Spectralayers 12 issues

I just updated to 12PRO, uploaded files and when I wanted to play them the system crashed. It does that repeatedly so probably a bug.

Jan Woestenburg

Hi, do you have some more infos about the OS System you are using and if using the StandAlone or/and the ARA version?

I use it stand alone Windows 11 x64.
I use ASIO driver. It seems to happen when when the default system output is set.

Does it work if you use your audio device in WASAPI mode instead of ASIO ?

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I just got this error:

Maybe a corrupted download. I’ll try to execute the installer manually

EDIT:
I unpacked the zip file manually, and ran the exe installer.
Then everything worked fine, the program was installed.
I guess the Steinberg download installer could be the problem, as
the zip files wasn’t verified as it used to do, and makes a little checkmark
on the downloaded file. The checkmark was missing, but the whole zip file
was downloaded.

SLL

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It does, when I select the default device (VS100) from the list it also works. If I use another default device and use the setting Default System Output, it still crashes.

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I´ve got another issue:

  • Loading a flac-Song.
  • choosing “De-Mix Song”
  • if “quality” is set to “high” the PC is rendering a few minutes, but the created tracks are all empty.
  • if quality is set to “fast” or “medium” it works as it should.

Using latest Win11 24H2, AMD Radeon RX6700 XT is used for rendering, latest graphics driver is installed. Restart of PC after installation is done, installation has been done twice.

No matter if standalone or with ARA in CB14pro, always same result.

BTW: Seperating 2 voices seemed to work better in SL11pro… ( tested with two different flac-Audio files )

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When I want to remove crowd clap, I select a relevant part of the song then I apply “Unmix Crowd Noise”.
Not only the selected part is unmixed but also a part that from what comes next is unmixed.
I tried this with “unmix components” the same happens but is a smaller part that is added. I also tried a few others, they work fine.
Edit: This extra part is also in the unmixed layer, so doubled, the yellow part in the picture.
Edit 2: At the end of the tune this “extra” unmix is before/in front of the selection


NVDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
Intel i7-8700 @ 3.20 GHz
RAM 64 GB; Windows 11Pro, 24H2

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What an absolute mess of a release, was this tested at all ?

Crashed on installation, crashed Cubase when loading it.

Doesnt work in standalone, as was mentioned higher up, unmix doesnt work in high mode.

Seriously Sberg, did you test this at all ?

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MacBook Pro M1 32Gb - Unmix song in batch mode with 3 .flac files loaded - estimated time 28 hours after 20mins of processing, also the bottom of the case is getting quite hot, never had that problem when using Nuendo or Davici Resolve to process large files.
Stand alone mode.

What do you mean by `“Crashed on Installation” and “crashed on Cubase” in which context?
The SDA installation is meant to be work in common as well the ARA implementation. If you have a reproducible bug case please send a step by step description. Thx

Using the download assistant it said it could not be installed, I had to run it from its installer. Then when I went to use Spectral layers in Cubase 14 I got the “Cubase has become unstable” etc.

And the other bugs are exactly as everyone else are reporting. I’m going back to S11 until this mess is fixed.

Did you update the to the latest SDA and latest Cubase 14?

Yes to both.

Standalone works here with Flacs, high setting, everything separated plus sax first ticked.
Ryzen 7900x, 64 Gb, RTX 3050 8Gb, Win 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC (10.0.26100 Build 26100)

So it MAY BE a problem with my and others AMD graphic cards. ( You´ve got a NVIDIA ).

( CPU is an AMD Ryzen 9 3900 XT, 32 GB RAM )

Anyway, this should have been tested and not happen…

Mac Studio M1 64Gb. Checked unmixed Sax first - result no layers output, unchecked and worked ok.
It this another time wasting bug that needs fixing. SL12 seems to suck. :frowning:

Mac Studio M1 64 GB here, Sonoma.

Unmix Song went well and Unmix Drums too. Sax & brass first worked checked & unchecked.

But, after having worked with an unmixed song for a couple of hours the mouse responsiveness in some VST3 plugins went bad (ProQ4, Zynaptiq Punch & Intensity 2) and their windows would not close when I clicked the closing red dot.

And then 2 Kazrog plugins first filled the whole screen when opened, and then their windows were all black when reopened.

A graphic glitch indeed, maybe some related cache got filled and did not empty well enough?

I’m having the same issue in the stand-alone app. Unmix song with Quality set to High yields empty tracks. Setting Quality to Balanced or Fast works as expected.

I’m having the same issue in the stand-alone app. Unmix song with Quality set to High yields empty tracks. Setting Quality to Balanced or Fast works as expected.

Exact same issue here. Testing some electronic music. Enabled Sax and Brass (song has none) and enabled Unmix Sax and Brass first. In High mode, I was actually able to get some sound on the Sax and Brass track while the others were empty, so suspect it’s something to do with this new ‘feature’.