First time running into this. I found similar topics regarding ARA, spectralayers and its quirkiness, but not exactly this with just Cubase or Nuendo latching onto ghost audio.
I have a reference audio track I was going to stem separate out with spectralayers 12. While the extension was on it, I discovered the timing was off beat so I started moving it around to match the grid better. Then I noticed the audio was not matching up with spectralayers. So I removed SL to to re-analyze, but then I realize there is some strange phasing going on while its playing. Then I realize it playing double on itself at the specific point where SL originally thought the audio was starting at.
Tried:
- disable/re-enable track
- checking other lanes…nothing
- Checked ARA folder…empty
- mute/unmute solo etc.
- duplicate track version…still there
What does fix it besides closing the project and re-opening? Duplicate the track and that new track is clear.
Is there a location this is stored on drive, or is it a lingering memory issue?
I bet someone has an explanation like IDs or something? but just throwing this out there in case Steinberg would like to look into this. I did not try with any other ARA extension, but I do use melodyne a lot, and usually just moving the audio around on the track clears it up. Not in this case. So not sure if this is ARA, Cubase, or SL specifically.
More bad news…Cubase does end up in a broken state. The above solution of just closing the project, and re-opening clears that ghost audio on that track, but behind the scenes, Cubase is not fully working. Trying to add SL ext. back on that track, does not work. Tried putting Wavelab on that same track, in that state, and that forced Cubase to finally pop up an error. Had to fully quit. Submitting log files…