Pro* Tools
- Jan 21, 2012
- 3 min read
Updated: Jun 27
As mentioned in a previous posting, I still haven’t yet moved completely away from Pro Tools 8, in favor of PT 10. Thus, as I keep exploring version 8, I keep finding its massive, incredible deficiencies. It’s to the point that it’s absolutely ridiculous. I decided, since I keep having fatal error messages pop up that require me to restart the computer to get the software to run again, maybe I should start a log of all the error messages that come up, keeping me from getting anything done. This is a work in progress unless, miraculously, all the errors listed below end up being the extent of the problems:
1) Assertion in”../Mdie_TrackPlayer.cpp”, line 469
2) Could not complete the Close Session command because Access violation occurred, unable to read location: 0xBAFBF800 at address: 0x7C91OA19 in module: ntdll.dll. (one similar: Could not complete the Close Session command because Access violation occurred, unable to read location: 0x00000038 at address: 0x042E01D4 in module: ProTools.dll)
3) Access violation occurred, unable to read location: 0x00000000 at address: 0x048B8D90 in module: ProTools.dll (also, similarly: Access violation occurred, unable to read location: 0x00000002C at address: 0x049D6B69 in module: ProTools.dll)
4) This one is a frequent annoyance: “One or more ReWire applications did not terminate. You need to manually quit those applications before quitting Pro Tools”
5) Could not complete the Exit command because Access violation occurred, unable to read location: 0x00000010 at address: 0x049F6FCB in module: ProTools.dll.
6) DAE error -7453 was encountered.
7) Access violation occurred, unable to read location: 0x00000008 at address: 0x009322D1 in module: DFW.dll
8) Pro Tools was unable to Auto Backup your session. If your session is on a read-only drive, you must disable “AutoSave” by unchecking “Enable Session File Auto Backup” (located in the Operations tab of the Pro Tools Preferences dialog) to avoid this error. (Error was: Access violation occurred, unable to read location: 0x00000014 at address: 0x049E87DB in module: ProTools.dll)
9) Access violation occurred, unable to write location: 0x28A2E000 at address: 0x781472F9 in module: MSVCR80.dll
The fine print: *Avid’s lawyers would like you to know there is no implied or explicitly expressed claim that the use of “pro” in “Pro Tools” is a shortened version of the word “professional.” “Pro” may be referring to “proletariat,” “project,” “proxy,” quite possibly “prohibitive,” and, less likely, “protest.” Given the nature of such vague abbreviations, “Pro Tools,” it’s subsidiaries and parent company will accept no claims that its products are not professional enough as, again, no such claims of the software being “professional” exist.**
**Dear Avid’s lawyers: this is a parody of what you might likely say. If you are reading this and take offense, get a life.
If you’re looking to pass some time, check out the music I’ve been able to record on not Pro Tools, but GarageBand instead, here: https://www.kilmermedia.net/music
2026 update: I no longer use Pro Tools, at all. In comparison, GarageBand is/was so intuitively easy to set up and use. Eventually, the limitations of that software included for free on all Macs became evident, so I ponied up the one-time charge of $299 and haven't looked back. It has its flaws and bugs, but the overall experience is, for me, a million times better than using Pro Tools. Somehow, the mixes sound a lot cleaner and general functionality is so much better. The primary example is, upon reinstating Pro Tools a few years back, I couldn't get any sound to come out of my headphones.... I had to contact Customer Support to get squared away. On the other hand, if I open Logic, then plug in headphones, the software is going to ask if I want to use them.
Conversely, if I happen to accidentally yank out my headphones, Pro Tools will force-close the project. If the same thing happens in Logic, it'll let you now it's switching over to the built-in speakers... or you can click "Open Settings" and make another selection. These things may seem basic, but in the middle of working on a project, holy crap, they make a big different. See ya, Pro Tools.
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