Help me Please! Did someone sell me a wah wah pedal with my X3 Studio upgrade?!

In the course of two days I upgraded from MC6T to Sonar X3 Studio in steps. After the install of Sonar X3 Studio, the final step in my road to glory, there seemed to be some bizarre behaviors. I thought it wise to uninstall it and do a reinstall. Before I reinstalled, however, I uninstalled the original X3; I understand the updates are full programs, just price adjusted.
 
I just launched X3 Studio in the last hour, and for no reason suddenly every single project I begin as new causes all audio to go in and out, but not like an audio problem. It is more like someone is running an oscillator under everything I put in.
 
On the other hand, if I load and play audio tracks in a demo or something, everything plays just fine, and softsynths work just fine. It is only when I insert an instrument into a "new" project. Note that the only other thing I can think of is that I installed the X3b and X3c updates after the initial X3 Studio installation; this particular problem was not occurring before the uninstall/reinstall, and that's the only thing I did differently.
 
Please help?

CakeAlexS
Please could you disable 64 bit precision engine in preferences and update your footer so we can see your specs (see my footer). Thank you.

I don't have it enabled.

When you uninstalled X3, did you also delete the registry keys and the hidden folder data?
 
Also, have you checked your driver mode and sample rate settings in Sonar, to make sure they are correct?
 
Did you do both the downloads and installs of the maintenance with any and all antivirus software suspended?
 
Lastly, did you do the install and maintenance updates with Run As Administrator?
 
Bob Bone
 

CJaysMusic
I don't think it has to do with the 64bit engine being enabled. 
 
Make sure you have your bit rate and sample rate set correctly for your old projects and for your sound card/audio interface. Make sure you are using ASIO or WDM drivers. 

Let's see...
 
I've never had to set my bit rate for prior projects or other people's projects brought to me before. I use an import setting of original, so that should do the trick I would think? Also, this problem is occurring with some of the audio stuff that came with the program. My setting should have no impact, for the same reason as other stuff I mix that might not have been recorded with me.
 
I use ASIO drivers. Also, keep in mind, this is only happening, as far as I can tell, when I load up a new project and attempt to add a softsynth. Once that happens, that project seems to forever behave in this manner. But if load up some audio files or an audio project that isn't started by me, I have no problems whatsoever.

Are you creating these new projects from an existing template or by using Ctrl+N?
 

Just reapply the X3c patch as administrator (it includes all previous patches). And be sure to launch X3c as administrator as well.

Well, you could try installing X3c update with Run As Administrator option.  If that does not work, then I recommend you uninstall X3 completely, including deleting the 2 X3 registry keys and the 2 X3 hidden folders, then install again with Run As Administrator for the base product AND the update.
 
Bob Bone
 

Well, there have been other reports of strange and weird things happening, where either an uninstall/install or applying maintenance again, WITH the explicit Run As Administrator option set, has made things work better.
 
Me, I always apply maintenance with that setting, and I also alter the properties of the Sonar launch icon (under Advanced, after opening properties for the icon), so that it always launches with Run As Administrator.  It is just one extra 'Enter' and it just works better.
 
Glad it is working, 
 
Bob Bone