It's OVER!

Welp, best of luck to ya.

Not sure why people need to do the ragequit thing though. It only ends up causing a circus.

The trick is if your system no longer meets the system requirements of the new versions to stop upgrading or update your OS/hardware. Otherwise you have to build a new system. Just like with video games. I can't expect to run the latest Halo or whatever the kiddies are playing these days on my ancient P3.

You can get extra life out of a system through optimization and what not though. Having an unsupported OS will however generally cause problems. I think some people were getting X1 to work with XP but X2... no way. 

That's the commercial tech market for ya. They gotta make their cash somehow.

I am glad it works for you and I would like to hear that it works over and over again- may be my Sonar will start working as well by the power of my belief. It is great that Win 7 are supported. So far. What if next upgrade would be released for Win 8 only? You going to upgrade? It is not about the OS. The SP 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and X1 were doing the same thing for me and many other people.

True, IF the current version is working. All Sonar versions had some kind of issues and drama, so I had to keep upgrading them hoping, it will get stable, but it never did.

You mean- it is me? lol. I will install it again soon as I get new system and when it crashes again, and I know it will, because it never fails, I will know that it is not me, sound cards, MIDI or type of music. It is IT.

vladasyn


You mean- it is me? lol. I will install it again soon as I get new system and when it crashes again, and I know it will, because it never fails, I will know that it is not me, sound cards, MIDI or type of music. It is IT.

Learn to use your gear/read instructions/put some bleeping effort into things.

Alternatively... quit trolling.

vladasyn


You mean- it is me? lol. I will install it again soon as I get new system and when it crashes again, and I know it will, because it never fails, I will know that it is not me, sound cards, MIDI or type of music. It is IT.

So, how have you uninstalled Sonar in the past? What were/are your exact steps?

I am sorryfor taking over the thread- I am not the original poster. I just felt- I could relate and myself was looking in to Apple products.

I usually would install Son 5 while S4 still installed. I think, I was using SP5 when 7 came. I installed 7, kept 5 and uninstalled 4 via "Add/Remove Program". I installed X1 and kept 8, when 2X was released, I uninstalled 8, kept X1 and installed 2x.

Well there's your problem straight away.

You've never edited the registry to remove the keys necessary for a successful reinstall.

I usually would install Son 5 while S4 still installed. I think, I was using SP5 when 7 came. I installed 7, kept 5 and uninstalled 4 via "Add/Remove Program". I installed X1 and kept 8, when 2X was released, I uninstalled 8, kept X1 and installed 2x.

As far as your system and probs, start another thread to help the others out with specs in the signature.


Your a veteran here (2005) so I believe you will get plenty of help either way

Jeezz-I sure am heart broken-

It really doesn't matter what gear or computer you have, Sonar should NEVER crash, this is bad programming. A program should be able to take whatever you throw at it, and keep going. If a plugin etc, is messing up, Sonar needs to work around it. This is basic programming 101, dealing with exceptions. Crashing isn't the answer. Yes this is more difficult in practice than in theory but it doesn't really matter. Before all the bells and whistles, the program should be rock solid.

vladasyn


I am sorryfor taking over the thread- I am not the original poster. I just felt- I could relate and myself was looking in to Apple products.

I usually would install Son 5 while S4 still installed. I think, I was using SP5 when 7 came. I installed 7, kept 5 and uninstalled 4 via "Add/Remove Program". I installed X1 and kept 8, when 2X was released, I uninstalled 8, kept X1 and installed 2x.

Well, the original poster was just venting and leaving, so don't worry too much about hijacking the thread.

If you could provide specific details on the issues you are having, along with your system specs, perhaps the forum folks can help you resolve some of them.

Bob Bone

Ill have to agree with Kroneborge. Cakewalk need seriously try to get a solid DAW, rather than adding loads of features.

Major upgrade / changes is more likely gonna cause problems and a buggy unstable program. 

It is better to make simple / stable DAW, then add one feature at a time and see if that work.
Then it is easier to to fix it when it don't work quite well.

I say 1 step at a time.


that said, i still gonna use sonar for a while yet !
but i have seriously considered changing DAW as well. 

Why i started with sonar, was cause it was simple to use, easy to understand
and easy to set up and run.

Now it start to be just a little difficult to get the full overview of it.
but that's just my opinion.

The Correct Way To Uninstall Sonar is as follows:

To completely un-install SONAR X2 Producer from your computer. You will want to manually remove the SONAR installation files by deleting the following directories. Do this by doing the following:

1) Open the Run Prompt by holding down the Windows Key on your computer and pressing "R"
2) In the Run prompt type in the following and press [OK]: C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\
3) Delete the "SONAR X2 Producer" folder contained within

4) Open the Run Prompt by holding down the Windows Key on your computer and pressing "R"
5) In the Run prompt type in the following and press [OK]: %appdata%\Cakewalk
6) Delete the "SONAR X2 Producer" folder contained within

7) Open the Run Prompt by holding down the Windows Key on your computer and pressing "R"
8) In the Run prompt type in the following and press [OK]: %allusersprofile%\Cakewalk
9) Delete the "SONAR X2 Producer" folder contained within

Next you will want to delete your SONAR related registry keys by doing the following:

10) Open the Run Prompt by holding down the Windows Key on your computer and pressing "R"
11) In the Run prompt type in the following and press [OK]: regedit
12) Click [OK] will launch the Registry Editor. If prompted with a message "Do you want to allow the following program to make changes...", click [Yes].

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IMPORTANT: When you access the Registry Editor, create a backup by going to File > Export. In the Export menu, make sure you have "All" selected and that the "Save As Type" is set to "Registration Files (*.reg).

It is very important to create a backup of your registry because if you accidentally delete a registry key there is no undo function. You can, however, double-click on the Registry backup you made above to re-import your registry keys if you make any mistakes. You MUST re-import your backup (if needed) before restarting your computer.
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13) Now delete the following Registry keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR Producer\X2
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR Producer\X2


IMPORTANT: You will want to delete the "X2" folder at the end of these strings of keys. Do this by right-clicking on the ""X2" folder and selecting "Delete". Only do this for the "X2" folders in the locations above. If you do not see these ""X2" folders, proceed to the next step.

*Please note that this will remove any effects presets and key bindings you may have made in Cakewalk. You can back these up separately if you like from SONAR's Plug-in Manager and Color and Key Bindings menus.

At this point, you will want to re-install the product. We recommend temporarily disabling your startup programs by doing the following:

14) Open the 'Run' command again and type in the following: msconfig
15) Click [OK] and then click on the Startup tab at the upper right of the window that opens.
16) Uncheck all items listed, click [OK], then restart your computer. You can always recheck those items again at a later time.
17) Reinstall SONAR X2