Any experiencies after the upgrade to OSX 10.6.7?
I don’t reach to use HALionOne in a new empty project (as an instrument track) after the upgrade to OSX 10.6.7. Cubase crashes immediately when loading it.
Actually I had to go back to cubase 5.5.1 because of a problem with presets in 5.5.2.
Can anyone confirm this or is it a single system glitch?
What if you re-install Halion? You can do it from the disc.
on the dvd i had there is the upgrade to Halion 1.1. I reinstalled it but the same behaviour. Cubase crashes in the moment I use/load a halion one instrument…
(btw: I recently reinstalled cubase 5 from scratch (first c5 then 5.5.1 upgrade) as mentioned because of other problems I had I kept to 5.5.1.
see cross-reference solved: bug with media bay? --> system glitch (see last post - Cubase - Steinberg Forums
may be worth a shot to try to upgrade again to 5.5.2 but am not sure if that helps…)
Anyone a clou or experience on this one?
!!! I even noticed that after the osx 10.6.7. Cubase AI4, SX3 & 4.5.2 crash all during startup!!!
and all seem to crash at the same point
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x96710156 __kill + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x96710148 kill$UNIX2003 + 32
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x967a2899 raise + 26
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x967b89b8 abort + 93
4 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x973e2fda __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() + 433
5 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x973e117a __cxxabiv1::__terminate(void (*)()) + 10
6 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x973e11ba __cxxabiv1::__unexpected(void (*)()) + 0
7 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x973e12b8 __gxx_exception_cleanup(_Unwind_Reason_Code, _Unwind_Exception*) + 0
8 libFontParser.dylib 0x9842e67b TcmapEncodingTable::GetSubtable(unsigned short, unsigned short, unsigned short, unsigned short*) + 591
9 libFontParser.dylib 0x9842e406 TcmapEncodingTable::TcmapEncodingTable(TSFNTFont const&, unsigned short, unsigned short, unsigned short) + 170
10 libFontParser.dylib 0x9843929e TTrueTypeResourceFont::GetQDEncoding(unsigned short, unsigned short, unsigned short, unsigned short*) const + 60
11 libFontParser.dylib 0x98439221 TTrueTypeResourceFont::GetNFNTInfo(TNFNTFontInfo&) const + 475
12 libTrueTypeScaler.dylib 0x97f564ef CreateScalerFontBlock(fsg_SplineKey*, memoryContext*) + 2028
13 libTrueTypeScaler.dylib 0x97f69a79 AssureScalerFontBlock(fsg_SplineKey*, memoryContext*, fontBlockCacheNode*&) + 48
14 libTrueTypeScaler.dylib 0x97f55bef AssureStrikeBlocks(fsg_SplineKey*, memoryContext*, cacheStrike*, TStrikeDescription const*) + 82
15 libTrueTypeScaler.dylib 0x97f5536b TTGetStrikeSpecs + 184
16 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x9236bdea HandleOFAScalerMessage + 1348
17 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x9236b83a SendStrikeMessage + 162
18 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x9236eddc _eOFAGetStrikeSpecs + 471
19 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x923696a7 _eGetGlyphVectorIndex + 994
20 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x92368b4f OldGlyphsCacheStrike(TStrike*, void (*)(StrikeSpecs const*, void const*), void*) + 136
21 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x9236879d _eGCGetStrikeMetrics + 65
22 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x92367443 _eATSFontGetHorizontalMetrics + 173
[color=#FF0000]23 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x9236737e ATSFontGetHorizontalMetrics + 76[/color]
24 com.steinberg.cubase 0x00b15b74 start + 11611984
25 com.steinberg.cubase 0x00c41ee6 MpexSetProperty(long, long double, unsigned long, void*) + 1203014
26 com.steinberg.cubase 0x00c42092 MpexSetProperty(long, long double, unsigned long, void*) + 1203442
27 com.steinberg.cubase 0x00c42112 MpexSetProperty(long, long double, unsigned long, void*) + 1203570
!!! the HALion one plugin crashes in cubase 5.5.1 also here:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x96710156 __kill + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x96710148 kill$UNIX2003 + 32
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x967a2899 raise + 26
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x967b89b8 abort + 93
4 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x973e2fda __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() + 433
