Greetings fellow users of Cubase!
I’m sincerely hoping there’s someone here able to help me, and I will deeply appreciate any assistance I might get.
For many years I’ve been a happy user of Cubase (along with Reason, FL Studio, Ableton, etc.) on PC. The last 4-5 years I’ve been using Cubase Studio 5. I have never had any problems with it on the 5-6 different PCs I’ve used it on. However, a couple of weeks ago I wanted to test out Mac, since I’ve heard a lot of good stuff about it, plus I wanted to try something new. Therefore, I bought a brand new iMac 21", late 2013, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5, 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, Mavericks, OS 10.9.2, which was intended to be my “music production computer”.
Now, I won’t even mention how much sh*t I’ve experienced in these few weeks regarding the external sound card Audio Kontrol 1 (which I’ve been using just as long as Cubase, and have never had any problems with) - sounds popping, cracking, lagging, until all sound completely stops, the screen freezes and forces me to forcibly shut down the computer. So, I’ve learned that I simply can’t use it, and have no idea what to do now, if there even exists any compatible external audio interfaces or not, since I can’t even plug a microphone into the iMac without an external sound card. … okay, so I mentioned it after all, but it’s not really what this post is about. It’s about this:
Even without the external sound card plugged in, Cubase crashes and “quits unexpectedly” every time I use it, and it’s slowly driving me nuts, because it’s like a ticking bomb without a timer, so I never know if it will crash in ten seconds, ten minutes or half an hour (by the way, it almost always crashes long before the 30 minute mark). I have updated it to 5.5.3, and I tried using the workaround on this page: Sequel: Free Music Making Software for Windows | Steinberg … but nothing helps. Therefore, I thought I’d just post the entire crash report, and then maybe, if I’m extremely lucky, someone in here understands what’s causing the problem. Also, I’m thinking of updating to Cubase 7.5, but I’m kind of scared the problem will continue even then.
- Edit: Today I downloaded Cubase 7.5 trial, to see if it would be any better, since it after all is OS 10.9 compatible. It took about 5 minutes before the program quit unexpectedly. What to do?!
Here’s the problem report I get from Cubase Studio 5 (I’ll post the report from Cubase 7.5 underneath this one):
Process: Cubase Studio 5 [1875]
Path: /Applications/Cubase Studio 5.app/Contents/MacOS/Cubase Studio 5
Identifier: com.steinberg.cubase.studio
Version: 5.5.3.651 (5.5.3.651)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [184]
Responsible: Cubase Studio 5 [1875]
User ID: 501
Date/Time: 2014-05-10 02:11:56.278 +0200
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021)
Report Version: 11
Anonymous UUID: F9CA4C75-A793-400D-8CF8-141C861D3026
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x00000000000000c4
VM Regions Near 0xc4:
→ __PAGEZERO 0000000000000000-0000000000001000 [ 4K] —/— SM=NUL /Applications/Cubase Studio 5.app/Contents/MacOS/Cubase Studio 5
__TEXT 0000000000001000-0000000001c81000 [ 28.5M] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Applications/Cubase Studio 5.app/Contents/MacOS/Cubase Studio 5
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 com.apple.AppKit 0x96a725fe -[NSWindow _verifyDefaultButtonCell:] + 149
1 com.apple.AppKit 0x96a780f8 -[NSWindow defaultButtonCell] + 42
2 com.apple.AppKit 0x96b740a0 -[NSWindow resignKeyWindow] + 831
3 com.apple.AppKit 0x96c00177 -[NSPanel resignKeyWindow] + 94
4 com.apple.AppKit 0x96a714fc -[NSWindow _changeKeyAndMainLimitedOK:] + 863
5 com.apple.AppKit 0x96b3105b -[NSWindow sendEvent:] + 9327
6 com.apple.AppKit 0x96acd8fd -[NSApplication sendEvent:] + 4034
7 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x0154b6e4 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 3946244
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x969121fc -[NSApplication run] + 823
9 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x0154d070 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 3952784
10 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x012c9a09 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 1317417
11 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x0127b030 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 995408
12 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00c5221f 0x1000 + 12915231
13 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00fc98f0 0x1000 + 16550128
14 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00002f16 0x1000 + 7958
Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90046992 kevent64 + 10
1 libdispatch.dylib 0x912858ad _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 238
2 libdispatch.dylib 0x91285546 _dispatch_mgr_thread + 52
Thread 2:: FThread
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040fce semaphore_timedwait_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x015b606a CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 4382858
2 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x006210de 0x1000 + 6422750
3 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 3:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040f7a mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x9004016c mach_msg + 68
2 com.apple.audio.midi.CoreMIDI 0x020ea1c3 XServerMachPort::ReceiveMessage(int&, void*, int&) + 119
3 com.apple.audio.midi.CoreMIDI 0x02105eef MIDIProcess::RunMIDIInThread() + 151
4 com.apple.audio.midi.CoreMIDI 0x0210e5ce MIDIProcess::MIDIInPortThread::Run() + 24
5 com.apple.audio.midi.CoreMIDI 0x020eb543 XThread::RunHelper(void*) + 17
6 com.apple.audio.midi.CoreMIDI 0x020eb0d2 CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*) + 134
7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
8 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a771485 _pthread_start + 130
9 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a776cf2 thread_start + 34
Thread 4:: Video Diascope
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040fb6 semaphore_wait_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.videoengine 0x10449c7b GetPluginFactory + 112251
