# Sublab Freezes and Ableton Crashes

**URL:** <https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/sublab-freezes-and-ableton-crashes/692>\
**Category:** SubLab\
**Tags:** bug\
**Created:** [January 29, 2021, 9:45am UTC](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/sublab-freezes-and-ableton-crashes/692 "2021-01-29T09:45:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bestone](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.futureaudioworkshop.com/bestone/32/515_2.png) [@bestone](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/u/bestone)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 9:45am UTC](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/sublab-freezes-and-ableton-crashes/692/1 "2021-01-29T09:45:50Z")

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Sublab freezes once opened and causes Ableton to crash.

System: Windows 10 - CPU AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - GPU Nvidia GeForce RTX3080 - RAM 64GB - SSD 1TB

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**Author:** ![bestone](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.futureaudioworkshop.com/bestone/32/515_2.png) [@bestone](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/u/bestone)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/sublab-freezes-and-ableton-crashes/692/2 "2021-08-11T02:18:34Z")

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Guys!!! There is this mad solution I found on Reddit ima just copy-paste it for you and everybody who might face the same issue

**Credit to Grenno9 on [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/ableton/comments/k82srz/vst_plugins_crashing_on_2nd_monitor/)**

_I’d just like to say I had the same problem a bizarre solution. I found through some digging that certain high end motherboards have gaming overlays which interfere with certain UI’s, specifically sound enhancements for some reason?_

_Anyway, I uninstalled some software that came with my ASUS motherboard namely Sonic Studio and the VST problem disappeared straight away._

_This isn’t specific to ASUS motherboards as the original post I saw, the guy had an MSI board with the same problem and uninstalled some of their sound enhancement software and it worked for him._

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**Author:** ![Gavin\_FAW](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.futureaudioworkshop.com/gavin_faw/32/291_2.png) [@Gavin\_FAW](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/u/Gavin_FAW)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/sublab-freezes-and-ableton-crashes/692/3 "2021-09-03T10:54:00Z")

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That is a totally weird one, I haven’t come across before. We’ll more than likely add a support article in the help pages so other users who are having a similar issue can get a fix.

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**Author:** ![bestone](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.futureaudioworkshop.com/bestone/32/515_2.png) [@bestone](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/u/bestone)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/sublab-freezes-and-ableton-crashes/692/4 "2021-09-03T13:55:39Z")

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Hello Gavin,

That is indeed weird and abnormal!! That would be awesome, I know many people had the same issue as I did and everyone normally suggests a graphics card upgrade which doesn’t make a lot of sense.

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**Author:** ![Julia](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.futureaudioworkshop.com/julia/32/981_2.png) [@Julia](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/u/Julia)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.futureaudioworkshop.com/t/sublab-freezes-and-ableton-crashes/692/5 "2025-12-04T12:06:39Z")

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