jimmys69
MOODerator
I just needed to post this for others:
I have been through every Cubase update since LE 4.
I am using Cubase 8.0.10 now and recently started having issues. Big projects with deadlines and the worst kind of problems...
First was crossfade not working right. The default would not stay at my setting. Not a huge deal to work around but it seemed to be recognized at Steinberg forum as an issue.
I then did a 'Safe Mode' start (holding ctrl+shift+alt) while starting. This gives options to start with default settings or delete them.
Well, that worked for a bit, but then I started having the same issues. Then new ones. Crashing when changing buffer size on interface was the worst of them. Import files by 'dragging in' caused an immediate crash. Page file errors and such. Just figured my system was failing somewhere. I could not even exit to windows to play an export on Media Player half the time. It would just lock up for 20 seconds before throwing me an error message. So I built a new PC thinking that 'blue screens' were hardware based.
Not a big deal there as I wish to move to 64-bit Cubase and a SSD OS setup. Money well spent for future. Anyway, here is the shit:
Just out of my mind I remembered something someone said on the site when I was upgrading from Cubase 6 to 7. 'Delete the preferences on all of your existing Cubase versions as well as the new one then restart Cubase'.
Holy fucking shit.... I deleted the App Data file for Cubase 6, 7, and 8. And I now have no crashes. I can't find a way to make it crash and I have been trying hard for an hour.
Crossfades work as they should. I can just hit the 'Windows key' and play a Media Player file instantly, and Cubase still stays solid.
I am so surprised that the need to delete old preference files when upgrading is not written in bold text...
I will now have a backup system in case I ever do have a mobo or whatever failure so I don't feel the money is lost, but I would have never expected just a simple step would have solved so many issues.
Final thought:
If you upgrade to newer version of Cubase, delete the previous App Data folders and start a new one for the upgraded version.
I have been through every Cubase update since LE 4.
I am using Cubase 8.0.10 now and recently started having issues. Big projects with deadlines and the worst kind of problems...
First was crossfade not working right. The default would not stay at my setting. Not a huge deal to work around but it seemed to be recognized at Steinberg forum as an issue.
I then did a 'Safe Mode' start (holding ctrl+shift+alt) while starting. This gives options to start with default settings or delete them.
Well, that worked for a bit, but then I started having the same issues. Then new ones. Crashing when changing buffer size on interface was the worst of them. Import files by 'dragging in' caused an immediate crash. Page file errors and such. Just figured my system was failing somewhere. I could not even exit to windows to play an export on Media Player half the time. It would just lock up for 20 seconds before throwing me an error message. So I built a new PC thinking that 'blue screens' were hardware based.
Not a big deal there as I wish to move to 64-bit Cubase and a SSD OS setup. Money well spent for future. Anyway, here is the shit:
Just out of my mind I remembered something someone said on the site when I was upgrading from Cubase 6 to 7. 'Delete the preferences on all of your existing Cubase versions as well as the new one then restart Cubase'.
Holy fucking shit.... I deleted the App Data file for Cubase 6, 7, and 8. And I now have no crashes. I can't find a way to make it crash and I have been trying hard for an hour.
Crossfades work as they should. I can just hit the 'Windows key' and play a Media Player file instantly, and Cubase still stays solid.
I am so surprised that the need to delete old preference files when upgrading is not written in bold text...
I will now have a backup system in case I ever do have a mobo or whatever failure so I don't feel the money is lost, but I would have never expected just a simple step would have solved so many issues.
Final thought:
If you upgrade to newer version of Cubase, delete the previous App Data folders and start a new one for the upgraded version.