Pro tools power hog?

[bodom578]

What's up guys, brand new pro tools user. Like it overall but there's something that's concerning me...


So I do alot of composing with the EWQL libraries, being a former reaper user, I never had a problem with running as many tracks as I wanted to...the only problem with reaper is it won't export properly...sound drops out, static like sounds, etc. so when my girlfriend surprised me with protools on my birthday I was pretty excited because I figured my compositions could finally be exported correctly...so I loaded up a really basic score with just piano and strings, exported perfectly! And then today I loaded up a decent sized score (11 instruments) pro tools couldn't even begin to handle playing the song...I could only get it to play through with 3 instruments, anything beyond that it just stops...


Does pro tools really take up that much power? Or is there a setting or something I just don't know to hit...thanks in advance...

 

[C_F_H_13]

Which version of PT are you running?

Not that it really matters which version, because PT in general is terrible at disk streaming/memory management/overall efficiency.

I'd have to ask 1000 other questions to figure out why it's doing it, but basic ones are:

1- What's your system specs

2- What version of PT

3- Are you streaming the samples off another drive other then your system drive.

4- What speed/format is the drive

5- What's your playback engine settings.

 

[mva801]

What are your playback engine settings? Computer? Processor? Ram? OS? Hard drive? Size? Speed?

More info would help....

edit HA! ^^^ must have been typing that at the same time....

 

[bodom578]

I'm running pro tools 10 on a mid 2010 MacBook Pro 13inch, that I've upgraded with a 1tb hard drive and 8 gigs of ddr3 RAM. I've got all the samples on my internal hard drive at the moment

 

[Trevoire520]

East West on PT is AWFUL running from an internal drive in my experience. Get the EW samples on another drive and I bet you'll find a significant improvement.

 

[bodom578]

I do have them stored on an external I'll give it a shot tonight and see how it goes. I would've thought it'd be easier to get the files off the internal...

 

[XxSicRokerxX]

REAPER. Try it.

 

[bodom578]

I've used Reaper for years, absolutely love it...problem is I can't render the final project correctly...when I play back the wav file after rendering the sound cuts out some articulation a will be missing, random static...absolutely frustrating

 

[egan.]

REAPER. Try it.

Reaper is a great piece of software. It is not however the answer to questions about any other piece of software. I understand people are enthusiastic about it but it just isn't helpful--- especially when the OP identifies himself as a reaper user in post #1.

 

[C_F_H_13]

Reaper is a great piece of software. It is not however the answer to questions about any other piece of software. I understand people are enthusiastic about it but it just isn't helpful--- especially when the OP identifies himself as a reaper user in post #1.

Amen. Seriously, everyone on this forum needs to get off reapers nuts and accept that some people just don't want to use it.