Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback

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2012/12/07 21:31:45 (permalink)

Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback

I have sonar X2 producer running on windows 7 home 64bit and when I go to play back songs it works fine, but as soon as I press stop it crashes and goes into program not responding.  Anyone know how to fix it is driving me crazy.
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    brundlefly
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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/07 22:01:24 (permalink)
    Scratch that first response; I gather this is a new installation that has never worked properly...?

    Do you have the 308 Quickfix installed? And what interface and driver mode are you running?

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    soulthief895
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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/07 23:56:00 (permalink)
    yea its a new install, 308 quickfix no not installed and i have a focusrite saffire for hardware and driver mode is mme 32 bit
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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/08 00:07:59 (permalink)
    and i just tried the quickfix didn't change anything
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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/08 00:31:05 (permalink)
    Make sure you are writing 24 bit files, not 32 bit. Preferences Files... something like that.

    StudioCat > I use Windows 10 and Sonar Platinum. I have a touch screen.
    I make some videos. This one shows how to do a physical loopback on the RME UCX to get many more equalizer nodes.
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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/08 10:01:05 (permalink)
    yup im at 24 bit
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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/08 10:15:23 (permalink)
    Are any bit bridges running?

    Jim

    PS - I have found that the more 64bit plugs that I run and the fewer 32 bit plugs, the more stable X2 has become (and X1 for that matter).

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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/08 11:15:31 (permalink)
    Try a different driver mode. SONAR seems to like ASIO the best, but WDM should work as well. MME is very old has the worst latency.

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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/08 12:22:18 (permalink)
    Is it an internal drive? Any chance the flush to the drive is causing a problem?

    StudioCat > I use Windows 10 and Sonar Platinum. I have a touch screen.
    I make some videos. This one shows how to do a physical loopback on the RME UCX to get many more equalizer nodes.
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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/08 13:30:54 (permalink)
    changed driver mode to asio same issue and tried wdm but wouldnt support playback 
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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/08 13:31:57 (permalink)
    what do you mean by flushing the drive?
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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/08 14:49:43 (permalink)
    Are these projects that were NOT started in X2?

    I have at least one project from X1 that does exactly the same thing.

    Try loading the project in "safe mode"; hold down the shift key when opening the file.

    IF these are X1 projects (or earlier) you have a "buggy" plugin.

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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/08 14:55:42 (permalink)
    soulthief895


    what do you mean by flushing the drive?

    It's what you do with it when it's broken...



    On Windows systems, this isn't something to be concerned about at all.
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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/08 15:34:12 (permalink)
    It could be a bad soundcard driver or you need to run a check on your disk drive. You didn't mention what sound card you're using. 

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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/08 16:02:59 (permalink)
    happens with loading old projects or if i start a new one all is fine until i try and stop the audio 
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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/08 16:04:25 (permalink)
    I am using a focusrite saffire usb interface for audio
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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/08 16:15:59 (permalink)
    have you gone to focusrite and downloaded the drivers for your audio interface ?

    if not you need to rid your computer of the substiute windows put in its place and download the right driver.
    it could be a buffer issue.if your buffers are to high/low it can make playback unstable.

    plug in your focusrite,go to device manager,delete the driver,unplug the unit.re-boot (do not plug it back in)
    get the updated driver from focusrite/install it.plug in your unit.
    wait for it to accept the driver and open up sonar,you should be running that A.I. with asio only,not anything else.
    i have the same unit the saffire 6 usb ?
    works great.

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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/08 17:27:41 (permalink)
    I have a scarlett and it always freezes once you stop a track. Mine rarely crashes however. It just takes time to re establish itself. Once playback is stopped. 

    In short, I don't rate the focusrite drivers. These cards however, do sound extremely good so worth the money.

    I have a high end pc and no crashes, but on a lesser system the crashes do occur.

    I think it is probably down to he focusrite drivers or the way they react with x2. It is well worth trying switching off the 64 bit engine and setting everything to 16 bit. But in my experience , the focusrite cards do go into confused mode once playback is stopped. It did not happen with an maudio 2496 cheap and cheerful card, but could also be a sonarism. 

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    Re:Sonar X2 Not responding after stopping playback 2012/12/09 00:14:21 (permalink)
    deleted the drivers that came with the saffire and installed the drivers from the focusrite site and tried it again and it worked no more crashing after hitting stop on the record or playback thank you charlie and everyone else for the help
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