Loading .ext presets from within energyXT vsti consistently causes Podium to crash with the message: ‘a plugin has performed an illegal action: energyXT….’
This is with v1.56 and the latest eXT beta but I’ve had the same problem going back for quite some time now – only just got round to reporting it though 😳
Anyone else experience the same problem?
Mart.
Confirmed with 1.55 and latest eXT beta VSTi. VstFX version works fine. This time eXT demo restriction will be the pain (for debugging).
VstFX version works fine here too.
Mart.
I’ll check it out. I have a license for eXT.
Are you using eXT: Beta 27-feb-06 ?
@Zynewave wrote:
I’ll check it out. I have a license for eXT.
Are you using eXT: Beta 27-feb-06 ?
Yes.
@Zynewave wrote:
I’ll check it out. I have a license for eXT.
Are you using eXT: Beta 27-feb-06 ?
Me also.
Tested with Podium 1.56 and latest eXT beta. I loaded the eXT VSTi version on a Podium track. Added a VSTi inside eXT and saved to an .ext file. Added a reverb plugin and saved to another .ext file. Loading these .ext files causes no crash. Creating presets on the Podium track also recalls the two different plugin setups fine. What am I doing wrong? 😛
Maybe the crash occurs because the .ext files you are loading have been saved with a previous eXT version? Try saving .ext files with the latest eXT beta version and see if these will load.
I can confirm that saving a new .ext then re-opening works as normal.
As you suggest Frits, it’s opening older .ext files that cause the problem.
Actually, all my previously saved .ext files have been created and saved using eXT in standalone operation – maybe that’s got something to do with it..
Mart.
Perhaps resaving your ext files in the latest standalone beta, will enable them to load in the VSTi version.
@Zynewave wrote:
Perhaps resaving your ext files in the latest standalone beta, will enable them to load in the VSTi version.
Just gave that a try and it still doesn’t work 🙁
Mart.
I doubt that there is anything I can do in Podium to fix this. You can email me one of your older .ext files so I at least can verify if the crash occurs on my system.
eXT project file sent.
BTW, it’s not an older ext-file. It’s made in the latest beta – I just saved in eXT standalone empty seq project.
I just sent one as well – it’s an older ext though.
Mart.
I found out why the eXT VSTi crashes. If you bypass or mute the eXT track, you can load the .ext projects saved with the standalone version. Once you unmute or disable bypass of the eXT track though, it will crash in the audio processing code. You’ll notice that your eXT projects has a master in module with both MIDI and audio connectors. If you create new projects with the VSTi version the master in only has a MIDI connector. This is because the VSTi version does not have audio inputs. Since the plugin declares it does not process input, Podium does not provide input buffers to it (for speed and memory optimization reasons), and this is why eXT crashes. If I send dummy input buffers to eXT it does not crash. You should be able to use your projects if you can substitute the master in MIDI/audio module with a master in MIDI only module, but I could not figure out how to do this.
I’ll send an email to Jørgen about this.