I'm trying to export my project to audio. X2 crashes every time. The project has about thirty simple instrument tracks. Now I'm trying to export one track at a time. X2 still crashes. I've wasted many hours on this and I'm thinking of just starting over, but it will take me a week or two to get back to where I am if I start over.
 
My instruments are Diva, ACE, Zebra, Tyrell, Sylenth, and z3ta2. I've tried various audio qualities, from 44.1khz/16bit to 192khz/32bit, with same result. I long for a stable DAW!

Are the synths frozen? If not, give it a shot.

scook
Are the synths frozen? If not, give it a shot.

I tried that. Crash.
 
Forget it. Someone give me a call in a decade or two, when X2 works. Meanwhile, I'll just have to listen to other people's music.
 
Mike

Try converting your Simple Instrument Tracks to split Midi/Audio

freeze the tracks one at a time.  if freezing one at a time crashes you.... try bouncing them to audio. Then, archive the midi and see if you can export it that way.
 
if not, if you can get the tracks bounced..... there still might be a way.... after the bounce to audio..... do a SAVE AS and save it as whatever the song name is SONG-AUDIO.... then delete the midi tracks and synths from it and SAVE IT. You now have a 100% audio project.  As a back up, you still have the original with the midi saved under it's original name.
 
If that won't export..... you have other issues and tech might be needed.
 
 

mleghorn

scook
Are the synths frozen? If not, give it a shot.

I tried that. Crash.
 
Forget it. Someone give me a call in a decade or two, when X2 works. Meanwhile, I'll just have to listen to other people's music.
 
Mike

Except its probably your computer and not X2 that's the problem. What soundcard? Computer specs? Need more info if you want help. 
 

mleghorn
I'm trying to export my project to audio. X2 crashes every time. The project has about thirty simple instrument tracks. Now I'm trying to export one track at a time. X2 still crashes. I've wasted many hours on this and I'm thinking of just starting over, but it will take me a week or two to get back to where I am if I start over.
 
My instruments are Diva, ACE, Zebra, Tyrell, Sylenth, and z3ta2. I've tried various audio qualities, from 44.1khz/16bit to 192khz/32bit, with same result. I long for a stable DAW!

You do have choices which do not require hours or days of work.
It is unfortunate that we have to sometimes deal with work arounds but unfortunately that is how it is.
 
It is probably a synth or effect that does not like the settings you are using.
Disable 64 bit double precision in the export dialog
Disable Fast Bounce in the export dialog
If you are using a sample rate higher that 44.1Khz change your settings to this.
If you are using an export bit depth greater than 16 bits change to 16 bits in the export dialog.
 
If the above does not work:
You can capture the audio output as you play your project.
This is not ideal but it should still provide satisfactory results.
 
hth
Kind regards!
 

+1 for the "disable fast bounce.
 
 
 
 

You said, your project is 30 tracks, and you are trying to export them one at a time.
Question:  WHY, export one at a time? Exporting to what file type? Are these all midi files with soft synths added?
 
For a file to be exported individually from a 30 track template, would need to have all the tracks starting at the begining of the recording to be useful to import back to your template. Otherwise, if you want the 30 tracks as is and as a template, save them as an OMF file, and you can open OMF templates with Sonar, and other DAW's support OMF's.
All audio tracks will be saved as is in an OMF file, however, all midi tracks have to be saved as individual tracks in an OMF. OMF saved files not bounced will not have the effects included.
 
If you are trying to export as wav files, I suggest you go 24 bit, with no dither.
If you are trying to export an MP3 for a CD, it will have to be 16 bit, and I suggest you do that at 192 or higher, and use Triangular dither.
 
The files need to be audio files. Bounce each one seperately to an audio file, and store the midi file in a track folder.
 
I am not much of a midi user. If your are more specific on exactly what your end result is that you are trying to achieve, maybe I can be of more help.
 
I assume, when you click export, it is having to run 30 tracks of synths in memory and that is causing the crash. If worse comes to worse, open a new project, and copy past them to the new template one at a time, and then export each one, then empty the new template and start over for the next track. Make sure the tempo is the same. You can drag your effects over as well. Open the 30 track tempalte, and a new template one beside it. Hard work around, but it beats losing your data. So many things could be happening, but I suspect over CPU usage. Are many of these track sharing buses? If so maybe you would want to drag over or copy past as groups for the work around?

Its probably one bad 32 bit plug. Can't tell without more information from the OP. Also, make sure you're not using any demo versions. Are you using a Windows or MAC computer?