wxWidgets crashes_third-party plugins

[ericb7799]

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Have many issues with crashes on el cap and logs all mostly pointing to wxwidgets issue. Crashing at various times, usually when starting or applying 3rd party plug-ins. Many errors related to "bad access". Saw articles that version of audacity released all have wrong version of wxwidgets. Which one do i need to install 3.0.2 or something else. Current have audacity 2.1.2 but also a nightly build that shows as 2.1.3. But this issue no matter which audacity version tried. Lately no crash reports coming up anymore though. Once a debug report does come up, pressing any button crashes the app.

eric bruce

Hi Eric,

Bug reports and issues that need a lot of triaging per your system are best sent to the -quality mailing list https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/lis ... ty-quality or to the feedback e-mail address http://www.audacityteam.org/contact/#feedback.

Audacity Team always release Audacity built with a version of wxWidgets that it supports. The problem you have in mind where Audacity was built with an unsupported version of wxWidgets only refers to builds supplied by some Linux distributions (for Linux, Audacity only supplies source code, not ready to run binaries).

The current Audacity 2.1.2 release from http://audacityteam.org/download/mac [u ... tml#launch. It shows you how to selectively enable third-party plugins and how to find Mac crash reports in Console.app or how to send Audacity Debug Reports.

If the crashes start occurring again I recommend you send the latest Mac or Audacity reports to our feedback address (as above) along with a description of what you did in Audacity before the crash occurred.

Thanks for your help.

Gale

[Gale Andrews]

Not a problem enabling plug ins. Happens when launching them or after running and hitting apply.

The point of that is that you can use Plug-in Manager to disable the plugins that are bad.

Please name the plugins that crash and give us a URL where we can download them. Are you saying all plugins crash? If so are they all VST's, Audio Units or something else?

Please send us the Audacity Debug Report so we can see all the plugins you have. If you see the Debug Report window when Audacity crashes, send us that Debug Report.

If you don't see the Debug Report window when Audacity crashes, restart Audacity and generate the report manually using Help > Generate Support Data... .


Gale

[Gale Andrews]

In your message to [email protected] and -quality your subject line suggests the crashes started after updating Xcode yesterday. Is that correct - these crashes only started yesterday?

Despite that do I understand the 2.1.3-alpha that crashes is a nightly build you downloaded and not a build you made yourself?


Gale

[ericb7799]

I've had the issue with these crashes off and on since 2.1.0 and 2.1.1. The particular plug-ins are from Waves and MeldaProductions. Mostly happens with Waves Vocal Rider stereo, and especially Waves Greg Wells mixcentric and vocal centric plugins. With MeldaProductions its with MAutoAllign and MAutoVolume. Also with Plugin Alliance Cleansweep Pro. Since the XCode update yesterday its causing crashes on my other DAWs logic pro x and studio one 3 where they crash loading AU plugins and before the program can even launch. Ill post some logs and screenshots on this thread as well.

[ericb7799]

Audacity_2016-02-11-190720_Erics-Mac-mini-2.txt

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These crashes have been pretty frequent for me from day one using Audacity on Mac OS-X El Capitan. The Specific plug-ins I notice happens to the most are Waves Vocal Rider and Waves Greg Wells Mixcentric and Greg Wells Voice Centric. What usually happens is that I launch the plug-in and it usually opens and runs. I'll get the setting for the plug-in the way I like it and then hit "apply". It is after hitting apply that the Audacity debug log may come up. (it used to come up frequently this way on Audacity 2.1.1 but since 2.1.2 and the nightly debug version 2.1.2 alpha (or 2.1.3) the debug log no longer appears. Even so when it does appear no matter which option I select the entire thing will crash. Hitting yes, no or cancel all has the same effect, which is for audacity and the running plug in to crash. Now with the newer builds of Audacity it just silently crashes with no debug prompt or offer to send a debug report.

