Matt Burnside Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Hey guys, Not sure if anyone else could test this for me but I'm getting a full Cakewalk crash whenever I try to create an instrument track using Spitfires BBC orchestra. Has anyone else seen this problem and has anyone found a fix? Used to work fine until latest build as far as I'm aware. Any help much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Sorry, not overly helpful to your problem, but I can confirm BBC is working as expected here with no crashes. Running the latest build. If you can get a crash dump and send it into support, they might be able to trace your problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Does this happen as soon as you request a new instrument track from Cakewalk, as opposed to during playback? Does it happen in a brand-new project with nothing else in it? Have you successfully used this instrument in previous projects? Is there any difference between creating an instrument track versus separate MIDI and audio tracks? My first thought is something may have gone awry during the instrument's installation, perhaps resulting in some missing dependency. It might be worthwhile to re-install it. Make sure you re-run the scanner after reinstallation. I'd also suggest looking in the Windows Event Log, a long shot but there could be useful information there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Burnside Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 Thanks for your replys! Brand new project and crashes as soon as I click to add the plugin. I'll try uninstall it completely and reinstall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Sasor Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 On 8/15/2020 at 7:10 AM, Matt Burnside said: Hey guys, Not sure if anyone else could test this for me but I'm getting a full Cakewalk crash whenever I try to create an instrument track using Spitfires BBC orchestra. Has anyone else seen this problem and has anyone found a fix? Used to work fine until latest build as far as I'm aware. Any help much appreciated. I've done a bunch of testing with Spitfire's BBC Symphony Orchestra without issue, so there shouldn't be any major issues with the plug. If you're seeing a crash, please send us a dump file, and we'll take a look. Do bear in mind it is rather resource intensive plugin since it's loading a rather large library, but it works normally on my end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Buck Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 On 8/15/2020 at 7:10 AM, Matt Burnside said: Hey guys, Not sure if anyone else could test this for me but I'm getting a full Cakewalk crash whenever I try to create an instrument track using Spitfires BBC orchestra. Has anyone else seen this problem and has anyone found a fix? Used to work fine until latest build as far as I'm aware. Any help much appreciated. Yes, this is a known issue with the VST3 version. I reported to Noel back in May or so (soon after the BBC SO release). Noel reported after looking at the crash dump I sent that it appears to be an issue on Spitfires end. I also reported the findings to Spitfire. Until fixed, use the VST2 version as it works as expected. I checked several other DAW apps and they seem to work fine with the VST3 version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simeon Amburgey Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Just tried loading BBCSO Pro and no crash using the VST3. My plugin shows version 1.1.9. Cakewalk Version 2020.08 (Build 100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Burnside Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Proven this to be a Spitfire issue now, after uninstalling the program and reinstalling it's all good again. Thanks for all the help though guys! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarsF Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Thinking about some other reports how windows 10 updates make you have to reinstall stuff - is it a possibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NealClark Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 I am having similar issues with the BBC SO Discover VST3, Cakewalk suggested the problem is related to the plugin. I contact Spitfire Audio, provided them with CrashDump and log files and they sent me an updated dll plugin. However the issue still persists but is inconsistent as can bee seen in this screen capture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 @NealClark - what build of Cakewalk are you running? The issue looks suspiciously like the "Add Track" issue we fixed in the 2020.08 Hotfix Sneak Preview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NealClark Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 (edited) 52 minutes ago, msmcleod said: @NealClark - what build of Cakewalk are you running? The issue looks suspiciously like the "Add Track" issue we fixed in the 2020.08 Hotfix Sneak Preview. @msmcleod 2020.08 (Build 100, 64 BIt) Edited September 10, 2020 by NealClark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NealClark Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 (edited) 45 minutes ago, msmcleod said: @NealClark - what build of Cakewalk are you running? The issue looks suspiciously like the "Add Track" issue we fixed in the 2020.08 Hotfix Sneak Preview. @msmcleod I downloaded the 2020.08 Hotfix Sneak Preview that you suggested may include a fix to cure this. Sadly it didn't. Spitfire Audio are still investigating the issue. It does seem to me that it may be more Cakewalk related now. Originally the plugin loaded without issue when I first got it. Since update to 2020.08 Build 100 and the previous version it has constantly crashed, If I start a new project from a template that I created when I first got the plugin, this template includes many instances of the BBC SO VST3, it all loads and works fine. It seems to be a very random and inconsistent error. When I do as shown in the video that happens 100% of the time. So I am leaning towards the fact that it may be a Cakewalk problem. I have sent CrashDumps to Cakewalk support and they just said "it's a plugin problem" and I should seek help from Spitfire. Which kind of leaves me stuck in the middle. I can only provide the files to support and wait to see what they come up with. Edited September 10, 2020 by NealClark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 50 minutes ago, NealClark said: @msmcleod I downloaded the 2020.08 Hotfix Sneak