Cubase 12 code c0000005 gforce Bass Station vst

Hi,

Would anyone have any clues as to what could be causing an c0000005 in the gforce bass sation VST? Crash dump as per below. I tried Cubase 14 aswell but same issue.

Regards,
Ronan

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Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 10.0.27793.1000 AMD64
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Loading Dump File [C:\Users\ronan\Documents\Steinberg\CrashDumps\Cubase Elements 12.0.70.464 64bit 2025.4.20 16.35.39.996.dmp]
User Mini Dump File: Only registers, stack and portions of memory are available

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Symbol search path is: srv*
Executable search path is:
Windows 10 Version 19045 MP (8 procs) Free x64
Product: WinNt, suite: SingleUserTS
Edition build lab: 19041.1.amd64fre.vb_release.191206-1406
Debug session time: Sun Apr 20 16:35:40.000 2025 (UTC + 1:00)
System Uptime: not available
Process Uptime: 0 days 0:04:42.000

This dump file has an exception of interest stored in it.
The stored exception information can be accessed via .ecxr
(3df4.459c): Access violation - code c0000005 (first/second chance not available)
For analysis of this file, run !analyze -v
ntdll!NtGetContextThread+0x14:
00007ffb2154f344 c3 ret 0:064> .ecxr rax=00007ffacea0bd00 rbx=00000000280afc88 rcx=0000000000008b31 rdx=00000000280afc88 rsi=0000000032d816a8 rdi=0000000025596400 rip=0000000000000000 rsp=00000000280afbe8 rbp=00000000280afc98 r8=0000000000008b31 r9=0000000000000000 r10=0000000000008000 r11=00000000280afbc0 r12=0000000030e0e260 r13=0000000000000000 r14=00000000250911b0 r15=00000000250911b0 iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na po nc cs=0033 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00010206 0000000000000000 ?? ???
*** WARNING: Unable to verify checksum for Bass Station.dll
0:064> !analyze -v


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KEY_VALUES_STRING: 1

Key  : AV.Type
Value: Execute

Key  : Analysis.CPU.mSec
Value: 1218

Key  : Analysis.Elapsed.mSec
Value: 10904

Key  : Analysis.IO.Other.Mb
Value: 19

Key  : Analysis.IO.Read.Mb
Value: 1

Key  : Analysis.IO.Write.Mb
Value: 35

Key  : Analysis.Init.CPU.mSec
Value: 937

Key  : Analysis.Init.Elapsed.mSec
Value: 325806

Key  : Analysis.Memory.CommitPeak.Mb
Value: 197

Key  : Analysis.Version.DbgEng
Value: 10.0.27793.1000

Key  : Analysis.Version.Description
Value: 10.2410.02.02 amd64fre

Key  : Analysis.Version.Ext
Value: 1.2410.2.2

Key  : Failure.Bucket
Value: SOFTWARE_NX_FAULT_NULL_INVALID_POINTER_EXECUTE_c0000005_Cubase_LE_AI_Elements_12.exe!unknown_error_in_process

Key  : Failure.Exception.Code
Value: 0xffffffffc0000005

Key  : Failure.Hash
Value: {861da4e7-1375-e278-cca0-9b2a3ee36c9f}

Key  : Faulting.IP.Type
Value: Null

Key  : ProblemClass.Collapse.After.BUCKET_ID
Value: SOFTWARE_NX_FAULT_NULL_INVALID_POINTER_EXECUTE

Key  : ProblemClass.Collapse.After.DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID
Value: SOFTWARE_NX_FAULT_NULL_INVALID_POINTER_EXECUTE

Key  : ProblemClass.Collapse.After.PRIMARY_PROBLEM_CLASS
Value: SOFTWARE_NX_FAULT

Key  : ProblemClass.Collapse.Before.BUCKET_ID
Value: SOFTWARE_NX_FAULT_NULL_INVALID_POINTER_EXECUTE

Key  : ProblemClass.Collapse.Before.DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID
Value: SOFTWARE_NX_FAULT_NULL_INVALID_POINTER_EXECUTE

Key  : ProblemClass.Collapse.Before.PRIMARY_PROBLEM_CLASS
Value: SOFTWARE_NX_FAULT

