# Bug: Crash when deleting legacy effect

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/bug-crash-when-deleting-legacy-effect/10974>\
**Category:** FMOD Studio\
**Created:** [May 22, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/bug-crash-when-deleting-legacy-effect/10974 "2013-05-22T14:13:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![clevijoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@clevijoki](https://qa.fmod.com/u/clevijoki)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/bug-crash-when-deleting-legacy-effect/10974/1 "2013-05-22T14:13:43Z")

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1. Add a legacy effect, like Distortion
2. Add automation to a parameter and modify the curve
3. Delete the distortion effect from the effect chain

Will crash. You can work around it by deleting the automation track before deleting the legacy effect

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**Author:** ![joseph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/joseph/32/264_2.png) [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/bug-crash-when-deleting-legacy-effect/10974/2 "2013-05-23T00:34:25Z")

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Thanks for reporting this issue. Fortunately, we have already discovered it, and a fix will be included in our next release.

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**Author:** ![patrick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/patrick/32/261_2.png) [@patrick](https://qa.fmod.com/u/patrick)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 8:28am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/bug-crash-when-deleting-legacy-effect/10974/3 "2013-05-23T08:28:40Z")

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Just to further clarify, this bug should already be fixed in the latest available build (1.00.03).