Pro tools low volume after bounce

Real-time bounce to disk fails with an AAE error. Avid reports that this was fixed in Pro Tools But suggested workarounds for previous versions are Check Your Plug-ins - errors can be caused by having older plug-ins in your plug-ins folder.

So check your plug-ins and make sure that they are all up to date. This is a Windows-only error and seems to be more common when trying to use Pro Tools First for the first time.

If you get an AAE Error message then the advice is to right-click on the Pro Tools icon and choose Run as administrator this gives you the appropriate permissions to run Pro Tools.

AAE Error is also plugin related. The most common reason for this error is that there is at least one plugin in your plugin folder that has not been activated. Another user had reported having the same problem with these plugins and it turned out that the plugin was not registered…. Must have been running in demo mode up until I got the error.

You get the license emailed to you from MusicLab when you purchase the plugin. You navigate to the license attachment in the email to register. Hey presto! Note: These steps are not required when running Windows 10 May Update version or higher. Another user reported that they got an AAE Error message because….

Once activated on my new Mac, it works fine now. An AAE Error can pop up when opening some sessions. Bizarrely, if the error is dismissed, Pro Tools seems to function normally. To do this….

In the Output tab. Click on the Default button towards the bottom left corner. There are a group of error messages that can be grouped under the banner of Assertion Errors.

They will throw up an error dialog box and have a message along the lines of…. Could not complete your request because Assertion in " The common elements are the word Assertion, a file name ending in. This is an error that can pop up when the Pro Tools Playback Engine is not configured correctly and can occur in both Mac and Windows versions of Pro Tools.

There are 3 other options to fix this which you can find in this Avid Knowledge Base Article. This is an oldie, but we include it here for completeness. This can pop up on older Windows Pro Tools Systems.

The advice here is to make sure you have the latest version of X-Form installed. The list in the article is comprehensive, but there are error messages that we have not covered. Most are error messages that occur on much older Pro Tools systems or have been fixed in subsequent versions. Google is your friend here. Also, our advice is not to worry about the minus sign at the start of the error number.

As we know in our research, there are often different explanations for the various Pro Tools error numbers so dig a little further, to get a consensus.

Mike Thornton has been working in the broadcast audio industry for all his working life, some 44 years. Mike has worked with Pro Tools since the mids recording, editing and mixing documentaries, comedy and drama for both radio and TV as well as doing the occasional music project.

Drag one half of that group back to your plug-in folder and see if your system launches If it does, then pull them back out and try the other half - it should crash. The advice is as follows… Shut down the computer and power cycle the chassis if applicable. The following are the most common system components to cause buffer errors if incompatible: Motherboard Chipset on Windows machines - Firewire Controller less likely on newer machines, but if you are still using older FireWire peripherals this may still be an issue.

Hold the N key down immediately after launching until the Playback Engine window opens to select your device If the same error occurs, Avid recommend you try the following Right-click the devices and disable all sound device. AAE Error This is a weird one as the suggestion in the error message is completely misleading.

DAE and more recently AAE error " The leading cause of the error is recording, playing back, or bouncing to a drive that is literally "too slow or too fragmented". Also, the reasons for error messages can be many and varied, but can include the fact that the computer is too busy to serve Pro Tools in a timely manner, which could be background applications running and so on The PCI Bus version "The PCI bus is too busy for DAE to communicate reliably with the audio hardware.

Advice On Errors On Older Systems If you have a lot of tracks in a session then consider splitting your audio tracks up across multiple drives to prevent this error. As a workaround, Avid recommend AAE error Pro Tools Is that still requiring mastering?

What's your set up? Which version of protools? MAC or PC? Sound Card? Astar New member. I had the same problem wayy back. I emailed digidesign tech support and they gave me the solution: Increase the fader levels for all your tracks going to the mater output. Astar said:. Increase the fader levels for all your tracks going to the mater output. Click to expand Likewise, any EQ or stereo enhancement plugins that are essential to the sound and vibe of the mix should be left on.

The better you like your stereo mix, the fewer stems you need. More concerns about your mix, make a greater number of stems. Be sure you leave your computer automation on for each stem so that every sonic move you make in your stereo mix is retained in the stems. You can check your stems by loading them into a new mix session. The combined separations should sound the same as your stereo mix file, but just more open and less compressed. This is normal and not something you should worry about.

When you place your bouncing markers, leave some empty audio space at the beginning and end of your track. If you want the mastering engineer to bounce your track with the first beat happening right at the start of the audio then let him know. Leaving space at the end of the track allows any reverb or other effects to decay naturally. This can help him transparently remove any unwanted noise or hiss throughout your track if necessary.

Part of the problem could be that your PT session is maybe playing in 24bit and when you bounce something and listen to it It shouldn't sound different though volume wise Last edited: Feb 19, When you are mixing, you are looking for what is called the "universal sound".

That means that you are trying to make a recording that sounds as good as possible on every system you play it on. What the music sounds like out of your monitors is not the way it's going to sound everywhere else you play it. Use your monitors as "reference monitors", which is what they're meant for. Make a mix and play it on various systems: cars, home stereos, different PCs and laptops, etc.. After doing this over a period of time, you'll Learn how to get your mixes to a minimally acceptable level every time, then you'll be left with just tweaks for the remainder of the mixing process.

And if you're mixing with PC speakers and headphones, you're never gonna get a good mix. U need to invest in monitors. This is going to sound stupid as hell but keep in mind i'm very new to all this What is a monitor and how does it help plan what the bounced mp3 file will sound like?

If its a problem with bit rate, then how can I playback my file on Pro Tools in 16 bit then bounce to disk as 16 bit and see if thats the problem?

LostProfit New member. The problem is that you quite simply aren't hearing the bounced file, you will probably be hearing some form of floating point representation, whether it's 24 or 32 bit.