[michaelvp]

Brad wrote:

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michaelvp wrote:

Brad wrote:

michaelvp wrote:

Hi all,

I recently installed SD3 to my local drive (MacBook Air M3, 16GB RAM) with the plug-ins running off a Samsung T7 SSD.

However, once I open Reaper DAW (V 7.28), SD3 crashes immediately. I get a notice that says “Superior Drummer 3 quit unexpectedly”.

Can anyone please help diagnose a solve for this? It happens every single time and it’s incredibly frustrating. These two programs should be able to run side by side no issues — so just trying to determine what’s the problem here.

Reply To: SD3 Crashing Immediately When Reaper Starts Running version: 3.3.7
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Hi there,

Just to clarify, you a running SD3 standalone, when you startup Reaper?

If yes, have you tried in the reverse order?

Does SD3 run ok as a plug-in within Reaper?

What audio interface are you using, if any?

 

Reply To: SD3 Crashing Immediately When Reaper Starts Running version: 3.3.7
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Hi Brad,

Yes, I was running Superior Drummer 3 as a standalone application alongside Reaper. It seems to be working now but occasionally depending on what I have going on (e.g. was running Musescore notation software concurrently) it may crash.

It runs perfectly fine as a plug-in within Reaper. Haven’t had any issues there yet. No audio interface, just editing existing tracks.

Reply To: SD3 Crashing Immediately When Reaper Starts Running version: 3.3.7
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• This post was modified 8 months, 3 weeks ago by michaelvp.

I would guess that, perhaps it has something to do with a conflict between Reaper and SD3 wanting to access to your sound device simultaneously , in this case your internal sound card.

I’ll give it a try with my Mac Studio (on a test image) and see if the same thing happens with Studio One or Pro Tools.

FWIW I use a Presonus interface and do this a lot with Studio One and Pro Tools running EZKeys standalone, when I am “cleaning up” (i.e. pitch adjustments with Melodyne) vocal tracks, without issue.

Since you mention that it’s working sometimes, can you make sure that nothing uses the sound card at the same time, for example and incoming mail or text chime or anything like that?

Oh one last thing… when it crashes… do you get a system dump and if so, could you put it in a zip file and post it here. That would help.

Damn… I forgot… ok really one more thing…. are these sessions in Reaper like big sessions? Lots of tracks and plugins? And if you could keep track of what SDX and/or preset is running when a crash happens, that would help. I know 16GB should be more than enough, but… I’m running a 64GB Mac Studio and I get up towards 32GB+ with some sessions.

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• The post has been modified 8 months, 3 weeks ago by Brad
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Thanks for the super thorough response. This is incredibly helpful. I agree that it seems like it may have to do with both programs attempting to access my sound card simultaneously. I should note that I was also connected to Bluetooth Sony XM5s while listening to playback. I don’t know if that would play into this.

Next time it crashes, I’ll try to capture the zip file and share here. Based on past posts, it seems like that’d help isolate the issue.

In terms of session size, this happened right at startup when it was basically only a drum track. Super strange. At the moment, only running the core library using the “Iowa” kit preset as a jumping off point. Refreshing to hear that even with 64gb of RAM, issues still happen 😅 Hopefully if it crashes again, I can share more data on what’s going on. Thanks so much for your help!

Reply To: SD3 Crashing Immediately When Reaper Starts Running version: 3.3.7
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[michaelvp]

drumjack52 wrote:

michaelvp wrote:

Brad wrote:

michaelvp wrote:

Hi all,

I recently installed SD3 to my local drive (MacBook Air M3, 16GB RAM) with the plug-ins running off a Samsung T7 SSD.

However, once I open Reaper DAW (V 7.28), SD3 crashes immediately. I get a notice that says “Superior Drummer 3 quit unexpectedly”.

Can anyone please help diagnose a solve for this? It happens every single time and it’s incredibly frustrating. These two programs should be able to run side by side no issues — so just trying to determine what’s the problem here.

Reply To: SD3 Crashing Immediately When Reaper Starts Running version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)

Hi there,

Just to clarify, you a running SD3 standalone, when you startup Reaper?

If yes, have you tried in the reverse order?

Does SD3 run ok as a plug-in within Reaper?

What audio interface are you using, if any?

 

Reply To: SD3 Crashing Immediately When Reaper Starts Running version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Sequoia (15)

Hi Brad,

Yes, I was running Superior Drummer 3 as a standalone application alongside Reaper. It seems to be working now but occasionally depending on what I have going on (e.g. was running Musescore notation software concurrently) it may crash.

It runs perfectly fine as a plug-in within Reaper. Haven’t had any issues there yet. No audio interface, just editing existing tracks.

Reply To: SD3 Crashing Immediately When Reaper Starts Running version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)

• This post was modified 8 months, 3 weeks ago by michaelvp.

You must run SD3 either standalone OR in your daw but not both at the same time. You have to have an audio interface no matter what you are doing elsewise you won’t hear the results. And I’m NOT Brad. BTW your quote is all wrong – you have my name on something I never wrote.

@drumjack52 — My response was intended for the previous individual who replied to me. You’d have noticed it was a mistake if you scrolled up — I’ve since gone ahead and corrected my post.

An audio interface is not necessary in my workflow as I’m not using any hardware to program the drums. I’ve transcribed them myself and converted this into a MIDI file which runs inside SD3. Either way, thanks for the thoughtful advice.

[michaelvp]

Brad wrote:

michaelvp wrote:

Hi all,

I recently installed SD3 to my local drive (MacBook Air M3, 16GB RAM) with the plug-ins running off a Samsung T7 SSD.

However, once I open Reaper DAW (V 7.28), SD3 crashes immediately. I get a notice that says “Superior Drummer 3 quit unexpectedly”.

Can anyone please help diagnose a solve for this? It happens every single time and it’s incredibly frustrating. These two programs should be able to run side by side no issues — so just trying to determine what’s the problem here.

Reply To: SD3 Crashing Immediately When Reaper Starts Running version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)

Hi there,

Just to clarify, you a running SD3 standalone, when you startup Reaper?

If yes, have you tried in the reverse order?

Does SD3 run ok as a plug-in within Reaper?

What audio interface are you using, if any?

 

Reply To: SD3 Crashing Immediately When Reaper Starts Running version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Sequoia (15)

Hi Brad,

Yes, I was running Superior Drummer 3 as a standalone application alongside Reaper. It seems to be working now but occasionally depending on what I have going on (e.g. was running Musescore notation software concurrently) it may crash.

It runs perfectly fine as a plug-in within Reaper. Haven’t had any issues there yet. No audio interface, just editing existing tracks.

Reply To: SD3 Crashing Immediately When Reaper Starts Running version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)

• This post was modified 8 months, 3 weeks ago by michaelvp.

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