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Re: DP Bug Database Participants

Post by Grigri »

Hello Shoshie!
Thanks for your efforts!

First: _5_

Secondly: To me DP version _5_ feels:_1

Third:
••• Random Sudden Quit: 1
••• Bounce To Disk: 0
••• Chronic Stuck Notes: 0
••• Audio Routing bugs: 0
••• Cue Mix Silent: 0
••• Crash Changing WindowSets: 0
••• Random VI Volume Changes: NA
••• Random Solo Changes: 0
••• MIDI Bursts: 0
••• Pitch Automation: 1
••• Mixing Board Automation Changes: 0
••• Clicking in monitor during input: 0
••• CPU Spiking: 0
••• Crash/Corrupt on Compact: NA
••• Crash while working: 0
••• Clicks on Merge: 1
••• Temporary Digital Noise during playback: 0
••• Lost Firewire Connection: NA
••• Lost PCI Connection: 0
••• MOTU Audio System quits: 0
••• MOTU MIDI System quits: 0
••• Crash on other specific functions (specify and rate): 4 (when changing the end point in the cycle mode while playing and being close frome the end point)
••• Other bugs (specify and rate): small "glitch sound" when I start playback with plugins in prerendering mode. Rate : 1 (I use real time mode now)
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Post by dweiss »

Shooshie wrote:First, using the scale below, describe yourself as a user: ____ [/size] (don't be shy!)


4 - I'm a pro, and DP is involved in lot of what I do. I'm pretty knowledgeable about DP, but I'm not ashamed to ask questions.
\Question 2.


Secondly, let's describe Digital Performer as your latest active version feels to you. I'm not looking for trends over every version since 2.7 or even 4.12. I'm just looking at the current systems and bugs, mainly in DP5, or if you're not there yet, DP 4.61 or whatever you're using. This is subjective; it's how DP feels to YOU, not the next guy. If you want to describe TWO versions (as in a before and after scenario) then fill out the questionnaire twice, and state what changed. (drivers, DP version, etc.)

To me DP version ____5_ feels:__2__
hough I probably will stay with DP if they fix it).


Question 3.
The following scale will be used to describe the severity of your bugs and problems on the questions down below. Just look over the scale, then skip on down to the list of bugs, and rate each bug with a number from this scale.


NA - Does not apply to me (never used the function)
0 - Never had the problem
1 - I remember it, but it's been long ago
2 - Used to happen, but not anymore
3 - a few times per year
4 - happens rarely, but it's not a problem
5 - maybe once a month
6 - maybe twice a month
7 - This bug is really bugging me
8 - Distracting. I get my work done, but this is a problem.
9 - Seems like all the time, but not 100% reproducible
10 - All the time. 100% reproducible.


Rate the following with a number from 0 to 10, using the above scale. Please, I need a number by every one of these. If you don't put a number, I will assume 0. Feel free to add your own bugs if you don't see them here.

••• Random Sudden Quit: 4
••• Bounce To Disk:
••• Chronic Stuck Notes: 8
••• Audio Routing bugs:
••• Cue Mix Silent:
••• Crash Changing WindowSets:
••• Random VI Volume Changes:
••• Random Solo Changes:
••• MIDI Bursts:
••• Pitch Automation:
••• Mixing Board Automation Changes:
••• Clicking in monitor during input:
••• CPU Spiking: 6
••• Crash/Corrupt on Compact:
••• Crash while working:
••• Clicks on Merge:
••• Temporary Digital Noise during playback:
••• Lost Firewire Connection:
••• Lost PCI Connection:
••• MOTU Audio System quits:
••• MOTU MIDI System quits: 4
••• Crash on other specific functions (specify and rate):
••• Other bugs (specify and rate):


The END!


Thanks, guys and girls. That should do it for now. I may ask a few of you for more info, but basically this will finish it for me.


