Problems opening Sonar X1 Producer.

Hi - we here in the forum need a bunch of information on your system specifications, and some settings and such, prior to being able to help you figure this out.

SOOOO, please review and respond to each of the following:

1.  Are you running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows?
2.  Is your version of Windows up to current maintenance levels?
3.  What precise version of X1 are you running?  (If you click on Help>About Sonar, it will open up a display window with information on the version and build number of your Sonar installation, as well as whether or not it is a 32-bit or 64-bit installed version.  You can close that window after noting the above info, which you can then post back to this thread - along with your responses to the other things I am asking for).  Please note that X1 has multiple maintenance versions, with X1d being the most current of those.
4.  You should look in Task Manager after shutting down Sonar, and see if it is somehow still running - (it would show as SONARPDR.exe).

There are a BUNCH of past threads for this very same issue, and it would appear that many folks end up having to reboot to get it straightened out.

Anyways, here are some of the threads:

http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=2436572


http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=2077449


http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?high=&m=939514&mpage=1#939535


Bob Bone

Sounds like the audio interface driver is not being released. Chuckebaby's tip is a faster workaround,

Does this happen every time you close Sonar, or just occasionally.

System specs, as requested by Bob will be a big help.

robert_e_bone

I meant to word my comment about appearing "that many folks end up having to reboot to get it straightened out."  This comment of mine is actually incorrect - in that I do not have substantiation for 'many folks' - it could be that many folks are, in fact, able to resolve the issue by logging off and back on.

Some people have posted that that they need to re-boot. Logging off has always worked for me. It could be dependent on what driver is hanging. Maybe some are written in a way that logging off does not kill the process.
 
While I never had this problem that frequently, it has hardly happened at all since I replaced a ESI Juli@ PCI card with a Roland Quadcapture. 
 
With the Juli@ having another audio program open at the same time as Sonar increased the likelihood on this problem.

Thanks to everyone who replied. I am running windows 7 64 bit and  it is up to current maintenance levels. The build number is 184. I  tried switching the audio engine off, but this has no effect and the problem still remains. It happens everytime I use sonar. Thanks for your help. 

Just to verify - you stopped the audio engine by clicking on the sign-wave button in the transport control in Sonar before closing Sonar.  Is this right?  And it still hung up and needed to be rebooted?  Are you running any other programs at the same time (e.g., Guitar Rig, Amplitube)?

Something here is forcing your audio driver to stay loaded, so X2 can't complete its shutdown.

You might want to make sure that "Play Effect Tails After Stopping" is not selected in Preferences->Playback and Recording. 

Also - if you have a MIDI keyboard attached, you might want to ensure that it is not stuck sending a note to one of your synths.

Glen