Is the metronome related to GroovePlayer [Solved]

A friend is running into these two issues and I'm wondering if they are connected?
 
His metronome has stopped working
Attempting to start any new projects using any template he gets a popup stating that grooveplayer couldn't be loaded to the track LRS bus
 
Are these issues related? Loading older projects (not created with a suspect template) does not popup this message, but the metronome still isn't working.
 
Plugin Manager shows it enabled.
 
I've had him search for any such track/bus that might be hidden and told he does not see any such...
 
Thanks... I think he's trying a rollback to pre-bandloab install (back to X3 only)

Thanks ampfixer...

Tried that... and everything else we could find via search here...

He just did a rollback and he's ok again without CbB though...

He's gonna wait for the next release...

pwalpwal
maybe cbb has introduced a regression bug for the metronome, so the toggle no longer fixes it?

Not on his machine.

And what is the meaning of the grooveplayer error when using any new template?

Again i ask, is the metronome using grooveplayer?

Thanks...

pwalpwal
did the toggle or the rollback fix it/
 
and iirc, yes, the metronome does use the grooveplayer (a dxi?)

Ah, thanks!

That info was nagging at me.

Yes, it's a DXi

I opened an instance of it and didn't find any means of loading a wav into it which is what I thought it was for.

So I'm guessing the only way to do that would be to place a copy of a desired wav into the folder with all the click wav files. 👽

I guess it's an expedient way of handling the metronome's needs?

Jon Sasor [Cakewalk]
Hi Keni,
 
If reinstalling X3 fixed it, reinstalling Cakewalk by BandLab would likely work too. Something probably got crossed during the install. The way the metronome works hasn't changed, so it's identical in X3/Platinum/CbB.

Thanks Jon...

He didn't re-install x3, he rolled back to his machine state prior to CbB install.

I haven't heard from him yet but i believe he was re-installing CbB late last night.

I'll post results as soon as I hear.

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
If hes getting that error on creating a new project the metronome dll is not registered for some reason or he has a bad grooveplayer dll. You can do this from an an admin command prompt:
 
regsvr32  C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared DXi\Groove Player\GroovePlayer.dll
 
this should register the metronome and make it work again. 
The version of my GroovePlayer.dll is 2.0.0.2 date 2/15/2016
 

Ahhh... thanks Noel! That sounds like the fix!

We tried registering it but didn't think to do it from admin...

Sending him this now...

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
If hes getting that error on creating a new project the metronome dll is not registered for some reason or he has a bad grooveplayer dll. You can do this from an an admin command prompt:
 
regsvr32  C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared DXi\Groove Player\GroovePlayer.dll
 
this should register the metronome and make it work again. 
The version of my GroovePlayer.dll is 2.0.0.2 date 2/15/2016
 

String should be: regsvr32  "C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared DXi\Groove Player\GroovePlayer.dll"

Still not working for my friend.

Unintalked/reinstalled CbB
grooveplayer won't register.
Over-wrote dll with saved copy that was working
Used piwershell (admin)

Executed regsvr32 command line and it fails.

Should the quotes be used enclosing the path/filename?

chris.r
Check if the file actually exists in that exact place.

Thanks Chris...

Yes, all is as should be. Grooveplayer is in it's folder in shared dxi... same place the x3 installation placed it.

It works fine in x3 until CbB installation where the error message regarding registering grooveplayer occurs.

Then it doesn't work in x3 or CbB...

Over-writing it with a fresh copy of the dll is unable to register it.

Some questions... my feeble memory gets confused.

Win7
Using standard piwershell command prompt failed.
Then he tried using the admin version
Also failed.
Tried changing directories but in the admin prompt it would not change to the folder.
Unless i'm mistaken, it shouldn't matter if the full path is given, but nothing has worked.
He restored to a pre CbB restore point to get x3 working again.

Very frustrating...

Here's the way I'm working around the metronome issue:
(1) Route Metronome to a bus other than my master.  It's all alone on that bus.
(2) On that bus, click "Bypass FX Racks of This Type" and "Bypass FX Rack".  Leave it this way.  (i.e., don't toggle)
(3) On all other tracks (and my master bus) re-enable the FX Racks.  But leave "Bypass FX Racks of This Type" checked.  (This is non-intuitive.  It seems like the individual racks would still be bypassed, but they're not.)
 
For me, toggling the FX Bypass was only a temporary fix for the metronome.  When I reopened my project, it was gone again.  But the above method is surviving closing Cakewalk and coming back later.
 
Hope this helps somebody...

Yes!
 
My humble apology to you Noel, and the rest of the Cakewalk users for my fading memory.
 
I meant to report that this has been fixed with the recent update...
 
Thanks for sticking with us on this Noel!