Audio Engine and meters stop when Sonar loses focus?

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2014/03/25 10:34:09 (permalink)

Audio Engine and meters stop when Sonar loses focus?

Has it always been the case that the Audio Engine and meters stop working when Sonar loses focus?
I'm triggering a sound from a different application, and I noticed the meters were not working on the armed, echo-on track.
If Sonar has the application focus, and I trigger a sound from a keyboard, then the meter on the track responds.
 
I would prefer for the meters to continue to work whether or not Sonar has the application focus.
I don't find any configuration setting that seems to relate to this, but I could be looking in the wrong place.
 

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    Kalle Rantaaho
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    Re: Audio Engine and meters stop when Sonar loses focus? 2014/03/25 10:40:31 (permalink)
    Check "Share drivers with other programs" in Preferences.

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    timg11
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    Re: Audio Engine and meters stop when Sonar loses focus? 2014/03/25 10:51:32 (permalink)
    It is already checked. Of the seven checkboxes on the Audio Playback and Recording settings dialog, I have checks by "Share Drivers with other programs", and "Always stream audio through FX".
     
    Driver mode is ASIO.
     

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    Re: Audio Engine and meters stop when Sonar loses focus? 2014/03/25 10:56:47 (permalink)
    timg11
    I have checks by "Share Drivers with other programs"
     

    Sharing drivers causes SONAR to stop playing when it loses focus.
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    Re: Audio Engine and meters stop when Sonar loses focus? 2014/03/25 11:33:18 (permalink)
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    timg11
    I have checks by "Share Drivers with other programs"
     

    Sharing drivers causes SONAR to stop playing when it loses focus.


    That is what I was thinking. If you don't need to share and you want it to run when not in focus deselect this.

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