More problems with JUCE - Spitfire LABS and BBC Orchestra

[Grids]

Hi,

I'm having more problems with JUCE plugins in Polac, specifically BBC Orchestra (Spitfire) and LABS. I just bought a new laptop on Windows 11, 16 GB, i7, SSD etc.

I have experienced problems with JUCE plugins before, e.g. Valhalla Supermassive but I have been able to solve these with either
a) unchecking 'embedded VST gui' (via right click > preferences in Polac etc)
b) unchecking through Bridge mode (CTRL ALT on GUI)
c)switching off 'run in a separate process' or
d) some weird process of trial and error with checking and unchecking different boxes in the preferences tab and restarting to see if it works

I had BBC Orchestra working perfectly but LABS wasn't .... I filled around in the 'per plugin' preferences etc for LABS (without tinkering again with BBC)....
Now LABS works perfectly and I cannot for the life of me get the BBC plugin to work.

In this case it isn't the flickering menu problem...it's that I cannot even see any GUI, just a small white box with a title.

I actually don't mind if I can't close the GUI completely... I would just like a useable GUI.
It's weird because it was working perfectly.

I have explored these:

viewtopic.php?t=2658
viewtopic.php?p=14977#p14977

Any thoughts...

[Grids]

Okay, now it is very weird. I just shutdown the laptop, reopened Buzz. Now BBC works fine but LABS doesn't. It seems that Buzz/Polac are having trouble with both showing a GUI at once. I'm lost. Thoughts?

[HerrFornit]

thats bad news because bbc orchestra is on my download list.
by the way, do you have an Alder Lake cpu with p+e cores? if yes it would be nice to hear how buzz handles the cores. see threat 'AMD or Intel'. Sorry for dont offering any solution.

[Grids]

It's weird what is happening now. I found a very dodgy workaround (sort of).

I find it particularly problematic with LABs and BBC Orchestra plugins.

I have found that if there are multiple instances of the plugins when I try to open the plugin's gui, half the time it shows the plugin and the other half of the time it refuses to open the gui (just showing a very small white box). It seems that often the first LABS plugin that I try to open in a project doesn't open the GUI. The second LABS plugin I try in a project often opens the GUI (but not always).

If I close the project and then reopen it... and then try the plugins in a different order sometimes I can view GUI instances of a plugin that previously wouldn't open.

But if there are more than two instances of a LABS plugin ... at least one will not allow me to open it's GUI in a given session.

I a wondering if this is to do with large sample libraries for Labs ETC. I have problems with other JUCE plugins, e.g. Valhalla supermassive (occasionally I am unable to open the gui) ...but nowhere near as bad as LABS

I have a Dell Inspiron 64 Bit, 16 GB RAM, Dedicated graphics card, i7, Windows 11, SSD etc.

I am using 32 bit buzz. I have the latest polac stuff

The LABS and BBC plugins are 64 Bit

Super weird. Does anyone have any insight? I love these plugins (I love having orchestral sounds alongside more analogue or abstract synth sounds).

[mute]

It would better suit the conversation and Frank if you gave this feedback in his thread.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7

[Grids]

Thanks Mute. I think I might start a new thread about Buzz 32 or Buzz 64 (with a specific setup) because there is a precise set up challenge that I am facing that I think might be bigger than JUCE or even polac. Thank you.

[temporalsounds]

Okay, now it is very weird. I just shutdown the laptop, reopened Buzz. Now BBC works fine but LABS doesn't. It seems that Buzz/Polac are having trouble with both showing a GUI at once. I'm lost. Thoughts?

hmmm,that's weird
LABS seems to work fine here in 32buzz and 64bit buzz.I will install BBC plugins and let you know ...
EDIT : BBC works too with LABS showing GUI at once.BBC loads much much longer in Buzz 32 compared with Buzz 64.
short video:LABS and BBC in Buzz

[Grids]

Wow. Yours is working perfectly. Would you mind sharing a screenshot of your VSTi preferences. Just to make sure I'm not doing anything wrong.

Here is my current 'workaround':

1. Load LABS (connected to master) etc.
2. Try to open the GUI to change the sound.
3. If the GUI doesn't open...open a second version of LABS
4. Then go back to the first version of LABS > rightclick and select 'Replace' and select LABS again ...for some reason this 'third' version of buzz will always open the GUI after I have followed these steps but not if I mix up these steps
5. Delete second of version of LABS

Super frustrating but at least semi-functional.

[temporalsounds]

I have one version of LABS only, installed in VST directory.
I remember I had 32bit on old computer, but it's gone.
32bit LABS forum
kvr forum LABS


EDIT : same preferences on LABS VST

[UNZ]

try disabling multithreading
or try enabling "run in separate process"

[Grids]

I have been fiddling with all of these settings (and I am sure that I had tried all of this many times) for a long time but I think this has fixed it. The GUI is opening every time now. I'm really happy its working.

[polac]

Argh, great you did get it working at last.