thanks for the tip, i should have tried that, though not much of a Mac OS person.
OK, here is the output from Console.app when trying to start Ardour 2.8.4 with the session in question (note JACK is already running):
— start of Console.app output
Ardour/GTK 2.8.4
(built using 6077 and GCC version 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5367))
Copyright © 1999-2008 Paul Davis
Some portions Copyright © Steve Harris, Ari Johnson, Brett Viren, Joel Baker
Ardour comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; see the source for copying conditions.
loading default ui configuration file /Applications/Ardour.app/Contents/MacOS/…/Resources/ardour2_ui_default.conf
loading user ui configuration file /Applications/Ardour.app/Contents/MacOS/…/Resources/ardour2_ui.conf
Loading ui configuration file /Applications/Ardour.app/Contents/MacOS/…/Resources/ardour2_ui_dark.rc
ardour: [INFO]: Removed open file count limit. Excellent!
loading system configuration file /Applications/Ardour.app/Contents/MacOS/…/Resources/ardour_system.rc
loading user configuration file /Users/in0giro/.ardour2/ardour.rc
ardour: [INFO]: Apple VecLib H/W specific optimizations in use
ODD: variable IO config for aufx - JASb - ElCa
ODD: variable IO config for aufx - mrev - appl
ODD: variable IO config for aumf - CaCr - CamA
ardour: [INFO]: looking for control protocols in /Applications/Ardour.app/Contents/MacOS/…/Surfaces
ardour: [INFO]: Control surface protocol discovered: “Generic MIDI”
ardour: [INFO]: Control surface protocol discovered: “Mackie”
system template path = /Applications/Ardour.app/Contents/MacOS/…/Resources/icons:/Applications/Ardour.app/Contents/MacOS/…/Resources/pixmaps:/Applications/Ardour.app/Contents/MacOS/…/Resources/share:/Applications/Ardour.app/Contents/MacOS/…/Resourcestemplates
(Ardour2.bin:720): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to find default local directory monitor type
(Ardour2.bin:720): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to find default local directory monitor type
(Ardour2.bin:720): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to find default local directory monitor type
(Ardour2.bin:720): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to find default local directory monitor type
(Ardour2.bin:720): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to find default local directory monitor type
(Ardour2.bin:720): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GDEF table 0x6ead
(Ardour2.bin:720): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GSUB table 0x6ead
(Ardour2.bin:720): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GPOS table 0x6ead
loading bindings from /Users/in0giro/.ardour2/ardour.bindings
Session writable based on /Users/in0giro/Music/in-giro/suburbia anthem/suburbia anthem 2009.004/
— end of Console.app output
here is just starts eating CPU cycles. once i “Force Quit” Ardour after a while of nothing happening, this shows up:
— start of Console.app output
JackEngine::XRun: client = ardour was not run: state = 1
JackAudioDriver::ProcessAsync Process error
— end of Console.app output
i assume that this last bit is just JACK burping when Ardour is killed.
i also tried running from the Terminal, but could not get Ardour to start (assuming the Ardour.app sets up some path stuff that directly running the executable does not):
— start of Terminal output
Lisa-Mac:~ in0giro$ /Applications/Ardour.app/Contents/MacOS/Ardour2.bin
Ardour/GTK 2.8.4
(built using 6077 and GCC version 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5367))
Copyright © 1999-2008 Paul Davis
Some portions Copyright © Steve Harris, Ari Johnson, Brett Viren, Joel Baker
Ardour comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; see the source for copying conditions.
(Ardour2.bin:743): Pango-CRITICAL **: No modules found:
No builtin or dynamically loaded modules were found.
PangoFc will not work correctly.
This probably means there was an error in the creation of:
‘/Users/paul/gtk/inst/etc/pango/pango.modules’
You should create this file by running:
pango-querymodules > ‘/Users/paul/gtk/inst/etc/pango/pango.modules’
(Ardour2.bin:743): Pango-WARNING **: failed to find shape engine, expect ugly output. engine-type=‘PangoRenderATSUI’, script=‘latin’
(Ardour2.bin:743): Pango-WARNING **: failed to find shape engine, expect ugly output. engine-type=‘PangoRenderATSUI’, script=‘common’
loading user ui configuration file /Users/in0giro/.ardour2/ardour2_ui.conf
ardour: [WARNING]: Unable to find UI style file . Ardour will look strange
ardour: [INFO]: Removed open file count limit. Excellent!
loading user configuration file /Users/in0giro/.ardour2/ardour.rc
ardour: [INFO]: Apple VecLib H/W specific optimizations in use
ODD: variable IO config for aufx - JASb - ElCa
ODD: variable IO config for aufx - mrev - appl
ODD: variable IO config for aumf - CaCr - CamA
ardour: [INFO]: looking for control protocols in /Users/in0giro/.ardour2/surfaces/:/usr/local/lib/ardour2/surfaces/
ardour: [FATAL]: cannot find icon image for fader_belt.png
Lisa-Mac:~ in0giro$
— end of Terminal output
would appreciate any insights, as besides the few warnings in the Console.app output, nothing seems way off to my untrained eyes.
thanks.