AshX
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I've been getting this CPU overload/error (-6101 error) for about two months now. It first occurred in May when I got Guitar Rig 5 and Absynth and worked on a new song. I was running quite a few instances of the plugins: 3 or 4 of Guitar Rig, and maybe 10 of Absynth at the most and once completed the session ran at about 50 tracks. When playing, recording, or bouncing I would often get the 6101 error and as of the final mix with 50 tracks, while bouncing (it usually takes a few tries to get it to bounce) you actually hear an audible glitch on the bounce (sounds like some weird computer bleeping/screeching) and sometimes that will lead to the error popping up. I'm sure the problem is I'm running too many instances of the plugin and I should just print the guitar rig and absynth effects (which I have, in some instances) but in many cases some of the guitar rig instances are just placeholders for when the signal is re-amped and I don't want to print some of the absynth tracks in case there are some arrangement changes and I need to modify the midi. I haven't wanted to record vocals with headphones for fear of this blasting at me while tracking, but I suppose I could bounce the current mix and then open a new session and record the vocals there, then drop the vocal .wav files into the full session and that would be avoided.
I've noticed when I turn off my wifi, it seems to help a bit (not much) to reduce the frequency of these issues. I have no issues when I don't have those two particular plugins running. Other than the obvious tedious workarounds, is there any way to somehow prevent the CPU from being overloaded? Should I delete every other program other than Safari and my audio programs on this computer (I don't use it for anything other than audio and video stuff)? Or is it just the fault of my iMac?
Specs:
Pro Tools 10 (Ver 10.0.0)
2011 Apple iMac 21 inch 4GB Memory (OSX Lion 10.7.5)
Apogee Duet 2 Audio Interface
Yamaha HS50 Speakers
I haven't noticed this issue on Logic (although I haven't tested it with the same amount of tracks). Pro Tools seems to do this with about 10 or so tracks and two instances of Guitar Rig.
P.S. I do have an external hard drive, but it's just using time machine to back everything up. I guess one option is to partition it or only run my sessions off the drive?
I've noticed when I turn off my wifi, it seems to help a bit (not much) to reduce the frequency of these issues. I have no issues when I don't have those two particular plugins running. Other than the obvious tedious workarounds, is there any way to somehow prevent the CPU from being overloaded? Should I delete every other program other than Safari and my audio programs on this computer (I don't use it for anything other than audio and video stuff)? Or is it just the fault of my iMac?
Specs:
Pro Tools 10 (Ver 10.0.0)
2011 Apple iMac 21 inch 4GB Memory (OSX Lion 10.7.5)
Apogee Duet 2 Audio Interface
Yamaha HS50 Speakers
I haven't noticed this issue on Logic (although I haven't tested it with the same amount of tracks). Pro Tools seems to do this with about 10 or so tracks and two instances of Guitar Rig.
P.S. I do have an external hard drive, but it's just using time machine to back everything up. I guess one option is to partition it or only run my sessions off the drive?