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The Suggested, Minimum, & Preferred memory setting windows within the ...
 
The Suggested, Minimum, & Preferred memory setting windows within the "DAE Info" dialog box, display n/a or N/A .
DAE corrupted. Replace the application from the appropriate Pro Tools installation CD or website.

DAE error -199 when launching either Pro Tools or DAE [Page View]
 
DAE memory display windows in the Info dialog box show ' n/a ' or ' N/A ...
 
DAE memory display windows in the Info dialog box show ' n/a ' or ' N/A ' .
DAE corrupted. Replace the application from the appropriate Pro Tools installation CD or website.

DAE error -199 when launching either Pro Tools or DAE [Page View]
 
"Pro Tools with TDM requires the TDM mixer plug-in in the Plug-Ins Folder. ...
 
"Pro Tools with TDM requires the TDM mixer plug-in in the Plug-Ins Folder. Disk I/O and d24 systems also require a DSP Farm" when launching Pro Tools 5.1 for the first time.
Pro Tools 5.1 installer doesn't move 16-bit Mixer 1.8.x to the Obsoleted folder

If the 16-bit optimized Mixer 1.8.x was manually moved to the System Folder > DAE Folder > Plug-Ins, it will have to be manually removed.

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DAE Error -7101 with a 1622 as the first Interface when Pro Tools 5.1 ...
 
DAE Error -7101 with a 1622 as the first Interface when Pro Tools 5.1 with DAE 5.1.
Use DAE version 5.1cs4

Note that Beta software is not fully tested by Digidesign. [Page View]
 
How do I use my 001 or Audiomedia III card with Peak 2.1 or newer?
 
How do I use my 001 or Audiomedia III card with Peak 2.1 or newer?
From the Bias website-Digi 001 section:
The Digi 001 will not support third party applications, such as Peak, via DAE, and currently there are only output drivers for the sound manager. The best way to get sound in and out of Peak via the Digi 001 is to use Peak 2.1 or later and the ASIO Digidesign Direct IO driver, which can be downloaded from Steinberg. The Steinberg web page contains an updated Macintosh Direct IO ASIO to support the Digidesign 001.

This information also applies to the use of AMIII card.




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Digi 001 with a Power Macintosh "Beige" G3.
 
Digi 001 with a Power Macintosh "Beige" G3.
Because most users will likely encounter DAE -6045 errors when playing and recording audio tracks with the Power Macintosh Beige G3 and Digi 001, this computer is not officially supported (though it is supported with Audiomedia III and TDM-based systems). For more information, visit the Digidesign Web site at http://www.digidesign.com/compato

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For SampleCell II users on Windows, uninstalling SampleCell or the Digidesign ...
 
For SampleCell II users on Windows, uninstalling SampleCell or the Digidesign systems files will cause DAE (which is required by Pro Tools LE) to be removed.
To replace the uninstalled DAE, reinstall Pro Tools LE from the Installer CD.

This is a known issue with Pro Tools 5.1. [Page View]
 
Other than I/O throughput, what other characteristics of disk subsystems ...
 
Other than I/O throughput, what other characteristics of disk subsystems are important?
Seek Performance

It turns out that "average seek time" is the single most important performance characteristic for disk drives used with Pro Tools. Faster seeking drives will provide better results with Pro Tools. Generally speaking, higher RPM drives have lower (better) seek times. So, a 10,000 RPM SCSI drive with an average seek time of 3.3 ms will perform much better than a 7200 RPM ATA/66 drive with a 9 ms average seek time. 7200 RPM drives are usually able to provide enough seek performance for use with Pro Tools, but you'll have more "headroom" with 10,000 RPM drives, and you'll see fewer -9073 "disk too slow" errors when using lots of tracks/edits. 5400 RPM drives usually have seek times above 10 ms, so they are not recommend with Pro Tools (you can use them, but you won't be able to get as many audio tracks per drive, and you may need to increase the DAE Buffer size to avoid -9073 errors when doing a lot of dense edits/fades).

Faster seeking drives are better, but for most sessions you can probably get by with 24 audio tracks on a single drive if the seek time is 8ms or better (although you may need to set your DAE buffer size to 4 rather than 2, the default). Digidesign's official recommendation for best performance has been a maximum of 16 tracks per drive, but seek performance has been steadily improving since those guidelines were established (back when 10ms average seek time was considered good).

Though not performance characteristics per se, other important issues to consider when selecting a hard drive are: price, warranty, reputation of manufacturer, cooling ability of the disk enclosure, and the audible noise the drive/enclosure creates.

The DigiDrive (available from Digidesign) is a very nice external SCSI drive/enclosure because, in addition to having a 10,000 RPM drive with great seek performance, it has a very solid/rugged enclosure with excellent cooling capacity, and it generates virtually no noise.


From Kenn LeGault's January 22, 2001 Digidesign User Conference post:
http://duc.digidesign.com/showflat.php?&Number=333578
Disk I/O and Pro Tools -- Info and Tips
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Pro Tools hardware either not installed or in use by another application. ...
 
Pro Tools hardware either not installed or in use by another application.
This was seen with a 4.3.1 install where the user was previously running Pro Tools FREE. The installer was not updating the DAE and DSI because they were newer versions.

Trash all Digi software elements and install Pro Tools 4.3.1 from scratch.

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After installing Machine Control and connecting the cables, "Enable 9-Pin ...
 
After installing Machine Control and connecting the cables, "Enable 9-Pin Serial" button is grayed out when I go to setup-peripherals-machine control.
Either Machine Control is not authorized from key diskette or Machine Control extension is not present in the DAE folder/DAE Extensions folder. Authorize Machine Control, put Machine Control extension inside DAE Extensions folder, trash DAE prefs and relaunch Pro Tools.

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