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Synfire Pro 1.8.5 build #5
I'm willing to bet that this doesn't apply to just Blue 2.
The audio engine crashed when I attempted to create a new bank in Blue2.
Details from Windows 10:
Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 2/22/2019 5:50:05 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Editor
Description:
Faulting application name: Engine.exe, version: 2.6.1.0, time stamp: 0x5a5a0a37
Faulting module name: Blue2.dll, version: 1.0.0.2, time stamp: 0x56e9179a
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000000635b
Faulting process id: 0x83c
Faulting application start time: 0x01d4ca392a82ae71
Faulting application path: c:\Program Files\Cognitone\Audio\Engine.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VstPlugins\Rob Papen\Blue2\Blue2.dll
Report Id: 3623ef2f-6999-44cd-998a-9e060c68b9e1
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="(http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event)">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2019-02-22T13:50:05.316230500Z" />
<EventRecordID>29050</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Editor</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Engine.exe</Data>
<Data>2.6.1.0</Data>
<Data>5a5a0a37</Data>
<Data>Blue2.dll</Data>
<Data>1.0.0.2</Data>
<Data>56e9179a</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>000000000000635b</Data>
<Data>83c</Data>
<Data>01d4ca392a82ae71</Data>
<Data>c:\Program Files\Cognitone\Audio\Engine.exe</Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VstPlugins\Rob Papen\Blue2\Blue2.dll</Data>
<Data>3623ef2f-6999-44cd-998a-9e060c68b9e1</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
This appears to be an uncaught exception in the audio engine causing the crash. The audio engine should be tolerant of errant plugins.
How does one restart the engine without having to exit and restart Synfire?
Fr., 22.02.2019 - 18:27 Permalink
How does one restart the engine without having to exit and restart Synfire?
Check the Windows Task Bar. The Engine can be shut down there. To restart, just do so in Synfire's Audio & MIDI Setup window on the "Audio" tab. Sometimes this requires to wait for a timeout to expire before Synfire is responsive again.
The audio engine should be tolerant of errant plugins.
Impossible unfortaunately, as all plug-ins are running in the same OS process. Running each plug-in in a separate OS process is something only the most sophisticated DAWs can do (Logic Pro X or ProTools, probably, I haven't checked).