Crashing WAY too much now. I think Im done.

[Qu Da Scientist]

Running 1.5, running standalone, CRASHING too much for me.

Had Spark for almost a month now and haven't done one song on it because of too many tech issues.

 

[Kevin]

Hi,
sorry to read that.

Can you give me some more details about these crashes?
Is there a way to reproduce them?
What OS are you using?

Are you willing to try the 1.6.1 beta version?

Kevin

[Qu Da Scientist]

Hey Kevin.

My specs are: Mac 10.6.8
2GHz Intel Core Duo
2 GB Ram.

The crashes usually happen when some message pops up up on the screen, cant remember what it says but it gives me a "Ok or cancel" option. Either one I choose, it will crash the whole Spark program.

[Kevin]

Hi,
if you can send me some screenshot of this pop, this might help a lot.

thanks in advance
Kevin

[Qu Da Scientist]

Ok Kevin, will do!

[Kevin]

thx

[Qu Da Scientist]

Kevin, this is what I keep getting!

[Kevin]

Hi,
thanks for the screenshot.
Looking at your system specs which are just the minimum requirement, I guess this is due to lack of CPU and/or memory.
I will try to figure out what goes wrong with that.

Thanks again.
Kevin

[Philippe]

Hi,

Does it happen randomly?
Does it happen when you're loading a kit or a preset?
Can you tell us what you're doing with Spark when this popup appears (are you just playing patterns, or hitting the pads, or both at the same time...)?

Thx

[Qu Da Scientist]

Seems to happen when im loading something or there is some sort of loading going on. Its random, not all the time.

[Philippe]

OK, thanks. That helps me.

[Qu Da Scientist]

But like Kevin said, it could be my computer specs. But then again, I run Studio One and have been running it with ZERO problems. And I usually have ALOT going on in a Studio One session!

[kcearl]

Standalone 1.6.1 is crashing for me too...mostly when I try to save a user project but randomly otherwise


Im on Win7 64bit, 4 gig ram, i5 2.66ghz...its just a simple set so it isnt pushing CPU

screen says nothing except "search for solution online" etc

[Kevin]

Hi kcearl,
unfortunately, I am not able to reproduce the issue you are encountering.
Would you be willing to try a development version and send me a dump file generated by windows when it is crashing?

Kevin

[kcearl]

Hi Kevin, thanks for getting back to me...Ive done some trouble shooting and I think my anti virus and internet were causing some conflict, the worst was during an update and when a pop up appeared from Sony...with these off Ive had one crash whilst saving and a blue screen...but Ive been playing and making kits this morning and it seems more stable

If it starts again Ill send a dump file