Win10(64bit): VST3PluginTestHost quits silenty on start

Developer VST 3 SDK
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When I start VST3PluginTestHost, I see the splash screen and the init phase gets to “Initializing: Audio System” and then the app closes or crashes silently (no error messages).

Any ideas on what could be wrong or suggestions on where to look for log files etc?

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System: Windows 10 22H2 64bit

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I’m seeing this exact issue but on Windows 11.

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the same….Can any official person watch about this?

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Did you install the Asio driver by default, delivered with the VST SDK?

vst3sdk\bin\Windows_x64\Steinberg_Built_In_ASIO_Driver_64bit_Installer_1.0.9.zip

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seeing the same issue here (ASIO driver installed and rebooted).

the debugger tells me:

The debugged process stopped because it triggered an exception.

Stopped in thread 0 by: Exception at 0x1400b41a3, code: 0xc0000005: read access violation at: 0x0, flags=0x0 (first chance).

… which somewhat implies a nullptr dereference …

VST 3.8.0 SDK Released
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I managed to solve this issue with the following steps:

  1. Uninstall the Steinberg ASIO driver

  2. Launch the VST3PluginTestHost

  3. Close the TestHost

  4. Re-install the ASIO driver

  5. Launch the TestHost and select the ASIO driver

    This did the trick for me. Don’t know how or why.

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I found the bug and will be fixed in next update of the SDK..

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