WaveLab 11.0.10 Pro Monterey Crash to Desktop on Open

Normally I wouldn’t install a new OS this early, but I got a new MacBook Pro with Monterey pre-installed. I was working just fine in WaveLab 10 until this morning, when it started crashing to desktop on launch.

I tried holding down Command and opening an empty project, which didn’t help. It gets as far as presenting the dialog box with the option to open an empty project though!

So I figured before I complain here, I should bite the bullet and upgrade to 11, which I did. Unfortunately the same thing happened on launch.

I just tried again, and this time selected a recent audio file from the list of options, and it looks like I’m in! So now I just need to not quit. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Here’s the first chunk of the crash report if someone has any ideas:

Process: WaveLab Pro 11 [5667]
Path: /Applications/WaveLab Pro 11.app/Contents/MacOS/WaveLab Pro 11
Identifier: net.steinberg.WaveLab-Pro-11
Version: 11.0.10.51 (11.0.10.51)
Code Type: X86-64 (Translated)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2021-11-04 12:42:58.1028 -0700
OS Version: macOS 12.0.1 (21A559)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 75079B17-6B15-39CC-118B-2DA42C0CD2B2

Time Awake Since Boot: 1600 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread: 35

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000140
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000140
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 11 Segmentation fault: 11
Terminating Process: exc handler [5667]

VM Region Info: 0x140 is not in any region. Bytes before following region: 4300644032
REGION TYPE START - END [ VSIZE] PRT/MAX SHRMOD REGION DETAIL
UNUSED SPACE AT START
—>
__TEXT 10056a000-10385e000 [ 51.0M] r-x/r-x SM=COW …aveLab Pro 11

Hi!

Maybe start fresh and delete WL 11 and start over…
when you start installing WL11 you get a question if you
like to copy/install with WL 10 preferences right!?
say no, try again and maybe it’s to early with the new OSX Monterey

regards S-EH

I have a new MBP arriving any day now and I assume it’ll have Monterey too. I’ll report here with any findings.

Hi there, due to on an ongoing test process for compatibilty checks with OS 12 and the current known Apple related OS 12 upgrade problems especially on older macs, there is no recommendation yet to use that OS with the Wavelab 11 derivates. cheers Kay

It kept working for me yesterday!

I have no idea what the crash report refers to, but it’s identical across WL10 & 11 Pro.

I’ll let you know if I hit another wall!

Brian.