X2 Producer Problems

Are you running W8-64bit OS?...One thing you might take a look at is the W8 Event Log (in Control Panel)..Look through the various categories to see if the crash is being reported in the log. That might give you additional information on exactly what component is killing the application.  If you are not sure what your are looking at in the log...clear all the events in all the categories (select a category right click and select clear) then go back and force the crash..if there's anything getting generated by the application, it will show up as new events (probably in the Application category). 
 
If you need to contact support, this will be valuable information to resolving the issue. Don't assume anything, the problem could be associated with the application (core, plug-ins, etc) or the W8 OS...The log will be helpful! You might want to check with Support to see if a crash files are being created by Sonar and stored somewhere in the Sonar install directory structure.
 
I just had to reload my OS (W7-64bit)  due to a hard drive crash and just got "up and running"...Very stable at this point but I've never seen the problem you are having...
 
Reuben
 

Just to be clear, these are crashes and not dropouts, right? The application is actually closing on you? Are you using touch? What kind of interface? I use an updated version of Window eight and I can't crash mine right now.

Was instructed to completely uninstall and reinstall X2, complete with manual registry changes.  Not looking forward to this, but I do hope it resolves my issues.
 
One of the crash reports I sent them references a dll related to the ProChannel, which is why they recommended a full re-install.  When you do have a crash, if the crash details are not displayed, be sure to get the details from Windows Event log (Application section).  It helps find what is bugging out, at least for a particular crash event.

Jbridge?  Not too sure about adding another component to an already buggy installation.  But does JBridge allow you to start/stop playback while a VST is in focus?  That is one big pain with BitBridge: you have to click off of it to start/stop playback.  That, and the memory it consumes and how it tends to crash my projects.

why is he not giving us any specs ?
os ?
soundcard?
computer specs?
 
this can sometimes narrow down an issue instantly.
 
sure been using the same hardware, same os..
but what ? what is that ?
 

bloeff
Thanks guys for all your help. I ended up rebuilding the main project from scratch and moved a lot of plugins from it to the mixdown projects and everything is working fine now. I guess it was too much processing for X2. I don't think my hardware was the issue, because the CPU never went above 30% and memory never went above 2GB (I have 32GB) and my soundcard has never been an issue in the past. It's a bit inconvenient, because I really like to apply track effects in the main project. It's too bad X2 doesn't have a dynamic feature that recognizes bottlenecks and automatically makes adjustments. Though I have an M.S. in Computer Science, I certainly don't want to spend the rest of my life bogged down in latency, buffer sizes, ad infinitum. My programming days are behind me. I just want to enjoy software at the user level!
 
Thanks again,
Bruce

Sorry Bruce, but this cannot be correct.
 
To give you an example, I have a project which consists of 75 audio tracks, multiple (100+) plugins, V-Vocal every where (live, not bounced) and this project runs like a dream on my old Win XP32 system with 4Gb of RAM, under Sonar 8.5.3 & X1d Expanded
 
To get the best performance from your machine, you NEED to invest time experimenting with buffer sizes, latency, drivers etc.
 
Your machine deserves it

I'm just curious... after updating your OS to Win 8 (or after you patched it) did you check for updated drivers for your interface and other hardware? You said you didn't change the drivers at all. That can definitely cause problems when you upgrade/update your OS.