Sonar taking forever to load

Hi. You give no information about your system, so it's impossible to help. OS, RAM, SONAR version etc.
All the best.

dbenus
Sonar Platinum (rolled back 3 times, from most recent update to Dorchester, didn't solve problem with loading time)

Have you tried loading a brand new project with no FX ?
How fast does that open ? If it opens quickly that's an indication of a plug in issue.
Have you used any new plug ins lately ? Try opening in Safe mode: Hold down Shift while opening a sonar project.
Load VSTs one at a time.
 

chuckebaby

dbenus
Sonar Platinum (rolled back 3 times, from most recent update to Dorchester, didn't solve problem with loading time)

Have you tried loading a brand new project with no FX ?
How fast does that open ? If it opens quickly that's an indication of a plug in issue.
Have you used any new plug ins lately ? Try opening in Safe mode: Hold down Shift while opening a sonar project.
Load VSTs one at a time.
 

I think the OP may be referring to the actual sonar program opening, not projects. If that is the case it has been slow for me for much longer than the last update. I timed it on many different days and it was almost always 1:55 from the the point of selecting the program before it was opened and ready to use. The only time it was less than this was when it was being opened again after being closed in the same session (ie pc has remained on) so not being a computer whizz I guess that there are things that have to happen first time out that are not required in subsequent initiations as long as windows has remained running. 
 
I've no idea if any updates since 08 have improved or worsened this as I haven't installed them and I've long since taken to starting the program and wandering off for a while so that I don't have to sit there wishing two minutes of my life away every time.

SONAR takes ~5 seconds to load here (from an SSD), but that's just the first time after booting. Subsequent restarts are faster.
 
Do you have "scan on startup" enabled? (Preferences -> VST Settings -> Scan Options).

Yes.  The VST Plugin scan was always on.
Never took long to boot up; even with this on.

Standard HDD (7200) Cold start takes about 5 seconds from click to ready to roll (Automatic Background Scan in options)Subsequent scans 2-3 seconds. SONAR Platinum 2017-07

I haven't used Boost 11 much. Maybe it needs to be reinstalled. You could try excluding it from the vst scan path and doing a reset/rescan of your plugs to confirm, then try a reinstall. It seems to me there was an updated version of Boost 11 during the past 6 months or so. Are you running the latest version?
FWIW I have been using Studio One Pro since Cake's announcement - you haven't seen long load times (both DAW's are on an SSD primary boot drive) - SONAR runs rings around S1 for loading projects here.

It takes Sonar a short time to start but a long time (couple of minutes) to open my projects most of which are 30-40 tracks. I don't know if that's good or bad but I plan accordingly and do some other stuff while waiting. No big deal.

When I try to add Boost 11 to a project it hangs for several minutes. I usually end up doing other stuff while waiting for it to load. This does not happen on files without Boost 11. I have tried reinstalling it with no success. I'm going to try uninstalling then reinstalling Sonar and the XL pack to see if that helps. I'd rather not spend the time if I can avoid it, but this is really slowing me down...
Win7 64 bit.
 
BTW, where can I find the Boost 11 update mentioned above?
 
Thanks,