suddenly, i can't play, record or edit file. please help?

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misnoma
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suddenly, i can't play, record or edit file. please help?

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the app opens fine, but play/record/editing does nothing. generate silence crashes the app. i've checked and toggled sound in/out (bult-in) settings. I upgraded to 10.6 recently, so I checked audio plugins/HAL folder (empty).

does anyone have any insights please?

temporary file preference shows plenty of free space, though "home" and "net" are listed as 0mb, in blue. what does that mean?


the app works fine, in a very similar software (inc. 10.6), on my MacBook.

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Suddenly I can't play or record. the app opens fine, but the cursor
won't move. i've checked and toggled sound in/out (bult-in)
settings. I upgraded to 10.6 recently, so I checked audio plugins/
HAL folder (empty).

does anyone have any insights please?
Could you try to start playback, open the Activity Monitor, select
Amadeus Pro in the list of running applications, hit "Sample process"
and send me the report it creates? Thanks,

Martin

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Re: suddenly, i can't play, record or edit file. please help

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misnoma wrote:the app opens fine, but play/record/editing does nothing. generate silence crashes the app. i've checked and toggled sound in/out (bult-in) settings. I upgraded to 10.6 recently, so I checked audio plugins/HAL folder (empty).

does anyone have any insights please?

temporary file preference shows plenty of free space, though "home" and "net" are listed as 0mb, in blue. what does that mean?


the app works fine, in a very similar software (inc. 10.6), on my MacBook.
I have similar problems to misnoma, except I can't even start Amadeus Pro. I can't start it direct from the Applications folder either. The icon just bounces in the Dock, then eventually stops. I have an Intel IMac and just installed OS X v.10.6.

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Re: suddenly, i can't play, record or edit file. please help

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baw wrote:
misnoma wrote:the app opens fine, but play/record/editing does nothing. generate silence crashes the app. i've checked and toggled sound in/out (bult-in) settings. I upgraded to 10.6 recently, so I checked audio plugins/HAL folder (empty).

does anyone have any insights please?

temporary file preference shows plenty of free space, though "home" and "net" are listed as 0mb, in blue. what does that mean?


the app works fine, in a very similar software (inc. 10.6), on my MacBook.
I have similar problems to misnoma, except I can't even start Amadeus Pro. I can't start it direct from the Applications folder either. The icon just bounces in the Dock, then eventually stops. I have an Intel IMac and just installed OS X v.10.6.

Thanks,
Ben
Oh wait, I can choose Amedeus Pro in the Activity Monitor, even though it doesn't appear to be one of the applications that's actually running (cmd+tab) - weird. I will email you the output of the Sample Process, anyway.

Thanks,
Ben

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Re: suddenly, i can't play, record or edit file. please help

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misnoma wrote:the app opens fine, but play/record/editing does nothing. generate silence crashes the app. i've checked and toggled sound in/out (bult-in) settings. I upgraded to 10.6 recently, so I checked audio plugins/HAL folder (empty).

does anyone have any insights please?

temporary file preference shows plenty of free space, though "home" and "net" are listed as 0mb, in blue. what does that mean?


the app works fine, in a very similar software (inc. 10.6), on my MacBook.

I have a very similar problem macBook pro 2.66 i7 worked fine on my older MBP I really like this app but I also need it to work every time!

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I have a very similar problem macBook pro 2.66 i7 worked fine on my older MBP I really like this app but I also need it to work every time!
Are you sure that you have writing permissions to the temporary files location?
(See the "Temp Files" preferences.) Regards,

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Same problem

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I can open files, and save them in other formats. Can't edit anything. Playback doesn't work. I tried the same files in Quicktime and iTunes. They play fine. Can I load on another machine to see if it's my Mac Pro?



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Post by kineticturtle »

I'm having essentially the same issue - can open and convert files, I can even edit, but nothing that involves moving the play or record heads works - I can't playback or record, although the icon changes to look as if I'm playing back or recording. The counter will not move.

Using 10.5.8 on a 2.5ghz intel core 2 duo macbook pro with 4 gigs ram

I'm about to send you reports captured while both recording and playing.

Thanks Martin!
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Re: suddenly, i can't play, record or edit file. please help

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misnoma wrote:the app opens fine, but play/record/editing does nothing. generate silence crashes the app.
I have similar problem - after I use generate silence, I cannot play or I get the 'colour wheel'.

I was hoping to buy this application, but not if it's this unstable.

Snow Leopard (10.6.3) on a Mac Mini.

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Hi,
I have similar problem - after I use generate silence, I cannot play or I get the 'colour wheel'.
What parameters *exactly* did you enter in the "generate silence" dialog box? I am unable to reproduce this problem. Also, when you get the "spinning wheel", could you open the "Activity Monitor", select "Amadeus Pro", hit "Sample process" and send me the report that it generates? This might allow e to determine why it hangs... Thanks,

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kineticturtle wrote:I'm having essentially the same issue - can open and convert files, I can even edit, but nothing that involves moving the play or record heads works - I can't playback or record, although the icon changes to look as if I'm playing back or recording. The counter will not move.

Using 10.5.8 on a 2.5ghz intel core 2 duo macbook pro with 4 gigs ram

I'm about to send you reports captured while both recording and playing.

Thanks Martin!
Identical problem: no record/playback functions either through menu or keyboard or controls. This has been sporadic, now permanent. Have downloaded and reinstalled, restarted. Occurs with previously played .wav files (music) student recordings etc. v. 2.05 Amadeus Pro on MacBook Pro2.53 GHz Intel Corei5. Mac OS 10.6.8. Looked at Temp files--2 listings, one for the hard drive w/ masses of free space; one in angry red for Amadeus Pro with 63 MB volume size 22MB free space. No clue what the significance of this is. Amadeus has been a major productivity tool for me...

Update: the above characteristics apply when I'm NOT doing ProTools work. When I'm at my home (same MacBook Pro) but going through an M-Audio interace, Amadeus Pro works fine. Appears that the issue is interference between the two applications (I've checked all the relevant Preference settings) which breaks AP on its own.
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