Freezed problem after applying Clicks and Pops filter

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Dropping by just to thank you again for your feedback and to let you know that the problem no longer exists. I do still work with Logic Pro 9 at 32 bits (I'll move on to 64 as soon as I finish all the ongoing work started under 32 bits) and I did maintained the buffer size on 256.
I noticed that MOTU had launched a new driver version so I installed it just to realize that the loud poffs and cracks evolved to tiny crackle noise, like static on radio waves, that happened every 2 or 3 minutes, the noise starting slowly (few cracks) then accelerating (many cracks), lasting 5 seconds each time. Then silence (music) again. Major upset.
Then I was notified (as we all were I guess) that a Mavericks update was available. Run the update, a long one I should say, and, problem solved, no more noises - just plain music.
So everything's cool again. Finishing up some more instrumentals without unwanted noises.Thank you all, thx Nigel.
Francis Mann

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Man, I feel for you on this.
I would love to see what your pops and clicks look like in your waveform. If you can take a snapshot of it and post the pic here that might help the diagnosis.
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Default Clicks and pops, audio dropouts
I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but it's driving me crazy. I can't have any other program open while running soundtrack pro, even Activity Monitor, without getting clicks and pops and the occasional audio dropout. These issues are not present in the audio file -- they are digital artifacts that seem to only be an issue in STP.
The multitrack project I'm using was created from a sequence in FCP, and when playing the original sequence in FCP, there were no audio problems.
It doesn't appear to be an issue with my amount of RAM (2GB) because Activity Monitor was showing over 70% free. The processor (2.66 Intel Core Duo) doesn't look like it's being taxed all that much. Is there some kind of buffer setting that I should change? It's obnoxious. Every time I use some other application (Mail, Firefox, Acrobat reader etc.) I have to restart the computer before opening up Soundtrack again.
Also, has anyone noticed that it takes a loooooong time to save a project?

I notice quite a bit of issues with RAM as well. I just went up to 7 Gig to have some extra for the OS and my project just hit 3.7G of RAM which of course STP couldn't handle and it wont save and sometimes beach balls.
So, I've split my project into two projects for now and will continue to do so even more if the memory footprint keeps increasing. There is some really poor memory management happening related to duplicate clips. Hopefully they are aware of it and do something OR figure out how to use 64-bit memory space like EXS in Logic.

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