Pro tools HD scary bug

Cyril Harrison · 25th October 2006, 12:48 PM

Hi guys
Something really strange has just happened with our pro tools HD ( 7.1 CSC 5) !!!
A stereo track playing in solo, (all other track muted, no solo isolate,no hidden tracks---100% sure) , the audio was playing then cuting the right side then playing a other track at the same time (that was muted for sure) .....
I saved the session, reboot pro tools, opened the same session and everything was working fine....
it's a little bit scary...... you print a mix and then what.....you mute some tracks and they play when they want??????????

Does someone has ever had experiences like that ?

Thank!

Cyril

MJGreene Audio · 25th October 2006, 04:37 PM

Sounds like it is pulling random bits of audio from the hard drive. I have had similar things happen when the drive is not performing up to spec or when you get some weird internal processing bug in Pro-Tools. Its really fun

I used to have a problem with a workstation that is no longer made that would randomly insert old audio files at the end of what you were recording. It was really great when you were doing a rock album and some dialog from a kids animated program pops in right after you punch out. Very strange bug.....

Check your drives, Defragment them if needed and see what happens.

blackcatdigi · 25th October 2006, 05:42 PM

IME, this is Steve and Daves' friendly reminder method of informing you that you're headed for trouble, and usually precedes a big CRASH.

Time to do some system maintenance; Trash prefs, delete caches, repair permissions, reformat drives, blah-blah-blah. Seriously.

Good Luck!

blackcatdigi · 25th October 2006, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MJGreene Audio

I used to have a problem with a workstation that is no longer made that would randomly insert old audio files at the end of what you were recording.

Vestax HDRs, eh?

elambo · 25th October 2006, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackcatdigi

Time to do some system maintenance; Trash prefs, delete caches, repair permissions, reformat drives, blah-blah-blah. Seriously.

Agreed. What you're experiencing isn't so odd, unfortunately, and you'll probably want to do the above to clean things up (maybe not reformat).

Jan Folkson · 25th October 2006, 06:34 PM

It's probably not a pro tools bug, but as suggested above a drive issue, most likely directory related. I've also seen this happen after optimizing audio drives, although I haven't seen that one in a long time. I still do not advocate optimizing audio drives btw.

While trashing prefs, repairing permissions, and deleting caches isn't a bad idea, it's not going to fix this. You don't specify whether you're on a mac or pc, but I suggest using a program that will check the directory of the drive and repair it if it has become corrupt.

MJGreene Audio · 25th October 2006, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackcatdigi

Vestax HDRs, eh?

Actually it was the Doremi Labs DAWN system. Great concept but not only was it behind the Pro-Tools Curve even in the early 90's it wasn't even the next block over. Great in its own way for dialog editing but really sucked for music.

And it wasn't cheap.

So Expensive, Crappy, and buggy. What more can you ask for!!!

Thanks,
Michael Greene

Cyril Harrison · 26th October 2006, 02:32 PM

Thanks you all for your advices !

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25th October 2006, 12:48 PM	#1
Cyril Harrison Gear interested Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Switzerland Posts: 9	Pro tools HD scary bug Hi guys Something really strange has just happened with our pro tools HD ( 7.1 CSC 5) !!! A stereo track playing in solo, (all other track muted, no solo isolate,no hidden tracks---100% sure) , the audio was playing then cuting the right side then playing a other track at the same time (that was muted for sure) ..... I saved the session, reboot pro tools, opened the same session and everything was working fine.... it's a little bit scary...... you print a mix and then what.....you mute some tracks and they play when they want?????????? Does someone has ever had experiences like that ? Thank! Cyril

25th October 2006, 05:42 PM	#3
blackcatdigi Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: upstate, sc Posts: 1,450	IME, this is Steve and Daves' friendly reminder method of informing you that you're headed for trouble, and usually precedes a big CRASH. Time to do some system maintenance; Trash prefs, delete caches, repair permissions, reformat drives, blah-blah-blah. Seriously. Good Luck! __________________ Sincerely, Casey SC Digital Services Bob Olhsson wrote on 17th September 2002, 12:56 PM: "Music is being used to sort consumers rather than to entertain people."

25th October 2006, 06:34 PM	#6
Jan Folkson Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NYC, NY Posts: 621	It's probably not a pro tools bug, but as suggested above a drive issue, most likely directory related. I've also seen this happen after optimizing audio drives, although I haven't seen that one in a long time. I still do not advocate optimizing audio drives btw. While trashing prefs, repairing permissions, and deleting caches isn't a bad idea, it's not going to fix this. You don't specify whether you're on a mac or pc, but I suggest using a program that will check the directory of the drive and repair it if it has become corrupt. __________________ - 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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25th October 2006, 04:37 PM	#2
MJGreene Audio Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Land Behind The Zion Curtain Posts: 994	Sounds like it is pulling random bits of audio from the hard drive. I have had similar things happen when the drive is not performing up to spec or when you get some weird internal processing bug in Pro-Tools. Its really fun I used to have a problem with a workstation that is no longer made that would randomly insert old audio files at the end of what you were recording. It was really great when you were doing a rock album and some dialog from a kids animated program pops in right after you punch out. Very strange bug..... Check your drives, Defragment them if needed and see what happens.

26th October 2006, 02:32 PM	#8
Cyril Harrison Gear interested Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Switzerland Posts: 9	Thanks you all for your advices !