5 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x973e117a __cxxabiv1::__terminate(void (*)()) + 10
6 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x973e11ba __cxxabiv1::__unexpected(void (*)()) + 0
7 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x973e12b8 __gxx_exception_cleanup(_Unwind_Reason_Code, _Unwind_Exception*) + 0
8 libFontParser.dylib 0x9842e67b TcmapEncodingTable::GetSubtable(unsigned short, unsigned short, unsigned short, unsigned short*) + 591
9 libFontParser.dylib 0x9842e406 TcmapEncodingTable::TcmapEncodingTable(TSFNTFont const&, unsigned short, unsigned short, unsigned short) + 170
10 libFontParser.dylib 0x9843929e TTrueTypeResourceFont::GetQDEncoding(unsigned short, unsigned short, unsigned short, unsigned short*) const + 60
11 libFontParser.dylib 0x98439221 TTrueTypeResourceFont::GetNFNTInfo(TNFNTFontInfo&) const + 475
12 libTrueTypeScaler.dylib 0x97f564ef CreateScalerFontBlock(fsg_SplineKey*, memoryContext*) + 2028
13 libTrueTypeScaler.dylib 0x97f69a79 AssureScalerFontBlock(fsg_SplineKey*, memoryContext*, fontBlockCacheNode*&) + 48
14 libTrueTypeScaler.dylib 0x97f55bef AssureStrikeBlocks(fsg_SplineKey*, memoryContext*, cacheStrike*, TStrikeDescription const*) + 82
15 libTrueTypeScaler.dylib 0x97f5536b TTGetStrikeSpecs + 184
16 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x9236bdea HandleOFAScalerMessage + 1348
17 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x9236b83a SendStrikeMessage + 162
18 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x9236eddc _eOFAGetStrikeSpecs + 471
19 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x923696a7 _eGetGlyphVectorIndex + 994
20 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x92368b4f OldGlyphsCacheStrike(TStrike*, void (*)(StrikeSpecs const*, void const*), void*) + 136
21 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x9236879d _eGCGetStrikeMetrics + 65
22 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x92367443 _eATSFontGetHorizontalMetrics + 173
[color=#FF0000]23 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x9236737e ATSFontGetHorizontalMetrics + 76[/color]
24 com.steinberg.HALionOne 0x25ad568e VSTPluginMain + 1177560
25 com.steinberg.HALionOne 0x25ad75c0 VSTPluginMain + 1185546
26 com.steinberg.HALionOne 0x25ad776c VSTPluginMain + 1185974
27 com.steinberg.HALionOne 0x25ad77ec VSTPluginMain + 1186102
28 com.steinberg.HALionOne 0x2597d41e 0x25800000 + 1561630
29 com.steinberg.HALionOne 0x259b5c21 0x25800000 + 1793057
30 com.steinberg.HALionOne 0x258065ca 0x25800000 + 26058
31 com.steinberg.HALionOne 0x25804098 0x25800000 + 16536
OK, made a very very interesting experience!
I opened Cubase 5.5.1 under a new accont where no prefs of C5 were ever stored:
HALion plugin gets blacklisted there automatically.
At the other hand, Cubase SX3, AI4 & 4 crash immediately during startup too…
seems to me that OSX 10.6.7 is the trouble cause… anyone else experienced something similar? (well apparently not until now, as thee would be more posts… 
)
Same here, CB 4.5.1 crashes upon opening, in fact it doesn’t even open. I get and immediate crash report. CB 5.5.3 on the other hand will open, BUT I’m unable to use Halion One (it’s on the Blacklist, along with Surround Pan). Interestingly enough, I went back in time and copied the Blacklist of CB 4.5.1 from about 3 weeks ago because there was nothing on it, then swapped it with CB 5.5.3’s Blacklist. I then start’d CB 5.5.3 and it ran it’s usual routine until it got to Halion One, it crash’d at that point. So It may be more than just the OS update.
Vst2xBlacklist.txt (1.11 KB)
I’ve just updated my main system disk to OS X 10.6.7, and I can confirm the crash on launch with Cubase 4.5.2 and earlier. (I’ve always like to keep old versions of Cubase on my machine… never know when/if it might come in useful )
I wouldn’t have been surprised if those earlier versions were no longer compatible with OS X Lion (10.7), but it does seem a little strange with just a 10.6 incremental update.
I can also confirm that HalionOne crashes upon instantiation with OS X 10.6.7
hmmm… I hope Steinberg or Apple are aware of that, because that’s quite an annoying situation…
Even more interesting…
I too have just tried on a different User Account( that I keep specifically for testing purposes). There are no “haxies” or other 3rd-party “add-ons” in it…
Everything is working o.k. there!
So it isn’t OS X 1.6.7 that is at fault… has to be a conflict with something else in my main User Account (but, so far, no luck in tracking it down).