Shooshie
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Post by muzishun »

Thanks, Shooshie. Here's my info:

SYSTEM #1:

Question 1: 5
Question 2: v4.5, 1
Question 3:

••• Random Sudden Quit: 4
••• Bounce To Disk: NA
••• Chronic Stuck Notes: 0
••• Audio Routing bugs: 8 (as to complex bussing ala subgroups)
••• Cue Mix Silent: NA
••• Crash Changing WindowSets: 0
••• Random VI Volume Changes: 0
••• Random Solo Changes: 0
••• MIDI Bursts: 0
••• Pitch Automation: NA
••• Mixing Board Automation Changes: 0
••• Clicking in monitor during input: 0
••• CPU Spiking: 4 (I throttle the buffer constantly)
••• Crash/Corrupt on Compact: NA
••• Crash while working: 2
••• Clicks on Merge: 0
••• Temporary Digital Noise during playback: 0
••• Lost Firewire Connection: NA
••• Lost PCI Connection: 0
••• MOTU Audio System quits: 4
••• MOTU MIDI System quits: 0
••• Crash on other specific functions (specify and rate): NA
••• Other bugs (specify and rate): NA

===================================

SYSTEM #2: (just finished an album project, so started new system on new partition)

Question 1: 5
Question 2: v5, 3
Question 3:

••• Random Sudden Quit: 4
••• Bounce To Disk: NA
••• Chronic Stuck Notes: 10
••• Audio Routing bugs: 8 (see Meterbridge bug below)
••• Cue Mix Silent: NA
••• Crash Changing WindowSets: 0
••• Random VI Volume Changes: 9
••• Random Solo Changes: 8
••• MIDI Bursts: 9 (see overdub bug below)
••• Pitch Automation: NA (have just avoided it)
••• Mixing Board Automation Changes: 0
••• Clicking in monitor during input: 0
••• CPU Spiking: 4 (I throttle the buffer size constantly)
••• Crash/Corrupt on Compact: NA
••• Crash while working: 2
••• Clicks on Merge: 0
••• Temporary Digital Noise during playback: 0
••• Lost Firewire Connection: NA
••• Lost PCI Connection: 0
••• MOTU Audio System quits: 4
••• MOTU MIDI System quits: 0
••• Crash on other specific functions (specify and rate): When Meterbridge is open,and "Tracks" is selected, going to a send on an audio track and selecting "New Aux track via New mono bundle" causes unexpected error and subsequent crash - 10
••• Other bugs (specify and rate): overdubbing on a track containing MIDI caused the original part to drop out and burst - 9

Addendum: re System #2 - The current project I'm doing requires the final to be delivered in Cubase (long story) - I've gotten stuck notes and random volume bursts in Cubase also
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Post by Shooshie »

Say, you guys who are just joining the effort, thanks! But this has been a sort of multi-part dillemma, and I need for you to provide me with your driver versions, as well. The instructions are at the bottom of the first post of this thread.

Give your driver versions, DP version, OSX version, type of computer, audio and MIDI interfaces, PCI cards, and plugins. It all works together with the bug information to give us an active database which draws correlations not easily visible otherwise.


Thanks!


[Edit: ooops! I just saw where you provided that in the other thread! Sorry. But thank you so much for being thorough.]

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Post by ramadev »

These answers are for my main rig:
G5 Dual 2.5GHz / 8GB RAM / original 828
OS 10.4.2 / DP 4.61 / FW driver 1.2.5
ChannelStrip / Altiverb 5


Question 1.

4 - I'm a pro, and DP is involved in lot of what I do. I'm pretty knowledgeable about DP, but I'm not ashamed to ask questions.

(And I've learned a great deal from Shooshie and others here! Many thanks to you all!)


Question 2.

1 - A few inconsistencies, but DP (4.61) is stable.
Being a multi-instrumentalist, I don't use VIs or MIDI.
I do use lots of tracks and plugs.
(I have DP 5 installed, but I'm not using it yet.)


Question 3.

