One log file per launch seems to be created, and when it fails it pegs one thread (so for me is 8% which doesn't create suspicion) but also goes to 100% disk usage and adds roughly 25MB/sec to the log file. I am not at the computer ATM, but it seems the log is common, and usually small (300KB or less). This has only occurred in standalone mode (and usually the 圆4 versions).
Oddly enough, when a real host (DAW) uses these, I get no issues. I wanted to share this with folks to 1) see if there is an actual "solution" to this (Garritan's site simply says to load the newest versions, which doesn't solve it) and 2) let folks know about the MASSIVE log file issue (I didn't think anything of this, and found it using the TreeSize application as I was making directory junctions to get samples off my C: drive). So far that seems to have helped, but even then is not 100%. I have also opened them all and configured them to my Saffire (versus the Realtek), since another issue may be that the sample rates mismatch and Win10 controls the Realtek). That piece makes it seem that the configuration file may be playing into it somewhere, but not tracked those down yet. It seems that opening the 32-bit version first alleviates the failure, but that is not 100% either (the first failure in the log is with its bit bridge on the 圆4 versions). So far, I have re-installed them, using default directories (both want to use C:\Program Files (x86)\Steinberg\VstPlugins for the 32-bit versions even though I initially loaded them elsewhere) for the installers in this order (these are the current versions at the time of this post): WIN_sforzando_v1.933.exe (from sforzando) ARIA_1.9.3.3_Update.exe (from Garritan) WIN_ARIA_Player_v1.872.exe (from Garritan) This seems to have helped, but is still not consistent. log files (yes, these are just text files!), in my C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Garritan\ARIA Player and my C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Plogue Art et Technologie, Inc\sforzando.
log file (for whichever program) that continues to grow in size (I must kill these apps or they will continue to build these files).
What I did not learn until last night is that when either fails to load, that it is creating a. Garritan's site notes that the player needs to be updated (it is), but at times fails to load. I just got Win10 Pro, and the only VSTi that is giving me heartache is ARIA Player/sforzando.