Key  : Timeline.Process.Start.DeltaSec
Value: 282

Key  : WER.OS.Branch
Value: vb_release

Key  : WER.OS.Version
Value: 10.0.19041.1

Key  : WER.Process.Version
Value: 12.0.70.464

FILE_IN_CAB: Cubase Elements 12.0.70.464 64bit 2025.4.20 16.35.39.996.dmp

CONTEXT: (.ecxr)
rax=00007ffacea0bd00 rbx=00000000280afc88 rcx=0000000000008b31
rdx=00000000280afc88 rsi=0000000032d816a8 rdi=0000000025596400
rip=0000000000000000 rsp=00000000280afbe8 rbp=00000000280afc98
r8=0000000000008b31 r9=0000000000000000 r10=0000000000008000
r11=00000000280afbc0 r12=0000000030e0e260 r13=0000000000000000
r14=00000000250911b0 r15=00000000250911b0
iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na po nc
cs=0033 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00010206
00000000`00000000 ?? ???
Resetting default scope

EXCEPTION_RECORD: (.exr -1)
ExceptionAddress: 0000000000000000
ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation)
ExceptionFlags: 00000000
NumberParameters: 2
Parameter[0]: 0000000000000008
Parameter[1]: 0000000000000000
Attempt to execute non-executable address 0000000000000000

PROCESS_NAME: Cubase LE AI Elements 12.exe

EXECUTE_ADDRESS: 0

ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000005 - The instruction at 0x%p referenced memory at 0x%p. The memory could not be %s.

EXCEPTION_CODE_STR: c0000005

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER1: 0000000000000008

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER2: 0000000000000000

STACK_TEXT:
00000000280afbe8 00007ffacdfc9886 : 00000000000000af 00000000280afc88 0000000032d816a8 00000000280afcf0 : 0x0
00000000280afbf0 00007ffacdf99263 : 0000000000000013 00000000280afc98 0000000100000001 0000000025596400 : Bass_Station+0x369886
00000000280afc60 00007ffacdf988e3 : 0000000000000013 0000000000000034 000000001a80fe10 00000000250911b0 : Bass_Station+0x339263
00000000280afce0 00007ffacdfccef5 : 0000000000000000 0000000033208470 00007fface9c3468 0000000025596400 : Bass_Station+0x3388e3
00000000280afd10 00007ffacdfcbf28 : 00007fface9c3478 00007fface9c3478 00007fface9c3478 00007ffacdfdfa9c : Bass_Station+0x36cef5
00000000280afd90 00007ffacdfcb4cc : 00000000000000fd 000000001b5ba250 000000001b5ba3d8 0000000000000000 : Bass_Station+0x36bf28
00000000280afe70 00007ffacdfd27de : 000000001b5ba250 0000000030e0e260 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 : Bass_Station+0x36b4cc
00000000280afed0 00007ffacdfe860a : 000000003318e810 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 : Bass_Station+0x3727de
00000000280aff00 00007ffb20dc7374 : 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 : Bass_Station!VSTPluginMain+0xd8aa
00000000280aff30 00007ffb214fcc91 : 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 : kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x14
00000000280aff60 0000000000000000 : 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 : ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x21

SYMBOL_NAME: Cubase LE AI Elements 12.exe!unknown_error_in_process

MODULE_NAME: Cubase_LE_AI_Elements_12

IMAGE_NAME: Cubase LE AI Elements 12.exe

STACK_COMMAND: ~64s; .ecxr ; kb

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: SOFTWARE_NX_FAULT_NULL_INVALID_POINTER_EXECUTE_c0000005_Cubase_LE_AI_Elements_12.exe!unknown_error_in_process

OS_VERSION: 10.0.19041.1

BUILDLAB_STR: vb_release

OSPLATFORM_TYPE: x64

OSNAME: Windows 10

IMAGE_VERSION: 12.0.70.464

FAILURE_ID_HASH: {861da4e7-1375-e278-cca0-9b2a3ee36c9f}

Followup: MachineOwner

works without issues on Cubase 14 for my computer setup (click my name to see) so I would suggest to contact Gforce support

thanks, I have already contacted them.