I’ve seen a few “similar” posts but had come to the conclusion that bugs had been fixed…
Today I opened a film post-production mix that I’d finished on 23rd Dec.
The director has sent a list of final tweaks so I re-opened said session.
I’m using SpectralLayers via ARA in Pro Tools and even though my session loads all tracks that were previously manipulated (into Layers), any processing appears to have vanished.
I know that ARA data gets stored within the PT Session folder.
But under preferences I noted a “Cache” path
/Users/blakeyman/Library/Caches/Steinberg/SpectraLayers 11.0
And also a “Max: 5 days”
Is this the reason that “data” is getting lost when I re-open?
System: MacMini 2018 / Sequoia 15.2
Pro Tools: 2024.10.1
SpectralLayers Pro: 11.0.50
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Hi, I don’t know why you had this issue, but the Cache path (and its time limit) is unrelated, the Cache path is only used to store data while you’re working on a session, and all data stored here are deleted once you close the session.
@Robin_Lobel Thanks for clarifying how the cache operates.
It would appear that Pro Tools (latest version) and the ARA integration with SpectralLayers Pro (latest version) is still buggy…
Render on the go!
I think this is not only with Spectralayers and ProTools.
I have trouble with ARA in Auto Align Post 2 and Acon Acoustica too, and I’m using Nuendo.
I think it is ARA that is buggy as hell, unnfortunately.
But well, it is what it is…
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I just had a similar thing happen. Loads of spectralayers Ara edits, saved pro tools session, reopened 10 mins later to have it all gone.
The ARA data folder inside the pro tools session folder seems to have the data in there, judging by time stamps, but it doesn’t seem to load it.
Pro tools 24.10.1.204, Spectralayers 11.0.50.402, macOS Ventura 13.7
Is it an avid issue and not SL? Wondering if there’s anything I can do to get it to load that info back, or if a fix is coming? Thanks!
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@bjornist my only advice is to “render on the go”.
I’m not sure if it’s PT, SL or ARA or all 3 - who knows?
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My bet is on ARA, since I have the same issues in Nuendo and other extensions too.
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I appreciate the replies. I’ll definitely be rendering on the go from now on. For what it’s worth, Melodyne ARA saves/recalls in Pro Tools 100% of the time for me. Still not sure whether that means it’s explicitly Spectralayers fault, but just more info to add.
There is a known issue with ARA and macOS, without system details it’s hard to suggest possible work arounds/etc. Look over on Logic Pro Help site…HTH…/s~
@bjornist yes, the same here.
Melodyne ARA works.
It’s my ProTools (2024.10.2) with SpectralLayers (11.0.50) running on OSX (15.2) that has issues…
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As written above I am on Pro tools 24.10.1.204, Spectralayers 11.0.50.402, macOS Ventura 13.7. Also a Macbook Pro M1Pro. Happy to provide any other info that might be helpful. Not too sure the Logic Pro site will be of much use, but I’ll take a look. thanks!
Got it…I suggested the LPH site because there are a lot of discussions about ARA/DAW issues, and the underlying OS, which is also going to affect your situation. I use a number of different DAWs depending the client, and ARA is “no bueno” for all of them. There have been a lot of “upgrades” to the OS that seemed affect ARA on Mac…/s~
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