Preview that you suggested may include a fix to cure this. Sadly it didn't. Spitfire Audio are still investigating the issue. It does seem to me that it may be more Cakewalk related now. Originally the plugin loaded without issue when I first got it. Since update to 2020.08 Build 100 and the previous version it has constantly crashed, If I start a new project from a template that I created when I first got the plugin, this template includes many instances of the BBC SO VST3, it all loads and works fine. It seems to be a very random and inconsistent error. When I do as shown in the video that happens 100% of the time. So I am leaning towards the fact that it may be a Cakewalk problem. I have sent CrashDumps to Cakewalk support and they just said "it's a plugin problem" and I should seek help from Spitfire. Which kind of leaves me stuck in the middle. I can only provide the files to support and wait to see what they come up with. I've tried to reproduce the problem here and I can't, so I'm leaning towards it either being an environmental or settings issue. The crash dump does however indicate that the crash is inside the BBCSO plugin. Since it's intermittent, it may be something else running on your PC that might be causing the issue. For example, are you sure there's no virus checker, backup software, or cloud sync app (OneDrive, Google Drive etc) looking at any of your VST or BBCSO content directories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NealClark Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 1 hour ago, msmcleod said: I've tried to reproduce the problem here and I can't, so I'm leaning towards it either being an environmental or settings issue. The crash dump does however indicate that the crash is inside the BBCSO plugin. Since it's intermittent, it may be something else running on your PC that might be causing the issue. For example, are you sure there's no virus checker, backup software, or cloud sync app (OneDrive, Google Drive etc) looking at any of your VST or BBCSO content directories? @msmcleod I don't use OneDrive or Google Drive on this PC so there shouldnt be any issues there. I haven#t made any specific file exclusions on my AV checker, I normally leave this at it's default settings which I think would scan any executable (exe or dll), but will make some changes to see if that has any impact. Thanks for the suggestion it is much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NealClark Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 I've had quite a number of exchanges with the Spitfire Technical support and they are working hard to iron out the issues. They said they are aware, as they have had a number of reports, that there are quite a few experiencing problems with the VST3. Hopefully they will manage to get them sorted fairly soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NealClark Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) On 9/11/2020 at 8:41 PM, NealClark said: I've had quite a number of exchanges with the Spitfire Technical support and they are working hard to iron out the issues. They said they are aware, as they have had a number of reports, that there are quite a few experiencing problems with the VST3. Hopefully they will manage to get them sorted fairly soon. After exchanging a number of emails and Dump files from the BBS SO Discovery crashes within CbB Spitfire Audio provided me with a few different new builds of the VST3 DLL none of which cured the issues I have been experiencing. They have now stated they have been made aware that other software vendors have also reported issues with VST3 plugins running within CbB and thus they are convinced its an issue with Cakewalk itself. They have suggested I just use the VST2 version of their plugin until the Cakewalk Developers can rectify the issues. Seems I could be waiting a long time as Cakewalk seem convinced that the issue lies with the plugin. Edited September 21, 2020 by NealClark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarsF Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 I am using Spitfire Eric Whitacre choir vst3 plugin which I believe is basically the same plugin as BBC orchestra. Difference would be amount of samples, pretty much, about 150 GB as I recall in choirs. I noticed no tendency to instability in Cakewalk 2020.09. Windows 7 Pro. 16 GB ram. Opened for all outputs in Cakewalk. I also turned off in group policy in windows this assistant sometime placing programs is crash group, kind of, where certain extra increased memory handling is performed. Many times this created more problems than otherwise when a program was considered crashing a lot. All software start quicker as well with this turned off. I usually had to clean registry from this crap otherwise so no special treatment is used by Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackson white Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 6 hours ago, LarsF said: I am using Spitfire Eric Whitacre choir vst3 plugin @LarsF Thank you for your post. I was just looking at this as my first investment in Spitfire and noting the reported issues (and the size)! Also thinking the forthcoming articulation enhancements in CxB could be relevant. Did you have any trouble geting it set up and installed in CxB? Any observations on working with "techniques"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarsF Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 2 hours ago, jackson white said: @LarsF Thank you for your post. I was just looking at this as my first investment in Spitfire and noting the reported issues (and the size)! Also thinking the forthcoming articulation enhancements in CxB could be relevant. Did you have any trouble geting it set up and installed in CxB? Any observations on working with "techniques"? I ordered with Spitfire's excellent hdd service, just copied as instructed to local hdd first and ran install. I did not have internet then that could do that download at the time. You had to be online while doing the install, some license thing I'm sure is the reason. No problems at all getting it working, no contact with their support even. I've been lazy and did not work much with it, it was a 50% off offer, so I went for it. Just testing in some daws to get it scanned. It sounds fabulous. Spitfire is a bit like Waves - you always wait for a campaign of some sort, unless immediate need of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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