Re: X3 - problem opening older projects
2014/04/29 22:14:52
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Could you maybe install 32-bit X3 and see if things open there? It's not much of a step forward, but might help in the debugging process (he wonders).
I would suggest going through some of these problematic projects in your 32-bit Sonar, X3 if they open there, or your prior version if they don't, and making a list of commonly used effects and synths in these projects.
Then, you could do some homework to see which of those have 64-bit versions, and make notes on your list so you know which ones you can eventually get moved to use the 64-bit versions.
After that, I would take one of the problem projects that had the most commonly used effects and synths, and use it to help figure out which effects/synths are not allowing the open in 64-bit Sonar.
To do that, if it was ME having this problem, I would consider:
1. With the test project open in either 32-bit X3 or your older Sonar release, save it off to a brand new folder, copying all audio over (which will clean up your audio clips). This would preserve the original project, and give you a new test version that you could do things to without losing your original work.
2. Now open the newly-created version - still in 32-bit Sonar (I would use X3 if it opens there), and make a complete accounting of the effects and loaded synths.
3. Then, delete off all the effects, and save the project.
4. Now, try to see if the project opens up in 64-bit X3. If it does, then you know one or more of the effects were killing it earlier. Before even testing any of the 32-bit effects out one at a time, I would first swap out any possible 32-bit effects for 64-bit replacements, save it off again, then make sure that at least the project loads with the 64-bit effects you just added back in. (Then you could do the assignments and presets and all of that).
5. If the project STILL does not open in regular mode in 64-bit Sonar, than it would point to one or more of the synths being problematic, and I would go through a similar process as what is noted above for the effects. (You might at this point go back to the original project and recreate the test project - so that you could then preserve all of the 32-bit effects and this time around get rid of all of the synths - but not the midi tracks - and again load up 64-bit replacements that exist and begin testing the loading of each remaining 32-bit synth, one at a time).
I have no idea if I explained the above in any cohesive manner, but the idea is to try to work with either effects or synths, replacing any that you can, and testing one at a time for those you can't, so that at least you are starting with getting a stripped down version of the projects opened in 64-bit Sonar, and fixing up where needed.
Bob Bone
Wisdom is a giant accumulation of "DOH!"
Sonar: Platinum (x64), X3 (x64)
Audio Interfaces: AudioBox 1818VSL, Steinberg UR-22
Computers: 1) i7-2600 k, 32 GB RAM, Windows 8.1 Pro x64 & 2) AMD A-10 7850 32 GB RAM Windows 10 Pro x64
Soft Synths: NI Komplete 8 Ultimate, Arturia V Collection, many others
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