Logic Pro X keeps crashing

Well, I have been using LPX quite intensively with 10.9 these last 10 days in the studio and not one crash of any kind with the exception of a couple of Kontakt 5.3 crashes which NI are aware of and will be releasing another fix for shortly I understand.....

The thing is... Kernel Panics, as i said earlier, tend to be more hardware than software related but not always... so...

Can you cut and paste up the whole of the next crash log you get.. as that might give some clues as to the root cause...

Also, in Activity Monitor, if you sort by memory used (high to low) and then take a selective screenshot.. (CMD + 4)

and post that up.. again, that might be helpful if a chunk of your RAM is being used up before you do anything...

If you look on the Mac App Store, there isn't a comment on there that doesn't claim bugs or crashes. Just wondering.

If you read through the various threads here from people reporting crashes and serious bugs.. Most have turned out to be either..

In no particular order....

"User Error" (More often than not, related to not actually reading the User Guide!)

Failure to turn on all the Advanced features in LPX's preferences!

The use of cracked plugins.....and old AU plugins... that need updating...

Using incompatible with 10.8 (and now 10.9..) or otherwise buggy... drivers....

A hardware/software issue related to Fusion Drives and 2013 iMacs.. and CoreAudio itself

USB2 Audio/Midi interfaces and USB3 ports....

and so on...

There are a few missing features or things not working quite right.. but no real "Show Stopping" repeatable 'crash' bugs that I have come across that are actually caused by LPX itself...

Rick Sr wrote:

That's good to know that LPX does is not as "buggy" as people think.

This is true, however... Logic is very elegant in almost every aspect except it's handling of errors, whether they they be internal bugs or problems with external software/drivers or even OSX itself. Logic tends to go off the deep end rather than exiting gracefully or giving an error message and letting the user exit. This is what gives users, especially new users the impression Logic is buggy. It's been especially bad at this since version 8. Honestly, Logic should not crash as much as it does if it encounters an error.

The other problem is Logic corrupts it's preferences files and this sometimes leads to corrupted projects.

As long as you have a clean system, up to date drivers, reputable 3rd party hardware and legit, up to date plugins you generally won't have problems... most new users don't have any of the above.

Rick,

What is the exact model of your Presonus?

There are several models (Both Class and Non Class compliant) that currently are not compatible with Mavericks...

Also, is your Presonus connected via USB2 to a USB3 port?

Please post all of it.. just in case... but I have to say I had a feeling you were going to say you had the USB2 class compliant AudioBox.... plugged into a USB3 port with OS X... as from what I have been involved with, with one of my clients.. he has the eact same interface and is having the exact same issues and Presonus are, at the moment.. not being helpful, claiming there is no current issue because their AudioBox is class compliant!

The problem seems to be that it is class compliant when plugged into a USB2 port but not so much when plugged into a USB3 port and when used with either 10.8 or 10.9... and at this time, there doesn't seem to be any resolution forthcoming from either Presonus or Apple for that matter...

However, yes, please post up that entire crash log just in case there is something else going on, that is causing the crashes but I have this sneaky ideas it will be a 'Thread Zero' crash and there will be little to go on to help identify the root cause of the crash.

hi there Rick

i'm having the same problem like with logic pro X in my setup, I would like to explain wath's going on

I have got an imac and and a macbookpro with the same config. But one is crashing all time and the other don't

That is going to me crazy.

Do you like to talk about that with me?

Thanks in advance

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I am also having this same problem. I noticed the problem when I installed an upgrade that the App Store recommended I install for Logic Pro X. The upgrade had a number of things that it addressed, but one of them was the new interface on the built-in EQ. I notice that my Logic Pro X only crashes when I'm using the EQ (dragging curves, etc). I don't think I've ever had the program crash on me otherwise. I have a feeling that this problem has something to do with this upgrade.

Is anyone else experiencing this same problem with the new EQ plugin? This could possibly narrow down the problem.

Unfortunately, I am in the same, currently sinking, boat.

My spec's: late 2012 mac mini (server grade)/ 256GB SSD/ 16GB RAM

Facts: running no other programs but LPX (latest version) + Mavericks (latest version)

Understood: Kontakt 5 has problems with Mavericks

Additional: the entire Creative Cloud suite was broken by Mavericks

The issues: (only midi related initially + Kontakt 5: plugs include NI 'Evolve', Symphobia, etc.)

-can record one track

-additional tracks either show but do not paly back or do not show a region once I have recorded them

-after setting up track one with a plug, switch to track two, record enable and begin to record track two

and first plugin has switched itself to another plugin

-quantizing a track throws everything around so I have to hand 'key' everything myself

Now issues with audio plugins:

-yesterday launched LPX using Guitar Rig 5; horrible buzzing after each stroke on the guitar; quit LPX; realunched and setup brand new project with GR5-buzzing stopped

-just launched LPX again today and message, first time ever shows up: the following NI plugins have

not passed the AU test: include, Guitar Rig 5, Absynth, Massive, etc.

Straight up, I realize that software companies who sit on their laurels knowing that a new osx is coming out and as a result, things break. But to have apple, who built the computer and designed the software not work...

Any insight would be very welcome here. Entire computer and software and plugs are sitting here doing nothing. I am not tech. I do not monkey around with the innards. I just turn it on to capture ideas. Have googled this to death and still nothing.

Thanks.

Brian

Brian,

Im using the latest versions of NI software successfully with LPX.... No issues here at all with validation...

Kontakt 5.3 has a couple of issues still when trying to load/exchange different sample sets if you do not stop playback in LPX...but NI are aware of this issue and are working on a fix for this...

However, the issues you are describing (failed validation) are not anything I have come across...

Suggestion: Uninstall and reinstall Your NI Plugins... and then only validate in LPX after you have authorized in NI's Service Center and run each of the NI plugins in standalone mode first (Something NI recommend under certain circumstances when there are validation/install issues)

AOS,

Thanks for the quick reply. I will try this. And I never change plugs on the fly like that. To me that seems like you are begging for trouble. I see you might want to quickly see if another sound better fits the idea but that seems entirely to demanding on the system.

There was a time when macs could really take it but those days are way past and these machines are just to sensitive an 'untuned.'

Mavericks came out too early and now they are a buggy Gates machine wrapped in a cadillac facade. I had to throw a brand new iMac 2012 back in through the apple front door because it wouldn't even run the bloated FCPX. so it is not just LPX. It is a computer manufacturer who seems incapable of designing and keeping a tight QC on their own software. I realize this may be strange to you but I assure you, I am far from the only one and all on different machines.

The thought of going back to pc's and cubase is ugly. And I have thought long and hard about Pro Tools since my newest interface came bundled with a lite version of PT.

Thanks again, I really appreciate your input, insight and time. I really dig apple for the same reason everyone does. Here's to hoping it works outl

Brian