Ez Bass and SD3 takes forever to load (Logic)

[Basil67]

Using a new Mac Studio M1, with OS 12.6.1 and Logic Pro X 10.7.4 and its takes up to 5 minutes to load up projects where I have EZbass or SD3, or both.

Normally SD3 and Ezbass are not loaded by default when I open the project, and once I click on the e.g. Ezbass channel it starts loading and I can make a coffee while it takes forever to load. Then the same thing with SD3. What am I missing? Thought my Mac Studio would make things faster and not the opposite

EZbass version: 1.1.6
Operating system: macOS Monterey (12)

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[John]

Hi,

this sounds strange indeed. When I create a test Project in Logic with a 6,7GB kit in SD3 and EZbass, it takes a few seconds to load on my M1 Max MacBook Pro.
The interfaces open right away when I click the plugins in the mixer.
Where are your libraries located? Internal or external drive?
Are you running Logic natively or via Rosetta 2?

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Basil67]

Hi John

Library is on a local SSD disc and I am not running in Rosetta mode

Worth noting here:
EZbass and SD3 used to be installed on an external slower disc when these projects were created. Since then I have relocated both EZbass and SD3 to the faster SSD drive.

When the projects finally open, I can see they are pointing to the right path but could this be part of the issue?

EZbass version: 1.1.6
Operating system: macOS Monterey (12)

[John]

Hi,

is it the same in standalone?

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Basil67]

No,

What happens is that I can start a project from scratch using Logix Pro X, and it works fine to add SD3 or EZbass. But later, when I open up the same project again it takes forever.
I am not sure if this is only these old projects, where upon creation the path to Sd3/EZbass was different, and is now changes to a faster SSD disc. Or if it’s a common problem. I will try creating a few new projects and see if it still happens.

If I move the path to SD3/EZbass and a project was created using the old path, could that create this problem? It’s like logic is searching for something for 5 min every time, going through thousands of files. And eventually it finds what its looking for and opens up project.

[John]

No, it shouldn’t be connected to moving sound libraries, since the paths to sounds are stored in the plug-in settings.

I am a bit puzzled by the inconsistent behaviour.
Have you tried opening Logic’s Plug-In Manager before opening your Project and perform a Reset & Rescan on the Toontrack plug-ins?

Perhaps clearing the AU cache, just to have one more thing to have checked off the list, if you need to create a Support Ticket?
To clear the AU cache, please open a new Finder window, click ‘Go’  and press the ‘Option’ key. Now you will see a ‘Library’ entry in the list, click it.
Open the ‘Caches’ folder, followed by the ‘AudioUnitCache’ folder. Delete the files in there and reboot your Mac.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Basil67]

I performed both of your suggestions, and now it loads super fast !

Will test to open and close a bunch of projects back and forth, but looking good so far.

Huge thanks John.

[John]

Great, fingers crossed!

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Steve McNamara]

John wrote:

No, it shouldn’t be connected to moving sound libraries, since the paths to sounds are stored in the plug-in settings.

I am a bit puzzled by the inconsistent behaviour.
Have you tried opening Logic’s Plug-In Manager before opening your Project and perform a Reset & Rescan on the Toontrack plug-ins?

Perhaps clearing the AU cache, just to have one more thing to have checked off the list, if you need to create a Support Ticket?
To clear the AU cache, please open a new Finder window, click ‘Go’  and press the ‘Option’ key. Now you will see a ‘Library’ entry in the list, click it.
Open the ‘Caches’ folder, followed by the ‘AudioUnitCache’ folder. Delete the files in there and reboot your Mac.

BR,
John

I have a similar slow-loading issue in Windows 10/VSTs — is there a similar fixit for that OS?  Thanks.

EZbass version: 1.1.6
Operating system: Windows 10

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