I have changed my sound card for a while (until I can buy the card I have my eyes on) to an Focusrite Scarlett 2i4.
 
Nothing out of the ordinary right? Well - when I start up an older project that was using the older sound card I get a warning that my master bus is connected to silent outputs until I re-assign them. Fair enough.
 
However.. When I click "OK" the same window pops up before I can do anything. Every time I click "OK" the window pops up again, and again, and again... I can do nothing with Sonar, because that window keeps stealing focus. I have to go to the task manger to end Sonar, because I even can't access any menu or whatever...
 
In short - I cannot longer start that project, because when I do I get this endless "silent hardware" loop, without a possibility to get out of it.
 
So - has anyone had the same problem? And if so, what can be done to "save" the project?

It is possible to suppress the warning messages. Set WarnSilentBuses to 0 in Preferences > File > Initialization File. To see "Initialization File" make sure the Advanced radio button is selected at the bottom of the Preferences dialog.

Make sure you removed your old sound card driver.
Disable any on board audio for now through bios....
 
And try to just have the new card working alone....
 
Then retry to open sonar....then go into the preferences, and re select a different audio driver like wmd....
hit apply, then do a second re select to the card driver you just installed.
 
See if that helps reset things for you...without the looping madness I witnessed the other day.
 
Best wishes.
 
Not sure about ini files or inf...for sonar....Someone who knows Sonar's Prog /Baker should say if it needs be deleted ...As I do not know what Sonar does with this file completely....
 
And the loop cannot be broken until you break the tie to what ever driver it is looking for, or mis mapping to.
 I think it is a MS issue though/...

I posted on this sort of behavior in this thread..post.
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Another-Presonus-interface-issue-m3341184.aspx
 
 
Just to say, you are not alone with this frustration....Maybe some one will tie the same, with the same, and hunt down the bad reg issues...or ...find the true sabotaging agents....not the user for sure!

scook
It is possible to suppress the warning messages. Set WarnSilentBuses to 0 in Preferences > File > Initialization File. To see "Initialization File" make sure the Advanced radio button is selected at the bottom of the Preferences dialog.

Nice, Steve. I did not know that. I get the "missing hardware message" on some of my old projects. No biggie, but cool to know how to avoid it. Thanks.
All the best

In this case, renaming Aud.ini might help. It is in the user directory "%appData%\Cakewalk" in a SONAR version specific folder.

Thanks scook....what does this ini file do?...in terms of Sonar functioning or function, so I feel at ease about deleting it?..or ..as you imply to renaming it?
 

Sets up audio interface parameters and a bunch of other stuff. It is rebuilt when SONAR starts if one is not found. Details about all three ini files are http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=SONAR&language=3&help=INI_Files.1.html
 
I prefer to rename it instead of deleting it outright just to have something to refer back to if I tweaked a parameter in the old version.

Great learning from this info...Thanks scook...Seems the loop issue stops one from getting into any preferences in sonar...So we have to break the loop first...other wise Sonar is useless , as it will not stop looping in that trying to find audio or silent...blah blah...
 
Hope this helps the original poster solve for....and others...if so needed.
 
 
Thanks to all.
Now more reading!
 
Cheers!

You know it is possible to launch SONAR without a project, right?