Noel Borthwick

No just a few hours We had a few builds today.

Thanks for checking. What was the issue?

Hotfix Build 91 has been posted to the EA channel. It includes fixes for some more reported and preexisting issues. Freezing a synth could cause synth automation on all tracks to get orphaned MMCSS now assigns all threads to the same MMCSS task groups for better efficiency. MMCSS thread limit has been increased to 128 to handle high number of cores. Increased contrast of PRV clip outlines so they are visible regardless of current theme. Arranger: Fix for trailing notes being incorrectly picked up by a section. Ripple All not working when deleting from Arranger Inspector - additional fix for handling del key in the inspector. Ripple Edit delete Section with overlapping notes at the end not working Skip non automatable parameters in choose parameter dialog Updated CWAF tool to latest known version number string to "27.13.0.xxx".

Build 91 has been posted. It includes fixes for some more reported and preexisting issues. Freezing a synth could cause synth automation on all tracks to get orphaned MMCSS now assigns all threads to the same MMCSS task groups for better efficiency. MMCSS thread limit has been increased to 128 to handle high number of cores. Increased contrast of PRV clip outlines so they are visible regardless of current theme. Arranger: Fix for trailing notes being incorrectly picked up by a section. Ripple All not working when deleting from Arranger Inspector - additional fix for handling del key in the inspector. Ripple Edit delete Section with overlapping notes at the end not working Skip non automatable parameters in choose parameter dialog Updated CWAF tool to latest known version number string to "27.13.0.xxx". Please report back in the main thread ASAP if you have any issues.

Not sure if you registered the DLL or turned off logging. You should definitely register the DLL since we use it for logging.

The WavesLocalServer Has nothing to do with Windows. Its its an unintended consequence of the path used by the WavesLocalServer Process that also happens to use the sndfile.dll internally. Waves has already acknowledged it and will be fixing it in their next update.

Crash with Kuasa plugins is fixed. Download the new hotfix.

An updated hotfix build has been posted which includes the following extra fixes: Crash inserting Kuasa plugin Ripple All not working when deleting from Arranger Inspector Adding a new articulation event should default to velocity 100 Fixed bitmap memory leak in when editing using audio snap that could cause blank screen VST3 Host Bypass does not work with plugins that report it as non-automatable Automation write not working with certain VST2 plugins until envelope was created @Sergio Miranda

An updated hotfix build has been posted which includes the following extra fixes: Crash inserting Kuasa plugin Ripple All not working when deleting from Arranger Inspector Adding a new articulation event should default to velocity 100 Fixed bitmap memory leak in when editing using audio snap that could cause blank screen VST3 Host Bypass does not work with plugins that report it as non-automatable Automation write not working with certain VST2 plugins until envelope was created Please report back in the main thread if you have any issues.

Yes as mentioned the crash is fixed. Automation also will work but you will need to manually create the envelope rather than recording automation via the plugin UI.

@Traveler thats not a crash. Your issue has already been solved. See this thread.

@Sergio Miranda Which error? The crash issue is fixed on our end. I've also fixed another issue with host bypass for this plugin. However the fact that you cannot write automation by moving plugin knobs is a bug in the plugin. They are not sending the proper begin/end edit transactions to the host so we don't sense those changes. I am referring to their VST3 version.

@Sergio Miranda I've solved the crash issue. It was a problem on our end handling the host bypass from this plugin which is not automatable. However note that this plugin is not properly following the VST3 spec for parameter notification so you cannot write automation via the plugin in CbB. I can follow up with the vendor on this but you can also log it with them.

That's great news. I'm happy that they responded so quickly and fixed the issue.

Are you getting a crash dialog or is there app shutting down? If the latter it's likely heap corruption caused by the plugin and may not be something we can fix. If you get a crash dialog then you can also manually capture a dump file from task manager.

@Sergio MirandaWe’ll take a look but can you provide us with the minidump for the crash and the project file?

@Sergio Miranda is this crash new to the 2021.01 release? Where was this reported earlier? Can you send me the minidump since thats the only way to diagnose easily. Instructions in my signature. Also please send me the project file that crashes.

