HELP

Apologies if this has been addressed already. I am using windows 7, 64bit plus a Roland UA-25EX. Repeating problem when I save a Reaper file as 'Save as' - for example I want to keep 2 copies because the song can go one of two ways - I give it a new name like part 2. When I open up both vers 1 or vers 2 - I always get a problem of Reaper not finding the ASIO driver i.e the UA-25EX. I can open it up in something like Direct Sound - thru the UA-25EX - but no good for recording. Trying to open up with proper ASIO options causes system to crash. Repeated attempts of trying to re-open with ASIO may eventually work - but a total pain.

- That sounds like REAPER and/or your driver can't terminate properly (or it needs time) when you close the app. Please check task manager for a hanging REAPER process after you closed it and make sure you have the latest drivers for your interface installed. - Does that also happen in a project with absolutely no plug-ins loaded?

Thanks Ollie, Tell you the truth - in every instance I will have some plug-ins - just some VST's like a reverb - no VSTI's. I always look for new drivers for the UA-25 - but they are still on version 1 only, after all these years. Trying to get my head around what may be going on has caused tantrums and just a real reluctance to go back to that particular project. But I sort of need to.

The answer to Ollies question whether it happens with no plugins is relevant to chase your issue. Ollie doesn't mean you're supposed to use none in your projects from now on, but the answer could maybe give some clues. Please test it and report back.

Thanks Golfer, Will do. Would you suggest that I remove all plug-ins from project or just disable/switch off...just worried that by removing them entirely I lose all settings etc. please advise. Thank you.

Simply go 'Start Menu->Programs->Reaper->Reaper (create new project)' to start an empty project. Besides, as long you don't save a project, no changes to the project will be saved.

Ollie - good point - dummy session - this weekend - will report back. Thank you.

Hi Ollie - Regards this problem. I removed all plug-ins and VSTI's from one project - that was previously causing problems consistently - and have managed to open it up without hitch 5-6 times [enough to convince me it's OK]. so, Project Part 1 - with all plug-ins and VSTI's - causes real issues with regards not being able to find the ASIO driver/UA-25EX. To the point that if this was your last session - Reaper will fail to open and crash. With persistent re-sarts [computer on/off] it can be open'd in 'Direct Sound' setting via UA-25EX - and then I switch over to ASIO - this can sometimes trick it into starting up. But very inconsistent. Project Part 2 - No plug-ins or VSTI's - opens fine. Hope this helps. Thanks Chris.

The next step would be to find out which plugin causes that behavior, so that you don't stumble over it again and possibly can cure this hosed project. Quickest way of finding one bad boy out of many plugins is to delete half of them, see if the problem persists. If not you know the culprit was one of the deleted plugs. You'd go on by reactivating that half, deactivate the sane half and deactivate one half of the bunch with the culprit. Rinse and repeat. Basically you always find one half of the bunch of which you know it contains the culprit and continue. Normally this sorts out the bad boy pretty quick. Of course there might be more than one misbehaving... that makes matters more complicated, but at some point you'll catch them all :)

Thanks - is this something you want me to pursue and feedback to you - or just regarded as isolated and not a general problem? It will be a few days before I can get around to this - thanks for your help so far. Cheers Chris.