Missing plugins

Which version? I have seen a few threads where folks needed to re-scan plugs after updating to X3c... Try a manual scan (in Preferences) on them and check "Rescan existing plug-ins" and "Rescan failed plug-ins" before the scan. See if that finds them for you.

The other thread is here for reference http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/2927995
 
I definitely have to let someone who has Waves step in. There is a lot in the forum on Waves plugs, and I do not own them.

Tried running the scan. no go. As a matter of fact it happened in another project as well.
Next question. I guess I'm going to insert new soft synths find a patch that was close and drag in the recorded midi notes. I'm about one more disaster away from abandoning sonar. I miss sonar 6. That **** was way more stable.

There may well be something going on with the massive changes to the Plugin Manager for X3.
 
I have a bizarre plugin situation, where I am able to see a particular 32-bit synth in the drop-down list for inserting a soft synth into the synth rack, but when I go to the Plugin Manager to look for its properties, I cannot see it anywhere in Plugin Manager.
 
So, how is it that I can use it, but the plugin manager doesn't display it?
 
Edited to remove request for Cakewalk input to the thread, since they posted while I was typing in my original post here. :)
 
Thanks, 
 
Bob Bone

Yes I am using X2a except, after spending an hour on the phone with Tec support yesterday and he couldnt figure out why none of the VST plugs that come bundled with Sonar are showing up. He suggested a fresh install of Sonar :( I did that..............twice now and the problem is still there. Just for ****s and giggles I installed a free voxengo plugin to see if it would scan and use it just fine and it does.
I guess it's back on the phone later today when they open at 1:00pm.
 
FYI, my DAW computer is new and has only ever been connected to the internet except to register cakewalk and sony vegas. NO porn, no downloads no nothing like that. I appreciate everybody's help and suggestion and even appreciate the guy who tried to hijack the post. cuz all of if could be useful, that is if sonar wasn't so god damn buggy. The only thing keeping me from changing DAW's is 12 years of history.
But Sonar I want to say **** you! I love/hate you.
 
Side note: I will update after I speak with customer service later today. Oh, I do want to say that cakewalk customer service is extremely helpful and always available. That said, they have to be cuz the product is stupid buggy.
 
 

@juicebass - what OS version are you running?  Also, there are Sonar dependencies on certain maintenance being present to run properly, and you indicated you only connected to the internet for registration of Sonar and Vegas.
 
To run anything beyond X2, you MUST have at a minimum Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 installed, and even for Windows 8 there are issues if maintenance is not up to current levels.
 
I would suggest you make sure you get your Windows Update maintenance all caught up, and then see how things run.
 
I believe that since there are not a lot of similar issues to yours being reported, that there is a chance that these issues are local to you - meaning something in your environment, and my bet would be that maintenance levels play a part in what you are experiencing.
 
Bob Bone
 

There exists a set of folks who connect to the internet only periodically, to get updates for Windows and other products, then they disconnect again, for some period of time, so you could do something like that.
 
Connecting to the web isn't really the issue, it's where you go on the web and how well you protect yourself that are determinant factors in the land of potential viruses.  
 
My music computer is hooked up to the web, and I surf all over the web all the time.  I have decent antivirus software and keep both it and Windows up to date, and have no issues.
 
X2a, by the way, contains well over 250 fixes, among whatever functionality that they included, as well.
 
I believe X2a to have been a good and stable release on my system, for my work flow, and I recommend it.
 
Bob Bone
 

There exists a set of folks who connect to the internet only periodically,
to get updates for Windows and other products, then they disconnect again, for some period of time....
 

 
 ... the druids....

@Alex - Now THAT's funny.
 
Thanks for making my morning.
 
Bob Bone
 

mudgel
Is that a Sonar user group in the UK?

I think it's all of us, except I can't see me there

Bristol_Jonesey

mudgel
Is that a Sonar user group in the UK?

I think it's all of us, except I can't see me there

You were the one holding the camera, DOH! :)
 
Bob Bone