WL 9.5.5 shuts down often and many glitches in renders

WaveLab
#1

Hi,
The past few days, WL is quitting with no warning.
It happens while playback, while editing, it can happen anytime. I loose all my plugin tweaks each time, time consuming and frustrating.

Also, I get clicks or crackles in about 1 out of 3 renders. I use external hardware as well as plugins in the master section.

How should I troubleshoot?

Windows 10 home
Asus AMD based PC with 16 GB
Prism Lyra2, latest drivers.

This is a new problem, I’ve had errors previously in renders, but much rarer.

Frode

#2

Hi …,

Since the last Windoze 10 update, I have had WL quit without warning a couple of times (as in just vanishes from the screen). I have linked this to the ‘security scan’ in Windows security and it only ever happens when WL is idle.

But apart from this I am afraid I haven’t experienced anything like your issues.

Are the render errors dependent upon specific plugins? If so, have you tried using the VST3 versions.

#3

Somehow, this means that the performance of WaveLab is affected. Maybe some new runtime process going on.

You could try to raise the priority of WaveLab, as follows (don’t try “real-time”), in the Task manager.
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#4

Thank you!

#5

I am running WL 9.5.5 on Windows 7 Pro and have experienced the same problems. Maybe something changed in 9.5.5??? Everything was running smoothly in the previous version. FWIW

#6

Actually, I suspect this also, as all was fine, and I was a bit slow to update to 9.5.5
Any way to roll back to 9.5.4?

Frode

#7

Hi PG,
I actually had the priority set to “real-time”, changed it to high and it is now a little better. It doesn’t crash as often, but I have had a couple of crashes while working, and quite often Wavelab is gone after I take a 5 minute break and get some more coffee. This was not the case in the previous version.
How can I roll back my WL version?

Frode

#8

How can I roll back my WL version?

Uninstall and reinstall. The settings will be preserved.
Now, if you don’t have the old version, I have to query Steinberg where you can find it.

#9

Ooooh , don’t have the old installer…so…yes please, if possible…

#10

Hopefully an answer on monday.

#11

Thanks, and BTW…any chance for external effects loop in the montage effects on the next version…? :slight_smile:

#12

A chance…

#13

I have the installer for WaveLab_Pro_9.5.30_Update_win

I can send you a link to this if it will help, but this is for ‘update’ so I am not sure if it will support a complete re-install.

Paul

#14

Hey, yes please! I just uninstalled and reinstalled 9.5.1 from the Steinberg installer app, so 9.5.3 update would be great!
You probably need my email?

Frodebassist@gmail.com

Thanks,

Frode

#15

Steinberg tells me that you should contact Steinberg support, and they will give you a link.

#16

OK, cool. V 9.5.1 also suddenly quits by the way, but way less often. Probably a combo of problems my end and the recent update.
Is there any logging, anything I could send you too read some explanation for this from?

#17

Under Windows, you can generate one crash dump from WaveLab if you do so:
While pressing the Alternate key (press first and maintain), select “Global preferences” from the WaveLab menu with the mouse.
In that case, there is a new tab called “Diagnostics”. There you can activate several functions.
Activate the option “Enable crash report”. Quit and relaunch WaveLab.
If a crash happens, one crash dump is generated.

#18

OK,thanks! ill try this right away!

#19

Wavelab ‘vanished’ when at idle last night. This is the first time it has done so since changing priority to ‘high’ as suggested.

I am not a programmer. But, this ‘feels’ like it is a background run time type thing. Something going on after a Wndoze update.