Hey Chuck, I'll give that a try! I happen to have a free USB3 port on my laptop so I can plug it into there and run some tests.
 
Thanks for the suggestion!
Reggie

Plugging the X-touch direct into the computer seemed to work at first but it was wishful thinking. Sonar eventually hung same as before. Still no joy.
 
Reggie

Hi Noel,
Is there anything obvious in my project that might be causing the AppHang?

Hi there, don't want you to think we've abandoned you. The crash you were getting on close was fixed, but... with your project I notice that you're using slate VMR. I actually wasn't able to get the iLok License Manager to pick that plugin up (don't get me started...) but we do have a bug logged where some project persistence got messed up for that plugin (if it is one plugin...) 
 
Anyway, in your original post you said it was any project with plugins that would exhibit this behavior, but I wonder if it's any project with Slate VMR? Probably isn't the case but I thought I'd ask just in case. 

Hi John, my projects are jammed packed with Slate VMR: Tracks, Aux Tracks, Busses and the Mix Bus. I'm not sure if this helps but when I load an instance of VMR or any Slate plugin it does take longer for them to fully load than any other plugin I use.

Traveler
Hi John, my projects are jammed packed with Slate VMR: Tracks, Aux Tracks, Busses and the Mix Bus. I'm not sure if this helps but when I load an instance of VMR or any Slate plugin it does take longer for them to fully load than any other plugin I use.

Me too, i have been getting lots of crashes and blue screens from vmr 1.3 and forward. Try taking VMR out and opening the projects.

I haven't gotten blue screens... just freezes when a project opens up. VMR and the other Slate plugins have been working great, they just take a little longer to load up in the effect rack.

John Joseph [Cakewalk]
Hi there, don't want you to think we've abandoned you...

I'm still having freezes. Have you guys made any headway?

No, unfortunately. I can't repro with your project, but I haven't been able to get slate VMR working because the iLok license manager seems to hate me. I'll try again and let you know. The other big factor is that you're running on boot camp with some interesting peripherals, so even if the project loads for me on Windows it doesn't mean it will load with your setup. 
 
You said you're still freezing - is this only in projects with slate VMR, or projects in general? If you're freezing consistently and don't mind trying without VMR I'd be interested in the results. 
 
Also, is this something you've only started seeing recently? I see you've been a forum member since 2004, and I was wondering if this freeze was introduced in one of the recent updates as opposed to a long standing issue. If you can tell me when the issue started it will help narrow down the cause. 
 
Sorry you're going through this, it must be frustrating being essentially blocked with your work for so long. 

Do I understand you right that freeze happens with MackieControl only?
 
If yes, can you try to reproduce it with this: http://www.azslow.com/index.php/topic,250.0.html
 
I have seen freezes during project loading several times. More with MackieControl but also with my own plug-in. Till now I was unable to find the reason since that was never "stable freezing" for me.