Hi all,
At this point I am so entirely fed-up, frustrated and despondent, that I really don't know what else to do/try.
I have been trying (with help from folks here on the forum, as well as some suggestions from the NI forums, to get Komplete 7 and SS to work smoothly, with no joy! It's been months! I've tried every suggestion:
- Didn't move VSTs, but created .ini inside SS's VST folder
- Upgraded to 8Gig of RAM under Win 7 64bit
- Placed Komplete's library on a seperate SATA disk, SS's data folder (where all the audio is recorded) on a seperate SATA drive, and obviously use ANOTHER seperate SATA drive for system & SS
- Made SS run as administrator
- ALL the Windows 7 tweaks applied that can be applied to my system
- Tried jBridge to bridge 64bit VSTs so that they run inside SS's 32bit environment (mainly to try an allow for additional RAM usage) after the 32bit versions gave these problems
- Re-installed using 32-bit Win 7, no joy, back to 64bit Win 7 - no joy, and yes, each time I re-installed, I DID ALL THE ABOVE AGAIN before attempting a load.
I've probably done quite a few other things as well, but, until today, I have not been able to run SS and NI Komplete 7 succesfully without getting the crashes. Here's what happens:
When I open an EDL in SS which has Kontakt loaded and in use, the EDL does not complete opening, but crashes and says "Sawstudio has stopped working". At this point I simply click the "close" button, which is the only one available, and SS gets closed by Windows. When I try several times, I am often lucky and the EDL actually opens.
Once open, the EDLs seem to give the minimum hassles. Mostly I have been able to continue work from there on, saving as required, and undoing as needed etc, BUT, every time I want to open another song/EDL, I have to go through the same process of attempting to open several times (anything from twice, to eight times) and waiting the full time of the load before recieving the crash message, then having to close, then cancel the "Windows is looking for a solution" message, and restart SS, and THEN open the EDL again - anything from twice to eight times per EDL open! You can imagine how ludicrous this becomes when the client is sitting next to you.
Even worse, part of my planning was to start using SS & Komplete during live shows that we started doing for organizations around July, but, since I had all the hassles with actually GETTING a song to open, NONE of these events have been handled by us. We were forced to give the work to another company (a friend of mine who uses Sonar) - ARGH! I could not risk having an audience sitting and waiting while we attempt to open a next EDL!
Ok, so, my option is to simply start looking for ANY decent alternative. I know that HALION is out there, and have heard good things. Anyone got any advice on good samplers/synths as vsti that function well in SS?
Mainly we use typical "live band sound" type stuff. Pianos of various types, pads, strings/brass arrangements, and other instruments. Very little to no typical electronic music (I'm thinking rap, r&b, hip-hop, dj-type loops etc). Most of the stuff is typical rock, metal, country, gospel, negro-spiritual, jazz, blues, lounge etc...
Thus, something like Kontakt is sort-of vital in the stuff we do, for its pianos/keys/synths/orchestral.
Thanks for any advice folks.
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