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2016/01/13 12:55:36 (permalink)

Missing sound during playback. Soft synths most noticeably drums, will drop

I thought I asked this already but I have the latest and greatest sonar.  Two different hardcore windows rigs, one windows 7 one windows 10.  The windows 10 rig has 32 GB ram , the latest 6 core processor and solid state drives.  
 
On projects with more than two or three software instruments ,  some of the piano will simply not play or some drum hits ill simply not play.  if you rewind and play back,  different notes will not play.
 
It seems to be related to ..processing somehow, I have tried different buffer sizes and it does not seem to matter which audio hardware I use, RME or FOCUSRITE.   
 
Its like instead of an audio dropout, it is dropping out part of the audio to keep from fully dropping out. 
 
 
I would kind of prefer that it just dropped out.  Is this supposed to happen? is it how sonar is handling dropouts now?
 
I should also add that ,  I would not expect ANY dropouts with this cutting edge of a machine? at these settings
post edited by papacucku - 2016/01/13 13:09:18

Rig1: Platinum. 1513 Intel Core i7 5930K (3.50GHz) 32GB DDR3 SSD, GTX 970 Windows  10 64. Focusrite Saffire 6i6. Presonus Monitors.
 
Rig 2:Platinum. Win 7,  Quad CPU 8 DDR3. SSD. RME multiface II, Oktopre MKII, StudioLive AI 16,  Presonus Sceptre Coaxial Monitors.  
Drums:TAMA ImperialStar, Roland TD30
Keys: Yamaha Mx-61, M-audio Keystation IRIG I/O Midi Controllers.
Additional Plugs:Melodyne Editor, Izotope (all), Autotune, Trillian, East West(most),Addictive Drums2, Addictive Piano, AIR FX Collection.
 
 
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    Re: Missing sound during playback. Soft synths most noticeably drums, will drop 2016/01/13 13:01:53 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby papacucku 2016/01/14 09:11:49
    try increasing the "Prepare using nnn millisecond buffers" from 250 to 500 or 750 in Preferences > MIDI > Playback and Recording
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    Re: Missing sound during playback. Soft synths most noticeably drums, will drop 2016/01/14 08:59:25 (permalink)
    Yes that was it I believe. First test played everything , I will try on the other rig.  I was not familiar with that setting. But I also had Dejavu, as I wondered if I had asked this already but could not find my post. Anyway thanks sir!

    Rig1: Platinum. 1513 Intel Core i7 5930K (3.50GHz) 32GB DDR3 SSD, GTX 970 Windows  10 64. Focusrite Saffire 6i6. Presonus Monitors.
     
    Rig 2:Platinum. Win 7,  Quad CPU 8 DDR3. SSD. RME multiface II, Oktopre MKII, StudioLive AI 16,  Presonus Sceptre Coaxial Monitors.  
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    Keys: Yamaha Mx-61, M-audio Keystation IRIG I/O Midi Controllers.
    Additional Plugs:Melodyne Editor, Izotope (all), Autotune, Trillian, East West(most),Addictive Drums2, Addictive Piano, AIR FX Collection.
     
     
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    Re: Missing sound during playback. Soft synths most noticeably drums, will drop 2016/01/14 09:22:40 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby papacucku 2016/01/22 13:23:48
    For reasons I never understood, with either X1 or X2, they changed the default from 500 down to 250 for the Prepare Using buffers, and some folks began having exactly your issue, so for folks getting bit by that, increasing it back to either 500 or even up to 750 can help eliminate this.
     
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    Computers: 1) i7-2600 k, 32 GB RAM, Windows 8.1 Pro x64 & 2) AMD A-10 7850 32 GB RAM Windows 10 Pro x64
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    MIDI Controllers: M-Audio Axiom Pro 61, Keystation 88es
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