What is causing my macbook pro to hard freeze?

My 2011 15" MacBook Pro started hard freezing recently a couple months ago. The screen goes black and the computer seems to be stuck on a loop. If music is playing, it will repeat the same second of music over and over until I hold the power button. Sometimes I can even hear the sounds from inside the computer (the sounds of the hard drive spinning?) repeat at the same frequency.
It was rare at first but became much more frequent (once a day) and I finally decided that maybe an update from Leopard to Lion would help. So I updated but the problem is still getting worse. It is now freezing a few times a day, sometimes only minutes after starting back up following a freeze.
It does seem to be linked to activity, that is, the more I'm doing, the more likely it is to freeze. But I can skype for hours and hours with no problems even though the fans are running high and the computer seems to be working hard, and then try to preview a pdf on my desktop and it freezes.
If the update to Lion didn't help at all, what else can I do? Could this be a hardware problem?

Ok, so I looked through the system.log and couldn't see any obvious error messages but here's everything that happened after I woke my computer from Sleep and before the crash:
Feb  7 14:01:27 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro eapolclient[384]: en1 STOP
Feb  7 14:01:27 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro applepushserviced[209]: <APSCourier: 0x10da2ceb0>: Stream error occurred for <APSTCPStream: 0x7fa781614ed0>: The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)
Feb  7 14:01:28 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro Alarm Clock[185]: kIOMessageSystemHasPoweredOn
Feb  7 14:01:28 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro helper[426]: Deleting power event: 2012-02-08 14:37:00 +0000
Feb  7 14:01:28 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x13013].com.digitallity.alarmclock2[185]: 2012-02-07 14:01:28.046 helper[426:707] Deleting power event: 2012-02-08 14:37:00 +0000
Feb  7 14:01:28 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro airportd[413]: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “Starey Oh Sexy”. Bailing on auto-join.
Feb  7 14:01:30 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro applepushserviced[209]: <APSCourier: 0x10da2ceb0>: Stream error occurred for <APSTCPStream: 0x7fa7815108c0>: The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)
Feb  7 14:01:31 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro configd[16]: network configuration changed.
Feb  7 14:01:31 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - Probe
Feb  7 14:01:31 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveStartDetect:2343 Bypassing probe on Starey Oh Sexy because it is protected and not on the exception list
Feb  7 14:01:31 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - Unknown
Feb  7 14:01:31 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro configd[16]: network configuration changed.
Feb  7 14:01:46 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro Alarm Clock[185]: kIOMessageSystemWillSleep
Feb  7 14:01:46 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro helper[430]: Adding power event: 2012-02-08 14:37:00 +0000
Feb  7 14:01:46 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x13013].com.digitallity.alarmclock2[185]: 2012-02-07 14:01:46.838 helper[430:707] Adding power event: 2012-02-08 14:37:00 +0000
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro UserEventAgent[11]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - PreProbe
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro configd[16]: network configuration changed.
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro applepushserviced[209]: <APSCourier: 0x10da2ceb0>: Stream error occurred for <APSTCPStream: 0x7fa78310d2a0>: The operation couldn’t be completed. Socket is not connected
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro applepushserviced[209]: <APSCourier: 0x10da2ceb0>: Stream error occurred for <APSTCPStream: 0x10da4b720>: The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro applepushserviced[209]: <APSCourier: 0x10da2ceb0>: Stream error occurred for <APSTCPStream: 0x10da494b0>: The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)
Feb  7 14:06:46 localhost bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1328648806 0
Next, same thing for kernel.log:
Feb  7 14:01:26 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: Wake reason: EC LID0
Feb  7 14:01:26 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: HID tickle 35 ms
Feb  7 14:01:26 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: Previous Sleep Cause: 5
Feb  7 14:01:26 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: en1: 802.11d country code set to 'X0'.
