N10 crashing on AA plugins

Hello guys,

maybe anyone is experiencing same thing.

N10 crashes randomly whenever I try to adjust the settings on Acustica Audio VST3 plugins.

Here is the crash report:

Process: Nuendo 10 [4001]
Path: /Applications/Nuendo 10.app/Contents/MacOS/Nuendo 10
Identifier: com.steinberg.nuendo10
Version: 10.1.0.236 (10.1.0.236)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: Nuendo 10 [4001]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2019-08-21 16:46:37.896 +0200
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.12.6 (16G2016)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: CBCB59DD-1D18-0D2C-BBC0-494422A3DF42


Time Awake Since Boot: 9300 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread: 120

Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:
abort() called
*** error for object 0x610001a84a10: pointer being freed was not allocated


Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fffa9d4334a mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fffa9d42797 mach_msg + 55
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff9441b9d4 __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 212
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff9441ae61 __CFRunLoopRun + 1361
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff9441a6b4 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 420
5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00007fff9397aebc RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 240
6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00007fff9397acf1 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 432
7 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00007fff9397ab26 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 71
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff91f0fa54 _DPSNextEvent + 1120
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff9268b7ee -[NSApplication(NSEvent) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 2796
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff91f043db -[NSApplication run] + 926
11 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x000000010353cda8 0x1015b3000 + 33070504
12 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x000000010337878d 0x1015b3000 + 31217549
13 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000102fdbb68 0x1015b3000 + 27429736
14 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000102fdb9f5 0x1015b3000 + 27429365
15 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000102fdc04b 0x1015b3000 + 27430987
16 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fffa9c1c235 start + 1

Thread 1:: CRASH THREAD
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fffa9d4339e semaphore_timedwait_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000102ffd7d2 0x1015b3000 + 27568082
2 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x000000010244741b 0x1015b3000 + 15287323
3 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000102ffcab4 0x1015b3000 + 27564724
4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fffa9e38d1e _pthread_suspended_body + 176

Thread 2:: com.steinberg.dispatcher.0
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fffa9d4ac6a __psynch_rw_rdlock + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fffa9e33d70 _pthread_rwlock_lock + 471
2 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000103034bcf 0x1015b3000 + 27794383
3 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000103036aea 0x1015b3000 + 27802346
4 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000103145a74 0x1015b3000 + 28912244
5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fffa9e38d1e _pthread_suspended_body + 176

Thread 3:: com.steinberg.dispatcher.1
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fffa9d4ac6a __psynch_rw_rdlock + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fffa9e33d70 _pthread_rwlock_lock + 471
2 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000103034bcf 0x1015b3000 + 27794383
3 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000103036aea 0x1015b3000 + 27802346
4 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000103145a74 0x1015b3000 + 28912244
5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fffa9e38d1e _pthread_suspended_body + 176

Thread 4:: com.steinberg.dispatcher.2
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fffa9d4ac6a __psynch_rw_rdlock + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fffa9e33d70 _pthread_rwlock_lock + 471
2 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000103034bcf 0x1015b3000 + 27794383
3 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000103036aea 0x1015b3000 + 27802346
4 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000103145a74 0x1015b3000 + 28912244
5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fffa9e38d1e _pthread_suspended_body + 176

Thread 5:: com.steinberg.dispatcher.3
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fffa9d4ac6a __psynch_rw_rdlock + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fffa9e33d70 _pthread_rwlock_lock + 471
2 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000103034bcf 0x1015b3000 + 27794383
3 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000103036aea 0x1015b3000 + 27802346
4 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000103145a74 0x1015b3000 + 28912244
5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fffa9e38d1e _pthread_suspended_body + 176

Thread 6:: com.steinberg.dispatcher.4
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fffa9d4ac6a __psynch_rw_rdlock + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fffa9e33d70 _pthread_rwlock_lock + 471
2 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000103034bcf 0x1015b3000 + 27794383
3 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000103036aea 0x1015b3000 + 27802346
4 com.steinberg.nuendo10 0x0000000103145a74 0x1015b3000 + 28912244
5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fffa9e38d1e _pthread_suspended_body + 176


Any ideas why this happends?

Best
Denis

I think Steinberg in general just simply went alittle too strict with 3rd party vendor plugin coding.
I have problems with McDSP, Slate and Softube plugins, even with their latest updates. It’s frustrating.

VST2 of Acustica Audio work fine, VST3 crash.

Same time VST3 work fine in Ableton Live 10.1

So I wonder how come Ableton is able to work fine while the originators of VST3 format cannot provide same stability?