Spark 1.7 release crashes Studio One

[Toby@arturia]

Hey HamHat,

I'm really glad that you managed to solve the problem, you had me seriously worried there  ! It's always a good idea to have the latest version of the firmware installed on your controller. To my knowledge, there haven't been any significant modifications to the firmware of late but small bugs have been fixed. If I were you I would update.

[Toby@arturia]

One other thing,

can you remember if you installed 1.7 in the same location as 1.6.1?

[emetic]

All my locations have been the same through all the versions, but 1.7 is the first not to work.

[Toby@arturia]

could you tell me where your spark vst was located for version 1.6.1 and the same thing for 1.7. Thanks

[emetic]

c:\program files\vstplugins

The same default location as all the other versions I have installed.

[cyphersuit]

i have the same problem on win7, 64 bit, studio one v2.5.2.  from the studio one forums i know that mac users are also affected.

what 1.6.1 files do i have to find to uninstall? (i have 15 folders (!) on my system and 18 single files on my hdds just for spark edm, dubstep and vdm).

[cyphersuit]

i have now completely uninstalled all - spark edm, vdm, dubstep.

redownloading 1.7 now. let's see how it goes.

[cyphersuit]

That did the trick.

My feeling as a customer, asking on the official forum on kvr for some time and having to find the solution myself using different forums is bad. I felt left alone.

[vaikl]

That did the trick.

My feeling as a customer, asking on the official forum on kvr for some time and having to find the solution myself using different forums is bad. I felt left alone.

Un- and reinstalling with a fresh downloaded copy is the most commonly used startup-procedure for nearly *every* software-related issue in every user forum. You are not alone...

[cyphersuit]

Yeah well this is soo yesterday. I got 200+ plugins and i can't remember any one of those to have me uninstall the previous version first. The installers do this nowadays.

Also i wonder (and will find out soon) what happened to the stuff i saved before. Maybe it's gone, maybe not. We will see.

[emetic]

Any 'official' update on this issue??

[cyphersuit]

Yeah well this is soo yesterday. I got 200+ plugins and i can't remember any one of those to have me uninstall the previous version first. The installers do this nowadays.

Also i wonder (and will find out soon) what happened to the stuff i saved before. Maybe it's gone, maybe not. We will see.

ok so my old projects are okay for vdm and edm. dubstep - well all projects say "you do not have this device installed". easy to overcome tho.

[HamHat]

Hey guys make sure you are checking your studio one folder as well for a spark.vst, spark.dll, spark.component etc. If there is a preset saved there it will override your default vst location and cause this error.

[Kevin]

Hi,
the update of the controller is needed only if you use SparkLE controller as a generic MIDI controller.

[emetic]

So still no actual answers then...