Feb  7 14:01:26 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 149 153 157 161 165
Feb  7 14:01:26 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 == fAudioEngineArray" failed in AppleHDADriver at line 3163 goto Exit
Feb  7 14:01:28: --- last message repeated 3 times ---
Feb  7 14:01:27 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1   Auth result for: 00:11:24:03:19:ab  MAC AUTH succeeded
Feb  7 14:01:27 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP
Feb  7 14:01:27 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Up on en1
Feb  7 14:01:27 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to 00:11:24:03:19:ab
Feb  7 14:01:27 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
Feb  7 14:01:28 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to 00:11:24:03:19:ab
Feb  7 14:01:47 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: hibernate image path: /var/vm/sleepimage
Feb  7 14:01:47 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: sizeof(IOHibernateImageHeader) == 512
Feb  7 14:01:47 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: Opened file /var/vm/sleepimage, size 4294967296, partition base 0x0, maxio 400000 ssd 0
Feb  7 14:01:47 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: hibernate image major 14, minor 0, blocksize 512, pollers 5
Feb  7 14:01:47 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: hibernate_alloc_pages flags 00000000, gobbling 0 pages
Feb  7 14:01:47 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: hibernate_setup(0) took 0 ms
Feb  7 14:01:48 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to 00:11:24:03:19:ab
Feb  7 14:01:48 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link DOWN
Feb  7 14:01:48 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Down on en1. Reason 8 (Disassociated because station leaving).
Feb  7 14:01:48 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]:
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: hibernate_page_list_setall start 0xffffff80689e7000, 0xffffff8068a23000
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: hibernate_page_list_setall time: 222 ms
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: pages 730874, wire 183804, act 149834, inact 11533, spec 290, zf 16040, throt 0, could discard act 73418 inact 77307 purgeable 6518 spec 212130
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: hibernate_page_list_setall found pageCount 361501
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: IOHibernatePollerOpen, ml_get_interrupts_enabled 0
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: IOHibernatePollerOpen(0)
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: writing 360729 pages
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: encryptStart 22c150
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: encryptEnd 918dd00
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: image1Size 223906816, encryptStart1 22c150, End1 918dd00
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: encryptStart d588c00
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: encryptEnd 2150db90
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: PMStats: Hibernate write took 10404 ms
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: all time: 10404 ms, comp bytes: 1477849088 time: 1416 ms 994 Mb/s, crypt bytes: 485387072 time: 654 ms 706 Mb/s,
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: image 558947328, uncompressed 1477849088 (360803), compressed 553984848 (37%), sum1 95fef385, sum2 84002b3d
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: wired_pages_encrypted 132717, wired_pages_clear 50389, dirty_pages_encrypted 177697
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: hibernate_write_image done(0)
Feb  7 14:01:59 Kai-Lindstedts-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: sleep
Feb  7 14:07:02 localhost kernel[0]: Darwin Kernel Version 11.3.0: Thu Jan 12 18:47:41 PST 2012; root:xnu-1699.24.23~1/RELEASE_X86_64
(Sorry for posting all of it, I just don't know what of that might be important)
As for the System Diagnostic Reports, there are tons of them (mostly .panic, 2 .hang and 1 .crash). Most of them start with "Kernel," one Firefox and one Thunderbird.
Anyway, the most recent (Kernel_....panic):
Tue Feb  7 14:07:08 2012
panic(cpu 3 caller 0xffffff7f80915907): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x0061021c: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0xffffff80a04df000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 3), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff807cdeb210 : 0xffffff8000220702
0xffffff807cdeb290 : 0xffffff7f80915907
0xffffff807cdeb320 : 0xffffff7f80a05a64
0xffffff807cdeb370 : 0xffffff7f80be3098
0xffffff807cdeb400 : 0xffffff7f808f3a9c
0xffffff807cdeb520 : 0xffffff7f808f6203
0xffffff807cdeb5b0 : 0xffffff7f808f62cc
0xffffff807cdeb5f0 : 0xffffff7f808f6329
0xffffff807cdeb690 : 0xffffff7f8091ac1b
0xffffff807cdeb880 : 0xffffff7f8091c789
0xffffff807cdeb960 : 0xffffff7f817d8130
0xffffff807cdeb9a0 : 0xffffff7f817e7790
0xffffff807cdeb9c0 : 0xffffff7f818033f4
0xffffff807cdeba00 : 0xffffff7f81803459
0xffffff807cdeba40 : 0xffffff7f817eb605
0xffffff807cdeba90 : 0xffffff7f817a1f6f
0xffffff807cdebb10 : 0xffffff7f817a09e0
0xffffff807cdebb40 : 0xffffff7f817a6435
0xffffff807cdebb70 : 0xffffff80006528bd
0xffffff807cdebbe0 : 0xffffff8000652c5c
0xffffff807cdebc40 : 0xffffff800065341b
0xffffff807cdebd80 : 0xffffff80002a3b78
0xffffff807cdebe80 : 0xffffff8000223006
0xffffff807cdebeb0 : 0xffffff8000214829
0xffffff807cdebf10 : 0xffffff800021bb58
0xffffff807cdebf70 : 0xffffff80002aeb80
0xffffff807cdebfb0 : 0xffffff80002d8383
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.8)[94BA87BA-B128-3310-9860-98EC67AB7FAF]@0xffffff7f808 b5000->0xffffff7f80b8efff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.8)[F63D4ABE-42DA-33EF-BADD-3415B0CB0179]@0xffff ff7f80840000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.2)[4B3F84DC-18B3-3897-BC56-4E3940878047]@0xff ffff7f808a3000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.2)[FE536983-1897-3D6B-965E-24B5A67080DA]@0 xffffff7f8086b000
         com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(7.1.8)[7596DB8C-AE9D-3C87-B11A-0ED8F940CAF8]@0xffffff7 f80b8f000->0xffffff7f80eb0fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.8)[94BA87BA-B128-3310-9860-98EC67AB7FAF]@0xffffff7f808 b5000
