WaveLab Elements 10 crash

Open a WAV file, click on Edit Settings (below the overview pane, between “Spectrogram” and the synchronize view icon). Crash.

Works fine in 9.5.

Thanks for the report. Will be fixed for 10.0.10

Thanks. I should have added that it appears that only the shortcut icon is broken – the preferences dialog is still accessible from the File menu.

Roy

WL 10 Elements is crashing within 2 seconds of opening. No matter what option I use at start up it crashes. I haven’t seen any posts like this since early last year. I have downloaded the latest version and am running on the latest version of Mojave. I am suing it to embed Metadata and it is getting incredibly frustrating. Definitely not going to use it for mastering until it is stable.

This crash happens inside some Waves plugin. Try without it for a while.

Yep It is the problem. I removed the license dongle for Waves and it opens fine. A bit of a work around but at least I am back up with it. Thanks for your help

Hello,

WL10 elements crashes when hitting the render button.
It happens since I reformat my HD and reinstall OSX big sur on my iMac. Worked just fine before.

Any idea to solve this issue ?

Here is the first part of a crash report :

Process:               WaveLab Elements 10.0 [6806]
Path:                  /Applications/WaveLab Elements 10.0.app/Contents/MacOS/WaveLab Elements 10.0
Identifier:            net.steinberg.WaveLab-Elements-10-0
Version:               10.0.70.180 (10.0.70.180)
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           WaveLab Elements 10.0 [6806]
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2022-04-08 18:52:10.571 +0200
OS Version:            macOS 11.6.5 (20G527)
Report Version:        12
Anonymous UUID:        AEC03CCB-18BB-5076-2140-BD0BCCBF29D4


Time Awake Since Boot: 2000 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread:        0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000008
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Signal:    Segmentation fault: 11
Termination Reason:    Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb
Terminating Process:   exc handler [6806]

VM Regions Near 0x8:
--> 
    __TEXT                      108fe8000-10bc38000    [ 44.3M] r-x/rwx SM=COW  /Applications/WaveLab Elements 10.0.app/Contents/MacOS/WaveLab Elements 10.0

