Taller
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SOLVED! Blank Plugin Windows?
Sonar X2 Studio - Zed 16R mixer - Sweetwater Creation Station Not sure if this is a problem in Sonar or Waves, or just a file in general that's out of place, but... I've purchased and installed several Waves plugins and they've worked beautifully. The other day I loaded a plugin to the effects bin of a track and clicked on it to open the plugin's window. The window opened, but it was blank! Just a white box where the graphic is supposed to be. I ran audio and turned the effect on and off from the effects bin and could tell the effect was functioning, but I had no way to control it. This doesn't happen every time, but when it does, I save and close my project, then I re-open the project file and the plugin loads without a problem...until today (as if THAT wasn't enough of a hassle!). I was forced, out of frustration, to finish up a mixing session, as I tried and tried to open a couple of effects I had loaded in a buss. Now, these had been opened and played with on another day, but today, all I could get were blank windows where the graphics for these effects should have been. Any ideas what might be going on here? BTW - the very outside of the plugin's window, which includes the 'X' and Minimize buttons is visible - I can close and reopen the window, but it's still blank.
post edited by Taller - 2015/09/28 09:02:44
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Taller
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Re: Blank Plugin Windows?
2015/09/24 19:33:40
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Seriously? Nobody has a clue? Wow. I haven't had the chance to open the project today, but if this problem becomes more frequent (and unresolved) my Waves plugs will be useless. 
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Songroom
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Re: Blank Plugin Windows?
2015/09/25 05:20:11
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Sonar Platinum - BandLab Cakewalk - Presonus 16.0.2 - Tannoys - Lava BandLamp ?
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Taller
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Re: Blank Plugin Windows?
2015/09/25 07:52:15
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Hey, thanks! If only I understood what they're talking about - LOL!
I haven't downloaded anything new - no upgrades to anything. This just started all of a sudden for no apparent reason. I mean...if it works and there are no changes to anything, it should still work, right?
Most frustrating. I'll try to get in touch with Waves to see if they can offer any advice.
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Songroom
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Re: Blank Plugin Windows?
2015/09/25 09:46:04
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☄ Helpfulby Taller 2015/09/26 03:01:40
Yes it's a strange issue, especially if Windows update hasn't been tinkering with your system.
It may be worth trying the lastest graphics drivers anyway :-)
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Taller
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SOLVED! - Blank Plugin Windows?
2015/09/27 20:54:32
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I loaded updated drivers for my processor today and it seems to have solved the problem!
Thanks for the help. :)
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Taller
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Re: SOLVED! - Blank Plugin Windows?
2015/09/27 20:56:09
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Hey - how do I edit the title of the thread? 
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Doktor Avalanche 
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Re: SOLVED! - Blank Plugin Windows?
2015/09/27 21:12:03
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Where you pressed the helpful button there is also a best answer button. Edit the original post otherwise.
post edited by Doktor Avalanche - 2015/09/27 21:21:44
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Songroom
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Re: SOLVED! - Blank Plugin Windows?
2015/09/28 06:35:12
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You're welcome, pleased the driver update fixed your issue :-)
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Re: SOLVED! - Blank Plugin Windows?
2015/09/28 09:18:36
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Mixing is all about control. My music: http://dancumpian.bandcamp.com/ or https://soundcloud.com/dcumpian Studiocat Advanced Studio DAW (Intel i5 3550 @ 3.7GHz, Z77 motherboard, 16GB Ram, lots of HDDs), Sonar Plat, Mackie 1604, PreSonus Audiobox 44VSL, ESI 4x4 Midi Interface, Ibanez Bass, Custom Fender Mexi-Strat, NI S88, Roland JV-2080 & MDB-1, Komplete, Omnisphere, Lots o' plugins.
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Re: SOLVED! - Blank Plugin Windows?
2015/09/28 15:26:17
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Waves tech support suggested this when I had blank Waves GUIs. I didn't update any drivers, although I usually run the most current. I run the Intel HD 4000 onboard chipset, driver dated 12/12/2012, version 9.17.10.2932.
Try creating a text file here: C:\ProgramData\Waves Audio
called no_context_sharing.txt. You may have to manually create the folder if you have only activated waves via USB. This fix was also posted in this forum in 2013 but didn't show up when I searched the forum. I'm not listing it as solved because of the control center issue, showing nothing updated after I had downloaded and updated everything. In the future I'll probably post each problem as a separate issue since part of this one is fixed. I think the fix originated with Waves tech support related to multiple instances of plugins, like 32. I only had 2 running but so far so good now. On to a few Melodyne and AD2 licencing issues I had to fix last time because I was a previous owner prior to inclusion in Sonar
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