Problems with DP 6.02
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:43 pm
A bit of background before I get into the full post.
I purchased my first mac desktop (see below) in February after 7yrs of being a generally happy Cakewalk/Sonar (pc) user. I always built my own recording computers and only used them for recording related applications. It was only in the last days on a dual core, 2gb RAM system that I eventually started running into it's limitations. I run a small, what I would call semi-professional recording studio that had completed several albums worth of songs from artists ranging from reggae dancehall to punk rock to Brazilian influenced jazz. Although I eventually bogged down the computer with virtual instruments and plug-in effects, I RARELY had crashes. Overall it was a very smooth system.
Moving forward, I realized that I could get a lot more RAM, an overall more powerful system and the ability to run Final Cut by going mac (I also already had a macbook and an iPhone). With that I did my research (keeping in mind that I wanted to keep my interface and not be forced to buy any PT hardware). After careful consideration, I chose DP.
I am beginning to feel like a made a big mistake--not so much in the cost of the program but rather in the time invested to learn it. It crashes constantly!!!
I feel that my setup is fairly simple-the only thing that I have added(to the box) is a UAD-2 card (and a lot of RAM). Now, even on the simplest of projects (4-5 tracks) and with no particular rhyme or reason as to cause, DP freezes or quits 'unexpectedly'
Over the years, I have enjoyed the ability to alter or get inside my PC when needed, however, as a producer, musician, and engineer, there are only so many hours in the day and I need to get things done without having to constantly re-boot and save after every change so that I don't loose something (why is there no auto-save on DP????)
I have also read many of the threads on this forum (esp the Do's and Don'ts for a crash-free DP) and see that many users are having a similar experience. Foremost in my mind is C Burwell, who I am certain, is very competent. I have also seen that many other users are having no problem with DP6.02 (yes I am up to date on that). I, like him, am very close to trying another platform (and starting the learning curve all over again) because I do have paying clients that don't want to be waiting around during crashes and reboots/relaunches. I am also not interested in learning every bit of minutiae about MacOSX just so that I can run DP....it should be quite a bit simpler than that. As I said, there are only so many hours in the day.
I welcome any comments, suggestions, rants or other insight as to what to do.....I would love to try DP 5 to see if that was less crash prone (as many here have reported) but don't think it can still be purchased.
Thanks
I purchased my first mac desktop (see below) in February after 7yrs of being a generally happy Cakewalk/Sonar (pc) user. I always built my own recording computers and only used them for recording related applications. It was only in the last days on a dual core, 2gb RAM system that I eventually started running into it's limitations. I run a small, what I would call semi-professional recording studio that had completed several albums worth of songs from artists ranging from reggae dancehall to punk rock to Brazilian influenced jazz. Although I eventually bogged down the computer with virtual instruments and plug-in effects, I RARELY had crashes. Overall it was a very smooth system.
Moving forward, I realized that I could get a lot more RAM, an overall more powerful system and the ability to run Final Cut by going mac (I also already had a macbook and an iPhone). With that I did my research (keeping in mind that I wanted to keep my interface and not be forced to buy any PT hardware). After careful consideration, I chose DP.
I am beginning to feel like a made a big mistake--not so much in the cost of the program but rather in the time invested to learn it. It crashes constantly!!!
I feel that my setup is fairly simple-the only thing that I have added(to the box) is a UAD-2 card (and a lot of RAM). Now, even on the simplest of projects (4-5 tracks) and with no particular rhyme or reason as to cause, DP freezes or quits 'unexpectedly'
Over the years, I have enjoyed the ability to alter or get inside my PC when needed, however, as a producer, musician, and engineer, there are only so many hours in the day and I need to get things done without having to constantly re-boot and save after every change so that I don't loose something (why is there no auto-save on DP????)
I have also read many of the threads on this forum (esp the Do's and Don'ts for a crash-free DP) and see that many users are having a similar experience. Foremost in my mind is C Burwell, who I am certain, is very competent. I have also seen that many other users are having no problem with DP6.02 (yes I am up to date on that). I, like him, am very close to trying another platform (and starting the learning curve all over again) because I do have paying clients that don't want to be waiting around during crashes and reboots/relaunches. I am also not interested in learning every bit of minutiae about MacOSX just so that I can run DP....it should be quite a bit simpler than that. As I said, there are only so many hours in the day.
I welcome any comments, suggestions, rants or other insight as to what to do.....I would love to try DP 5 to see if that was less crash prone (as many here have reported) but don't think it can still be purchased.
Thanks
