Cubase 12 Pro still crashing on exit

Will this issue ever be addressed?
Having this problem since 7.5.
Might had it with earlier versions but it’s been so long that I can’t remember.

It’s annoying because when you start c12 again you get the pop up about the preferences etc.

There is a workaround where if the project is not activated and instead is an empty one then you can quit without crashing, but it’s annoying to do all these steps just to quit.
What’s the point of CTRL+Q if I have to do the switch etc.

Please stand up to PRO title and program a safe deactivation and quit upon CTRL+Q command.
Thanks

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I 've tried a repair solution and it works for now. No crashes on exit

For anyone who might care I’ve done the following:
Downloaded CCleaner, on the left select the “tools” tab, on uninstall tab navigate to cubase 12, select it and hit the "repair’ button on the right side.
It will ask for the “cubase12.msi” which is in the downloaded installer folder*, browse for it, select it and perform the repair.

*The tree for the msi path will be something like:
\Users\Downloads\Cubase 12\Additional Content\Installer

Hope that helps.

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I have had certain projects crash on exit for years, no matter what Cubase version from 7 thru 12. I have traced it back to vst instruments, once I swapped those instruments for others I didn’t have the crash the next time I load the project and closed it again.

if Cubase crashes in a project with no plugins there would be something wrong with Steinberg’s code for sure. If it only crashes with projects with plugins/instruments start searching there

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Yes, I am aware of that, but I want the freedom to use the plugins that suit my needs.
We’ve gone from vst to vst2 to vst3 (steinberg’s protocol, if I recall correctly) and still we have be picky for everything to work as they ought to.

When you got two projects open , lets say the problematic that crashes on exit and another one that is not, activating the non problematic just before exiting is solving the problem.

This means that, when giving the quit command, there is a way for steinberg to program internally, lets say a virtual deactivation of the current project and activation of a safe one, so to quit safely.
I am tempted to create a macro for ctrl+Q if possible…

There are solutions if there is mood for evolution and willing to hear your customers/users.
It’s not something that just poped up, it’s been like this for ages, so by now these major issues should have been addressed already.

And finally my workaround solution of repairing c12 is not good. Got again crashes on exiting.

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Ok I programmed a MACRO that’s working sweet for quiting without crashing.
The procedure goes like this:
FIRST SAVE YOUR PROJECT!!!
Then go on EDIT tab, select KEY COMMANDS
select SHOW MACROS, select NEW, name it and select it
Add the following commands to your created macro:
CHANNEL & TRACK VISIBILITY - AGENTS: SHOW ALL CHANNELS/TRACKS
EDIT - SELECT ALL ON TRACKS
PROCESS PROJECT LOGICAL EDITOR - MUTE TRACKS OF SELECTED EVENTS OR PARTS
PROCESS PROJECT LOGICAL EDITOR - DELETE MUTED TRACKS
FILE - QUIT
C12 will then prompt you to save your project select NO and that’s it.

I couldn’t find a way so that will not prompt for saving since it detects the changes, but that’s the only way I can think of.

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i have the same issue with C12, every time i open it up i get that message box.
i tried the repair guide but it didnt work for me.

and i agree, my observation is the same, it seems to be project specific, like my usual projects are all affected by this, but if i create an emtpy project with only a couple of empty tracks and no plugins, it works fine

the interesting thing though is, those projects that cause the startup preferences popup in C12 always did and still works fine in Cubase Pro 10.5 and 11 and i have never got such error message at startup there. :thinking:

Yeah I agree C12 seems even more sensitive on crashing.
I even got kicked out my projects twice this week. Just dissapeared while working…
After heavy load that is.
“Heavy” for Cubase, because my real CPU load was still under 50%.

Coll the new features and all but kinda missing the old days where the vst performance was mirroring the real cpu power.

And to update the workaround, it is still not working.The macro I posted gave me a crash on exit. It’s safe 9 out of 10 times but still.
Also I got a weird level change on some fx returns which should not be happening because I am saving before quiting, so it’s weird…or maybe the macro is too fast and messes up with the save shortcut, cause i got a key for save and next key for macro.

