Multitrack project problems

So i use multitrack projects quite frequently to loop music, etc. Lately Soundtrack has been crashing 2-5 a day while using it. Nothing else is open, i am wondering if anyone else is having problems quite like this and if it was resolved. I do send the report to apple but have heard nothing from them....Any help would be useful...i also get this with Motion and Livetype, but thankfully not yet with FCP.

Hi Emily,
What audio interface are you using? If you're not using Apple's built-in audio interface, are you using the most up-to-date driver supported for use under the version of OS X that you are running?

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