Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp breaks when trying to mix-down half of the time

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Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp breaks when trying to mix-down half of the time

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Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp breaks when trying to mix-down half of the time.
It used to only break one time every about 10-15 mix-downs, now it seems like it does it most of the time.
I'm mixing down to MP3.
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Hi,

The next time that happens, quit Mixcraft and submit a support request with your Mixcraft-log.txt file attached.

To find the mixcraft-log file, highlight the following line and press Ctrl+C to copy it:

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%appdata%\Acoustica\Mixcraft\
Press the Windows Key+R to pop up the Run box in Windows. Click in the Run box and press Ctrl+V to paste in the line from above. Finally, click OK to go to the location of the mixcraft-log.txt file. Submit an Acoustica Support Request and attach the log file along with a brief description of the problem.

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Done. Thanks so much for all the time you guys spend answering questions!
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Re: Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp breaks when trying to mix-down half of the time

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edude,

What version of MC are you on? Have you tried mixing down directly to another format? For example, to wav first, then convert to mp3...
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Re: Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp breaks when trying to mix-down half of the time

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It happens regardless of mixdown type. We are in the mastering stage and now it is breaking every single mixdown. :( I really like the bass tone so I want to keep it but if it doesn't work, I'll have to switch to something else. I am using Mixcraft 8 Pro. They submitted the problem to the makers of Studio Devil but haven't heard anything back yet.
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Did anything ever transpire with this issue, I too find it will crash 7 out of 10 times when mixing down to any format. Using Pro Studio 8 build 396.
Stopped using it in Pro 7 for the same reason.
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Hi,

I think the crash is within Studio Devil and we sent them a customer's dmp file. Haven't heard any updates yet.

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Thank you Greg
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Any updates regarding this? Getting the same issue with 8 Pro Studio. It was ok at first, now every time I try to mixdown, it crashes. This is a big pain in the butt. Going to have to find something else if it doesn't work. That plugin has such a great sound!
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Hi,

The next time you run into the problem, quit Mixcraft and send us your mixcraft-log.txt file.

To find the mixcraft-log file, highlight the following line and press Ctrl+C to copy it:

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%appdata%\Acoustica\Mixcraft\
Press the Windows Key+R to pop up the Run box in Windows. Click in the Run box and press Ctrl+V to paste in the line from above. Finally, click OK to go to the location of the mixcraft-log.txt file. Submit an Acoustica Support Request and attach the log file along with a brief description of the problem.

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I must admit that I've had this plugin crash ever since it was launched, and I've used it ever since.
I *love* the idea of it, but it's clearly an original vendor problem (not you MC guys!), and I've stopped using it... after all, what's a bit of EQ, compression, light distortion & amp simulation that we can't hand-crank!?
(well, now I write that, I realise that it *was* quite convenient grrr)
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Hi Nickybee,

Try it again, and if you have the problem, quit Mixcraft and send us your mixcraft-log.txt file as described in my previous post.

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Hi,

One thing to try with this problem is to reduce your buffer size in Sound Device preferences. If you're using ASIO mode, click Open Mixer to do that.

Note: if you lower your buffer sizes too much, you'll get audio skipping.

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Re: Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp breaks when trying to mix-down half of the time

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Thanks Greg!

Lowering the buffer size worked for me. FYI I also noticed it happens when trying to freeze a track.
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