Gig Performer crashes when you try to change the sample rate

May 1, 2019 | Knowledge Base Articles

In some cases, when you try to change the sample rate, Gig Performer may crash.

This issue mostly happens due to two reasons:
– Incompatible ASIO drivers on Windows crash Gig Performer.
– A plugin crash due to its inability to handle sample rate changes that occur after that plugin has been loaded.

Incompatible ASIO drivers

If you suspect that you drivers are incompatible, please download the latest version of the driver for your audio interface. If that doesn’t work, try an an older driver. Alternatively, you can try ASIO4ALL.

ASIO4ALL v2 Gig Performer, change sample rate

Refer to this article for more information.

Next, stop Gig Performer from automatically loading the last gig file. Please read this article to learn more. Afterward, open Audio Options and try and change the sample rate. If the ASIO4ALL driver works, then the problem is definitely due to incompatible ASIO drivers for your audio interface.

Plugin issue

The best practice is to change audio settings on blank gig file. There are two reasons for this recommendation. First, your gig file will not be reloaded after you change the sample rate. Second, you avoid crashes in faulty plugins. It may happen that a plugin us unable to handle sample rate changes that occur after that plugin has been loaded.
In this case, the same advice applies. First, try with an update version of that plugin. If that doesn’t work, try an older version of that plugin.

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Related topics:
– A plugin crashed – how to find out which one?