SOLVED: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE?

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2016/04/30 01:49:04 (permalink)

SOLVED: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE?

Hi All, Has anyone had this problem at all? I have updated to the latest version of Sonar Platinum and I am still getting the red demo mode box appear so I have to restart Sonar to remove the box, anyone had this since the latest update please?
It started happening on the previous .03 update!
post edited by Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk] - 2016/05/23 08:33:20

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    cuitlahac
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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/04/30 14:48:29 (permalink)
    Yes....I upgraded a few days ago and I continue to get the demo mode red dialog window (but not all the time).  It's weird.  Haven't had time yet to see what might be on here in other threads, but just to let the OP know.....this is happening to me too.  Maybe one of the moderators can point us to some helpful information about this situation?  Please?................
     

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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/04/30 21:09:20 (permalink)
    Same issue, get warning red pop-up Demo.  How do you get rid of it?  I am concerned that it may become a problem later on any saved work created with the new update version.  Has anyone tried to uninstall then doing a re-install to see if it continues?
     
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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/01 00:18:07 (permalink)
    This appears to be the latest "WTF?!?" bug that afflicts some people but not others. CW is looking into it but kind of "flying blind." If you get any error codes or steps you remember doing before it turned into demo mode, I'm sure CW would appreciate it...especially because they thought they'd solved it in the 2016.04 update. It doesn't happen to me so I'm no use in troubleshooting it.

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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/01 09:28:56 (permalink)
    Thanks Craig, agreed.
    Is this largely with Win 7?

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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/01 09:56:23 (permalink)
    For me it is Windows 7......guess I should put that in my signature.....  I'll try to catch any information I can that might be of use in finding the quirk.  Will let Cake know if I can determine any reproducible steps.
     
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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/01 12:38:58 (permalink)
    Windows 10, 64bit.
     
    But so far that has happened only once. The system could be quite busy, video recording (webcam) and screen recording in parallel with Sonar. I also have Windows auto-update on, so something could be "blocked".

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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/01 13:21:31 (permalink)
    Hello all, I downloaded Sonar for the first time a few days ago, it was ok, then I changed PC and it has been in demo mode ever since. I removed it from the first PC, and its still in demo mode - its been driving me crazy. I hope someone can help.
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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/01 16:08:53 (permalink)
    molsp
    Hello all, I downloaded Sonar for the first time a few days ago, it was ok, then I changed PC and it has been in demo mode ever since. I removed it from the first PC, and its still in demo mode - its been driving me crazy. I hope someone can help.


    Hi. Did you use Cakewalk Command Center (CCC) to install SONAR? Have you tried to logout and back in again to CCC? You should be able to have SONAR on more than one pc, as long as you only use one pc at the time.
    Best of luck.
     

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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/02 01:40:29 (permalink)
    Yes cuitlahac it is not happening every time I open but it can be a bit of a pain if you have clients sitting behind you watching! Hope they will find a fix soon? apart from that little problem all is running stable for me but I am running the full version of Melodyne 2.2 Editor which seems very stable compared to the comments on the forum with concerns of Melodyne 4 crashing Sonar!

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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/02 14:58:51 (permalink)
    I had a similar with Addictive Drums 2.
     
    I mistakenly set my Windows 10 computer for compatibility mode for Windows 8 when trying to resolve some problems I was have with my DAW.  Well everything worked fine for a while after troubleshooting the DAW.  I then opened Addictive Drums2 which I hadn't used until a week later. after troubleshooting because  I was using BDF Eco, so I didn't have any problem with drums. 
     
    When I  went to launch AD2 a week later, it told me that it couldn't recognize the computer to which it was installed.  I then remembered that one of the auto changes made a week ago was to place the computer in Windows 8 compatibility mode.  i then had to take the computer out of Compatibility mode for Windows but also I had to go to the AD2.exe file, then go to properties and uncheck compatibility mode there also.
     
    That worked for me.

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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/04 11:14:07 (permalink)
    Has this issue been resolved? If so, what was the resolution?
     
    I am not having this problem with Sonar, but I am having it with Rapture Pro, which constantly reverts to demo mode after re-authorization. I was working with Technical Support on the issue, but I have not heard back from them in the past week.
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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/04 13:26:57 (permalink)
    Typically I do not launch SPlat from within CCC. After upgrading, closing CCC and launching SPlat, I got the Demo warning and Demo mode. I closed, restarted Win, signed in to CCC and launched SPlat from within CCC. At that point I got the SPlat authorized message and it ran in full mode. I closed SPat and signed out of CCC and closed it. Finally, I launched SPlat by clicking Start-Programs-SPlat (As Admin) and it ran in full mode also.

    I won't be able to try again until this evening. Hopefully I didn't catch the bug.

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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/05 06:32:55 (permalink)
    I launched SPlat from the Start menu and it ran in full mode.  It appears to be running normally.

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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/12 03:36:58 (permalink)
    Has this issue been resolved? If so, what was the resolution? I am having the same problem with Rapture Pro, and I don't want to load the latest Sonar update and begin having this demo mode issue with Sonar as well.
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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/15 12:44:34 (permalink)
    If I load the latest Sonar update, will I experience authorization issues?
     
    I am already experiencing this issue with Rapture Pro since the last update for that application.
     
    In the 30+ years that I have been using Cakewalk/Sonar (the first was the DOS MIDI sequencer), I have never had a problem starting and running the main application, and I don't want to start now.
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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/18 12:54:33 (permalink)
    cuitlahac, songstatastic, molsp, and earlybirdstudio:
     
    Is this issue resolved for you? If so, what was the resolution?
     
    thanks
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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/18 15:15:56 (permalink)
    I had the same thing several times prior to the latest monthly update. I had to close and reopen. After that all worked fine until the next time I started the workstation. Since last months update I have not had it appear again .  Since I said that it will most likely come back now :)
     
     
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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/22 12:50:38 (permalink)
    cuitlahac, songstatastic, molsp, and earlybirdstudio:
     
    Is this issue resolved for you? If so, what was the resolution?
     
    thanks
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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/05/23 07:30:27 (permalink)
    I consider is resolved at this point. It has not done it again now for a few weeks.
     
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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/12/21 06:33:10 (permalink)
    I still have this problem. Upgraded to rolling updates in early October. It still won't save. Red Demo warning in bottom corner. Tried reinstalling CCC.
     
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    Re: SONAR STILL SHOWING DEMO MODE IN NEW UPDATE? 2016/12/21 11:25:44 (permalink)
    For me there was no obvious solution it just stopped showing demo mode?
     

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