••• Random Sudden Quit: 3
••• Bounce To Disk: 0
••• Chronic Stuck Notes: N/A (don't use MIDI)
••• Audio Routing bugs: 0
••• Cue Mix Silent: 0
••• Crash Changing WindowSets: 0
••• Random VI Volume Changes: N/A (don't use VI)
••• Random Solo Changes: 0
••• MIDI Bursts: N/A (don't use MIDI)
••• Pitch Automation: 0
••• Mixing Board Automation Changes: 0
••• Clicking in monitor during input: 4
••• CPU Spiking: 6
••• Crash/Corrupt on Compact: 0
••• Crash while working: 3
••• Clicks on Merge: 0
••• Temporary Digital Noise during playback: 0
••• Lost Firewire Connection: 0
••• Lost PCI Connection: N/A
••• MOTU Audio System quits: 3
••• MOTU MIDI System quits: N/A (don't use MIDI)
••• Crash on other specific functions (specify and rate): 0
••• Other bugs (specify and rate): 0
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Re: DP Bug Database Participants -- I need three easy questi

Post by kapono »

Shooshie wrote:This will take you less than 5 minutes. It's easy. It's just a matter of looking over my rating scales, and using my numbers to rate yourself, DP, and the bugs I've listed. We're almost there. Let's make this thing worthwhile for all the effort we've all put into it so far.

I've been working on this database of bugs. It's getting very big, but to make this info more usable for MOTU and for ourselves, I need to shade some of the data, because software this complex isn't just black or white. This won't take long, and it requires no research on your part; just your memory. If you will do this, it will make our data much more sensible. It really took getting each of your experiences to know what to ask. I couldn't have known what to put in this database without your input the 1st time around.

NOTE: If you want to answer these questions, but you didn't send me your info, go ahead and do it, but for it to be meaningful I'll need the info I asked for in the thread linked here.



Question 1.
First, using the scale below, describe yourself as a user: __4__
(don't be shy!)

1 - I'm a Sunday DP driver
2 - I use it often, but I pretty much do the same things all the time, and I don't know [or don't care] that much about the rest of DP.
3 - I'm a pretty hard core hobbyist/semi-professional, and I secretly plan to produce a hit CD with DP one of these days. (we won't tell... it'll just be our secret)
4 - I'm a pro, and DP is involved in lot of what I do. I'm pretty knowledgeable about DP, but I'm not ashamed to ask questions.
5 - Balls to the wall, pedal to the metal; you can have my copy of DP when you pry my cold, dead fingers off my keyboards. I live and breathe this thing.


Question 2.
Secondly, let's describe Digital Performer as your latest active version feels to you. I'm not looking for trends over every version since 2.7 or even 4.12. I'm just looking at the current systems and bugs, mainly in DP5, or if you're not there yet, DP 4.61 or whatever you're using. This is subjective; it's how DP feels to YOU, not the next guy. If you want to describe TWO versions (as in a before and after scenario) then fill out the questionnaire twice, and state what changed. (drivers, DP version, etc.)

To me DP version __5___ feels:__2__
0 - Totally stable. Zero bugs. I love DP, and it loves me.
1 - A few inconsistencies, but DP is stable
2 - Yeah, yeah, I get the stuck note or occasional sudden quit, but I save often and everything is fine. Not a problem.
3 - Stuck notes, Crashes, Bounce to Disk problems, or other problems they seem to creep up a lot more often than I'd like, but I'm not about to abandon ship. DP's very usable, and I get my work done.
4 - I've had to learn to avoid certain activities in DP. They just cause me too many problems.
5 - DP is unusable for me. Notes stick, it crashes, I have reproducible bugs, and I've even thought seriously about switching to Logic or some other DAW (though I probably will stay with DP if they fix it).


Question 3.
The following scale will be used to describe the severity of your bugs and problems on the questions down below. Just look over the scale, then skip on down to the list of bugs, and rate each bug with a number from this scale.


