But seriously no info no valuable help.

[garnoil]

Originally Posted by brettgo

Protools 9 giving error messages saying increase HW buffer and remove plugins.
Well Im using 2 plugins on this session and its doing my nut in !!
Playback stops and it wont bounce at all.
PLEASE advise before I go back to Logic 9 and a stress free life
Cheers

I think you need to post more info about your system, there is definitely something wrong. FWIW, I use PT9 HD and I have over 160 tracks -180 voices right now- with massive number of plugins (I mean every track has at least Eq and Dynamics (both RTAS and TDM) + all my auxes have convolutions verbs, delays, etc.etc) not to mention that I also have a full 2 hour film at HD resolution 1920X1080 in the SAME computer. I do not have any virtual instruments or Elastic Audio

There are a lot of issues with PT, but what you are describing sound like something is really wrong.

[filobus]

-6085 (is this the error you are encountering ?) Is a very common error mentioned in at least a dozen threads in PT 9 mac os x with PT9.
If you look around the DUC you´ll find many users performing several attempts to solve, despite the random behaviour of the error.

Despite the very kind help of many users to follow the standard Avid troubleshooting procedures and system cleaning, the error is still there in most cases.

I always thought it was a problem with PT 9 or/and external hard drive firewire chain. But I discovered something new today: I tried a friend´s macbook pro with PT 8.0.4 and my avid mbox pro, no ext firewire Hard drive. We got the -6085 as we accidentally touched a random key on the macbook pro. This confirmed somehow another cause of -6085 produced with my Mac pro quad-mbox pro sometimes: opening or closing an application (like Mail for example) during a PT session, caused 6085 err. (PS this was not happening with PT 8 and Mbox 2 pro or 002.)
Now, once the first 6085 error is produced, there is no way back. The session goes on producing it. The way out is quitting Pro Tools and restart, or toggling the session clock. Then it goes on fine again for a while.

(Please Avid read this), i might obviously wrong, but it is my believe that the problem not only lies in PT9, but also in the mbox pro drivers
and the firewire application for the mbox.