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   net.steinberg.WaveLab-Elements-10-0	0x000000010a8dce47 0x108fe8000 + 26168903
1   net.steinberg.WaveLab-Elements-10-0	0x0000000109e27977 0x108fe8000 + 14940535
2   net.steinberg.WaveLab-Elements-10-0	0x0000000109e23fbd 0x108fe8000 + 14925757
3   net.steinberg.WaveLab-Elements-10-0	0x0000000109e3e185 0x108fe8000 + 15032709
4   net.steinberg.WaveLab-Elements-10-0	0x000000010a4e679a 0x108fe8000 + 22013850
5   org.qt-project.QtCore         	0x000000010c435a60 void doActivate<false>(QObject*, int, void**) + 1136
6   org.qt-project.QtWidgets      	0x000000010c9faa46 QAction::activate(QAction::ActionEvent) + 310
7   org.qt-project.QtWidgets      	0x000000010caeda70 QAbstractButtonPrivate::click() + 144
8   org.qt-project.QtWidgets      	0x000000010caeecbc QAbstractButton::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent*) + 268
9   org.qt-project.QtWidgets      	0x000000010cbe917f QToolButton::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent*) + 15
10  org.qt-project.QtWidgets      	0x000000010ca3e3d2 QWidget::event(QEvent*) + 450
11  org.qt-project.QtWidgets      	0x000000010cbe99cf QToolButton::event(QEvent*) + 319
12  org.qt-project.QtWidgets      	0x000000010ca040bc QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) + 268
13  org.qt-project.QtWidgets      	0x000000010ca06efd QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) + 7149
14  net.steinberg.WaveLab-Elements-10-0	0x000000010a82aab3 0x108fe8000 + 25438899
15  net.steinberg.WaveLab-Elements-10-0	0x0000000109cc2016 0x108fe8000 + 13475862
16  org.qt-project.QtCore         	0x000000010c4025b4 QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) + 212
17  org.qt-project.QtWidgets      	0x000000010ca049f4 QApplicationPrivate::sendMouseEvent(QWidget*, QMouseEvent*, QWidget*, QWidget*, QWidget**, QPointer<QWidget>&, bool, bool) + 900
18  org.qt-project.QtWidgets      	0x000000010ca5d480 QWidgetWindow::handleMouseEvent(QMouseEvent*) + 3264
19  org.qt-project.QtWidgets      	0x000000010ca5bb7f QWidgetWindow::event(QEvent*) + 239
20  org.qt-project.QtWidgets      	0x000000010ca040bc QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) + 268
21  org.qt-project.QtWidgets      	0x000000010ca0550e QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) + 510
22  net.steinberg.WaveLab-Elements-10-0	0x000000010a82aab3 0x108fe8000 + 25438899
23  net.steinberg.WaveLab-Elements-10-0	0x0000000109cc2016 0x108fe8000 + 13475862
24  org.qt-project.QtCore         	0x000000010c4025b4 QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) + 212
25  org.qt-project.QtGui          	0x000000010d2261bb QGuiApplicationPrivate::processMouseEvent(QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::MouseEvent*) + 3579
26  org.qt-project.QtGui          	0x000000010d20ac8b QWindowSystemInterface::sendWindowSystemEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 219
27  libqcocoa.dylib               	0x0000000110b69760 QCocoaEventDispatcherPrivate::processPostedEvents() + 320
28  libqcocoa.dylib               	0x0000000110b69ed8 QCocoaEventDispatcherPrivate::postedEventsSourceCallback(void*) + 40
29  com.apple.CoreFoundation      	0x00007fff2060737c __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 17
30  com.apple.CoreFoundation      	0x00007fff206072e4 __CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 180
31  com.apple.CoreFoundation      	0x00007fff20607064 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 242
32  com.apple.CoreFoundation      	0x00007fff20605a8c __CFRunLoopRun + 893
33  com.apple.CoreFoundation      	0x00007fff2060504c CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 563
34  com.apple.HIToolbox           	0x00007fff2884da83 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 292
35  com.apple.HIToolbox           	0x00007fff2884d6b6 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 284
36  com.apple.HIToolbox           	0x00007fff2884d583 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 70
37  com.apple.AppKit              	0x00007fff22e0dd72 _DPSNextEvent + 864
38  com.apple.AppKit              	0x00007fff22e0c545 -[NSApplication(NSEvent) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 1364
39  com.apple.AppKit              	0x00007fff22dfe869 -[NSApplication run] + 586
40  libqcocoa.dylib               	0x0000000110b68c36 QCocoaEventDispatcher::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 2726
41  org.qt-project.QtCore         	0x000000010c3fe5df QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 431
42  org.qt-project.QtCore         	0x000000010c402b62 QCoreApplication::exec() + 130
43  net.steinberg.WaveLab-Elements-10-0	0x0000000109cb3db7 0x108fe8000 + 13417911
44  net.steinberg.WaveLab-Elements-10-0	0x000000010a6ba177 0x108fe8000 + 23929207
45  libdyld.dylib                 	0x00007fff2052af3d start + 1

Are you using the latest WaveLab Elements 10 version?

I think so, I have the 10.0.70 (build 180)

Some other test outcomes, if something can be relevant :

  • I tried to throw the WL10 app and its folder in HD/USERS/my username/LIBRARY/PREFERENCES to the trash and reinstall WL10 Elements : all works fine and I am able to render at least one file.
  • Any other attempt may crash randomly if I render using the RENDER tab in the AUDIOEDITOR window, but crashes every time if I hit the Render button of the MASTERSECTION window. Even without any plugin engaged.
  • Trying to access PREFERENCES via the menu WaveLab Elements 10.0 / Preferences will crash the app, but I can access it without any issue through the AUDIOEDITOR / FILE / Preferences path