Producer 8.5 Crashes Whenever I Use "Loop Selection" Button

I've verified this after testing it with several different cwp files... I have no idea why, this just started happening last night. I've even tested it with a blank cwp file with no plugins or even MIDI channels except for one audio channel that recorded 4 measures of blank space. As soon as I click the loop button, it freezes up, and then the program stops responding. I then have to bring up the Windows Task Manager to kill the program.

I'm running Sonar 8.5 Producer on a Windows XP sp3 machine, using a Yamaha mLAN16e interface (inside a MOTIF es6).

I really would rather not have to uninstall and reinstall SONAR, because I don't know what that might do to any of my plugins or other packaged software (Beatscape, etc.)

Is there anything else I can try to remedy this? I do hip-hop production, and using the loop function is a big way that I work.

Btw, if there is another thread that addresses this, please feel free to point me to it... I tried to search for one and couldn't find it.

I click the loop button, it freezes up, and then the program stops responding

What are your pc specs? I use XP 32 SP3 with Sonar producer 8.5.3. Maybe listing your pc specs might help

using a Yamaha mLAN16e interface (inside a MOTIF es6).

 
This might have something to do with it
Cj

I use "loop selection" all the time and I've never seen this. Something bizarre is going on. I would definitely update SONAR to the latest version before trying to troubleshoot this. And who knows, the problem may "magically" go away.

I've tried it with several different settings. I've tried setting it for just two measures, I've tried setting it at 8 or 9, it doesn't matter. Any time I try, it just crashes out.

And yes, I've tried it with older projects. I just started having this problem yesterday, and I've tried it with three or four different cwp files, including new ones that are blank and don't even much data yet.

FYI, I just downloaded the update for Sonar 8.5.2, and that didn't solve anything yet, so now I'm downloading the update for 8.5.3.

JelaniGNatural


I've tried it with several different settings. I've tried setting it for just two measures, I've tried setting it at 8 or 9, it doesn't matter. Any time I try, it just crashes out.

And yes, I've tried it with older projects. I just started having this problem yesterday, and I've tried it with three or four different cwp files, including new ones that are blank and don't even much data yet.

FYI, I just downloaded the update for Sonar 8.5.2, and that didn't solve anything yet, so now I'm downloading the update for 8.5.3.

G,
Have you changed *ANYTHING* at all on your system lately?  I mean even the smallest detail may help?
 
One thing that comes to mind is that you may have bad memory and/or some system component with problems (a bad hard drive cable, power supply, etc).    So you might want to try doing a memory test.
 
But if anything at all has changed, let us know first?
 

If your cpu was overheating the slightest slightest bit, your pc would turn off. Its a built in safety mechanism. Otherwise your pc would blow. So i don't think its overheating, but don't rule anything out, so download a temp monitoring app like this http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/ or this http://download.cnet.com/SpeedFan-Temperature-Monitor/3000-12565_4-10765074.html

Cj

JelaniGNatural


Nothing that I can think of.

The only thing that may have affected this, and this is something I'm kind of worried about, is that my machine is in my living room, which isn't air conditioned. And I have a bad habit of leaving it on when I'm not using it. It's been kinda warm lately, I'm wondering if it's been overheating...?

That's the only thing I can think of. I haven't done any Windows updates or anything like that. And I haven't installed any other software besides these updates.

I think you said this started recently ...  is it when the warm weather kicked in?
 
Did you check (or can you check) your CPU fan and power supply fan?
 
Heat, in general, is really bad for a computer - as are power issues.
 
I'm not sure why it's only affecting "looping" though - that would be weird.  It may be a corrupt registry or bad DLL.
 
 

ba_midi

CJaysMusic


If your cpu was overheating the slightest slightest bit, your pc would turn off. Its a built in safety mechanism. Otherwise your pc would blow. So i don't think its overheating, but don't rule anything out, so download a temp monitoring app like this http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/ or this http://download.cnet.com/SpeedFan-Temperature-Monitor/3000-12565_4-10765074.html

Cj

It's also true that if a CPU fan is "intermittent", that would cause very weird problems without a full blown overheat condition.
 
 

Well, the overheating thing is completely wrong and newer boxes have fans that are "intermittent" by design. My fans barely spin until I start using a lot of CPU.

Oh and for the record, I was having problems with my audio interface even before I installed SONAR and I did a manual registry cleaning with the help of a Yamaha tech... not saying that automatically solves everything, but it does lead me to think it's probably not a registry issue. Maybe I'm just being biased because I don't want to spend any more time doing that, and I don't trust registry-cleaning utilities.

Nevertheless... if this continues, I might just give it a try.

thanks y'all.

10Ten

ba_midi

CJaysMusic


If your cpu was overheating the slightest slightest bit, your pc would turn off. Its a built in safety mechanism. Otherwise your pc would blow. So i don't think its overheating, but don't rule anything out, so download a temp monitoring app like this http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/ or this http://download.cnet.com/SpeedFan-Temperature-Monitor/3000-12565_4-10765074.html

Cj

It's also true that if a CPU fan is "intermittent", that would cause very weird problems without a full blown overheat condition.

Well, the overheating thing is completely wrong and newer boxes have fans that are "intermittent" by design. My fans barely spin until I start using a lot of CPU.

You missed the point.