         com.apple.GeForce(7.1.8)[61FD1644-DA39-3645-9380-7F490FB000DB]@0xffffff7f817890 00->0xffffff7f81848fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.8)[94BA87BA-B128-3310-9860-98EC67AB7FAF]@0xffffff7f808 b5000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.2)[4B3F84DC-18B3-3897-BC56-4E3940878047]@0xff ffff7f808a3000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.8)[F63D4ABE-42DA-33EF-BADD-3415B0CB0179]@0xffff ff7f80840000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.2)[FE536983-1897-3D6B-965E-24B5A67080DA]@0 xffffff7f8086b000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
11D50
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 11.3.0: Thu Jan 12 18:47:41 PST 2012; root:xnu-1699.24.23~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 4640852719037
last loaded kext at 4589245044272: com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily    1.0.0d22 (addr 0xffffff7f8078e000, size 36864)
last unloaded kext at 2288555428523: com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily    1.0.0d22 (addr 0xffffff7f8078e000, size 36864)
loaded kexts:
com.rogueamoeba.HermesAudio    3.0.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelProfile    85.2
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor    1.9.4d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.59
com.apple.driver.AGPM    100.12.42
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver    122
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    2.1.7f9
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver    2.1.7f9
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.5.9
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.0.26
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor    3.0.1d2
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet    1.0.0d1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver    1.2.2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU    2.0.1d2
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl    3.0.16
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    4.7.5d4
com.apple.GeForce    7.1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC    1.5.3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics    7.1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB    7.1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons    225.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader    3.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController    312
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard    225.2
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless    1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib    1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache    33
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient    3.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage    2.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    4.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager    161.0.0
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet    3.0.8b2
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM    1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331    513.20.19
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort    2.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    4.8.9
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI    4.5.8
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons    1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC    1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET    1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC    1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient    167.3.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall    3.2.30
com.apple.security.quarantine    1.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement    167.3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily    1.0.0d22
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileTimestampAction    85.2
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileThreadInfoAction    85.2
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileRegisterStateAction    85.2
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileReadCounterAction    85.2
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileKEventAction    85.2
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileCallstackAction    85.2
com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily    85.2
com.apple.kext.triggers    1.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib    2.1.7f9
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController    1.0.10d0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface    80.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    4.0.3f12
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily    10.0.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily    1.8.6fc6
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    1.3
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP    2.2.4
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl    3.0.16
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl    3.0.16
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC    3.1.1d8
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily    4.7.5d4
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController    2.1.7f9
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily    2.1.7f9
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI    1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert    1.0.3
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal    7.1.8
com.apple.NVDAResman    7.1.8
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport    2.3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.3.2
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController    4.0.3f12
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController    4.0.3f12
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily    4.0.3f12
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice    3.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass    3.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch    227.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver    4.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub    4.5.3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite    4.5.8
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice    3.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily    1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily    1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily    1.7
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter    403
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI    2.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily    3.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient    4.5.8
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController    1.0.0d5
com.apple.iokit.IO802
Thanks so much for your help!!

