Topic: Logic Pro X quits trying to open projects with SD3

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Replied September 9, 2020 at 09:53 #2620185

John
Moderator

Hi,

I am on macOS 10.15.6 with Logic 10.5.1 and I have not experienced this.

Does SD3 open as expected in standalone?
Did you try to open the Plug-In manager in Logic to Reset & Rescan?
Have you Custom saved a Default Project?
Have you tried re-installing the plug-in?

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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Replied September 9, 2020 at 11:34 #2620209

Bear-Faced Cow
Participant

Not experiencing it here with the Logic either. Perhaps, zip up and post the project that is crashing Logic. Might he Be helpful to post your Logic project as well.

jord

Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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Replied September 9, 2020 at 23:33 #2620375

steve fletcher
Participant

Does SD3 open as expected in standalone?

It does. Is this an indicator of anything? Should I be starting my drum programming in standalone mode, then importing it to Logic when I’m ready? Or, just using SD3 as an insert plugin on a midi channel in Logic? I have been doing the latter.

Did you try to open the Plug-In manager in Logic to Reset & Rescan?

Yes, I just did this again.

Have you Custom saved a Default Project?

No, should I? Should I have a default project setup as a starting point in general?

Have you tried re-installing the plug-in?

No, I am trying to avoid this, if possible. I will do so if things keep going as they are. I’ve never had to do that with any software. Maybe I’ve been lucky heretofore.

Thank you for the input!

Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)
Replied September 10, 2020 at 16:38 #2620585

steve fletcher
Participant

So, I managed to open and run SD3 in standalone mode. While it was working, I decided to take advantage of the opportunity to program drums for one of the songs that I had lost with the Logic/SD3 crashes. I got the parts where I wanted, and then exported the individual tracks as audio, and loaded them into Logic.

The upshot of this is: of course, the drums sound great (SD3 is amazing, coming from years of EZD [which I love] it is a huge leap forward in sound and especially the programming interface). Programming in SD3 is great. Also, having the drum tracks in Logic as audio decreases the CPU hit by a huge margin.

Personally, I could work like this. I am used to workarounds and problem solving. However, theoretically, I “should” be able to run SD3 as a plug-in within Logic without issues, though, right? The fact that it is crashing means I still have to find a fix somewhere. Having to work in standalone then bounce is not normal, is it?

Thank you!

Replied September 13, 2020 at 03:23 #2621370

steve fletcher
Participant

OK – So I’ve gone through the steps outlined above. Re-installing and clearing the AU cache, rescanning plugins, etc.

However, now SD3 crashes even in standalone mode. It’s also unpredictable.I have a few projects where it works even within Logic, no issues. I have other projects where it just crashes and I can’t open the project I’ve started. I really don’t get it. I’m on a brand-new Mac with sufficient horespower for most anything.

Is this a Catalina thing? A 3.2 thing? Am I doing something wrong?

It’s the same “Superior Drummer quit unexpectedly” error message, whether in standalone mode or as a plugin in Logic.

Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

Replied September 13, 2020 at 03:52 #2621373

steve fletcher
Participant

Also, while I’m thinking of it, one of the recurring causes of a crash is as follows:

Try to copy a part from one song block to “selected” song block. Say, snare only on top of a different kick part.

Maybe I accidentally had the whole track selected or not, I’m not sure, but it will paste a blank block over all preceding song blocks.

When I go to ‘edit-undo…’ and hit ‘undo’ the whole project and SD3 crashes. Just shuts down. And, in some cases, it has not allowed me to re-open that project.

This has happened to me more than once.

I’ve only been running Sd3 for a week.

Sorry to go on and on, but I just thought the circumstances of the crash might be significant.

Thank you.

Replied September 13, 2020 at 12:26 #2621451

Olof Hermansson
Moderator

Crash logs would be very helpful. You can find them in ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports. You can use “Go to Folder” in Finder’s Go menu and paste that path. Please zip the .crash files before attaching here.

Olof Hermansson - Toontrack
Coder

This post was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by Olof Hermansson.

Replied September 13, 2020 at 18:01 #2621505

steve fletcher
Participant

Great. Thank you for the tip on how to do that!

Zipped and attached.

Replied September 13, 2020 at 18:03 #2621507

steve fletcher
Participant

Oh – someone said maybe the Logic files, too. Attached those, fwiw.

Replied September 14, 2020 at 16:38 #2621739

Olof Hermansson
Moderator

Are you using any future hit instruments (shaker/tambourine) in these projects?

It would be very useful if you could send a project where this crash can be reproduced. Thanks.

Olof Hermansson - Toontrack
Coder

Replied September 14, 2020 at 17:31 #2621748

steve fletcher
Participant

Yes – I was using shakers and tambourines on most of these, if I recall correctly.

I’m attaching 2 projects that crashed and I am now unable to open in SD3.

Thank you for the efforts here. I appreciate it greatly.

Replied September 14, 2020 at 17:36 #2621752

steve fletcher
Participant

Those two are basically the same project, just different pre-crash attempts. Here is a different one. Same thing. Won’t open after crashing.

If that helps.

Thank you.

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Replied September 14, 2020 at 18:19 #2621771

Olof Hermansson
Moderator

Bug located. Will be fixed in the next update (soon). Thank you!

Olof Hermansson - Toontrack
Coder

Replied September 14, 2020 at 18:36 #2621777

steve fletcher
Participant

Cool. Thank you!

Replied September 17, 2020 at 12:20 #2622967

Olof Hermansson
Moderator

The update has been released.

Olof Hermansson - Toontrack
Coder

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