BIAS limitations on reaper?

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Running Reaper x64, version 4.77. Audio interface is a Focusrite 2i2 running ASIO on proprietary drivers. Playing back audio tracks is perfectly fine and can go on indefinitely without incident, but the moment I try to monitor an armed track, all the audio cuts out after a few seconds, and even regular playback won't work until I re-selected my audio device in preferences.

The track I'm currently attempting to monitor is a guitar DI into the 2i2 interface. The only plug-in I'm running on the track is BIAS desktop. HOWEVER, I am running BIAS on two other previously recorded guitar tracks as well. I can arm one of those and monitor them without any issue. After coming this far, I honestly don't know whether its a hardware, plug-in, or DAW problem, but my gut says it's BIAS.

Checked both my RAM and CPU, and neither appeared to be under a great amount of stress. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

computer specs: windows 7 64-bit, AMD 4.10 ghz CPU, 16 gigs of RAM


UPDATE:

The problem is now much worse. I can no longer create a track with BIAS attached on any projects, new or pre-existing. Doing so causes all of my computer audio to fail, and often I have to hard-reset my interface by unplugging it from my PC. I don't even have to arm and monitor said tracks. Kind of at my wit's end.

UPDATE: PROBLEM SOLVED

Turns out it was my interface buffer length. Increased the time to 4ms and am having Reaper / Ableton compensate for the latency, everything works fine now. Sorry for the trouble, and thank you to everyone who replied
 
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Have you tried turning off the other instances of BIAS to see if the problem still occurs?
 
Doesn't help :( Not even removing them entirely from the track helps.
 
Does the armed track have any recording on it or is it a clean new track?
 
Neat Plug-In. Never heard of it before. Will add to my list of things to check into.
 
Yes, I recommend that you do, it's a lot of fun and extremely versatile. There's a special kind of joy and excitement that comes with being able to create your very own guitar tone.
 
AlekswithaK said:
Yes, I recommend that you do, it's a lot of fun and extremely versatile. There's a special kind of joy and excitement that comes with being able to create your very own guitar tone.
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haha. That is an understatement. If you feel that kind of excitement i urge you to check out "The New tone thread" thread in the Guitar and Bass sub forum here. Those guys are tone hounds and it's entertaining as hell.
 
ShanPeyton said:
haha. That is an understatement. If you feel that kind of excitement i urge you to check out "The New tone thread" thread in the Guitar and Bass sub forum here. Those guys are tone hounds and it's entertaining as hell.
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I will most certainly do that, thank you!
 
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