2 com.steinberg.videoengine 0x1049ce43 GetPluginFactory + 452675
3 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 5:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x900410a6 mach_wait_until + 10
1 com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x99557de8 MPDelayUntil + 26
2 com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9956a497 Delay + 90
3 se.propellerheads.rewire.library 0x10bc4219 RWIsReWireMixerAppRunningImp + 33961
4 se.propellerheads.rewire.library 0x10bd21c8 RWIsReWireMixerAppRunningImp + 91224
5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a771485 _pthread_start + 130
7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a776cf2 thread_start + 34
Thread 6:: VST Loader
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040fc2 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x0155be32 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 4013650
2 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00c7fe88 0x1000 + 13102728
3 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 7:: VST Loader
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040fc2 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x0155be32 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 4013650
2 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00c7fe88 0x1000 + 13102728
3 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 8:: VST Loader
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040fc2 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x0155be32 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 4013650
2 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00c7fe88 0x1000 + 13102728
3 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 9:: VST Loader
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040fc2 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x0155be32 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 4013650
2 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00c7fe88 0x1000 + 13102728
3 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 10:: VST Loader
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040fc2 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x0155be32 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 4013650
2 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00c7fe88 0x1000 + 13102728
3 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 11:: VST Loader
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040fc2 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x0155be32 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 4013650
2 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00c7fe88 0x1000 + 13102728
3 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 12:: VST Preloader
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040fce semaphore_timedwait_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x015b6ab6 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 4385494
2 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00c80dd3 0x1000 + 13106643
3 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00c80f88 0x1000 + 13107080
4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 13:: Timer
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040fce semaphore_timedwait_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x015b6ab6 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 4385494
2 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00a44251 0x1000 + 10760785
3 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 14:: Video Performer
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040fb6 semaphore_wait_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.videoengine 0x10449c7b GetPluginFactory + 112251
2 com.steinberg.videoengine 0x10468f19 GetPluginFactory + 239897
3 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 15:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040f7a mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x9004016c mach_msg + 68
2 se.propellerheads.reason.engine 0x23e9caaa 0x23b6f000 + 3332778
3 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a771485 _pthread_start + 130
5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a776cf2 thread_start + 34
Thread 16:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90045b76 __semwait_signal + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x97ae9fb7 nanosleep$UNIX2003 + 219
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x97ae9e62 usleep$UNIX2003 + 60
3 se.propellerheads.reason.engine 0x23e385a1 0x23b6f000 + 2921889
4 se.propellerheads.reason.engine 0x23ba143a 0x23b6f000 + 205882
5 se.propellerheads.reason.engine 0x23ba14a4 0x23b6f000 + 205988
6 se.propellerheads.reason.engine 0x23e6eab8 0x23b6f000 + 3144376
7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
8 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a771485 _pthread_start + 130
9 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a776cf2 thread_start + 34
Thread 17:: Baios Processing Thread
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040fb6 semaphore_wait_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.baios 0x0ec3a54b bundleEntry + 165995
2 com.steinberg.baios 0x0ec20cd3 bundleEntry + 61427
3 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 18:: com.apple.audio.IOThread.client
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040f7a mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x9004016c mach_msg + 68
2 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x9842de9a HALB_MachPort::SendMessageWithReply(unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned long, unsigned long, mach_msg_header_t*, bool, unsigned int) + 138
3 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x9842834e HALB_MachPort::SendSimpleMessageWithSimpleReply(unsigned int, unsigned int, int, int&, bool, unsigned int) + 68
4 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x98426b27 HALC_ProxyIOContext::IOWorkLoop() + 1111
5 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x984265ff HALC_ProxyIOContext::IOThreadEntry(void*) + 167
6 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x98430f52 ___ZN19HALC_ProxyIOContextC2Emj_block_invoke + 20
7 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x984264fb HALB_IOThread::Entry(void*) + 69
8 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
