Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

The plugin doesn't show up in my DAW. Make sure the whole Dubcycling.vst3 folder is in C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\ (not just a file from inside it), then rescan plugins. Dubcycling is an instrument: look in the instrument list, not under audio effects, and put it on a MIDI/instrument track. On macOS, remove the quarantine flag (see Installation).

Windows warns about the download. The binaries are not code-signed. Choose More info → Run anyway, or unblock the zip in its file properties before unzipping.

I hear nothing. In Autoplay the plugin only plays while the host transport runs. In MIDI mode it also needs a held note, and with a running transport it starts at the next bar. Check the mode toggle in the top bar (see Autoplay and MIDI Mode) and that a loop is loaded (the status light is green).

Loop 1 plays, but Loop 2 never does. Loop 2 only plays when a rule picks it. Click each Loop-1 region and give at least one Loop-2 region a WEIGHT above 0 %. A Loop-1 region without a rule never starts Loop 2; Silence: 100 % means nothing is drawn. Also check the rule's MIX: far left (L1 only) silences Loop 2. See Rules.

Loop 1 goes silent while Loop 2 plays. The rule's MIX is right of centre (L1 n % or L2 only). Double-click the MIX slider to centre it.

The rule panel is empty. The rows appear only when both loops are loaded. Click a region in the Loop 1 lane to choose which rule is shown.

A loop plays too fast or too slow, or drifts against the beat. Check BARS: it is only a suggestion from the file length and the tempo on load. A loop with a wrong number of bars is stretched to the wrong length.

Boundaries jump to the beats. That is the grid snapping. Hold Shift while you add or drag a boundary to place it freely. See Loops and Regions.

The rule panel says "… % of it on removed regions". Some mappings point to Loop-2 regions that no longer exist (for example after AUTO). Click Reset to remove them.

The lane says "File missing". The loop file was moved or deleted. Click RELINK (or drop the file onto the lane). Regions, rules and bars are kept.

SAVE in the pad bar is greyed out. SAVE needs a finished pass that is not yet saved, a free slot and no replay running. A pass is only finished after a complete run of Loop 1 from its start, without a stop, a jump or a MIDI gate-off. Only passes finished after the last preset or project load count. See Pass Slots.

Nothing can be saved while the host loops a range. A pass starts at song position 0 and every Loop-1 length after it. A host loop that does not start on such a point never completes a pass. Set the loop start to a Loop-1 cycle start.

I clicked a pad, but nothing changed. Replay starts at the next pass start (the next start of Loop 1); until then random playing goes on. An empty pad does nothing.

A note doesn't start the loops in MIDI mode. Notes learned for the pad bar no longer open the gate. Use another note, or remove the binding (right-click the target in Learn mode).

I can't automate anything. Dubcycling has no host parameters yet. Effects, weights and mix are set in the plugin window. See Host Integration.

An effect switch does nothing. The switches only act on Loop 2, and only while the region they belong to is playing. Select the region in the Loop-2 lane to see its switches. With Bitcrush at 1 bit, quiet material (below −6 dBFS) becomes silent. See Effects.

A bank won't open ("The bank comes from a newer version of Dubcycling…"). It was saved by a newer plugin version. Older versions refuse newer banks and never write to them; update the plugin. See Presets and Banks.

A preset loads with "File missing". A sample is missing from the bank's samples/ folder. Put the file back, or relink it and save the preset again.

Something else? Open an issue: https://github.com/atze187/dubcycling/issues