Pro Tools

[Sam Jones]

Doe anyone here use pro tools often?

I am currently using Pro tools 9 and i keep on havin this error message show up;

DAE error "-7401".

Anyone know what it means?

cheers

Sam

[GaZaa]

I use Pro Tools 8 but I would imagine the principles would be the same. Does the problem occur on all of your sessions or is there one particular file that's causing the problem? What operating system are you currently running?

It may be worth trying to change the buffer size of the playback engine. Do this by going to Setup > Playback Engine and having a play around with the buffer size setting. Mine is set at 512 samples as this works fine with my system and I get very little latency from that setting. It may also be a plug-in that is causing the issue or if you are running too many plug-ins that are quite taxing on resources you can get error messages. If you can, cut back on them.

If it is just the one session that is having issues you can save a copy of the file with any necessary audio files by going to File > Save Copy In... This will create a new session with new audio files (make sure the All Audio Files box is checked) so if there was an issue with corrupt files in the previous session the new files shouldn't contain any problems.

Hope that helps a little.

[Sam Jones]

that helps a lot, we have currently just bought a mac pro, 8 core etc... and only have pro tools 9 installed, i think the error is with the plug ins not being correctly installed.

also, my boss decided to uninstall everything and ended up deleting the audio files so what i have recorded that was due to be sent to the company was deleted.

the company i work for is called art4art, what we do is record voice overs for things like the Windows phones etc.... We have talent (voices) who speak nearly every language in the World.

Also, which driver should i install to use a Saffire Pro 40, it runs via firewire?

[GaZaa]

Sounds like an awesome job! I did a degree in Music and Sound Technology and covered things like recording music, composing, synthesis and all that sort of stuff. The best bit for me though was definitely doing a 5 minute soundtrack for a clip from the 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We covered everything including, Dialogue, Foley, Sound Effects and Music. That was probably one of the most interesting and fun things I've done relating directly to Music and Sound. For my final year in a group we made an "Interactive Multi-sensory have Installation", based around the four environmental seasons using a Nintendo Wii remote and various other input devices.

Anyway I wont bore you with any more details other than that

Take a look at the Focusrite website for most up to date driver downloads etc http://www.focusrite.com/downloads/saffire/ There's also some getting started guides and things to set the ball rolling. The Focusrite stuff really is good gear!

Another thing to bare in mind with dodgy plug-ins is that if you're running OSX Lion the plug-in may require an update or not yet be compatible at all with Lion. I had this problem when upgrading from Leopard to Snow leopard in Pro Tools as it took Avid months to actually make the plug-ins within Pro Tools compatible, to the point where I got a bit fed up with it and got stuck into Logic instead. Both are great in their own right though and I love Pro Tools ease of use.