NA - Does not apply to me (never used the function)
0 - Never had the problem
1 - I remember it, but it's been long ago
2 - Used to happen, but not anymore
3 - a few times per year
4 - happens rarely, but it's not a problem
5 - maybe once a month
6 - maybe twice a month
7 - This bug is really bugging me
8 - Distracting. I get my work done, but this is a problem.
9 - Seems like all the time, but not 100% reproducible
10 - All the time. 100% reproducible.


Rate the following with a number from 0 to 10, using the above scale. Please, I need a number by every one of these. If you don't put a number, I will assume 0. Feel free to add your own bugs if you don't see them here.

••• Random Sudden Quit:4
••• Bounce To Disk:4
••• Chronic Stuck Notes:7
••• Audio Routing bugs:0
••• Cue Mix Silent:0
••• Crash Changing WindowSets:0
••• Random VI Volume Changes:0
••• Random Solo Changes:0
••• MIDI Bursts:4
••• Pitch Automation:0
••• Mixing Board Automation Changes:3
••• Clicking in monitor during input:6
••• CPU Spiking:8
••• Crash/Corrupt on Compact:0
••• Crash while working:3
••• Clicks on Merge:
••• Temporary Digital Noise during playback:3
••• Lost Firewire Connection:3
••• Lost PCI Connection:0
••• MOTU Audio System quits:3
••• MOTU MIDI System quits:2
••• Crash on other specific functions (specify and rate): 0
••• Other bugs (specify and rate):0


The END!


Thanks, guys and girls. That should do it for now. I may ask a few of you for more info, but basically this will finish it for me.


Shooshie
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Post by bartmc »

Question 1.
First, using the scale below, describe yourself as a user: _4_ (don't be shy!)

Caveat! I use DP every day in my work, but I'm a composer, not an engineer, and I have hearing damage. Some of the bugs listed here could be happening in my system and I wouldn't know it, so take my responses with a big grain of salt.

1 - I'm a Sunday DP driver
2 - I use it often, but I pretty much do the same things all the time, and I don't know [or don't care] that much about the rest of DP.
3 - I'm a pretty hard core hobbyist/semi-professional, and I secretly plan to produce a hit CD with DP one of these days. (we won't tell... it'll just be our secret)
4 - I'm a pro, and DP is involved in lot of what I do. I'm pretty knowledgeable about DP, but I'm not ashamed to ask questions.
5 - Balls to the wall, pedal to the metal; you can have my copy of DP when you pry my cold, dead fingers off my keyboards. I live and breathe this thing.

Question 2.
Secondly, let's describe Digital Performer as your latest active version feels to you. I'm not looking for trends over every version since 2.7 or even 4.12. I'm just looking at the current systems and bugs, mainly in DP5, or if you're not there yet, DP 4.61 or whatever you're using. This is subjective; it's how DP feels to YOU, not the next guy. If you want to describe TWO versions (as in a before and after scenario) then fill out the questionnaire twice, and state what changed. (drivers, DP version, etc.)

To me DP version __5___ feels:__1__
0 - Totally stable. Zero bugs. I love DP, and it loves me.
1 - A few inconsistencies, but DP is stable
2 - Yeah, yeah, I get the stuck note or occasional sudden quit, but I save often and everything is fine. Not a problem.
3 - Stuck notes, Crashes, Bounce to Disk problems, or other problems they seem to creep up a lot more often than I'd like, but I'm not about to abandon ship. DP's very usable, and I get my work done.
4 - I've had to learn to avoid certain activities in DP. They just cause me too many problems.
5 - DP is unusable for me. Notes stick, it crashes, I have reproducible bugs, and I've even thought seriously about switching to Logic or some other DAW (though I probably will stay with DP if they fix it).

Question 3.
The following scale will be used to describe the severity of your bugs and problems on the questions down below. Just look over the scale, then skip on down to the list of bugs, and rate each bug with a number from this scale.

