xt1.4.1 song won't open

[spacedad]

just to say,i got the midi files saved and song is all running fine again,you've saved me a lot of work and stress.much appreciated!

[djsubject]

Yay for Piz!!

[insertpizhere]

I sent a PM with a link to the repaired file. The problem was with Poise... I removed that and the file loaded fine. The hard (but fun) part was figuring out how to delete a VST from the .ext file.

So let me get this straight, piz - you edited the .ext file into a hex editor and removed the loading of a .dll?

I'm impressed. Want to give any hints on how you went about that?

SWTrex

I noticed that it would look for Poise.dll and then hang, so I thought it must be getting stuck either in the Poise data or whatever was next in the file.

To figure out how to delete it from the file, I compared an empty project to one with a single VST in it. Basically there is one place that has the VST and all its settings, and another place that defines what is connected to its inputs.

[gpunk]

I think there is a lesson to be learnt in this thread, XT 1.4 threads are still busier than XT2 threads even now.

I hope Jorgen looks in here soon and notices, XT really needs all the 1.4 modules back (I predict a massive reinflux of users participating in this forum again if it happens)

[SWTrex]

I sent a PM with a link to the repaired file. The problem was with Poise... I removed that and the file loaded fine. The hard (but fun) part was figuring out how to delete a VST from the .ext file.

So let me get this straight, piz - you edited the .ext file into a hex editor and removed the loading of a .dll?

I'm impressed. Want to give any hints on how you went about that?

SWTrex

I noticed that it would look for Poise.dll and then hang, so I thought it must be getting stuck either in the Poise data or whatever was next in the file.

To figure out how to delete it from the file, I compared an empty project to one with a single VST in it. Basically there is one place that has the VST and all its settings, and another place that defines what is connected to its inputs.

Thanks, piz - good info!

[spacedad]

just for the info;
i loaded the rescued midi files into previous working version,saved as new file-same hanging problem.
i had poise's tracks frozen,so i unfroze all,then saved it as new and it loaded ok.
so i could have been a problem with the frozen tracks,not poise.
maybe.

[xoxos]

can't you load the midi files and .fxps into a new song file?? (perhaps print poise to audio)

[spacedad]

can't you load the midi files and .fxps into a new song file?? (perhaps print poise to audio)

yes,though unfreezing does the trick.so it may have been getting stuck on trying to open the freezed files.