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    0xffffff821849bfb0 : 0xffffff8029af4196
          Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
             com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily(1.9.7f2)[092DA230-DD20-3369-A32B-E162A496C638]@0x ffffff7faa374000->0xffffff7faa3a2fff
                dependency: com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib(1.14)[7C60EDB3-7527-3412-B424-C9A667A65B92]@0xffff ff7faa362000
             jp.co.roland.RDUSB017CDev(1.0)[7696C4FB-CF66-30F7-8CCB-6BDC8F0ED28B]@0xffffff7f ac138000->0xffffff7fac155fff
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                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(686.4.1)[815E4F64-F2D5-3847-931A-BE755698D993]@0xff ffff7faa01c000
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    Kernel version:
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    com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 2.0.3
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.2.7f3
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.6.3f4
    com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.34
    com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.0.9d7
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    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.13
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.6.3f4
    com.apple.GeForce 8.2.6
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.7f3
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.6.22
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD4000Graphics 8.2.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferCapri 8.2.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.4d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 1.1.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 240.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeLZVN 1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache 35
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.6.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 683.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC 1.5.2
    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 700.20.22
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.0.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 660.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI 683.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 217.92.1
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 153
    com.apple.security.quarantine 3
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 217.92.1
    com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.2.7f3
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIUpAdapter 1.4.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio 2.9.5f8
    com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.6.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.7
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.6.3f4
    com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.9.7fc2
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.14
    com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily 98.23
    com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAGK100Hal 8.2.6
    com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman 8.2.6
    com.apple.iokit.KLog 3.9.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.7f3
    com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.6.22
    com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 91.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 98.23
    com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.6.22
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.6.3f4
    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.6.3f4
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.12d1
    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.7.1d6
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.2.7f3
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 240.10
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 660.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 3.1.7
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    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 1.4.5
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    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 656.4.1
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    com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 3.3.1
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    Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D5434314753364D465238432D50422020
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    USB Device: Moog Minitaur
    USB Device: Ableton Push
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    USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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    Sun Nov 16 00:36:56 2014
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    RAX: 0xffffffffffd1a5f0, RBX: 0xffffff803de07a00, RCX: 0x00000000000008c0, RDX: 0x0000000000057600
    RSP: 0xffffff81ef443de8, RBP: 0xffffff81ef443df0, RSI: 0xffffff81f87eea10, RDI: 0xffffff81f8509000
    R8:  0x0000000000005760, R9:  0xffffff803de07ab0, R10: 0xffffff7f8218e9d0, R11: 0x0000000000000246
    R12: 0x00000000000045e0, R13: 0x0000000000005760, R14: 0xffffff8042c18210, R15: 0x0000000000005280
    RFL: 0x0000000000010206, RIP: 0xffffff800170e096, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
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    0xffffff81ef443af0 : 0xffffff80018dc43e
    0xffffff81ef443cc0 : 0xffffff80018f3976
    0xffffff81ef443ce0 : 0xffffff800170e096
    0xffffff81ef443df0 : 0xffffff7f8218335d
    0xffffff81ef443e60 : 0xffffff7f8217ebf8
    0xffffff81ef443ef0 : 0xffffff7f8217e997
    0xffffff81ef443f30 : 0xffffff8001cd042e
    0xffffff81ef443f70 : 0xffffff80018c9b9d
    0xffffff81ef443fb0 : 0xffffff80018f4196
          Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
             com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily(1.9.7f2)[092DA230-DD20-3369-A32B-E162A496C638]@0x ffffff7f82174000->0xffffff7f821a2fff
                dependency: com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib(1.14)[7C60EDB3-7527-3412-B424-C9A667A65B92]@0xffff ff7f82162000
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    Mac OS version:
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    Kernel version:
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    Kernel UUID: 9477416E-7BCA-3679-AF97-E1EAAD3DD5A0
    Kernel slide:     0x0000000001600000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8001800000
    System model name: MacBookPro10,1 (Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 80324243096300
    last loaded kext at 72805265398779: jp.plentycom.driver.SteerMouse 4.1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f83f97000, size 45056)
    last unloaded kext at 68627566800678: com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.2.7f3 (addr 0xffffff7f83ed7000, size 73728)
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    jp.co.roland.RDUSB017CDev 1.0.0
    com.ploytec.xone2d.usb 3.2.2
    com.tuxera.filesystems.tufsfs.fusefs_txantfs 2013.3.14
    at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch 4226
    com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 2.0.3
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.2.7f3
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
    com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.34
    com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.0.9d7
    com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim 1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.6.3f4
    com.apple.GeForce 8.2.6
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    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.7f3
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.6.3f4
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
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    com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.6.22
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    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
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