mackie blackbird and Sonar ASIO driver issues - solved

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2013/03/04 19:21:14 (permalink)

mackie blackbird and Sonar ASIO driver issues - solved

I have Mackie Blackbird interface and a Presonus Digimax interface that I used with sonar 6 on a laptop (mobile recording). I have since upgraded so Sonar 8.5, cuz the laptop is Windows Vista, I got Sonar 8.5 with a Roland keyboard I purchased a while ago. I have installed the drivers for the Blackbird and Sonar sees the ASIO driver 1-8, and also sees the ADAT drivers 9-16, however Sonar will not let me select 9-16 (ADAT 9-16),in the audio preferences in order to assign them as the input to a track. I downloaded Reaper to see if it was a driver issue or a sonar issue and reaper sees them and let me select them just fine. I tested it and recorded several tracks with reaper using the ADAT 9-16 channels and it worked good. Sonar does record using tracks 1-8, again, it won't even let me select 9-16 (the ADAT tracks).  So here is my questions:
 
Anyone have any suggestions? 
 
Will Sonar x2 work in Vista? I know it is not officially supported. I really would like to stay in the Sonar family, but I can't upgrade the laptop to windows 7.
 
Sonar sees the drivers, they are displayed in the list, I click the checkbox for all and click apply and ...nothin!!! I am at a loss.
post edited by TraceyStudios - 2013/03/05 12:15:31

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    TraceyStudios
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    Re:mackie blackbird and Sonar ASIO driver issues - solved 2013/03/05 12:19:55 (permalink)
    couldn't figure out the issues and Sonar 8.5 isn't support anymore. Since I am just using the laptop as a fancy taped deck to do mobile tracking, I purchased Reaper. I can import into X2 to mix. I really wish I could get my hands on a legit licensed copy of a version of sonar that was compatible with Windows Vista.  Any ideas?

    AMD FX-6100 six-core processor 3.3GHz
    8 Gig RAM
    SONAR X3 Producer
    Tascam FW1884
    Mackie Blackbird
    Presonus Digimax
    Avalon U5
    BFD2
    SL Trigger
    Alesis DM8 Pro drums
    KRK Rokit 8s
    KRK 10s
    ARC2

    Folgers Dark Roast, a bit of crazy :)
    & lots of help from the forums!
     
    http://www.reverbnation.com/blakkmire
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    Paul P
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    Re:mackie blackbird and Sonar ASIO driver issues - solved 2013/03/05 12:39:52 (permalink)
    Seems like an unfortunate way to solve your problems. Did you narrow down why things didn't work ?
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    TraceyStudios
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    Re:mackie blackbird and Sonar ASIO driver issues - solved 2013/03/05 13:28:05 (permalink)
    no, sonar 8.5 LE is not supported anymore and I doub't many folks use it. I reloaded a couple of times, did all the normal things, windows update etc.  Sonar sees the drivers, just won't use them. Reaper uses them just fine. I posted and no responses, so I am just moving on.  I am suprised that Sonar does not currently offer any products that are compatible with Windows Vista. Or at least I am not aware of any.

    AMD FX-6100 six-core processor 3.3GHz
    8 Gig RAM
    SONAR X3 Producer
    Tascam FW1884
    Mackie Blackbird
    Presonus Digimax
    Avalon U5
    BFD2
    SL Trigger
    Alesis DM8 Pro drums
    KRK Rokit 8s
    KRK 10s
    ARC2

    Folgers Dark Roast, a bit of crazy :)
    & lots of help from the forums!
     
    http://www.reverbnation.com/blakkmire
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