Anyway I removed this one and thinking about programming a macro for openning and activating a standard error free project and then quiting. I 'll report back when I try it.

Okey, I ve tried a slightly different command on my previous macro and it seems to be working.

Instead of "DELETE MUTED TRACKS ", I’ve used “DISABLE ALL MUTED TRACKS”.

I am giving the whole procedure again:

FIRST SAVE YOUR PROJECT!!!
Then go on EDIT tab, select KEY COMMANDS
select SHOW MACROS, select NEW, name it and select it
Add the following commands to your created macro:
CHANNEL & TRACK VISIBILITY - AGENTS: SHOW ALL CHANNELS/TRACKS
EDIT - SELECT ALL ON TRACKS
PROCESS PROJECT LOGICAL EDITOR - MUTE TRACKS OF SELECTED EVENTS OR PARTS
PROCESS PROJECT LOGICAL EDITOR - DISABLE ALL MUTED TRACKS
FILE - QUIT
C12 will then prompt you to save your project select NO and that’s it.

*Update
Modified Macro just crashed. Runned out of options guys…
Hopefully steinberg will deal with this.

Had this problem too just upgraded and I would love that one to be fixed

At least a few times I have seen that the EuCon is shown in the dialog that cause the spinning ball. On this cases I dont think I have seen it break any settings but it suggest that I use backup copy even if I started the exit with a save.

You can vote for steinbergs consideration on this issue here

Votes in the forum are not for this. Please don’t assume.

It would be better to tag your posts, so support can find it easily. Learn how to tag your post, see the Forum Guide (New here? Read this.)

Sorry but I read the post from Mr. Matthias_Quellmann on this thread and I quote:

Of course, this is not a direct vote on the Cubase development backlog. There are a lot of factors that influence the decision what improvements the next Cubase version will introduce. But ideas or suggestions that are discussed and supported widely by the community, will definitely be considered by the team.

Highlighted by me.

What am I getting wrong? :thinking:

Well, he is talking about post s with the feature-request tag

The actual voting mechanism in the forum is close to useless - so it doesn’t really get used to track the popularity of anything. Each person gets 4 votes total and when you’ve used your 4 you can’t vote on anything else unless you remove a vote from something else and reuse that vote.

I can’t even imagine what a limited voting scheme like that might be useful for.

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Not sure if he meant that but anyway.

Tagged!

Voting for bugs that is crash types is silly. It should be fixed ASAP. Voting for new features is a good idea. And having a limitation make the need for thinking about priority. Otherwise there will be people that vote for everything.

I kind agree but…
A version or two crashing because of 3rd party vsts let’s say it’s acceptable up to some point.
All versions since v.7 crashing on exit is something different.

I don’t even use the same vst’s as I did on v.7. Not a single one.
Not even the same windows version and bits, and upgraded all to vst3 also since v.11
But the problem remains no matter what.
I 've said it before but fwiw my Protools and Sequoia are not crashing with the same plugins…

I don’t want to spend time/energy finding what the problematic vst’s are and troubleshoot by removing each one,etc, and then find replacement vst’s for those. and lose the money spent and spend again for new ones which might have the same issue etc, etc.
I want an error free vst host to use the vsts that I like working with.
Vst protocol was released by steinberg and should have been the leader in hosting vst’s error free.

As mentioned in another thread Bitwig Studio i.e. found a way to do it with its plugin sandboxing solution.
If a plugin crashes, only that plugin crashes and shows a Reload button in place of the plugin window.

Sorry for long post and waving the flag but it’s kind of frustrating dealing again and again in everyday basis with the same old issues after all these years.
I am with Cubase since VST 3.5 version and I always looked the other way for major issues it may had because truth is that is a powerful tool that makes modern producing a lot easier and always the pros are massively a lot more than the cons.
But for me issues like this one, or the drops of the audio engine when adding channels/vsts etc in 2022 are unacceptable.

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Hi,

Could you please attach a DMP file(s) to be able to resolve it/them and see, where does it crash?

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