NA - Does not apply to me (never used the function)
0 - Never had the problem
1 - I remember it, but it's been long ago
2 - Used to happen, but not anymore
3 - a few times per year
4 - happens rarely, but it's not a problem
5 - maybe once a month
6 - maybe twice a month
7 - This bug is really bugging me
8 - Distracting. I get my work done, but this is a problem.
9 - Seems like all the time, but not 100% reproducible
10 - All the time. 100% reproducible.

Rate the following with a number from 0 to 10, using the above scale. Please, I need a number by every one of these. If you don't put a number, I will assume 0. Feel free to add your own bugs if you don't see them here.

••• Random Sudden Quit: 0
••• Bounce To Disk: 0
••• Chronic Stuck Notes: 10, but it's fixed now for me by using MIDI drvr 1.31
••• Audio Routing bugs: 0
••• Cue Mix Silent: don't use cue mix
••• Crash Changing WindowSets: 0
••• Random VI Volume Changes: 0, but maybe i'm just not hearing it
••• Random Solo Changes: 0, but i don't use the Solo button much
••• MIDI Bursts: 0
••• Pitch Automation: 0, but i use this in a limited way.
••• Mixing Board Automation Changes: 0
••• Clicking in monitor during input: 0
••• CPU Spiking: don't really understand this one
••• Crash/Corrupt on Compact:
••• Crash while working: 0
••• Clicks on Merge: 0
••• Temporary Digital Noise during playback: 0
••• Lost Firewire Connection:
••• Lost PCI Connection: 0
••• MOTU Audio System quits: 0
••• MOTU MIDI System quits: 0
••• Crash on other specific functions (specify and rate):
••• Other bugs (specify and rate):

The END!
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Post by Saintmatthew »

Shooshie - driver versions for the studio machine:

MOTU MIDI driver 1.3.1
Motu Firewire Driver 1.2.5

Sorry it took so long.
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Re: DP Bug Database Participants -- I need three easy questi

Post by Pappy725 »

Here you go, Shoosh. Thanks for doing this, I'm sure good things will come of your efforts.
OT: Didn' you say Shooshie was and Indian name/nickname? I've been doing live sound for a powwow here in Fredericksburg all weekend. Not many channels, but still a challenge. They're celebrating the only treaty between white men and Indians that hasn't been broken.
Thanks again,
Pappy
Shooshie wrote: Question 1.
First, using the scale below, describe yourself as a user: _3___
(don't be shy!)
Question 2.
Secondly, let's describe Digital Performer as your latest active version feels to you. I'm not looking for trends over every version since 2.7 or even 4.12. I'm just looking at the current systems and bugs, mainly in DP5, or if you're not there yet, DP 4.61 or whatever you're using. This is subjective; it's how DP feels to YOU, not the next guy. If you want to describe TWO versions (as in a before and after scenario) then fill out the questionnaire twice, and state what changed. (drivers, DP version, etc.)

To me DP version ___4.61__ feels:__Stable__


Question 3.
The following scale will be used to describe the severity of your bugs and problems on the questions down below. Just look over the scale, then skip on down to the list of bugs, and rate each bug with a number from this scale.



Rate the following with a number from 0 to 10, using the above scale. Please, I need a number by every one of these. If you don't put a number, I will assume 0. Feel free to add your own bugs if you don't see them here.

••• Random Sudden Quit: 0
••• Bounce To Disk: 0
••• Chronic Stuck Notes: NA
••• Audio Routing bugs: 0
••• Cue Mix Silent: 0
••• Crash Changing WindowSets: 3
••• Random VI Volume Changes: na
••• Random Solo Changes: na
••• MIDI Bursts: na
••• Pitch Automation: 0
••• Mixing Board Automation Changes: 0
••• Clicking in monitor during input: 0
••• CPU Spiking: 4
••• Crash/Corrupt on Compact: 0
••• Crash while working: 1
••• Clicks on Merge: na
••• Temporary Digital Noise during playback: 0
••• Lost Firewire Connection: 0
••• Lost PCI Connection: na
••• MOTU Audio System quits 0:
••• MOTU MIDI System quits: na
••• Crash on other specific functions (specify and rate): 0
••• Other bugs (specify and rate): 0


The END!


