Soundtrack Pro Freeze

Someone please help me.
here's my system
4x2.5 GHz PowerPC G5
4GB RAM
Version 10.5.2
Soundtrack Pro Academic
Version 1.1
here's what happens.
i know its mostly coincidence but, every time i open Soundtrack just to "goof around" it starts up and works normally. when i'm working on something with a deadline... it freezes. just a minute ago i got it to open a clip i had sent from FCP to clean up some noise. it started up and loaded in the clip then it started to freeze. what i noticed today was that after i force quit that i no longer have audio in FCP. everything in the timeline will play. the meters show audio, but nothing is coming through the speakers. i searched the forum and say a post from someone with a similar problem. someone else posted a possible solution of installing Pro App Update and they provided a link. I d/l the update but can't install it because the installer says that neither of my volumes are eligible.
i'm at my whits end! i've been compromising my videos by completing them with uncleaned audio and its driving me nuts. i'm having flash backs to my earlier days of working with a beat up POS PC and having to cross my fingers every time i turned the stupid thing on.

I had a similar problem. Soundtrack Pro 1.1 would function just fine, until I tried to play any audio. Then it would freeze. I also noticed that there would be a slight "buzz" in my headphones whenever Soundtrack was open. Nothing I tried worked, until I popped open Soundtrack's preferences, and under the 'General' tab under 'Start Up,' I unchecked "Switch Hardware Sample Rate to Match Document."
This immediately solved the problem! Audio plays just fine, no more buzz and no more freezing! Maybe this will work for you?
-Clayton

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My friend, I've had nothing less than heartache using this application. I'm currently speaking with the Applecare pro support people who aren't even able to keep track of the Soundtrack Pro crashing problem that I've been having (Case ID #17591223)
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