Optimizing "Audio Engine Inactive Check Your Audio Device".

[Shootie]

Not a show stopper. But “Audio Engine Inactive Check Your Audio Device” pops up now and then for a long time now. I’m just getting to the point of working with EZ Drummer so much, I want to fix this. It mostly happens (maybe 100% of the time), while I’m moving my cursor across sorting columns or different areas of the EZD2 interface while auditioning a midi file. Especially, but not every time, when I move my cursor across a field that makes my cursor change shape. Like when you go to resize a sorting column, the cursor turns from the generic pointer to a resizing arrows. Not when I’m clicking, just when my mouse moves. This will happen once every ten minutes for example. If I just have EZD2 playing back and I’m not moving my mouse, I never have a playback issue. Long time issue for me after many uninstall/reinstall of OS and Apps over the past year, maybe longer. Same issue whether using Standone and being the only thing on my computer running, or with intense Pro Tools session running.

I’m on all SSD HDs. EZD2 has its own SSD for it’s sounds. EZD2 app is on my SSD C Drive. 32GBs ram with i7-5930k.  RME Fireface 802. I have flawless and resource intensive feature film projects loading up and playing back in Pro Tools without a hiccup. I have a hard time thinking I’m under powered. Is this just something I need to live with and accept? Or am I possibly missing something that I can optimize?

Thanks for your time!
-Shootie

EZdrummer version: 2.1.8
Operating system: Windows 10

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[Olof Hermansson]

Does EZdrummer become silent when this message is shown?

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[Shootie]

Olof Hermansson wrote:

Does EZdrummer become silent when this message is shown?

It does not. Just mouse freezing while audio still plays.

**Also usually pushing two displays via GeForce GTX 1060 6GB.
Mouse doesn’t freeze up in DAW unless EZD2 GUI is visible and I’m mousing over it. When I have GUI closed, but EZD2 is playing, never an issue.

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• This post was modified 5 years ago by Shootie.

[Olof Hermansson]

For how long does the mouse freeze?

Every ten min – could it have something to do with a hard drive falling asleep?

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[Shootie]

Olof Hermansson wrote:

For how long does the mouse freeze?

Every ten min – could it have something to do with a hard drive falling asleep?

I did check just now. I’m on “High Performance”. I went to Advanced and HD Turn Off was at 160 minutes. Regardless of it not matching my issue, I did change that to zero. I will reply later if anything has changed. It’s a good thought, I appreciate your attention!

*Mouse freezes 2-4 seconds.

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[Phenix 2]

AUDIO ENGINE INACTIVE CHECK YOUR AUDIO DEVICe me too

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[Phenix 2]

Hi

Solved

This is more or less solved except for a problem of latency-sound-image synchronization with the drums I had before the last update

but, what must be done to avoid garageband-midi pad controller lockups

is to revert – to come back to last  2.1.8 version  by a line code given by Toontrack

And don’t take the latest version with Mac OS Big Sur (for me, it blocked, garage band crashed and froze (wheel spinning endlessly))

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[Pierre Schwartz]

I got similar issue with ezdrummer 2 after latest update my n-track 8 64bit studio completely freezess and do not work at all. The ezdrummer pops up and has the error message in lower right corner.  I will now try to roll back to version 2.1.8 where I did not have this problem. Or is there and betters solution?

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: Windows 10

[Olof Hermansson]

Pierre Schwartz wrote:

I got similar issue with ezdrummer 2 after latest update my n-track 8 64bit studio completely freezess and do not work at all. The ezdrummer pops up and has the error message in lower right corner.  I will now try to roll back to version 2.1.8 where I did not have this problem. Or is there and betters solution?

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: Windows 10

This error message means that the host has stopped asking the plug-in to render audio. Try to avoid clicking in the EZdrummer window in this state, because that can cause short freezes. Instead, try to remedy this in the host, for example by starting and stopping host playback.

When does this happen? All the time?

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[Pierre Schwartz]

This happen even just opening n-track with a midi track included using ezdrummer 2 and nothings work at all everything is stalled (freeze).

In the newer version of n-track 9 the issue is gone, but I prefer to work in version 8 (its much better).

What is new in ezdrummer 2.2.0 compared to version 2.1.8 that caused this issue?

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: Windows 10

• This post was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by Pierre Schwartz.

[Phenix 2]

when I played with my midi pad controller : it freezed it crashed

I tried the 2.2.0 version but the problem came at this moment

so I came back to the 2.1.8 version

Toontrack gave me some lines to write into the Terminal to delete all about the last version to let me come back the the previous version

I think it works now

I added the solution for someone   here

sudo — bash -c ‘pkgutil –forget com.toontrack.ezdrummer.aax.pkg; pkgutil –forget com.toontrack.ezdrummer.vst.pkg; pkgutil –forget com.toontrack.ezdrummer.au.pkg; pkgutil –forget com.toontrack.ezdrummer.app.pkg’

then return (if password)

then return

then download the version you need without the full installer in toontrack  product manager (in the right corner of the download section in the  toontrack   product manager)

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[Pierre Schwartz]

“write into the Terminal” What terminal? (sudo commands sounds like some Linux/Unix stuff)

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: Windows 10

[Phenix 2]

Mac > Terminal is the place to write the lines

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[Pierre Schwartz]

Does not work in Windows comand line

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: Windows 10

[Phenix 2]

they gave me the solution only for a Mac ( and Big Sur)

You like drums, iconic sounds and drum plugins ?
> Go and see my Youtube channel, instagram, Soundcloud and TikTok : like and and subscribe !

[Phenix 2]

contact them for the Windows system !

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> Go and see my Youtube channel, instagram, Soundcloud and TikTok : like and and subscribe !

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