You can turn off device change notification toast messages in Preferences.

Hi folks, Thanks for the great feedback. There is a hotfix installer available that addresses the most important issues that were logged so far. If you were affected by any of those issues please install it and report back if it addresses your problems. @Helene Kolpakova @Spectrum424 @Promidi @Andres Medina @Andrey_rbk @Osman Hemidov @Gary Fox @thegaltieribrothers

[Updated to build 93] This hotfix addresses a few problems users have reported since 2021.01 was released and also includes some new fixes and optimizations. The following issues are addressed: Projects containing certain plug-ins fail to open in 2021.01 release. We received reports that some SoundToys plugins cause projects to fail to load Crash inserting Kuasa plugin Deleting an articulation occasionally splits it into two smaller but invisible articulations Show/Hide Articulation Pane in PRV does nothing if there are no articulations on the track Ripple All not working when deleting from Arranger Inspector Adding a new articulation event should default to velocity 100 Fixed bitmap memory leak in when editing using audio snap that could cause blank screen VST3 Host Bypass does not work with plugins that report it as non-automatable Automation write not working with certain VST2 plugins until envelope was created Freezing a synth could cause synth automation on all tracks to get orphaned MMCSS now assigns all threads to the same MMCSS task groups for better efficiency. MMCSS thread limit has been increased to 128 to handle high number of cores. [Requires reboot after install to take effect] Increased contrast of PRV clip outlines so they are visible regardless of current theme. Arranger: Fix for trailing notes being incorrectly picked up by a section. Ripple All not working when deleting from Arranger Inspector - additional fix for handling del key in the inspector. Ripple Edit delete Section with overlapping notes at the end not working Skip non automatable parameters in choose parameter dialog Updated CWAF tool latest known version number string to "27.13.0.xxx". Ripple edit delete using section overlaps crops the clip at the end of the left sections MMCSS threads not properly unregistered on engine termination MMCSS threads could exceed quota with repeated changes to preferences CbB no longer attempts to set ASIO thread priority when MMCSS is not enabled Plugin Load balancing threads were not being released Remove unexpected dropout message when creating or loading new projects Unexpected sample rate conversion message when bouncing audio Add Instrument Track not putting audio track in folder / unable to remove from folder Thanks for your support testing this hotfix. In particular, please test ASIO with MMCSS enabled (and disabled) since there are some specific optimizations to the audio engine in this area that should make it more efficient. You will need to reboot your PC after installing this update to test this properly. If you are still seeing any issues after installing this hotfix please report them in the main 2021.01 feedback thread to keep reports centralized. Please note that this is an early access release - we should officially release this sometime next week after collecting more feedback. Download the 2021.01 hotfix (build 93) Should you need to revert to the 2020.11 release, you can download the Cakewalk 2020.11 Rollback installer. To install, download and run the hotfix installer. Note: If you are running Waves plugins, you may need to reboot your PC prior to running the installer if you receive an error that sndfile.dll is locked.

@Mick Moreau and @Tamas Erdosi I just PM'd you a link to an installer that Steinberg sent us. It should fix this problem.

I got a reply from Waves. They are on it so I'm sure it will be fixed soon.

@thegaltieribrothers every release has a rollback installer so you can easily go back to the prior version. See the first para in the release notes. Also can you confirm if you are running SoundToys plugins or what other plugins or synths are in your project. We have a fix for this issue which we will make available shortly later today if you want to try it.

Hi @Gary Fox, We haven't got a report about Kontakt related issues but its possible that some modules do the same. I will post a build for you to try once its ready so you can verify if it fixes your issue. If not we can troubleshoot some more. Thanks for your patience.

@Osman Hemidov Are you using SoundToys plugins? There is an issue that was identified with these that prevent some projects from opening. Thanks to @Helene Kolpakova for sharing a project file that exhibited this issue. This is likely why nobody spotted this problem prior to release. This is because these plugins are sending extra unnecessary notifications during project open that cause our loading code to fail unexpectedly. We will release a fix for this soon. However for now you can either revert to the prior build or remove those plugins from the project and it will load fine.