Thanks, guys and girls. That should do it for now. I may ask a few of you for more info, but basically this will finish it for me.


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Post by Shooshie »

Pappy725 wrote:OT: Didn' you say Shooshie was and Indian name/nickname? I've been doing live sound for a powwow here in Fredericksburg all weekend. Not many channels, but still a challenge. They're celebrating the only treaty between white men and Indians that hasn't been broken.
Yes, it's Choctaw, and (you'll love this, considering the current thread and bug database project) it means "bug." My studio, "Studio HushiHomma" is "Redbird." I'm a member of the Choctaw Nation. And regarding that last treaty that hasn't been broken, tell them to keep it quiet; if word gets out, that one will get broken, too! ;)

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Post by dixiechicken »

Hi Shooshie!

Question1)
'm a pretty hard core hobbyist/semi-professional, and I secretly plan to produce a hit CD with DP one of these days. (we won't tell... it'll just be our secret)

Question2)
1 - A few inconsistencies, but DP is stable.

Qestion 3)
Random Sudden Quit: 4
••• Bounce To Disk: 0
••• Chronic Stuck Notes: 1
••• Audio Routing bugs: 0
••• Cue Mix Silent: Not applicable
••• Crash Changing WindowSets: 0
••• Random VI Volume Changes: Not applicable
••• Random Solo Changes: 0
••• MIDI Bursts: 2
••• Pitch Automation: 0
••• Mixing Board Automation Changes: 0
••• Clicking in monitor during input: 0
••• CPU Spiking: 4
••• Crash/Corrupt on Compact: 1
••• Crash while working: 3
••• Clicks on Merge: 0
••• Temporary Digital Noise during playback: 0
••• Lost Firewire Connection: 3
••• Lost PCI Connection: Not applicable
••• MOTU Audio System quits: 3
••• MOTU MIDI System quits: 1
••• Crash on other specific functions on quit: 3
(however things gets saved properly any way )
••• Other bugs (specify and rate): -------------

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Question 1. - 4

Question 2.


To me DP version _4.61_ feels:____

3 - Stuck notes, Crashes, Bounce to Disk problems, or other problems they seem to creep up a lot more often than I'd like, but I'm not about to abandon ship. DP's very usable, and I get my work done.

Every version since 3.11 has been slower than I would like, and this stuck note thing.....it's awful

Question 3.


••• Random Sudden Quit: 6
••• Bounce To Disk: NA
••• Chronic Stuck Notes: 9
••• Audio Routing bugs: 9
••• Cue Mix Silent: NA
••• Crash Changing WindowSets: 0
••• Random VI Volume Changes: 0
••• Random Solo Changes: 0
••• MIDI Bursts: 8
••• Pitch Automation: NA
••• Mixing Board Automation Changes: 0
••• Clicking in monitor during input: 0
••• CPU Spiking: 9
••• Crash/Corrupt on Compact: NA
••• Crash while working: 0
••• Clicks on Merge: 0
••• Temporary Digital Noise during playback: 0
••• Lost Firewire Connection: NA
••• Lost PCI Connection: 0
••• MOTU Audio System quits: 0
••• MOTU MIDI System quits: 4
••• Crash on other specific functions (specify and rate): NA
••• Other bugs (specify and rate): NA
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Post by bhagert »

1) 4
2) DP 5.0, 2 and fast fast fast.
3) 1
4) 0, and DP forgets the settings of the VIs when thrack is disabled. (feature?)

Mind you I have not gone through the complete app yet but it feel like the best version yet. (I am usually grumpy!) :wink:
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Re: DP Bug Database Participants -- I need three easy questi

Post by Aramis »

NOTE: If you want to answer these questions, but you didn't send me your info, go ahead and do it, but for it to be meaningful I'll need the info I asked for in the thread linked here.



