I have one simple question. Will SONAR 4 run in MS VISTA OS?
Audio engine will not turn on, and audio profiler does not start. SONAR does not even see the audio device installed on this Toshiba Laptop. Can't figure out why.
 
Thanks

Maybe its because its looking for Windows 2000 or XP. Try compatibility mode.

Thanks, had not thought of that one.

I do implore you to upgrade. Sonar 2015 will run rings around Sonar 4.

That may be true, and that would be nice, but not everyone can afford to purchase a new computer with a new compatible OS and then come up with 20K to purchase all new other software because the old software will not run on the new Microcrap OS that they decided to NOT make backwards compatible. Microsoft and the companies that follow their lead screwed themselves when they abandoned their previous customers who are not wealthy enough to keep up with them.
This inquiry is actually for a friend I am trying to help out who is running Vista. I am still running Sonar 5 on XP, and I'm stuck with that until I can no longer find XP compatible hardware replacement parts. There is simply no money to keep replacing everything every few years.

20K in plug ins ? that's a little dramatic ?
I think what john meant was for all the hassles  you are going to running in to...
for a small price you could at least be running a newer version. that alone would give you a great plug in selection to do anything you wanted.
money ? totally understand where you are coming from. but as always, the headaches..you get what you pay for..yada, yada, yada.
good luck man.
 

To answer the simple question: yes, SONAR 4 does run under Vista. However, UAC gets in the way, so you either have to disable UAC or run SONAR as Administrator.
 
If that doesn't help, then your problem is likely not with SONAR, but with your audio interface driver and Windows. Can you play back audio with Windows Media Player? If not, then Windows isn't recognizing the driver. It's up to Windows to tell SONAR about audio devices; SONAR itself does not determine what hardware you have. Make sure you have the Vista version of your interface driver installed.

bitflipper: Yes, all other audio seems to work including some DJ type software he is running. I think he has Cakewalk's old Kinetic on there and it runs too. Thanks for that info, will look into that.
 
chuckybaby: For me it's a lot more than just plug-ins. My machine is also a video editing workstation with proprietary EDIUS video hardware/software. Lacks all the latest bells and whistles, but is rock solid stable, never crashed once and gets the job done. Unless I hit the lottery upgrading is not an option.

"until I can no longer find XP compatible hardware replacement parts. There is simply no money to keep replacing everything every few years."

XP is 14 years old.

Exactly! Why should people have to come up with that kind of money every 14 years. That's more than I paid for my house.