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I have a sound installation setup that runs a Max/MSP runtime software for ~12hours per day. The software plays several short soundfiles that have been loaded into buffers objects. Usually the CPU utilization for the audio processing doesn't go beyond 5-15%.  The computer shuts down at night and automatically starts up in the morning.

Operating System - Windows 7 64-bitSoundcard -  AudioScience AS16316Audio Driver - ad_asio AudioScience ASIOi/o vector size - 1024Signal Vector Size - 64Sampling Rate - 48000Signals Used - 6function Calls - 149Output channels used - 14

Mostly the software runs fine, yet there are some hickups that i can't explain: Once or twice a day, the audio processing simply stops. Even though the buffers are still triggered, no sound occurs and the CPU utilization stays at 0%. The DSP still is in its 'on' state though. Restarting the software doesn't solve the problem, only a restart of the computer does.

I suspect that that could be due network troubles, of Max/MSP not reaching the soundcard that might be blocked due to not reaching the CobraNet device on the other end of a fiber optics link. And that a restart of the computer unblocks the soundcard somehow ... But that's just a suspicion.

Does Max/MSP write its errors into a log-file that i could dissect in order to understand what caused the sudden DSP stops? To verify that it is indeed a problem of communication with the sound-card.

Or if its not a soundcard issue, what else could cause a sudden DSP stop?

Sudden stop of sound processing / error log?