SpectraLayers 12.0.40 Maintenance Update

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Dear Forum members,

We are happy to announce the release of a new maintenance update for SpectraLayers 12, version 12.0.40.

This update offers several issue resolutions and improvements throughout different areas of the application.

As always, the update is available to download from the Steinberg website and via the Steinberg Download Assistant .

The full list of improvements and issues resolutions can be found in the release notes page.

All the best,
Luis

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This is the most stable and well working 12 version on my systems so far.

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Still having problems…

PC: Intel i7 7700, 32GB RAM, Samsung SSD 990 PRO/2TB. Windows 10 with extended security.
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB. Dual 24" 1920x1200. Shared memory enabled in Preferences. (16GB according to Task Manager).
Audio interface: RME Digiface USB.

  • Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2, from the album “War”. (MP3 160 kbps, ripped from my own CD a long time ago)
  • Imported and converted to 48kHz/24bit in Cubase 14, and added the SpectraLayers object extension.

Unmix Song (High):
Vocals + Drums + Bass + Guitar (+ Other):

  • A very long wait during “Estimating”.
  • Expected duration is well over an hour and a half. Cancel.

Only Vocals (+ Other): Works. Unmix Chorus: Works.
Only Drums (+ Other): A long wait during “Estimating”. Cancel.
Only Bass (+ Other): A long wait during “Estimating”. Cancel.
Only Guitar (+ Other): Works, but takes a very long time compared to “Vocals” (15-20 minutes?).

Unmix Song, Vocals + Guitar (+ Other): Works, but takes a very long time.

Solo + Selected: Other.
Unmix Drums [Kit Pieces]: Works (about 10 minutes). Bass is (not unexpectedly) audible in Toms.

  • Undo. (Still Solo + Selected: Other.)

Unmix Song, Bass (+ Other): Works, but takes over 45 minutes.

Undo Solo.
Solo + Selected: Other (which remained after unmixing Bass).

Unmix Drums [Kit Pieces]: Works (about 5 minutes).

  • ​​Additional attempt with the same song but live, from the album “Under a Blood Red Sky”

Unmix Song (High):
Vocals + Drums + Bass + Guitar (+ Other):

  • It takes a very long time… “Estimating” says up to 1 hour and 50 minutes. I’m waiting to see if it might suddenly be faster. At 25% it’s half an hour later… I give up. Cancel.

During the processes, the GPU was using about 90-100%. The CPU was using about 10-15%, sometimes peaking at 30-40%.

  • Uninstall SpectraLayers 12.0.40
  • (Re)Install SpectraLayers 12.0.10

Again…

  • Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2, from the album “War”.

  • Imported and converted to 48kHz/24bit in Cubase 14, and added the SpectraLayers object extension.

  • Unmix Song (High): Vocals + Drums + Bass + Guitar (+ Other): Finished after 13 minutes.

During this process, the GPU and CPU were alternating repeatedly and regularly. 15% per cycle the GPU was loaded at about 90-100%, and the CPU was loaded at about 75% for the remaining 85% of a cycle.

  • Unmix Chorus: Finished in a minute.
  • Unmix Drums: Finished after 3 minutes.

Conclusion: I’ll stick with SpectraLayers 12.0.10 for now.:wink:

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I’m enjoying the improvements to the Clone Stamp tool

and I always appreciate how easy SLP is to update to latest version (of course by DLing from the support area direct to my machine; none of silly SB activation or DL manager)

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You have a 3 GB graphics card. For SpectraLayers 12, a DirectX 11 compatible graphics card is the minimum requirement, but a DirectX 12 card with at least 8 GB of VRAM is recommended for optimal AI processing performance.

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As you have already activated the license, you just need to download the product.

Look in the download assistant under All products (separate licenses required)

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I’d look in your SB account first of all for vouchers.

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My old video card works fine with 12.0.10. This hasn’t been the case since 12.0.20. So the problem isn’t with my video card, but with a code change.

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I am having an issue with Spectralayers 12. The Additive Selection Tool mode is NOT working at all when trying to select multiple marker regions to edit at the same time? I am on a Mac Mini M4 PRo and runnning Spectralayers in standalone mode. Is there some glitch?

Thanks,

Louis