win7 x64 same problem. new version vital breaks daw when starting vst. sad
Win7 and 8 are not (and never were) officially supported.
what daw are you using?
fl studio
this version 1.0.8 works 4 me 2 but newer ones still keep crashing on call. maybe there are dependencies of windows that are packed with older versions that make it work while new versions setup just doesnt installs them ?
1 Like
I’m currently operating on Windows 10 Pro and suffering the same issue. I open a new reaper session, input a virtual instrument track and when I choose vital it crashes my daw. Been having this problem since November last year. Both versions 1.0.7 & 1.5.5 crash the daw no matter what. Any solutions?
(re) move the skins folder and try again.
Same problem win 7 Reaper it immediately crashes where as 1.0.8 worked without issues. I hope this can get fixed or has it been fixed. In even newer versions? my only reason for updating is I have vital banks that throw the error was made with a newer version so I really do need the newer versions of Vital to function on Win 7 without having to fiddle with drivers and such everything I own instrument and vst wise runs fine and now all of a sudden this version of Vital will not run. For now i will try and go back to 1.0.8 but do hope there is a fix.
I just Looked at the changes list 1.5,1 and I bet that the problem is what was mentioned, the older versions supported OPEN GL and that’s been changed so I hope you can add dual support so it can run as OPEN GL if a comp requires it and if not it uses the newer direct x.
Strange I have had both 1.0.7 and 1.0.8 and all older versions working perfectly but anything newer just crashes the minute it try’s to load in Reaper at least. Is Mat Alive all I hear is crickets I hope he did not abandon us hear.
1 Like
He was here november 8 2023.
I also have this issue with Vital 1.5.5. I’m using Reaper and Windows 10 and Vital crashes it every time. The standalone version doesn’t run ether.
The problem only happens from version 1.5.1 onwards (earlier versions are fine) which is a pain because I’ve just bought a soundbank which doesn’t run on earlier versions.
1 Like
Same issues why make it incompatible, and break things that worked fine the original version l mentioned 1.0.8 all worked with out issue I hope he can revisit the code that allowed the original versions before 1.5.1 to work perfectly on even older systems although I see you have the issue even on 10 really he should just build in the compatibility as I saw some post where he said it shouldn’t be a tool much to do I which he would post back here. I too cant use some sound banks that sadly were made in a new er version. Really annoying when it was not broken before. And all other plugins that also have animated displays work fine so I guess its not an open GL problem but something he did broke the new version completely on both older and even some newer win os based systems it seems. And no I cant just update everything I need the new versions of the synth to just work as they should just like 1.0.8 and all other versions did till now.
Mat if you see this please fix the problems caused with changes made to the original working code all others worked fine. Please go back to what worked for most. We need to have all sound banks work.
and a big problem is many time we have no idea if the banks we are getting were made with a version newer then whet we have till we try it so this overall is bad I now have many that will not work as I am stuck at 1.0.8 please if you could work on this issue it would be much appreciated by all of us experiencing the instant crash yielding any newer the 1.0.8 version unusable.
1 Like
Issue with Vital 1.5.5. I’m using Cubase 13 and Windows 10 and Vital crashes it every time. The standalone version didn’t run either. Read here about uninstalling and going back to Vital 1.0.7. So did this and everything works fine again. I’m not computer savvy enough to understand why 1.5.5 doesn’t work.
1.5.5 does not work for you because it tries to render the GUI in a different way than the 1.0.7, and your Graphics card together with its drivers is unable/too old to do it.
Thank you for the good tip, it could work but not in my case.
I hope the crash and the empty black window issues are not due to new graphic libraries demanding cutting edge graphic cards, the priority of a synth should not be the visual effects but the sound quality.
A possible solution for the dev team to add the possibility to start without animations, the first time.
If it really is only a Graphics driver issue, then how come my old PC from 2014 loads Vital 1.5.5, but my new one with an I7 Motherboard and newer graphics just crashes, I have even updated the driver for the Intel HD 3500 graphic card, but no dice, it crashes in the stand alone and in FL 21. I am at a loss and I have a whole set of presets that I created on my older PC specifically for my type of spooky music, but just can’t access them now in my new PC, it’s very frustrating.
You could test if it’s a Graphics issue by installing 1.0.7 and see if you can open that one.
Yeah, I know 1.0.7 works as I tried it already, but how can a newer graphics card be causing the issue when a much older graphics card that isn’t even updated works fine!!
That’s a technical problem I can not solve for you 
Is it an integrated or discrete Graphics card ?
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000057824/graphics.html
Its an integrated graphics card. I don’t know who to ask about this, I really need to be able to use version 1.5.5 due to the sounds I have created, and some sound packs I have bought, they are all for version 1.5.5, so using version 1.07 is not an option for me. I have removed Vital totally for now and just hope that a fix will come soon!!
2 Likes