Bee having this problem to
Cubase 5
Quad PC- 2.8ghz -4 gig ram (stll a v good PC with the best of components I could afford at the time)
WIn XP- Yes still running it because I know it inside out.
I think it started happening when I added a second internal drive for back up purposes. But that shouldnt be an issue as this is a well specced PC and there are no conflicts. I specifically went out of my way to make sure it could handle multiple drives. Ive had five internal drives in this thing + 2 ext ones with no problem ALl those other drives are stored away now (I never erase anything) I was looking to upgrade to win7 and use one of those flash drives (no other drives in the machine, just ext back up) The way I use my Mac.
Funny thing is I got on better with just one drive in the computer. Samples, all audio etc coming off one drive\THe crashing now though is frequent. Yesterday at least 10+ times during a session with the message unusual runtime error please contact Steinberg.Im not doing anything unusual at the time of the crashing its completely random. Im not contacting Steinberg they have ignored my last two requests for help and its such a hassle and the two times I did get a response a few years back the messages were so basic as if I were a child.
ALways saving under different names, making copies etc but of course you get caught out and you get a crash and just lost that synth line you were composing and layering up.
A track Ive been working on this week I would estimate the crashing has sown me down at least 30% but its not just the time. The crashes take you away from the moment and by the time everything is loaded again you have lost that noment.
It could be a plugin but these are plugs I always use and worked before. It could be the second drive just added but none of my other software had a problem with it. But Iwill disconnect it today and see what happens.
Its going to take a fell re-install of everything. I just know that will be my solution and I really cant be arsed going through all that re-licencing crap I will have to do with my plugins (m to old for this now!!). Its a two or three day job before you have everything up and running again
I say roll on the 8 quad Ipad, attach ext monitor, software is much cheaper, never (or rarely) crashes and it truly is mobile if you get a cloud account. Im sick of PCs, getting hacked off with Macs (would never buy a tower machine) I do quite like the Imacs which I also have one of but my PC has more juice so I need to the majority o fmy music on that. I could get the new Imac which is looking like its going to happen as I have had enough of PCs. My enthusiasm to get to the bottom of a problem with a PC these days really is at the bottom of priorities in my life. Ha ha. Not so long ago I loved tinkering with my PC to find out what a problem was, and I always found out.
Ok Rant over, but I now have another day where I will have to put up with this crashing as I have a project to finish by Monday.
OH, the Browser. IF I leave that on overnight the software always crashes. I have never once been able to do a full scan with that thing. And I still dont like it. I drag some sounds in to Groove agent, You would think they would come up in the same list as the kits that come with Cubase. But nope. I search the browser from that preset and the plugin its self and I can never ever find any sound I save. WHat I do with Groove agent is export the kits as if I were importing in to an MPC and put that file in my song folder and load it up. Rant def over