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Post by mulmany on Nov 22, 2015 0:21:03 GMT -6
This is jumping off my PT10 CPU Freak out thread. Hopefully someone can shed some light. I am at my wits end.
Found out that some of my cpu load issue was due to overheating, did not quite get the fan connection back in when I added a 2nd SSD.
New Issue:
Recording 16 channels is not possible for more then 2 min, I get a CPU overload warning and it drops out of record.
I have read many time over that guys are recording 32 plus tracks at a time, no problem with the same Mac Mini. One guy was claiming 100 tracks. While testing my record capabilities for a gig tomorrow, I had Activity monitor open and system usage open at the same time. Activity Monitor never showed a cpu spike, but Protools cpu usage spiked and it dropped out of rec. This is in both PT10 and PT12.3!
I have a live remote session tomorrow night. I would like to use PT12 and my new Motu 16A but looks like it may be back to the 003, ugh!
MAC MINI
4 core 2.3 i7
16 gigs RAM
2 OWC SSD
OSX 10.8.5 Mountain Lion
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Post by yotonic on Nov 22, 2015 1:12:52 GMT -6
Did you get the fan hooked back up? Is the thermal sensor working or do you need a fan control program?
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Post by kcatthedog on Nov 22, 2015 4:18:27 GMT -6
Are you against running El capitan ?
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Post by mulmany on Nov 22, 2015 6:45:35 GMT -6
Did you get the fan hooked back up? Is the thermal sensor working or do you need a fan control program? Fan is hooked back up and working. Installed a fan control app, that's how I found it was not working. |
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Post by mulmany on Nov 22, 2015 6:46:47 GMT -6
Are you against running El capitan ? I would rather not loose firewire and pt10. |
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Post by kcatthedog on Nov 22, 2015 6:59:47 GMT -6
?? pt 10.3.8 running fine on el cap here ? el cap is pt 12 certified and the 12 upgrade includes 10 and 11 if you already owned them why do you think you will lose pt 10 and firewire ? not hassling you just wondering if you have a more fundamental compatibility problem with your older os ? Attachment Deleted |
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Post by mulmany on Nov 22, 2015 7:44:39 GMT -6
I know El cap is compatible with PT12, but El cap drops firewire support.
I have a lot of old stuff that I need the option to open PT10 and not loose all the old rtas plugs. PT10, mountain lion, and my machine should be a perfect fit.
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Post by kcatthedog on Nov 22, 2015 9:41:52 GMT -6
ah I am on tbolt pci-e and usb 2-3,
happy with your new motu ?
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Post by mulmany on Nov 22, 2015 11:16:58 GMT -6
ah I am on tbolt pci-e and usb 2-3, happy with your new motu ? I only need the firewire because I have old drives that are firewire only. The 16a is great. Once you get the routing and set everything up. I will say the mac driver and PT integration is much better then on Win 7. Mac does not require PT to restart when you change the buffer. If you have the Motu already installed then install PT it ports all the I/O beautifully. Not sure if that is just an improvement with PT10/12. 9 was a real pain. I have found a few random "solutions" on the DUC that I will try before the session tonight. If I can't get it stable I will go to usb and my old laptop. Luckily is a low channel count recording. |
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Post by stratboy on Nov 22, 2015 14:40:39 GMT -6
Please keep reporting on this, Patrick! I have a 2013 Mini, just bought a 16a, and am running PT10 on Mountain Lion. Right now, I'm rebuilding my studio, so am not recording or mixing, but when I was finishing my last project, I would occasionally see CPU warnings for what appeared to be no reason. I appreciate reading about anything you happen to come up with in the way of insights.
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Post by mulmany on Nov 22, 2015 16:37:06 GMT -6
Please keep reporting on this, Patrick! I have a 2013 Mini, just bought a 16a, and am running PT10 on Mountain Lion. Right now, I'm rebuilding my studio, so am not recording or mixing, but when I was finishing my last project, I would occasionally see CPU warnings for what appeared to be no reason. I appreciate reading about anything you happen to come up with in the way of insights. I did a few things today that seemed to help. I am a little concerned that I can't use a 64 buffer for tracking. Get about 20 sec in and the cpu crashes. I have read reports that guys are doing 24 tracks at a 64 buffer, no problem. I have to use 128 then everything is great. You feel the latency a bit though at 128. 64 over Thunderbolt is amazing, to bad my system does not like it. |
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Post by tasteliketape on Nov 22, 2015 19:28:48 GMT -6
Don't know if this is helps but I changed my monitor to a phillips tv and it totally screws with pro tools . Having major issues with pt12.3 with Phillips flat screen when I Change to any other brand monitor no problems
I have know idea what a monitor has to do with pro tools. There is a documented problem with Phillips an Apple and there is a fix for that and works but it bugs out my pt12.3
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Post by popmann on Nov 22, 2015 21:46:58 GMT -6
Actually, this isn't related to your PT issues--I wouldn't touch any NEW OSX version for years myself--but, the "dropping Firewire support" is being misunderstood. They're removing Firewire support from CoreAudio. So, if your DAW app uses ASIO or DAE, it's not affected. Your drives have NOTHING to do with CoreAudio. FW drives will continue to work as would a scanner or camera....it IS significant....but, just wanted you to understand what they actually stopped supporting.
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Post by mulmany on Nov 22, 2015 23:58:33 GMT -6
Well, I got through my session tonight with only 1 record drop out. Only used 5% of the CPU. I have a feeling that I may need to drop my USB3 to DVI adapter/video card. They claim it has enough power, but i was getting a lot of display issues. I also had to run the fan control app and keep it spinning just under 3000 rpm. Maybe I just have a heat problem in the machine?
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