I like everyone else have been plagued with both these pieces of software always crashing. The problem is that I really like the software and I used to have it working. After a lot of testing I have finally found the problem. You need to go in to your windows sound settings control panel. Disable all the sound devices you are not using. I found that the Nvidia HDMI driver for my monitor speakers were causing the conflict. Once disabled neither program has crashed once.