@Erdwandler,
How “clean” is that other account? (maybe we can identify a common 3rd-party installation?)
hmmmmm…
interesting point…
I could make a new userAccount and check if there the problem appears, but I just rechecked and 3rd party plugs are all installed in base-library and though accessible for AllUsers…
so that won’t help too much…
P.S: by 3rd party add-ons you refere to VST-specifical plugs & add-ons, right?
I just could manually/temporarily remove the 3rd party VST’s and see what happens… But would take a while, taking into account that a fallback is also probably needed…
at the other hand, the crash-report of C4 didn’t indicate any plugin involved but only cubase:
22 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x92367443 _eATSFontGetHorizontalMetrics + 173
[color=#FF0000]23 ...ple.ApplicationServices.ATS 0x9236737e ATSFontGetHorizontalMetrics + 76[/color]
24 com.steinberg.cubase 0x00b15b74 start + 11611984
25 com.steinberg.cubase 0x00c41ee6 MpexSetProperty(long, long double, unsigned long, void*) + 1203014
26 com.steinberg.cubase 0x00c42092 MpexSetProperty(long, long double, unsigned long, void*) + 1203442
Do you have a C4 crash-Report? perhaps we can therefrom compare & see what happens…
No, it seems to be happening at a much more immediate level than VST plugins. The program doesn’t even start to launch, it just quits immediately, and the log shows the crash at thread #00.
I also get the same crash if I launch HALion Symphonic Standalone, for example.
It is o.k. if I do a “Safe Boot”, but, for example, deactivating all Preference Panes and Background applications doesn’t make any difference. It is way beyond my competence to troubleshoot.
That is my worry too, therefore I didn’t even look further and reinstalled 10.6.6…
Hope that Steinberg does something about that if they reach to identify what the cause is. i have send several crash reports to apple with indications on what I did and hope they also get to Steinberg if they get enough crash reports… so that they’re able to fix it…
It seems to me that it’s kind of the Codebase which was used, a function which doesn’t get supported or so. But I don’t know OSX nor Cubase good enough to be able to tell where that could come from…
I really have no clue what could interfere, I’m kind of clueless in which direction I could try to troubleshoot this…
I don’t know if the following is relevant in your case, but I’ve solved my OS X 10.6.7 issues here!.. It was… a font! (in my User Account… haven’t tracked down which one yet, simply deactivated the font folder for now, and will put the fonts back, a few at a time until I find the culprit).
HALionOne and HALion Symphonic worked immediately.
As for Cubase 4.5.2, it started to launch o.k. (as opposed to quitting immediately, as previously), but did eventually crash before completing instantiation (I think I saw the same mpex errors as in your crashlog). So I just trashed Preferences, rebooted, and now Cubase 4.5.2 is fine too.
You may also have a non-compatible VST plugin.
But, did I read that you have already rolled back to OS X 10.6.6 anyways?
Hi Vic,
That’s more than great news!!! and amazing ones… thx for sharing your findings! The 4.5.2 pref trashing wouldn’t be a problem at all…
Yes, you read correctly. I rolled back to 10.6.6 because I can’t stand a system not working. Besides it was my only system to make music and had to export some tracks whith HALion one, so I needed to go back immediately…
But if it’s only a font, that makes the upgrade more interesting again…
Btw, did you try on a new User Account, before rolling back? (that would have been the easiest way to verify).
Do you have a spare disk (or partition), to try out OS X 10.6.7 again?
Anyways, so far (touch wood!) all is still fine here 
.
yes, i actually tried it on a useraccount, where no Cubase had the same problem…
hmmm. at the moment not, but would be perhaps a good occasion to do so… I could tra to install it on an external disk if that works (I’ll check that)…
My desk is made with glass, but I’ll touch the wood-floor good news. Hope that we/you find the specific font which causes that… (was a good Idea to dig there…)
Cheers!
I’ll keep you informed if i find something too…
It was a very old Cyrillic collection… certainly migrated across from my old machine. Maybe a good time to do a bit of “spring cleaning”
You should be fine with an external FireWire disk (either do a clean install, or use SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner to clone from your main System disk).
it weren’t by occasion these fonts???
(they’re actually very old and I never intentionally installed them… do you know by occasion, why they have a blue frame?)
It is exactly those fonts! (remove them, then I’m 99% certain you’ll be good to go in OS X 10.6.7 ).
The blue means that, at some stage, they were assigned a (priority) “label”. Can be changed either in the Finder’s “Get Info” dialog, or via the Actions widget in the Finder window’s Actions drop-down menu.
I never installed those fonts deliberately myself, but there’s still a lot of “migrated” stuff on my machine, that I have never bothered to purge. As far as I have been able to ascertain, they originally got installed back in the pre Mac OS X days, as part of Apple’s ClarisWorks .
