Pro Tools 10 Freezes

[Shatzer]

I thought I was the only one experience frequent small freezes.
Seems to happen randomly frequently thru all sessions whether its small or large. It will lock up for about 1-3 seconds.
Unlike everyone else, this was happening to me in the latest version of 9 as well.

My system doesn't seem to be running as good in 10 as it did in 9 when looking at the CPU meter in pro tools. Ram cache and Disk cache makes the timeline super fast but my cpu is going to hell. Same sessions in 9 ran flawless but not as fast and clean since it didn't have the cache that 10 does.

I'll have to post a Sandra report soon, but heres what I have for now.

Windows 7 Home 64 bit
Intel i7 2.8 Gig
6 Gigs of Triple-Channel Ram
3 Separate Hard drives 7200 RPMs (1 for the OS, 1 for Pro Tools projects, and 1 for samples) They are all the same hard drives.
ATI Graphics card

I have 3 Gigs of Ram set in Pro Tools RAM Cache out of the 6.
Like I said, it doesn't seem to be a RAM or Disk problem as the sessions run smoking fast. But the CPU is being destroyed. Sometimes it happens randomly too.

[Jeanpaul]

Thanks for letting us know.

I am having similar freezing problems in PT9, and this is the main reason I am not jumping to PT10. For me, PT9 is still in beta and was prematurely released. Looks like PT10 is the same. I would rather wait for a proper 64 bit release, anything else is a waste of money.

[sudden]

I have the same problem with an error when saving. If I have autobackup enabled it comes up with "not enough memory" error after hour or two of working. If I disable autobackup, then after four or five savings on Ctrl-S i get the "Access Violation" error.

Sessions are not really big. No VI's used, just 28-32 audio tracks at 48kHz, 24bit, 4-5 busses, nothing on Master Buss. Using only UAD plugins. This is really annoying, do something, plz!

[Shatzer]

I'm pretty sure it's not just pro tools because I have an old crappy dual core at home I use with pro tools but it's 32 bit OS. Doesn't freeze up like the one at the studio does.

[arhall]

Well, after finish reading this thread I'll stay put with 9.0.5. No way I give 260euro to get all this problems.

[H-Musikk]

Originally Posted by sudden

I have the same problem with an error when saving. If I have autobackup enabled it comes up with "not enough memory" error after hour or two of working. If I disable autobackup, then after four or five savings on Ctrl-S i get the "Access Violation" error.

Sessions are not really big. No VI's used, just 28-32 audio tracks at 48kHz, 24bit, 4-5 busses, nothing on Master Buss. Using only UAD plugins. This is really annoying, do something, plz!

I too have this problem now. It shows up after a houre or so with mixing and saving with Ctrl-S (a bunch of times)

[john5193]

I'm starting to think it may have something to do with the 64 bit OS.

[29CountsNY]

When I upgraded to PT 10 I had the issue so I decided to do a full OS reinstall.
I did the reinstall and still had the same problem. The only thing that I changed from 9 to 10 was I upgraded my video driver (nVidia 9600) to the latest version. So I tried uninstalling the video driver and reinstalled the one I used under PT 9 and my freezing has dropped significantly.
It still happens once in awhile but not in the middle of playback or recording.
Happens now when I select to add new track or things like.
Not saying this would be the case for everyone, or that the problem truly went away because it hasn't but I am just reporting that I showed improvement once going back a version with my video driver.

[Rob_A]

I get this freeze as well, both on a dual core laptop and on my studio I7 quad setup.

Mani

[H-Musikk]

This has to be addressed in the first patch update!!