The crashes started becoming more common after the recent Xcode update, but these crashes have existed for me on Audacity 2.1.0, 2.1.1 and 2.1.2 and now on the debug version 2.1.2 alpha or 2.1.3 as i see it listed in about part of Mac. I have tried to run Audacity after disabling the System Integrity Protection in El Cap but that doesnt seem to have any effect. I'm currently running with that disabled so that I can use the extra features in Bartender and Xtra Finder. essage I'll copy one of the Audacity Crash reports from the console app. Since the Xcode update yesterday it has gotten exponentially worse. For example, in a 1 hour period where I was trying to launch and use my audio apps, Studio One 3, Logic Pro X and Audacity I had nearly 4000 messages or alerts in console app. I am also using Plugins from Melda Productions (http://www.meldaproduction.com/) and they have similar crashes, usually after running the plug-ins and then the crash when hitting apply. A couple of exceptions, specifically running MedlaProductions Auto Align where has an option to morph the presets. I'll attach the pdf for that plug-in and generally all the Meda ones are pretty similar. In that case as soon as I hit the morph button audacity crashes with no debug or any other options.

[ericb7799]

here is one of the crash logs:
In general when Audacity is crashing the Specific errors are usually something similar to :

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Process:               Audacity [659]
Path:                  /Applications/Audacity_nightly_2_8_16.app/Contents/MacOS/Audacity
Identifier:            net.sourceforge.audacity
Version:               2.1.3.0 (2.1.3.0)
Code Type:             X86 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           Audacity [659]
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2016-02-11 19:06:55.542 -0800
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11.3 (15D21)
Report Version:        11
Anonymous UUID:        A10D6347-C1A4-CDF4-C4C6-F7F76BBB7A02


