I have an ancient but working sonar 2.2 (I assume it falls into Home Studio).
Currently using XP with 2.5mhz processor and 2 gig ram... works very well.
I use a lot of vsts and Dxi plug ins without a problem.
Edirol UA-101 for sound and a Korg Nanopad, as well as usual midi devices.
 
My question is... has anyone got experience of using similar with windows 7?
 
I want to upgrade and go for a laptop but am unsure if the drivers etc. will work.
Also unsure if having dual/quad core would be an advantage as the software is old.
I could dual boot to XP but would prefer not to if possible.
 
Many thanks
 
Steve
 
 

I doubt it would work.  Sonar 2.2 is probably not HomeStudio, as that was named HS2002, HS2, HS4 etc...
That version will be so old I really doubt it'll work with Windows 7.  The upgrade cost to a newer version of Sonar shouldn't be much, especially if you add it into the costs of the new laptop.

Download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor from the Microsoft site. It will check your hardware and software to see if its compatible. Also, if you go to 64-bit Windows, which I recommend, then you need to make sure your soundcard or any other devices have 64-bit drivers available. 

I am using Sonar2.2 on my new machine which is Windows 7 Professional 64bit.
It seems to work well so far.
 
The only problem, and I don't know if this is related, is that the Edirol VSC synths are not showing
up.
 
I'm still working on the problem. I  had installed using the original CD followed by downloads/patches for
version 2.1 and 2.2.  Otherwise it is working fine and I'm very happy that it functions as well as it does.
The Edirol VSC's had used on a couple of orchestral compositions that I still have minus the Edirol.
 
As I considered these works done after I exported them to Audio a few years back, I'm looking
to possibly just replacing the Edirol with something else, if I can't fix the problem.
 

Sorry. I almost forgot that the DirectX Utility which had been provided at the same time
as patches 2.1 and 2/2 was ESSENTIAL in my case at least. I had bee getting  an error message
that Sonar could  NOT be installed due to an incompatibility issue-went smoothly after I installed that
DirectX utility.
 

nfatech
I am using Sonar2.2 on my new machine which is Windows 7 Professional 64bit.
It seems to work well so far.

My condolences. Do you mix down to Maxell or TDK ?
 

nfatech
The only problem, and I don't know if this is related, is that the Edirol VSC synths are not showing
up.

 
You might be able to run these in Windows 7 Compatibility mode. This might help not sure though.
Good luck man
 

2.2???? OM Goodness!
 
I admire your restraint.

 Would love to see some screenshots.  One of my favorites.

Sonar home is better than the old Sonar 2.2 XL. You can find Sonar X2 or X3 for about $99.00 somewhere. Even Sonar Artist would be better,

http://www.zzounds.com/it...QqqtX_qgNNxoCXePw_wcB=