Slate plugins & cubase 8???

Cubase
#1

So been going through & i have noticed some Slate plugs create havoc with cubase only when loaded.

Im also Noticing some thing weird…

If i add a plug in on a certain slot, it creates the cpu average performance to hammer it’s peak like a pendulum.

Either i remove the plug in & it fixes cubase instantly or move it to another group… so a group feeding into another group & the cpu asio performance is fine…

or a restart of cubase or the mac.

Trackspacer does this (great plug by the way) but seems very stable & not buggy. Unlike slate when moved to another slot.

I Also notice if i open up a vst & the Graphic interface pops up it also creates the asio & cpu to stutter with any plugin once you hit a certain cpu limit?

funny thing is my cpu is 80% idle im a bit baffled if it is cubase? the plugs or both. or a graphic card problem?

my specs below.

#2

Also once the system goes into the pause Glitch state, Each hammer of the cpu Vst performance Meter the Mouse & full cubase system will pause then work again.

If i run cubase in the back ground while in this state, my mouse is fine & other apps work fine. any ideas?

#3

have a lot of slate plugs here and no problems with Cubase Pro 8.0.5 / Win7x64

#4

I’m running VCC, VBC, VTM and VMR with no issues here. CPro8/W7

Are you running vst3 versions of the Slate stuff? They’ve advised everyone to use the vst2 versions for now, as many people are reporting issues with vst3.

#5

im not sure. vst3 is has the little lines beside it right // like that?

#6

Yeah, but its three lines I think- ///

I have been loading all my plugins as vst2 only. Can anyone convince me I need to even consider VST3 versions of my plugins? (OTHER than for side-chaining functionality of course)

#7

vst3 is using dynamic cpu allocation, i.e. it is only drawing cpu when there is sound coming through.

#8

There are definitely issues with slate plugs and C8. For me, it was VCC and RC Tube. Touching a Control on VCC would freeze the Cubase GUI.
Slate is aware there’s an issue. Support sent me a beta build that kind-of cleared things up. They still cause crashes though.

Hopefully it’s a non-issue as v2.0 of VCC is coming it in a few weeks as a free update.

As with all things C8, everyone’s having their own experience. My brother has a nearly identical rig to mine, but had no issues with his Slate plugins!

#9

C8 is mostly very stable for me, however, the latest versions of VBC will crash it.I rolled back a version and have no problems with VBC. Also, no problems with Trackspacer at this point…

#10

I had loads of problems with VST3 versions of Slate’s VBC and VMR. I reverted to VST2 and it’s been all cool sailing since.

#11

yeah i have found with the vst3 in the new engine if you cut a audio file for say 1 second or even less it makes cubase glitch, I think this is due to the vst3 turning on and off. this was with any vst3 plug.

I can’t wait for the next update… really like cubase 8 though.

#12

Go to preferences>VST>Plug-ins>Uncheck “Suspend VST3 plug-in processing when no audio signals are received”

#13

thanks ill do that tomorrow. will that stop vst3 doing what it does.

#14

VCC occassionaly crashed cubase after opening the mixer. Which is steinbergs fault imo.

#15

If your issues are indeed related to vst3 processing, it should do.

#16

I have big issues with Slate Digital FG-X. It is crashing Cubase 8.0.5 every time in projects where a lot of VST instruments are loaded. In general there are many reports about Slate Digital PlugIns and Cubase not going well together.

#17

NO Problems here with FG-X on Mac with Mavericks

#18

So weird how the issues are so varied–even on identical machines!

#19

Woo! I worked it out!

So the Slate VBC the Vari Mu, is memory leaking. the latest update is causing huge problems with cubase…

I figured it out by dropping it in 1 by 1.

The previous update confirmed working is Version 1.2.4.1 stops cubase cpu spikes.
I hope this helps some people. Im over the moon finally getting some where with cubase.

I the slate VMR is also memory leaking, I dont own or use that yet…

IM slowly getting cubase to almost stable! still a heap of bugs… slate is a major problem…

also the new ilok update fixed some issues as well.

do not go near vst3 with slate. I hope it helps some people…

:sunglasses: