slarocque
Just installed Sonar Platinum (Hopkinton update) two weeks ago. Works very good for the most part, but whenever I'm editing in the Piano Roll view, it randomly freezes and stops responding (the usual faded gray screen). If I wait for Sonar to respond, the display eventually comes back ok but one click and it freezes again. No choice but to close the program. This started happening on the very first project in which I'm using midi, and I only have AD2 open, no other VST plugins or effects. This happens only when editing in the Piano Roll and only glitch I have with Sonar. 
 
Anyone else having these issues?
 
 
Sonar Platinum /Windows 10 Pro (x64) /Gigabyte H97-D3H-CF /Intel Core i7-4770 3.40GHz /16 Gb RAM /Scarlett 2i4 2.5.1 Drivers

I would start a new thread. Its considered hijacking to post unrelated posts in a thread.

John

slarocque
Just installed Sonar Platinum (Hopkinton update) two weeks ago. Works very good for the most part, but whenever I'm editing in the Piano Roll view, it randomly freezes and stops responding (the usual faded gray screen). If I wait for Sonar to respond, the display eventually comes back ok but one click and it freezes again. No choice but to close the program. This started happening on the very first project in which I'm using midi, and I only have AD2 open, no other VST plugins or effects. This happens only when editing in the Piano Roll and only glitch I have with Sonar. 
 
Anyone else having these issues?
 
 
Sonar Platinum /Windows 10 Pro (x64) /Gigabyte H97-D3H-CF /Intel Core i7-4770 3.40GHz /16 Gb RAM /Scarlett 2i4 2.5.1 Drivers

I would start a new thread. Its considered hijacking to post unrelated posts in a thread.

Sorry, with respect, this would seem to be the very place to talk about the stability / instability of the current release. What about the above post is hijacking? It seems very much on topic to me. I too have had some stability problems with the release -- my first release, since upgrading from X3, of Platinum , which I'm finding disappointingly crashy. Do the forum rules require this to be a good-news-only thread? I'm not being hostile or sarcastic -- I genuinely would like to know how frank discussions are allowed to be here, so that I don't fall afoul of the rules. Frank, on-topic discussion (so long as it's respectful) is what makes forums really useful.

Thanks for your intervention, lingyai. 
 
I'm new to this forum and didn't think I was off-topic, but I do understand John's point.
That said, I did see many posts about a very similar issue in other (older) threads, so it didn't feel right to start a new one. This one was the most recent and was referring to the software's latest upgrade.
Which is why I posted here.
 
Last thing I want to do is upset other forum members on my first day at work.....
 
 
 

slarocque
This one was the most recent and was referring to the software's latest upgrade.
Which is why I posted here.
 

And that's why I read it, because it's about the latest version.  Seems entirely on-topic to me. I suppose one could start a parallel thread -- "SONAR Platinum Hopkinton stability - not always superb" but that would get unwieldy.  IMHO, a post about the instability of X is quite at home in a thread about the stability of X. It's not like any one has been trolling, otherwise disrespectful, or tangential. These discussions are how we learn and solve problems.

lingyai

slarocque
This one was the most recent and was referring to the software's latest upgrade.
Which is why I posted here.
 

And that's why I read it, because it's about the latest version.  Seems entirely on-topic to me. I suppose one could start a parallel thread -- "SONAR Platinum Hopkinton stability - not always superb" but that would get unwieldy.  IMHO, a post about the instability of X is quite at home in a thread about the stability of X. It's not like any one has been trolling, otherwise disrespectful, or tangential.

+1
 

Hi Panu,
Did you find this season a right hand grip which fits with your swing?
I do totaly agree with you concerning the stability of Sonar,the only issue I had was indeed in piano roll view when trying to use the brush which makes everything crashes ,but they are tons of workaround .
All the best,
Olivier

Vilovilo
Hi Panu,
Did you find this season a right hand grip which fits with your swing?
I do totaly agree with you concerning the stability of Sonar,the only issue I had was indeed in piano roll view when trying to use the brush which makes everything crashes ,but they are tons of workaround .
All the best,
Olivier

Golf (is never off-topic) Last week I went to the local golf superstore to buy some cheap accessories and I ended up buying a new Taylormade MX tour preferred iron set with 3/4" extra length which according to the seller is better for me because I'm a tall guy.  $20 purchase turned out to be $1400...:D
 

 
SONAR stability: I have still only good experiences to share. Only once there was a crash but it happened because Kontakt player crashed. I don't know if it is possible to make SONAR  bullet proof against plugin crashes but it would be a fantastic feature to add stability.
 
Today's SONAR can handle incredibly large projects. Just now I'm mixing a very complex and long song which uses over 3 GB memory, has tons of synths and plugins, dozens of tempo and time signature changes and automation. Playback is smooth and program feels responsive all the time.
 

Memory usage
 

Synths
 

Tempo map
 
Currently my only real issue with SONAR is in loop playback because MIDI and audio tracks go out of sync quite often. It's not a biggie because sync is fixed by stopping and starting playback.
 
Happy, happy, happy... :)
 
 
 

lingyai

John

slarocque
Just installed Sonar Platinum (Hopkinton update) two weeks ago. Works very good for the most part, but whenever I'm editing in the Piano Roll view, it randomly freezes and stops responding (the usual faded gray screen). If I wait for Sonar to respond, the display eventually comes back ok but one click and it freezes again. No choice but to close the program. This started happening on the very first project in which I'm using midi, and I only have AD2 open, no other VST plugins or effects. This happens only when editing in the Piano Roll and only glitch I have with Sonar. 
 
Anyone else having these issues?
 
 
Sonar Platinum /Windows 10 Pro (x64) /Gigabyte H97-D3H-CF /Intel Core i7-4770 3.40GHz /16 Gb RAM /Scarlett 2i4 2.5.1 Drivers

I would start a new thread. Its considered hijacking to post unrelated posts in a thread.

Sorry, with respect, this would seem to be the very place to talk about the stability / instability of the current release. What about the above post is hijacking? It seems very much on topic to me. I too have had some stability problems with the release -- my first release, since upgrading from X3, of Platinum , which I'm finding disappointingly crashy. Do the forum rules require this to be a good-news-only thread? I'm not being hostile or sarcastic -- I genuinely would like to know how frank discussions are allowed to be here, so that I don't fall afoul of the rules. Frank, on-topic discussion (so long as it's respectful) is what makes forums really useful.

Well it seems easy to see. This thread is about how great Sonar is not what a poster has as an issue. Further by asking for input about that issue it will be not about how stable Sonar is but how to fix an issue. 
 
That is changing the topic.
 
There is nothing wrong in having "frank" discussions, it just needs to respect the OP. 
 
Also one would think to get help on an issue it should not be buried in a thread that has nothing to do with that issue. 
What if it turns out there is a bug causing this issue? Should the whole thread be moved to the problem report forum? 
 
Please, just start another thread. 

Nice work panu!

Well today I had to fix my washing machine. If anybody is interested this is a nice video:

 
In all seriousness though, if you have a specific issue, best start a specific new thread, it can get really confusing otherwise.
Later I will talk about how to repair TV's,