I’m using Dorico 6.1.10, trying to select the SynthesizerV 2.2.0b2 VST3 plugin in Play Mode, but it’s not in the list. I can open it in Cubase, but not Dorico. I’ve tried clearing cache, etc. numerous time to no avail. Running Windows 11. Diagnostics attached. I see that one of the logs says it failed to load, but why? SynthV 2.1 plugin did not work either. Appreciate the help.
Dorico Diagnostics.zip (632.8 KB)
Welcome to the forum @anthem_writer .
SynthV2 is on Dorico’s blocklist, because during the plug-in scanning at startup the vstscanner finds something is wrong with that plug-in.
So I’m asking you to follow the same instructions as I gave in another thread
You only need to change the path from Groove Agent to that path of the SynthV.
What is the Errorlevel that gets shown then?
errorlevel is 0
Strange. Errorlevel 0 means no error, but still it gets put on the blocklist.
Then please go to
%appdata%\Steinberg\Dorico 6 AudioEngine_64\
and delete (or rename) the folder
Dorico 6 AudioEngine VST3 Cache
By that you are enforcing a complete rescan of all plug-ins.
In the past this sometimes proved to be clearing up the state.
I hope it will do the same for you as well.
It rescanned, but still does not work. I took a video of the status messages on the Dorico load screen the last time. When trying to read the SynthV plug in, it showed ERROR 1.
I need to look up what the error number means. I’m currently at the wrong PC, will come back later…
Error 1 is Unknown Error (if it comes from the vstscanner).
Could you please run the Command Prompt with that one vstscanner invocation once more and then copy from that window the complete output text, paste into NotePad and later send it to me? Thanks very much
vst error.zip (671 Bytes)
Thanks, that’s odd, because the output looks normal and it even says Errorlevel is 0, i.e. no error. Error 1 comes from the vstscannermaster.
Do you know is the SynthV 2 plug-in maybe protected by iLok/PACE?
Given that it works for me in Cubase, I doubt it.
Cubase and Dorico are not always in perfect sync and neither are the components like vstscanner and vstscannermaster, so that might explain the difference.
And the question remains, is SynthV iLok/PACE protected?
Not iLok protected.
Thanks for clarifying this @Derrek .
@anthem_writer, you only have half a dozen plug-ins and the scanning should be really quick. The vstscannermaster.log shows exactly that. Scanning each plug-in takes roughly half a second, only SynthV takes 40s, which is the time-out value we built in.
What is happening there? Well, the vstscannermaster creates for each plug-in an own worker thread which invokes the corresponding plug-in. It itmes out. From this I assume that the vstscanner is hanging in SynthV
Please go to
%userprofile%\Documents\Steinberg\CrashDumps
Are there any crash files to be found. If so, please zip them up and send me.
Thanks
Dorico 6 AudioEngine 6.1.0 64bit 2025.8.4 22.51.12.795-freezedump.zip (169.8 KB)
This latest is from August, so probably not very helpful. Prior to that was nearly a year ago, so I didn’t include those.
Thanks a lot, but this is not pertinent anymore, it’s way too old.
It would be better to have a remote screen sharing session, if that is okay with you.
Let me know what you think about that.
That would be fine. I won’t be available until 4pm CST today (I’m in Dallas). Anytime Tuesday will work also.
I”ve sent you a private message via this board. Please check…
Hi @anthem_writer,
according to user @JJmus there is already a fix version of Synth V available.
Please follow the link given in this thread. Would be great if you can confirm the fix as well.
I’m back from vacation. I installed the beta 3 version of Synth V, and it appears all they did was insert a ping every 39 seconds to reset the Dorico timeout. After a few hundred seconds of waiting, it errors anyway.
That’s bad to hear. I will get in touch with Dreamtonic again…