Intel broke 64 bit Melodyne 4?

[sjoens]

Installed CbB on a new Windows 11 laptop which also installed Melodyne 5.

I installed Melodyne 4 editor which said I need to uninstall Melodyne 5 first.

Uninstalled Melodyne 5 and installed Melodyne 4 editor.

Melodyne 4 editor standalone will not open at all. CbB does not see or list it after a plugin scan. Not listed in Region FX. Location path is listed in PIM Options.

C:\Program Files\Celemony\Melodyne 4\Melodyne.dll  1.4 MB
C:\Program Files\Celemony\Melodyne 4\MelodyneReWireDevice.dll  1.7 MB
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Celemony\Bundles\MelodyneCore-4.2.4.001.dll  57 MB
C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Celemony\Melodyne\Melodyne.vst3  1.35 MB

 

Edited March 4, 2023 by sjoens

[sjoens]

After several uninstalls/reinstalls I got 32 bit Melodyne to work properly. But 64 bit refuses to work, or even be scanned, at all.

CbB stops scanning once Melodyne is reached and never includes it - not even listed in "Show excluded".

Something is preventing it from being scanned.

[sjoens]

After invoking VstScan.log it said Melodyne is a  "Known bad VST plugin skipped".

Hopefully Celemony has a fix.

[Noel Borthwick]

That message means the plugin was previously flagged as failing. If you have changed things, then change the VST scan preferences to “rescan failed plugins” and try scanning again.

[sjoens]

Thanks Noel. Did that a few times already.

Just heard from Celemony who said v4 isn't tested or verified on Windows 11. Apparently Intel 10th  & 11th gen i7 CPUs are affected. Mine's 12th gen so probably inherited this issue. 

https://helpcenter.celemony.com/hc-2/faqs/?qOpen=299

At this point my options are use 32 bit Sonar to edit or CbB w/o Melodyne or upgrade to v5 for $99 or fix my Win10 system and use it until it's no longer supported.

Upgrading is inevitable!

Just curious if anyone else is having this issue?

Edited November 28, 2022 by sjoens

[Jim Fogle]

@sjoens

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fix my Win10 system and use it until it's no longer supported.

Microsoft indicated Windows 10 is supported until October 14, 2025.   So for2 1/2 years that's likely your best option.

[bitflipper]

5 hours ago, sjoens said:

Upgrading is inevitable!

Resistance is futile. The Borg has decreed it. I've been using Melodyne since version 2, and it pains me to think about how much money I've given them over the years.

The good news is that Melodyne 5 is a significant upgrade with useful new features. I dragged my feet for a long time until Celemony eventually offered a reasonable upgrade price. But in the end I was glad I did it. 

[sjoens]

Upgrade was $99. Now $29 so... end of discussion! 

Edited November 28, 2022 by sjoens

[sjoens]

or is it?!

UPDATE 2: Set all 32 bit Sonars to Windows 7 compatibility mode and it seems to work now. Also fixed some other plugin issues with Windows 11.

Edited February 27, 2023 by sjoens

[sjoens]

UPDATE 3: Something happened and it no longer works in compatibility mode.

Edited March 4, 2023 by sjoens