Rhino suddenly crashes Sonar 4

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This is grim indeed...Rhino is my favorite synth.

As of today, every time I insert it into my synth rack, Sonar crashes.

All of my other synths still open fine.

Existing projects using Rhino still play the Rhino sounds...wtf can I do about this?

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Do a diskcheck, then reinstall Rhino, then do a rescan-and-reset of the VST-DX adaptor...
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."

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That did it!

I just reinstalled the demo from the site, and it took care of the corrupted file. Thanksfully, it retained all my presets and reg file.

I feel whole again. :D

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OK.

'Tick was unable to figure out what's going on.

If I completely uninstall Rhino 2 and install it again, it works for awhile. Then it happens again.

Complete crash. And it shuts down Sonar's audio engine until a system restart.

I keep thinking it's fixed...and it is, temporarily. None of my other synths cause this. At this point, Rhino is unuseable for me.

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I have a similar problem in Sonar 3. I hadn't used Rhino for a while then was using it again the other week and sometimes the audio engine in sonar would stop and sometimes it would crash completely. I hadn't connected the problem directly to Rhino but I'll do some more checks and see if I can reproduce anything consistently.

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It doesn't happen with tracks that already have Rhino in them...but it happens instantly when I insert a new Rhino, whether the track is new or older.

Complete crash before even the GUI pops up. In fact, that is what seems to cause the crash. Opening the gui.

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You mean, it doesn't crash if you insert the plugin but don't open its GUI ?
'Tick

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I'm not sure how to insert it without opening the GUI.

It happens when I go to:
Insert - DXi synth - Insert DXI Options - OK
(in Sonar 4)

Each time you insert a new synth, it pulls up the GUI for tweaking.

If I have a song that's already got Rhino in it, I can click on it in the synth rack and the GUI opens.

It's when I insert a brand new instance of Rhino into the synth rack. When it goes to open up the GUI, a "Sonar.exe needs to close" dialog box opens, and it crashes. Like I said, if I reinstall it (or delete the .tmp file), it will open 4-5 times, then the same thing occurs, eventually.

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I'll add that this never occurred even once before I installed a demo of M42 Nebula. I have a feeling the Synthedit talons crippled something Rhino needs when it's wrapped...I deleted Nebula instantly (it never did more than beep and sputter for me) and from then on, I noticed this randomly occurring problem with Rhino.

Maybe I'll try a different VST adapter for Rhino...(?)

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I just tried opening up Rhino again from the synth rack in Sonar. The Rhino file must have been corrupted in the last crash - the top section of the Rhino gui is blank and the controls on the bottom section aren't responding. (This is using the Cakewalk VST adapter) - I'll try removing and reinstalling

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tried uninstalling and reinstalling (and re-registering in adapter) Rhino 2.02 and it still stops the audio engine every 5 - 8 patch changes. (PC crashed completely once after audio engine had stopped)

Then removed 2.02 and installed 2.0 - couldn't reproduce problem.

Removed 2.0 and installed 2.2 - again audio engine stopped after several patch changes....

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Hmm... is 2.0 still available, Tick?

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Jeff,
Yeah I can dig it up for you.

Alpi,
It looks like Rhino 1.x on this screenshot. You really should upgrade :-)

'Tick

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Big Tick wrote:

Alpi,
It looks like Rhino 1.x on this screenshot. You really should upgrade :-)

'Tick
Ah, so that'll be the 'downgrade' bug then :wink:

I'll try 2.02 with DirectiXer tonight and see if that makes any difference, maybe Rhino 2.02 and Cakewalk adapter just don't like each other....

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JeffSanders wrote:
Maybe I'll try a different VST adapter for Rhino...(?)
Most definitely. Get DireciXer. I use both just to be safe.

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