Time Awake Since Boot: 3800 seconds

System Integrity Protection: disabled

Crashed Thread:        0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	0x9a8bfe86 __kill + 10
1   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	0x9a8bcdb9 kill$UNIX2003 + 32
2   libsystem_c.dylib             	0x950862ab raise + 27
3   libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x024f732a wxTrap() + 26
4   libwx_osx_cocoau_debug_core-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x01b16beb wxGUIAppTraitsBase::ShowAssertDialog(wxString const&) + 427
5   libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x024f938d ShowAssertDialog(wxString const&, int, wxString const&, wxString const&, wxString const&, wxAppTraits*) + 1085
6   libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x024f8e61 wxAppConsoleBase::OnAssertFailure(wchar_t const*, int, wchar_t const*, wchar_t const*, wchar_t const*) + 209
7   libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x024f9ffe wxDefaultAssertHandler(wxString const&, int, wxString const&, wxString const&, wxString const&) + 686
8   libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x024f7e17 wxOnAssert(char const*, int, char const*, char const*, char const*) + 183
9   libwx_osx_cocoau_debug_adv-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x0176efe8 wxSound::Create(unsigned long, void const*) + 120
10  net.sourceforge.audacity      	0x0043f461 ProgressDialog::Beep() const + 769
11  net.sourceforge.audacity      	0x0043f05b ProgressDialog::~ProgressDialog() + 235
12  net.sourceforge.audacity      	0x0043f727 ProgressDialog::~ProgressDialog() + 23
13  net.sourceforge.audacity      	0x0043f74a ProgressDialog::~ProgressDialog() + 26
14  net.sourceforge.audacity      	0x0009f8eb Effect::DoEffect(wxWindow*, double, TrackList*, TrackFactory*, SelectedRegion*, bool) + 3179
15  net.sourceforge.audacity      	0x004438b0 EffectManager::DoEffect(wxString const&, wxWindow*, double, TrackList*, TrackFactory*, SelectedRegion*, bool) + 208
16  net.sourceforge.audacity      	0x00206a2b AudacityProject::OnEffect(wxString const&, int) + 811
17  net.sourceforge.audacity      	0x000974df Effect::Apply() + 79
18  net.sourceforge.audacity      	0x000a6656 EffectUIHost::OnApply(wxCommandEvent&) + 902
19  libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x024f850e wxAppConsoleBase::HandleEvent(wxEvtHandler*, void (wxEvtHandler::*)(wxEvent&), wxEvent&) const + 126
20  libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x024f85b8 wxAppConsoleBase::CallEventHandler(wxEvtHandler*, wxEventFunctor&, wxEvent&) const + 152
21  libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x0267bb06 wxEvtHandler::ProcessEventIfMatchesId(wxEventTableEntryBase const&, wxEvtHandler*, wxEvent&) + 246
22  libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x0267b8fd wxEventHashTable::HandleEvent(wxEvent&, wxEvtHandler*) + 237
23  libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x0267d733 wxEvtHandler::TryHereOnly(wxEvent&) + 147
24  libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x0267ecd8 wxEvtHandler::TryBeforeAndHere(wxEvent&) + 72
25  libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x0267d4d7 wxEvtHandler::ProcessEventLocally(wxEvent&) + 39
26  libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x0267d448 wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent(wxEvent&) + 392
27  libwx_osx_cocoau_debug_core-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x01c7604a wxWindowBase::TryAfter(wxEvent&) + 186
28  libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x0267d480 wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent(wxEvent&) + 448
29  libwx_osx_cocoau_debug_core-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x01c7604a wxWindowBase::TryAfter(wxEvent&) + 186
30  libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x0267d480 wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent(wxEvent&) + 448
31  libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x0267d994 wxEvtHandler::SafelyProcessEvent(wxEvent&) + 36
32  libwx_osx_cocoau_debug_core-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x01c6c93c wxWindowBase::HandleWindowEvent(wxEvent&) const + 44
33  libwx_osx_cocoau_debug_core-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x01a42634 wxControl::ProcessCommand(wxCommandEvent&) + 36
34  libwx_osx_cocoau_debug_core-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x01a03c19 wxButton::OSXHandleClicked(double) + 137
35  libwx_osx_cocoau_debug_core-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x01b0a46f wxWidgetCocoaImpl::controlAction(NSView*, void*, void*) + 95
36  libwx_osx_cocoau_debug_core-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x01b07adf wxOSX_controlAction(NSView*, objc_selector*, objc_object*) + 95
37  libobjc.A.dylib               	0x99d363ee -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:] + 70
38  com.apple.AppKit              	0x9cb2f235 __36-[NSApplication sendAction:to:from:]_block_invoke + 51
39  libsystem_trace.dylib         	0x9c3383c1 _os_activity_initiate + 85
40  com.apple.AppKit              	0x9cb2f156 -[NSApplication sendAction:to:from:] + 610
41  com.apple.AppKit              	0x9cb45a85 -[NSControl sendAction:to:] + 102
42  com.apple.AppKit              	0x9cb45979 __26-[NSCell _sendActionFrom:]_block_invoke + 176
43  libsystem_trace.dylib         	0x9c3383c1 _os_activity_initiate + 85
44  com.apple.AppKit              	0x9cb458a8 -[NSCell _sendActionFrom:] + 161
45  com.apple.AppKit              	0x9cde4ed9 __48-[NSCell trackMouse:inRect:ofView:untilMouseUp:]_block_invoke1010 + 43
46  libsystem_trace.dylib         	0x9c3383c1 _os_activity_initiate + 85
47  com.apple.AppKit              	0x9cb43c55 -[NSCell trackMouse:inRect:ofView:untilMouseUp:] + 2744
48  com.apple.AppKit              	0x9cb9d42f -[NSButtonCell trackMouse:inRect:ofView:untilMouseUp:] + 809
49  com.apple.AppKit              	0x9cb42284 -[NSControl mouseDown:] + 693
50  libwx_osx_cocoau_debug_core-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x01b0852b wxWidgetCocoaImpl::mouseEvent(NSEvent*, NSView*, void*) + 459
51  libwx_osx_cocoau_debug_core-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x01b0747f wxOSX_mouseEvent(NSView*, objc_selector*, NSEvent*) + 95
52  com.apple.AppKit              	0x9d1955b7 -[NSWindow _handleMouseDownEvent:isDelayedEvent:] + 6266
53  com.apple.AppKit              	0x9d1970ea -[NSWindow _reallySendEvent:isDelayedEvent:] + 2303
54  com.apple.AppKit              	0x9ca3a927 -[NSWindow sendEvent:] + 567
55  libwx_osx_cocoau_debug_core-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x01ae8b95 -[wxNSPanel sendEvent:] + 261
56  com.apple.AppKit              	0x9ca36942 -[NSApplication sendEvent:] + 2919
57  libwx_osx_cocoau_debug_core-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x019c33a1 -[wxNSApplication sendEvent:] + 209
58  com.apple.AppKit              	0x9c96118f -[NSApplication run] + 1159
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60  libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x02645861 wxCFEventLoop::DoRun() + 33
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62  libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x024f7529 wxAppConsoleBase::MainLoop() + 185
63  libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x024f708a wxAppConsoleBase::OnRun() + 26
64  libwx_osx_cocoau_debug_core-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x01b163ca wxAppBase::OnRun() + 58
65  libwx_osx_cocoau_debug_core-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x01a3e9a7 wxApp::OnRun() + 39
66  libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x02591106 wxEntry(int&, wchar_t**) + 294
67  libwx_baseu_debug-3.0.0.2.0.dylib	0x02591290 wxEntry(int&, char**) + 80
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[Gale Andrews]

