Honestly, the VST2 versions of the plug ins it failed evaluation on were 100% the causes of crashes. I'd take DPs assessment of a plugin's quality with a seriously big grain of salt. I used Slate VMR and VTT the entire time I ran 9.5 with no issues, despite failing validation. It routinely fails known good actors that perform flawlessly everywhere else. It's not taking long to become the standard, it is the defacto standard the VST2 API is deprecated, and DP is one of the last mainstream DAWs to implement VST3 support. Michael Canavan wrote:I'd be writing all day if I was to do that for VST3 <- obvious why that format is taking so long to become the standard. In my experience, it's always a few "little things" that cause what seem to be insurmountable problems. I suppose my point is this: it can really look like it's useless to keep moving forward in a constantly crashing app. It's actually a lot faster than what I was doing before.
Then a gig came along that needed both Finale and a movie window and I worked out a workflow (not using Rewire) that uses DP for picture and sequencing and I transcribe to Finale.
Then MakeMusic killed the movie window and I was sure I'd never upgrade past version 2014.5. I moved to Sibelius about 10 years ago and after a year of trying, moved back to Finale. I am sorry to see you leave the app, but again, I've been there. Moving to the AU version "fixed" it.įWIW, I've been working in DP10 doing post on a film MIDI and audio) as well as a few other scores and in my 10-14 hours a day working over several weeks now, DP 10 has crashed exactly once. I would crash DP 9 EVERY TIME I bounced to disk with the PSP Xenon VST plug activated. My only observation is that with that many plugins, it wouldn't surprise me if there was maybe just a few (maybe even one) that is causing the evaluation issues. This has also made a big difference in my setup. I don't think i have anywhere near as many plugs, and even so, I only activate the ones I use a lot and keep the others unchecked in the preferences. I suspect your setup might be more complex than mine.
And while I am not trying to change you decision to jump ship, I will say that sometimes when I thought all was lost a complete clean install of the OS was required and really did fix a lot of stuff. Been there once with DP (DP6) and a few times with Finale. Hey Jim, I certainly empathize with your situation.