SynthMaker

End SM Related Processes

Archive · 2010 5 old posts

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Jay ·

I don't know if this has ever been requested before! i've used te search but it could be named all kinds of things.

we all get this at times i believe, something crashes SM and it remains a running process and keeps hold of the memory it was using and sometimes it keeps hold of your midi inputs used before the crash! and to top it off the process manager can't end the process so the only alternative is to reboot!

We need a panic button of sorts for XP users at least, Vista/Win 7 seem quite adept at solving these issues in most cases (although it does hang in the newer OS at times)

yesterday i tested an OSM for Exo to confirm it was broken (Due to changes in SM) and got all of these hangs! twice i tested and the same thing happened in both cases

So, a way to end all SynthMaker related processes after a catastrophic crash is what i am proposing. i expect it would need to be an external app triggered by the user or auto triggered by SM on any crashes - a process cleaner of sorts

Best Regards

MichaelBenjamin ·

i never had the case where i could not shutdown the sm.exe in task manager, but if you got trouble with that there is a little app called killprocess.exe to kill any stuck without a reboot.

heres the page: http://www.koeltzsch.com/Software/killprocess.aspx

attic ·

I agree. It should be specific to SM, and only kill or reset SM process's and kill any connections from SM to the sound card and midi system. This would be helpful for troubleshooting and debugging. I have this problem at times and it is due to buggy Motu drivers, and other times it is SM. Having to reboot is a creative killer and can be very frustrating. I appreciate that you could kill the process's yourself, but I don't know what process would reset audio and midi drivers, they seem to hang on to the SM process even after SM has been Ctrl Alt Deleted out off. This off course is only at times and with certain files.

Eska ·

attic wrote: , but I don't know what process would reset audio and midi drivers, they seem to hang on to the SM process even after SM has been Ctrl Alt Deleted out off.

You could start REAPER for a short time. In my systems this helps .

attic ·

I use Reaper a lot so I will give that a try. I suppose that would force the driver to let go in some circumstances.

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