Should I hold-off on the update if I use UAD plugins?

 

btsabq
Should I hold-off on the update if I use UAD plugins?

Load balancing is an option under preferences. Just don't activate it if you are using UAD plugins. Lots of goodies in this update. No point missing out on all of the fun:)

We will be releasing an update that automatically skips load balancing if UAD plugins are detected.
However in our test we didn't see any obvious error message with UAD. Can you repro that in a simple project with just 2 or 3 UAD plugins in a track? Also please indicate the specific error message and which plugins throw the error.

I've been getting that UAD message along with "Your UAD authorization is outdated" or something to that extent for over a year. Usually it goes away for a couple of months or so after I update the UAD software, but those messages never have seemed to interfere with Sonar's performance, so I've just ignored them.

i'll ask again, is there any way us users can know in advance which plugins do, or don't, support the load balancing stuff?

I upgraded this morning and I'm not having any new issues with UAD plugins and the update seems to perform great on my system with lots of UAD plugins loaded.  And when I say new issues...usually when I add a UAD plugin to a track or buss, a message about the audio engine has stopped pops up, but I just go on from there.  But this has been happening for a while now.

Updated Sonar and followed the suggestions in the problem report. Everything seems to be working fine now. Appreciate the help!

For the full screen mode, I think we need an updated option for win 10 users that run extended desktop mode and place the multi dock on the 2nd monitor. The track view extends to both monitors and the multi dock sits on top of it on the second monitor. This means scrolling of the trackview goes underneath the multi dock. It also means scrolling up and down of the 1st monitor view is handled at the far right of the 2nd monitor.

This is poor design for those that use extended displays and place the multidock on the second monitor. I think a second full screen option is needed to accommodate this very common setup.

However in our test we didn't see any obvious error message with UAD. Can you repro that in a simple project with just 2 or 3 UAD plugins in a track? Also please indicate the specific error message and which plugins throw the error.

 
in my experience,
UAD errors pop up

when I drag copy plug-in(non-UAD) into another track which is loaded UAD.
when I drag copy UAD plug-in into another track which is loaded non-UAD plug-in.
when do nothing (during mixing, rest few minute. many plug-ins loaded)

Pop up messages which I experienced.
UAD sample rate error
UAD disabled error (communication non response)
I do work one mixing project after install new update.
After I found this issue, I turned off plug-in load balancing.
There is no issue but cpu performance is very unbalanced haha.
I turned Plug-in Balancing function on now for testing, Error message pop up again in few sec.
 
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Brian Walton
For the full screen mode, I think we need an updated option for win 10 users that run extended desktop mode and place the multi dock on the 2nd monitor. The track view extends to both monitors and the multi dock sits on top of it on the second monitor. This means scrolling of the trackview goes underneath the multi dock. It also means scrolling up and down of the 1st monitor view is handled at the far right of the 2nd monitor.

This is poor design for those that use extended displays and place the multidock on the second monitor. I think a second full screen option is needed to accommodate this very common setup.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding how you are configuring the windows.  Please clarify.
To what display mode are you referring to?  Do you mean this setting or something else?
 

 
For me, I can drag the multidock to the 2nd monitor and click full screen on the main SONAR UI with the result that it fills the 1st monitor but leaves the multidock as is.
 

My monitors aren't the same resolution so that's why the first one looks letterboxed by comparison.
Thanks.