With one piece in particular I am experience very frequent crashes of X3.  There are 12 midi and 3 audio tracks.  It happens when I place transport at a place other than beginning.  I'm wondering if I can set something in preferences that will reduce the odds of crash.  By the way when it does it shows as running in the task manager for over 5 minutes.  I am unable to terminate the system.  A more sophisticated task manager program indicates that it is running an "exiting process" and even it is unable to terminate it.  But that's all a sidebar.
 
Any thoughts out there?
 
Eric

ericphilo
With one piece in particular I am experience very frequent crashes of X3.  There are 12 midi and 3 audio tracks.  It happens when I place transport at a place other than beginning.  I'm wondering if I can set something in preferences that will reduce the odds of crash.  By the way when it does it shows as running in the task manager for over 5 minutes.  I am unable to terminate the system.  A more sophisticated task manager program indicates that it is running an "exiting process" and even it is unable to terminate it.  But that's all a sidebar.
 
Any thoughts out there?
 
Eric

What version of X3? (Revision)
what soundcard?
What plugjns are in the project that is crashing? 

which VSTs are the midi tracks driving?

It's X3a Build 209.  I see that there is a Sonar X3e which will cover all prior updates (b, c and d).  So I am betting that will do it.  
 
Crashes are happening ever more frequently.
 

Definitely start with the update to X3e.  It fixed a lot of crash issues.