Question 1.
First, using the scale below, describe yourself as a user: __3__
(don't be shy!)

1 - I'm a Sunday DP driver
2 - I use it often, but I pretty much do the same things all the time, and I don't know [or don't care] that much about the rest of DP.
3 - I'm a pretty hard core hobbyist/semi-professional, and I secretly plan to produce a hit CD with DP one of these days. (we won't tell... it'll just be our secret)
4 - I'm a pro, and DP is involved in lot of what I do. I'm pretty knowledgeable about DP, but I'm not ashamed to ask questions.
5 - Balls to the wall, pedal to the metal; you can have my copy of DP when you pry my cold, dead fingers off my keyboards. I live and breathe this thing.


Question 2.
Secondly, let's describe Digital Performer as your latest active version feels to you. I'm not looking for trends over every version since 2.7 or even 4.12. I'm just looking at the current systems and bugs, mainly in DP5, or if you're not there yet, DP 4.61 or whatever you're using. This is subjective; it's how DP feels to YOU, not the next guy. If you want to describe TWO versions (as in a before and after scenario) then fill out the questionnaire twice, and state what changed. (drivers, DP version, etc.)

To me DP version ___4.61__ feels:__1__
0 - Totally stable. Zero bugs. I love DP, and it loves me.
1 - A few inconsistencies, but DP is stable
2 - Yeah, yeah, I get the stuck note or occasional sudden quit, but I save often and everything is fine. Not a problem.
3 - Stuck notes, Crashes, Bounce to Disk problems, or other problems they seem to creep up a lot more often than I'd like, but I'm not about to abandon ship. DP's very usable, and I get my work done.
4 - I've had to learn to avoid certain activities in DP. They just cause me too many problems.
5 - DP is unusable for me. Notes stick, it crashes, I have reproducible bugs, and I've even thought seriously about switching to Logic or some other DAW (though I probably will stay with DP if they fix it).


Question 3.
The following scale will be used to describe the severity of your bugs and problems on the questions down below. Just look over the scale, then skip on down to the list of bugs, and rate each bug with a number from this scale.


NA - Does not apply to me (never used the function)
0 - Never had the problem
1 - I remember it, but it's been long ago
2 - Used to happen, but not anymore
3 - a few times per year
4 - happens rarely, but it's not a problem
5 - maybe once a month
6 - maybe twice a month
7 - This bug is really bugging me
8 - Distracting. I get my work done, but this is a problem.
9 - Seems like all the time, but not 100% reproducible
10 - All the time. 100% reproducible.


Rate the following with a number from 0 to 10, using the above scale. Please, I need a number by every one of these. If you don't put a number, I will assume 0. Feel free to add your own bugs if you don't see them here.

••• Random Sudden Quit:0
••• Bounce To Disk:0
••• Chronic Stuck Notes:6
••• Audio Routing bugs:6
••• Cue Mix Silent:0
••• Crash Changing WindowSets:0
••• Random VI Volume Changes:0
••• Random Solo Changes:0
••• MIDI Bursts:0
••• Pitch Automation:0
••• Mixing Board Automation Changes:6
••• Clicking in monitor during input:0
••• CPU Spiking:8
••• Crash/Corrupt on Compact:6
••• Crash while working:6
••• Clicks on Merge:0
••• Temporary Digital Noise during playback:6
••• Lost Firewire Connection:0
••• Lost PCI Connection:0
••• MOTU Audio System quits:0
••• MOTU MIDI System quits:0
••• Crash on other specific functions (specify and rate): 0
••• Other bugs (specify and rate):
0

The END!


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Post by Shooshie »

Thanks guys. Keep 'em coming. We're gradually chipping away at this. I hope this helps us. I'm sure going to feel foolish if it doesn't! (but it's already pointed to at least one solution--the stuck notes thing)

I can't do much this week, but you have my word I'll have it finished (to the extent of the info everyone has provided me) this month.

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