9 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a771485 _pthread_start + 130
10 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a776cf2 thread_start + 34
Thread 19:: com.apple.audio.IOThread.client
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040f7a mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x9004016c mach_msg + 68
2 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x9842de9a HALB_MachPort::SendMessageWithReply(unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned long, unsigned long, mach_msg_header_t*, bool, unsigned int) + 138
3 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x9842834e HALB_MachPort::SendSimpleMessageWithSimpleReply(unsigned int, unsigned int, int, int&, bool, unsigned int) + 68
4 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x98426b27 HALC_ProxyIOContext::IOWorkLoop() + 1111
5 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x984265ff HALC_ProxyIOContext::IOThreadEntry(void*) + 167
6 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x98430f52 ___ZN19HALC_ProxyIOContextC2Emj_block_invoke + 20
7 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x984264fb HALB_IOThread::Entry(void*) + 69
8 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
9 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a771485 _pthread_start + 130
10 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a776cf2 thread_start + 34
Thread 20:: ASIOX Thread
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040fb6 semaphore_wait_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.CoreAudio2ASIO 0x0e1c1538 0xe1b0000 + 70968
2 com.steinberg.CoreAudio2ASIO 0x0e1bbd62 0xe1b0000 + 48482
3 com.steinberg.CoreAudio2ASIO 0x0e1c3742 0xe1b0000 + 79682
4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 21:: MB Urgent Scanner
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x900457ca __psynch_cvwait + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a773d8a _pthread_cond_wait + 837
2 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a775fa3 pthread_cond_wait + 48
3 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x015b61ec CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 4383244
4 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x011d6814 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 321588
5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 22:: MB Database Writer
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x900457ca __psynch_cvwait + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a773d8a _pthread_cond_wait + 837
2 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a775fa3 pthread_cond_wait + 48
3 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x015b61ec CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 4383244
4 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00cc5328 0x1000 + 13386536
5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 23:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040f7a mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x9004016c mach_msg + 68
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x94fe4c09 __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 169
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x94fe41e1 __CFRunLoopRun + 1393
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x94fe39fa CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 394
5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x94fe385b CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123
6 com.apple.AppKit 0x96ac9b68 _NSEventThread + 283
7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
8 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a771485 _pthread_start + 130
9 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a776cf2 thread_start + 34
Thread 24:: MB Cleanup
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x900457ca __psynch_cvwait + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a773d8a _pthread_cond_wait + 837
2 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a775fa3 pthread_cond_wait + 48
3 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x015b61ec CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 4383244
4 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x011d6814 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 321588
5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 25:: Vst Audio Process Thread
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040fc2 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x0155c648 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 4015720
2 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00ad5220 0x1000 + 11354656
3 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00ad5ce7 0x1000 + 11357415
4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 26:: Vst Audio Process Thread
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040fc2 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x0155c648 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 4015720
2 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00ad5220 0x1000 + 11354656
3 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00ad5ce7 0x1000 + 11357415
4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 27:: Vst Audio Process Thread
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90040fc2 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x0155c648 CResampleBase::~CResampleBase() + 4015720
2 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00ad5220 0x1000 + 11354656
3 com.steinberg.cubase.studio 0x00ad5ce7 0x1000 + 11357415
4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a7715fb _pthread_body + 144
Thread 28:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90046046 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a772dcf _pthread_wqthread + 372
2 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9a776cce start_wqthread + 30
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x96a72577 ecx: 0xbffff560 edx: 0x00000000
edi: 0x1205f5f0 esi: 0x1205f5f0 ebp: 0xbffff5e8 esp: 0xbffff5d0
ss: 0x00000023 efl: 0x00010246 eip: 0x96a725fe cs: 0x0000001b
ds: 0x00000023 es: 0x00000023 fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x0000000f
cr2: 0x000000c4
Logical CPU: 1
Error Code: 0x00000004
Trap Number: 14
(message was too long, so the rest of the report follows:)