do u get lots of crashes too? -ACID Product Family

Subject:do u get lots of crashes too? Posted by: sagie1234 Date:7/21/2013 8:07:12 PM i have been using acid pro 7 for a few years now and make electronic music i dont want to switch daws, but i get so many crashes its quite rediculous i dont feel im doing so much that it would be demanding on the program so i have to click the save icon it seems like all the time maybe its my vst plugins maybe its my pc maybe its windows 7 what can i do to stop all the crashing thanks
Subject:RE: do u get lots of crashes too? Reply by: b.complex Date:7/22/2013 8:12:03 AM Yes. ACID is NOT a stable host for modern VSTi's and plugins. Especially if you are running a 64 bit OS and have updated most of your other software and plugins. You will continue to get crashes. In fact, I "downgraded" to ACID Studio from Pro 7 just to try and finish a project I have going on that will be my LAST I ever do in ACID because the studio version is more stable than the Pro version in Win 7 (64 bit) - Sony has really come at this thing all backwards. Truth? Full update to 64-bit engine and total REX support on the timeline, and maybe some MIDI enhancements and that would be enough to bring ACID into the PRESENT, but they have decided to abandon ACID. It's time we abandon it as well - you can't get anything DONE with it any more!
Subject:RE: do u get lots of crashes too? Reply by: fartheststar Date:8/25/2013 11:57:55 PM In a full day of usage I often get a crash or two. I've just been recording audio when it happens, and usually seems to be right when I try to undo an audio record, or just hit stop from recording. I save alot to be careful. I just quit using some of the VSTs because tinkering with them seems to cause much more trouble than they're worth for what I'm doing. I only throw an occasional Sony Track comp on, or use Density MKIII on the master when I'm done. Those seem to work OK so I stick with that and don't experiment much. Be sure to save before you try to add any VST you're not very sure about.

Subject:do u get lots of crashes too?

Posted by: sagie1234

Date:7/21/2013 8:07:12 PM

i have been using acid pro 7 for a few years now and make electronic music
i dont want to switch daws, but i get so many crashes its quite rediculous
i dont feel im doing so much that it would be demanding on the program so i have to click the save icon it seems like all the time

maybe its my vst plugins
maybe its my pc
maybe its windows 7

what can i do to stop all the crashing
thanks

Subject:RE: do u get lots of crashes too?

Reply by: b.complex

Date:7/22/2013 8:12:03 AM

Yes. ACID is NOT a stable host for modern VSTi's and plugins. Especially if you are running a 64 bit OS and have updated most of your other software and plugins. You will continue to get crashes. In fact, I "downgraded" to ACID Studio from Pro 7 just to try and finish a project I have going on that will be my LAST I ever do in ACID because the studio version is more stable than the Pro version in Win 7 (64 bit) - Sony has really come at this thing all backwards.

Truth? Full update to 64-bit engine and total REX support on the timeline, and maybe some MIDI enhancements and that would be enough to bring ACID into the PRESENT, but they have decided to abandon ACID. It's time we abandon it as well - you can't get anything DONE with it any more!

Subject:RE: do u get lots of crashes too?

Reply by: fartheststar

Date:8/25/2013 11:57:55 PM

In a full day of usage I often get a crash or two. I've just been recording audio when it happens, and usually seems to be right when I try to undo an audio record, or just hit stop from recording. I save alot to be careful.

I just quit using some of the VSTs because tinkering with them seems to cause much more trouble than they're worth for what I'm doing. I only throw an occasional Sony Track comp on, or use Density MKIII on the master when I'm done. Those seem to work OK so I stick with that and don't experiment much. Be sure to save before you try to add any VST you're not very sure about.