WHY WONT THIS BOUNCE??!!!

tefna5@aol.com · 10th January 2006

every time i try to bounce a session in pro tool 7.0 it will go through the whole song, appearing to bouce the session, but when i look where i saved it there is no file. can anyone help me. I am very desprate!

heyman · 11th January 2006

How much did you pay for pro tools?

I would hit up their tech support for that answer.. I mean you paid for it right.?

Let us know if they honestly help you out or blow smoke up your ass..

good luck..

heyman · 11th January 2006

Oh yeah- make sure you have "Pro tools compatible hardware" or their tech support will probibly tell you to take a hike..

good luck..

espasonico · 11th January 2006

Make sure you selected the correct outputs for the bounce.

espasonico · 11th January 2006

Sorry, if there is no file then it has nothing to do with the outputs

StoneinaPond · 11th January 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by tefna5@aol.com

every time i try to bounce a session in pro tool 7.0 it will go through the whole song, appearing to bouce the session, but when i look where i saved it there is no file. can anyone help me. I am very desprate!

I don't mean to sound like a d**k, but are you absolutely sure about where the file is being saved to?

I've thought I had lost files several times, only to find they were saved somewhere else, usually due to operator error.

ExistanceMusic · 13th January 2006

I have had this happen to me ALOT! And when I looked on the net, I also couldn't find anything, so YES! It is a valid problem, you are not insane.

Ok, there's part one. Next, try a few of these things:
- Call your dealer and ask them if they can help. This is a fairly common problem.
- if you are using a PC, defrag your drives. If Mac, repair them with disc utility.
- change your CPU usage limit to 99%, and latency to 1024 samples, then restart PT.
- take it out of "low latency monitor mode" if it's on.
- Are you using a dither on your master if you are changinh bit depth? You should be.
- Choose "convert files after bounce", not during.

I can't think of anything else off the top of my head, but your need to fiddle with all these things. You will get there eventuallly, but it's really time consuming and frustrating, but you're not insane. I haven't been able to get a straight answer from anyone regarding why this happens.

FWIW, it's happened to me on my 1gh, 640mb ram iBook, and a G5 iMac, 1.2ghz with 1gig ram. PT LE on a 002R both times. I've also had it happen on a HD2 rig, but that was easier to fix.

Matej · 17th January 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by heyman

Oh yeah- make sure you have "Pro tools compatible hardware" or their tech support will probibly tell you to take a hike..

good luck..

I don't see how you can use PT7 without the compatible hardware... at all.

I would suggest that the DUC forum at www.digidesign.com would be a much better place to ask this question.

Best of luck to you!

DontLetMeDrown · 17th January 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matej

I don't see how you can use PT7 without the compatible hardware... at all.

Apogee Rosetta + DIGI card

Matej · 18th January 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by DontLetMeDrown

Apogee Rosetta + DIGI card

Digi card would be "compatible hardware", right?

10th January 2006	#1
tefna5@aol.com Gear interested Joined: Nov 2005 Location: Santa Cruz Mnts., CA Posts: 6 Thread Starter	WHY WONT THIS BOUNCE??!!! every time i try to bounce a session in pro tool 7.0 it will go through the whole song, appearing to bouce the session, but when i look where i saved it there is no file. can anyone help me. I am very desprate!

11th January 2006	#2
heyman Lives for gear Joined: May 2005 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 2,769	How much did you pay for pro tools? I would hit up their tech support for that answer.. I mean you paid for it right.? Let us know if they honestly help you out or blow smoke up your ass.. good luck.. __________________ Best quote ever....! Posted by Infernal Device.. "Guitar Center.... Even the good news is in the moan zone."

13th January 2006	#7
ExistanceMusic Gear addict Joined: Mar 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 478	I have had this happen to me ALOT! And when I looked on the net, I also couldn't find anything, so YES! It is a valid problem, you are not insane. Ok, there's part one. Next, try a few of these things: - Call your dealer and ask them if they can help. This is a fairly common problem. - if you are using a PC, defrag your drives. If Mac, repair them with disc utility. - change your CPU usage limit to 99%, and latency to 1024 samples, then restart PT. - take it out of "low latency monitor mode" if it's on. - Are you using a dither on your master if you are changinh bit depth? You should be. - Choose "convert files after bounce", not during. I can't think of anything else off the top of my head, but your need to fiddle with all these things. You will get there eventuallly, but it's really time consuming and frustrating, but you're not insane. I haven't been able to get a straight answer from anyone regarding why this happens. FWIW, it's happened to me on my 1gh, 640mb ram iBook, and a G5 iMac, 1.2ghz with 1gig ram. PT LE on a 002R both times. I've also had it happen on a HD2 rig, but that was easier to fix. __________________ Jesse Mahoney ExistanceMusic :at: hotmail dot com

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espasonico Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 663	Make sure you selected the correct outputs for the bounce.