UAD Crashing w/ Cubase

[dr lava]

Got some freezing going on wwhenever I choose a UAD plug. Recently upgraded Cubase and UAD-1 to most current versions. The scenario is this. I set up a new song, import some audio, go to the insert window, assign CS-1 and FREEZE. I have to do a manual shutdown with the power button.

I have checked the Cubase \"Plug-in information\" window and the UAD-1 plugins all say version 1.0. Is this normal when I have just upgraded to 3.8. Other plug-ins reflect the current ver of the software.

I had a stable system before recent upgrades.

Any advice would be appreciated.

steve


G5 2G, 2.5G RAM, OS 10.3.7, MOTU 828, UAD-1, Powercore, Internal Drives: 120, 160, FW 400, FW 800

 

[UAJames]

Hi Steve,
Is this the VST Version column that it is showing \"1.0\"?
This is the VST spec version that the UAD-1 plugs are compliant with and should read \"2.2\" (That's what I am showing in Nuendo 2 with 3.8 of UAD-1 software).

Try re-installing from the UAD-1 3.8 VST installer and then (after Restarting) repair the permissions on the system drive. Also, it can't hurt to run a disk utility like Diskwarrior (or similar app) to make sure everything is good with your system directory tree.

 

[dr lava]

Thanks for your reply James. I won't be able to report back til tomorrow evening...thanks for your help.

steve

 

[dr lava]

I uninstalled, restarted and then reinstalled UAD-1 and I have the same problem. I am backing up some drives before I run Disk Warrior. I guess I will reinstall Cubase if that does not help. Will check back.

The plugins were showing up in the Plug-in Info window in Cubase as ver2.2....the window on the far left said ver 1.0. Not sure what thats all about but it was my mistake.

steve

 

[er1c]

Hello,

Be sure that your UAD-1 Card does'nt share irq with other peripheral, i had the same problem : my sound card and one of my uad cards shared the same irq and i had constant freezes but since i moved the cards all is working very well (if two uad cards share the same irq it is not a problem, personally i have 2 irq shared between 4 uad cards and i have no freezes)

 

[dr lava]

Thanks for the repiles. It has gotten a bit more serious with Apple Care involved I will report back our findings. I may have some hardware issues.

steve

 

[dr lava]

Solved. With the help of John from Sweetwater the problem turned out being a hard drive problem. Some bad blocks had developed where the UAD-1 software was residing. New drive.....so far so good.


That stock drive in the G-5 dual 2 sure had some low mileage to crash so soon.

Thanks for all the help.

steve