DAW-WINDOWS 7-optimizacija part II
Hard Disk Optimizations
This optimization allows your hard drive to work more efficiently when recording and playing back audio files, and can sometimes resolve DAE Error -9073.
Open the Start menu and click on Computer
Right-click on your C: drive
Choose Properties
Uncheck 'Compress this drive to save disk space'
Uncheck 'Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed...'
Click Apply and then OK
Turn off User Account Control
Turning off UAC can help with the “Session must be on an audio record volume” error and various issues with launching Pro Tools.
Open the Start menu and then click on 'Control Panel'.
In Large icon View, click User Accounts.
Click on 'Change User Account Control Settings'.
Set it to 'Never notify'.
Click OK.
Restart the computer.
Adjust Power Options
This optimization prevents the computer from going into Sleep Mode, which can cause playback issues with the audio interface and its driver, as well disabling USB Selective Suspend, which can cause pops and clicks during record and playback with USB interfaces.
Open the Start menu and then click on 'Control Panel'.
In Large icon View, click on Power Options.
Select the 'High Performance' power plan. Click on the 'Change plan settings' link.
Set the display's sleep time to Never.
Set the computer's sleep time to Never.
Click on the 'Change advanced power settings' link.
Click on the '+' sign next to Hard Disk.
Click on the '+' sign next to Turn Off Hard Disk After.
Select the default; the text entry field will now be accessible.
In the text entry field, type Never.
Click on the '+' sign next to 'USB settings'.
Click on the '+' sign next to 'USB selective suspend setting'.
Double-click where it says Enabled and click on Disabled.
Click Apply then OK.
Click Save Changes.
Close the Power Options window.
Watch the tutorial video on YouTube or Vimeo
Enable Legacy FireWire Controller (FireWire interfaces only)
This optimization will change the FireWire controller on your system to the legacy controller previously used on Windows XP and Vista. In many cases, the legacy controller improves FireWire performance on Windows 7 and can resolve many Pro Tools issues such as DAE errors, freezes, and pops and clicks.
Open the Start menu. Right-click on Computer and choose Properties.
Click on Device Manager in the upper left corner.
In the Device Manager window, double-click on IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers.
Double-click on the controller (or port) that your FireWire interface is connected to.
Click on the Driver tab.
Click on Update Driver.
Choose 'Browse my computer for driver software'.
Choose 'Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer'.
Choose '1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller (Legacy)'.
Restart the computer.
Install Latest Device Drivers (Pro Tools 9 only)
It is always important to install the latest drivers available for your audio interface to ensure maximum compatibility with Pro Tools.
If you have an Avid/Digidesign interface, visit
www.avid.com/drivers to download the latest drivers that are compatible with Pro Tools 9.
For third-party interfaces, visit the manufacturer's website to download the latest drivers available for your audio interface.
Adjust Processor Scheduling
This optimization allows the computer to run Pro Tools more effeciently.
Click on the Start Menu, right-click on Computer.
Choose Properties.
Choose 'Advanced System Settings'.
Under the Performance section, click the Settings button.
In the Performance Options window, click the Advanced tab.
Under the Processor Scheduling section, select the Background Services option.
Hit Apply and then OK to close the Performance Options window.
Click OK to close the System Properties window.
Restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
Disabling Screen Saver
This optimization will prevent your screen saver from being enabled. An error may occur if the screen saver is enabled while Pro Tools is open.
Right-click on the Desktop and select Personalize.
Click on Screen Saver.
In the Screen Saver menu, select None and click OK.
Display Performance
This optimization frees up system resources on your computer.
Click on the Start Menu, right-click on Computer.
Choose Properties.
On the left side of the screen, click on Advanced System Settings.
Under Performance, click on Settings.
Choose the option to 'Adjust For Best Performance'.
Hit Apply and then OK.
Disable USB Power Management (USB interfaces only)
This optimization frees up bandwidth in the USB bus and can help resolve problems with device recognition and driver installation
Open the Start menu. Right-click on Computer and choose Properties.
Click on Device Manager in the upper left corner.
In the Device Manager window, double-click on Universal Serial Bus Controllers.
Double-click on the first USB Root Hub item.
Click on the Power Management tab.
Uncheck the box that says 'Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.' and click OK.
Repeat this process for all other USB Root Hub items.
Delete Digidesign Databases and Preferences
To delete Digidesign Database folders for all hard drives in Windows 7:
Go to your Start menu and click on Computer.
Double-click on the C: drive.
Double-click on Program Files.
Go to the Digidesign folder.
Go to the Pro Tools folder.
Right-click on the Databases folder and delete it.
NOTE: If you are using Pro Tools HD, DV Toolkit 2 or Complete Production Toolkit, you will want to backup your Catalogs folder before deleting the Databases folder.
To delete Pro Tools preference files in Windows 7:
Go to your Start menu and click on Computer.
Double-click on the C: drive.
Double-click on Program Files.
Go to the Common Files folder.
Go to the Digidesign folder.
Go to the DAE folder.
Right-click on the DAE Prefs folder and delete it.
Go back to your C: drive.
Double-click on Users.
Double-click on your user name.
Go to the AppData folder.
NOTE: If the Appdata is not showing, click on Organize and choose 'Folder and Search Options'.
Click on the View tab.
Select 'Show Hidden Files and Folders'.
Click Apply and OK. AppData should now be viewable.
Go to the Roaming folder.
Right-click on the Digidesign folder and delete it.