Emulator X3 & Sonar X1 don't play nice, sort of!

Love X1 & I love my Emulator X3, but together they have a bit of a problem, not sure who's to blame, but if anyone can provide an answer, I would greatly appreciate it, thanks!
 
Problem:  I load Emulator X3 as a VST.  I want to edit the name of one of the samples I'm using.  When I attempt to rename the sample, instead of the name being typed in, the keyboard acts as if I'm trying to run the shortcut instead of basic typing functions.   The only workaround I've been able to come up with is to build my entire kit in standalone mode and hope that I don't need to rename anything once I load it up as a VST, which to be honest is a horrible workaround.
 
2nd Issue:  When running X3 as a standalone and then open Sonar.  They don't play nice in this setup at all.  Sonar will not run properly when X3 is in standalone mode.  I have it set to share driver with other devices(or whatever that setting is).  But, Sonar basically tells me that there's a problem running because it cannot access the audio driver.   When I close X3, Sonar starts working again.
 
I would really like advice on how to resolve the 1st issue, because its mainly how I would like to use Emulator X3.  If someone knows why I'm getting the 2nd issue, I appreciate that as well.
 
 
Thanks to anyone who can help!

Destro,
 
I have Emulator X, not X3, but I can relate to your liking of the instrument.
 
I'm not at my DAW now, so I can't confirm, but as far as issue 1, it may be as simple as temporarily clicking on the "give all keystrokes to plugin" button that I think is in the upper right of all plugin windows. So it may not be related to this specific VST.
 
For issue 2, it takes two to share, so if X3 doesn't have a setting for sharing drivers, then it is the culprit preventing Sonar from opening.
 
Hope I haven't steered you wrong.

Unfortunately, give all keystrokes to plugin, did not resolve my issue?  I tried changing the name of the sample to "drum," and when I pressed "D" the multidock went away because of the keybinding. 

I own Emulator X3 also. I have just confirmed the issue that the OP is having. The plugin seems to ignore the Give all Keystrokes setting. The only workaround that I can think of (and have tested) is to use Copy & Paste to paste the text that you want to type.

-e.B

Destro:

How about unbinding D as the key binder associated with the MultiDock and assign the MultiDock to something else like the H key? Then, still use the "give all keystrokes to plug in" feature, and see if that works.

Also, maybe try running X1 as an administrator (if you're not already) and see if that helps the keybinding matter or the Share Drivers with other programs matter?

Thomasabarnes: 

I would have to unbind all the letters because it's not specific to the letter D, its happens to any letter that has been binded.  I had this issue since day 1(Dec 25th) of my X1 ownership, just haven't had the time to bring it to anyone's attention.  

Also, its not the binding because letters that are not "binded," don't register anything.  If the "Give all keystrokes to plugin," is supposed to resolve things like this, than the Emulator X3 ignores this option or Sonar X1 doesn't like that option for the X3(too many Xes, lol). 

I'll try running as admin, but I'd be shocked if that works to resolve this keystrokes issue.  As far as the shared drivers, do both apps need to support "driver sharing," for it to work?  If so, than it's a no go, as emulator X3 does not have this option. 


I'd hate for such a specific issue to get overlooked, so I hope the people at CW are watching, maybe a small hotfix can be created for this.  

Destro,

Since we've confirmed that we are trying to do the same thing, then it may be helpful to know that, at least with my combination of Emulator X and Sonar 8.5.3, the behavior does change when activating the "give all keystrokes" button, but it still is not right.

What I mean is this: I set up a single key binding to do a Sonar function, in this case, open the synth rack. No other keys had bindings. When "give all keystrokes" was activated, the key binding did NOT open the synth rack, and when "give all keystrokes" was not activated, it did open the synth rack. So Sonar seemed to be responding as expected. The problem was that Emulator did not allow any keystrokes, bound or unbound, into the rename box, regardless of the "give all keystrokes" status. One other thing I observed that may be related is that when the rename option is selected, the VST window loses focus (the title bar becomes unhighlighted). So the symptoms I'm seeing make me inclined to think the problem is with Emulator, not Sonar. But, who knows?

@Nealt, I have a Core i7 920 running at 3.32 and only 4 gigs of ram and I dont have any issues with the sampler bogging the CPU down.  I have it set to use 'multiple cores(2)."  Also I'm running Win7 64 & Emulator X3 64 VSTi, it plays fine no issues there.   I use it in standalone mode to build my kits and then load it in as a plugin to record my kits.  If I could rename my samples when using the plugin form I wouldn't need to bother with the standalone mode.    Someone suggested just using copy and paste, I think this will work, since Notepad is light, but it's annoying.   The sampler is so good though I'll deal with the BS.   I sent this off to Emu to see what they say, so now I'm in waiting for a response mode.

Ptheisen, what version of Windows are you running?  I'm working with E-mu to try and figure it out.  They weren't able to duplicate the problem under Sonar 8.5 & XP, but they haven't tested the issue under Win7 64-bit, using Sonar X1 & Emulator X3.