Do you need Xcode for some reason, such as MacPorts?


Gale

[Gale Andrews]

Have you had a reply yet from Apple about the issue, considering you believe it affects other apps including their own Logic Pro?

Is GarageBand affected?


Gale

[cyrano]

FWIW

I've had to disable Melda plugins too. Don't remember which ones, as I've replaced them and it was a while ago...

[ericb7799]

So I'm familiar with using the plug-in manager but it does not seem to be working correctly either. I am selecting those plug-ins that I want to enable from either the new or disabled selection and enabling them and then hitting OK. Audacity goes through the menu of verifying them or whatever and sometimes it will crash here also on a certain plug-in if it cannot verify if for some reason or some problem with the activation/ilok issues. But even when it does complete this process and I have the plug-in's loaded in Audacity they are not removed from the plug-in manager. They may or may not show as enabled now, usually re-opening the plugin-manager will show the exact same config it had before the "new" or "disabled" ones were enabled. Quitting Audacity or rebooting the Mac don't remove the ones I want it to skip or show those that are enabled in the the correct area, and they are usually still showing under "new". I've had to get 32 Lives for some things on Logic Pro X but I'm not manually launching that app except when I'm going to try and load Logic Pro X.

A particular pain is plug-ins from Softtube, which along with Waves plug-ins requires licenses stored on my iLok. I had a bundle that came with one of my interfaces, and I had installed with their installer, which despite my selections to install only the plug-ins for my bundle, installed every single plug-in for Softtube and now when running the plug-in manager in Audacity I can see all these plug-ins that I do not have licenses for. I can't see a way to remove them from the Audacity plug-in manager, and even when they show up as disabled they always continue to show up and no way to remove them or ignore them for the future. If one of those is accidentally enabled and Audacity tries to load/verify it, it will crash once the plug-in manager gets to it while verifying the plug-ins. Same situation for Waves plug-ins that I had demo-d and now the demo is expired. I cant seem to just remove that expired plug-in and when Audacity gets to those, they crash.

In both cases the manufacturers are not helpful at all and at the slightest mention of anything to do with Audacity I get the wonderful "we don't support Audacity " comments and they won't help at all with that.