PT Session must be on a audio record volume question

Musicfuelzgood · 26th August 2005

this one is for a friend of mine...who is running pro tools 6.9 on an ibook with an mbox...haha i know...i know......anyhoo...he recently asked me this question...when he opens up a session and tries to save anything he gets "Session must be on a audio record volume".....as far as i know...he's recording to a firewire drive that has done him fine...even if he is recording to the internal drive of the mac...is there anything....after the upgrade to pt 6.9 that would have changed on him preventing to save...and giving him this error? personally i have not upgraded to 6.9 yet...but i may be on my way there in the future....although with 6.1 im doing fine currently...so not yet........thanks for all the help guys.

-b

Jan Folkson · 26th August 2005

He should go into the 'workspace' and change the drive he's trying to record onto to 'r' in the audio column. If he gets an error, he needs to reformat the drive. I'd suggest using the apple disk utility (assuming it's a mac).

Good luck.

RaGe · 26th August 2005

listen i am not PT user but here goes:
i was working at this studio (also running an m-box) the other day and the operator ran exactly into this error after upgrading to whatever latest version (6.9 i think).
he had to reinstall PT from scratch but stayed away from 6.9.
iirc he even formatted and reinstalled his mac os before that.
anyways, we were able to record after he did the reinstall
hope this helps

jonnyclueless · 27th August 2005

Jan nailed it on the head. Just switch it to readable in the workspace window. If it still doesn't work, chances are the drive is formatted for DOS, or damaged.

Musicfuelzgood · 30th August 2005

the drive seems to be fine...it is a mac ibook... he tried switching it in the workspace to Record and playback....but every time he tried..the error popped up again. he is currently running tiger...any other suggestions? thanks for all the suggestions so far!

-b

Mind-Over-Midi · 30th August 2005

If your friend is running 6.9 on Tiger and not 6.9.2 then that (most likely) is the source of his problem. I ran into the same problem, downloaded 6.9.2................................... life is good again!

Peace,

Bill.

26th August 2005	#1
Musicfuelzgood Gear nut Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Lake Hopatcong, NJ Posts: 98 Thread Starter	PT Session must be on a audio record volume question this one is for a friend of mine...who is running pro tools 6.9 on an ibook with an mbox...haha i know...i know......anyhoo...he recently asked me this question...when he opens up a session and tries to save anything he gets "Session must be on a audio record volume".....as far as i know...he's recording to a firewire drive that has done him fine...even if he is recording to the internal drive of the mac...is there anything....after the upgrade to pt 6.9 that would have changed on him preventing to save...and giving him this error? personally i have not upgraded to 6.9 yet...but i may be on my way there in the future....although with 6.1 im doing fine currently...so not yet........thanks for all the help guys. -b

26th August 2005	#2
Jan Folkson Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2003 Location: NYC, NY Posts: 629	He should go into the 'workspace' and change the drive he's trying to record onto to 'r' in the audio column. If he gets an error, he needs to reformat the drive. I'd suggest using the apple disk utility (assuming it's a mac). Good luck. __________________ - Jan Folkson www.janfolkson.com If you can't make it good, the least you can do is make it perfect.

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26th August 2005	#3
RaGe Gear maniac Joined: Dec 2002 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 181	listen i am not PT user but here goes: i was working at this studio (also running an m-box) the other day and the operator ran exactly into this error after upgrading to whatever latest version (6.9 i think). he had to reinstall PT from scratch but stayed away from 6.9. iirc he even formatted and reinstalled his mac os before that. anyways, we were able to record after he did the reinstall hope this helps

27th August 2005	#4
jonnyclueless Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 799	Jan nailed it on the head. Just switch it to readable in the workspace window. If it still doesn't work, chances are the drive is formatted for DOS, or damaged.

30th August 2005	#5
Musicfuelzgood Gear nut Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Lake Hopatcong, NJ Posts: 98 Thread Starter	the drive seems to be fine...it is a mac ibook... he tried switching it in the workspace to Record and playback....but every time he tried..the error popped up again. he is currently running tiger...any other suggestions? thanks for all the suggestions so far! -b

30th August 2005	#6
Mind-Over-Midi Lives for gear Joined: May 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,451	If your friend is running 6.9 on Tiger and not 6.9.2 then that (most likely) is the source of his problem. I ran into the same problem, downloaded 6.9.2................................... life is good again! Peace, Bill.