Garage Band Will Not Open, plz plz help Options

[Dasa Soul]

when i try to open Gb i wet this messege < assertion falce fail in ''proxiy.c''line 122> this hapens whit some of the music programs ,but not whit all of them. i have to force quit . plz plz help!!!

[nreyes]

I am not at my Mac at the moment, so I don't remember exactly, but I should point out I had the problem on at least two occasions with different plug-ins (one was a shareware, the other was a demo). I can't really say that I have had any problems with my 'Premium' plug-ins. However, after certain OS updates or third-party updates, it is not uncommon to get some sort of conflict, even with well-developed software.

In some cases, just repairing permissions etc. & rebooting sorts these problems out, but if not, the second technique of testing them one by one will eventually root out the 'offender'.

Depending on the circumstances leading to the 'corruption' of the Audio Unit, however, it should be known that the situation could occur at any time with any of the plug-ins. There is no single 'offender' to be named and shamed

Similarly, I once had a problem with the VST plug-ins when Ableton Live was launching (it searches for Audio Units & VSTs at startup). In that case, I wasn't 100% sure (even reading the crash log) which one was causing this, so I ended up having to check both plug-in folders. A bit long when you have loads of freewares, demos & sharewares !

In general, if you have many plug-ins, take a long hard look at which ones you use, and toss the others one away. You will improve launch times (even if only slightly) and avoid conflicts. Likewise, remove all the other residual folders in the Application Support folder, Preferences folder, Presets folder etc. to avoid accumulating junk.