Doktor Avalanche
OK I tried. I'm afraid your approach here is going to get your nowhere and just reinforce polarised and charactatured viewpoints.

kevinwal

Dave000

Doktor Avalanche

Beepster
Professionals know to TEST new versions BEFORE they bring in clients for a session. Some even have separate systems specifically for testing such things before installing on their main rigs.

It's moot anyway because if you end up with a problem you just have to rollback to whatever version you were using before. It's not a big deal unless you go WAY out of your way to make it one.

I think 'pros' would prefer scheduled stability releases with regression soon after, so they know when to upgrade without beta testing. Rolling back is out of the frying pan into the fire quite often (without having to look for it). Classic example of this right now is the Z3TA+2 update. I wasted a few hours testing, adopted it as good and then found out via forums member that presets get garbled with existing projects. Now I (and probably most of us) need to dump it. So now I need to uninstall and install again Z3TA+2, the old version that suffers from stuck loops etc. This I suppose is entirely my fault?? I didn't test it properly as a beta tester? But if I knew a stability release was on it's way soon afterwards I might have not wasted my time. Regardless glad z3ta+2 is getting fixes thankyou cakewalk. Again stressing I'm not disagreeing with monthly release schedule.

...and I don't want to associate myself with Dave above until he makes calm points with evidence to back himself up. Prefer sensible discussions (well ever hopeful).

I'm uploading a video of what I was able to record with only 2 other tracks used right now.
along with this statement :
Cakewalk Sonar Membership program.
You sign up for a FULL year of updates, patches and other stuff and at the end of the year you can pay again and keep what you have and get more updates, patches and free stuff OR you get to keep everything from the previous year NO STRINGS. Well into my Membership and it’s (for the most part) clean sailing! Now with the last update “Speedy SONAR Kingston” this is what I get recording 1 guitar track with 1 XLN drum track. Bounced or live MIDI. I have tried 16 bit 24 bit ASIO and MME 32 bit on two systems! All give the same results! The Audio is being smashed out of time.
My computer is well within system requirements when I joined the Membership program.
Is it really worth being in a Membership program if the software out grows a 6 month old system designed to work with Sonar Platinum that seems to now is obsolete?
IMO 
 

Dave,
 
When you tried it on two different systems did you use the same audio interface device?
 
I've had issues like this in the past after an update. What ultimately resolved it for me was to uninstall my interface's device drivers, then reboot, then reinstall them, then reboot again. Also, immediately after uninstalling the device drivers, go to device manager, show the hidden drivers, then choose to uninstall any of your audio interface drivers that show up. Seems windows will keep older versions around that might gum up the works some. After that, reboot and reinstall the drivers. May not work for you but it's certainly worth a try.
 
As far as being upset, yeah, I get that, it's frustrating. Chances are, however, that there's something wrong with your system because many folks including me are using Kingston with no issues like the ones you're experiencing. I know that's not something you want to hear, but it's important information that will help us isolate the problem. People here will be very happy to help you resolve the problem if you promise not to yell at them.
 
PS: My system is over four years old and it Sonar blazes on it, so yours should just kill.

Beepster
Where's the link to the vid? Is it on youtube? Did you leave comments enabled?
 
Just curious.

Dave000

I've been through this a million times.. I'm great at trouble shooting... have been on PCs for over 20 years... everything was working until really the last two updates! 1st my laptop started getting hinky last month then this month this week the main system... I have two studio setups.. one I use for Vox and guitar and the other main system for midi and mix/master... so my normal workflow WAS drum tracks on Main system, then move the CWB to my laptop for gtr and vox, then CWB back to my main system... now NOTHING is working!!!
Both multi track Tascams one is a 1800 on main system the other is a 6x2 (laptop) everything worked great two months ago! nothing changed but SPLAT  

Beepster

Dave000

Beepster
Where's the link to the vid? Is it on youtube? Did you leave comments enabled?
 
Just curious.

its facebook....

lol... no thanks.

Dave000

kevinwal

Dave000

I've been through this a million times.. I'm great at trouble shooting... have been on PCs for over 20 years... everything was working until really the last two updates! 1st my laptop started getting hinky last month then this month this week the main system... I have two studio setups.. one I use for Vox and guitar and the other main system for midi and mix/master... so my normal workflow WAS drum tracks on Main system, then move the CWB to my laptop for gtr and vox, then CWB back to my main system... now NOTHING is working!!!
Both multi track Tascams one is a 1800 on main system the other is a 6x2 (laptop) everything worked great two months ago! nothing changed but SPLAT  

Gotcha. When was the last time you did a full scan for viruses?

really?  my Virus software updates at every boot (if I'm online) :) and yea you might get me but I disconnect the internet and turn off the virus software then reboot clean before recording. My main system is only online to update Splat and to DL other music related software. Only waves and Cakewalk these days.

Beepster
Oh I know exactly what's wrong. My point was there's no way I'm clicking on your facebook link.
 
But good luck to you. I'm sure the spazz outs and insults will endear you to everyone who hasn't experienced your particular brand of charm.

Beepster
It's very off putting...

Doktor Avalanche

Keni
Sorry to get back to Sonar, but...

Has anyone heard any plan to accommodate users without DAW web access regarding Rapture Session or is that dead in the water for those so disposed?

I read somewhere there was a plan...

mettelus
This will kick the hornet's nest, but needs to be said. The "works for me" (a.k.a. "sucks to be you") is a terrible stance to take in a public-facing environment. 1) It very much implies "finality," meaning that no effort to identify/resolve the issue is intended and 2) this seems to come from assigned beta testers in defense of "I did my job."
 
True finality comes from a customer being made whole. First step is prevention of field failures with as much due diligence and sense of urgency as possible, and if something cannot be verified... wait. Nothing gives a "branding black eye" more than field failures, and the monthly release cycle is taking precedence over "wait" - a significant Achilles heal to consider.
 
There are enough Harvard Business Reviews out on this topic to wallpaper a room. If someone has an issue, it is much better to get clarification to drive to root cause/(true) resolution. "Works for me" doesn't show any concern for a customer's issue or intent to resolve it.