Hi,
I use RipX for specific tasks, maybe once a month, and have been since 2022, so I'm hardly a neophyte user. However, I've noticed that I no longer have access to 'mute' and 'solo' functionality on the stems of the songs I have created.
Does anyone know why this might be? Obviously, it isn't a subtle thing. Has the UI changed with the latest versions of RipX? Or maybe this is a RipX DAW Pro thing, and perhaps I was unwittingly using that in trial mode?
I had a quick search through menus and couldn't see anything obvious.
I'm running RipX DAW 7.5.1 with a Mac M1 Max chip on Sequoia 15.1
Thanks in advance for any ideas or suggestions.
These should appear when you hover the mouse pointer over a layer in the Layers Panel.
@dave Thanks for the reply. Yeah, that's what used to happen.Now, when I hover over the separated stem, it solos the stem (which isn't what I want), and no options appear as they used to. I'm pretty confused. I did a reinstall to the latest version - no dice.
Just tried deleting my rips and running them again, to see if it made any difference, but it didn't.
Maybe RipX just isn't quite fully tested on Mac Silicon.
It's not a big deal. I've got Song Master Pro, which does a good job of unmixing and is easier to use. I'll migrate my workflow to that as I just don't have the time to deal with bugs or quirks.
Shame, as I was a fairly early adopter of RipX and try to stay loyal where I can. Maybe RipX should put a product support member on the forum?
@the_surf_doc RipX DAW has been fully tested on Silicon Macs. We're unable to reproduce this and haven't heard of anyone else experiencing it. Please could you try the following:
- Close RipX DAW if it is open,
- Delete the RipX DAW app from your Applications folder,
- Create a copy of the ‘Rips’ folder within ‘Documents/RipX’ and put it somewhere outside of that folder,
- Delete the RipX folder from your Documents folder,
- Delete the folder called ‘Hit'n'Mix Shared’ within '~/Library/Application Support/Hit'n'Mix’. (To open the hidden folder '~/Library’, hold down Option and click 'Library' within Finder's 'Go' menu.)
- Restart your computer,
- Reinstall and open RipX DAW 7.5.1,
- If there were any Rip files that you copied to another location, move them into the new ‘Documents/RipX/Rips’ folder that has been created,
- Drag & drop the Rip files from that folder onto RipX DAW to display them in the Rips Panel.
Hi David
Thank you for the reply and the detailed instructions.
I have carried these out and the missing mute/solo/slider functionality in the 'Layers' UI area has returned. All good.
Regards
the_surf_doc
@dave hi, to me recently happened exactly the same. I use ripXpro. Working myself through the here given procedures listed by David Dave did help and solve the problem.
I just want to let you know, that this is not a single case, but could happen to others as well. 😀
Same problem here using Windows11. Had it fixed with a uninstall and reinstall, but now mute/solo and sliders disappeared again as well as the chords. Will try again.
@ernst The earlier posts referred to an earlier version of RipX DAW. Are you using version 8.0.3? If not, I recommend upgrading to that version from https://sales.hitnmix.com/downloads. Otherwise, please could you post a screenshot of how RipX DAW appears when you experience this issue and provide details of what happened just before the issue started.
@david: here is the screen shot, for the last Rip the chords reappeared mysteriously. The mute and solo are still missing, when I hover over one the stems it starts playing back (always from the start) and when I click on the stem it has no effect on the selection / highlight in the working window.
@ernst Layers are listed under a Rip inside the Rips Panel so that they can be dragged & dropped onto the same or another Rip. (More information about this can be found at the bottom of page 6 of the manual which can be opened from RipX DAW’s Help menu.)
In your screenshot, the Layers Panel appears to be closed. Does it open if you click on 'Layers' in the Panels menu?
