Greetings From Sweden...!
I come from the Steinberg world off DAWs and thought switching platform for my music creation and chosed Sonar Professional. (via Steam)
But ..
The program crach constantly .... my vst pluins uses more CPU power than in other DAWs (Cuabse 8 and Reaper) and the program seems to feel thoroughly at all to use..
When I want to edit something, the screen turns white and a message that Sonar.exe has stopped working is shown, this does not happen all the time but ..10-20 times an hour is often enough for me to think that it's boring. .;)
The performance view in sonar shows low activity but plugins goes more high..
Have now used the program for a few days, but because of all crashes I considering I throw out the program and return to Cubase as the program feels unstable and in some early beta version.
I have adjust the settings to the recomended values and even tryed lot more. Is there some 3th paret software that can cause this?
Is there any differents in Steam version vs Boxed? (beside the box) ;)

Do you have any tips or help getting me to stay? I will try them all...for a few days more!
Win 7 64-bit
Pc i5 3.1
12 RAM
Roland quad-capture/Line6 HD500
Vst (moste common) Native Instrument - Studio Drummer and Strummed Acoustic

Hi there. Welcome to the forum, this is most definitely the right place to get help. You'll find many knowledgeable users here more than willing to help.
 
Sorry to hear you are having problems, I can assure you that Sonar crashing (at all for me never mind frequently) is not "normal".
 
As far as I know there is no difference between Steam and any other install/version.
 
Are you using the latest version? (which is Braintree)
 
I see you have two interfaces listed. Which one are you using and what mode? That is found in Preferences->Audio->Playback & Recording.
 
Generally you should try ASIO but for some devices WDM may work better.
 
To be crashing all the time while "editing" suggests that there is something wrong somewhere and may take a little trial and error to pin down. 
 
When you say "editing", what specifically are you trying to do? 
 
It might also help if you list any FX or other plugins in the project. Also try the same thing with no FX or plugins loaded.
 
 

Thanks for answering..
I use the HD500 for guitar in and then in to Roland via s/pdif but in program only Asio/Roland
with "editing" i mean nerly almost that moves the mosepointer on the screen ...changing drumpattern....editing midi notes .etc!
Those are the plgins I use in my project..never had time to add more before program says "good bye" :)
In "About Sonar" I see Sonar Professional version 21.01.00 Build 5 -x64
In the steam pages I see Braintree also and it says its installed but cant find that name in About Box...just professional
any help?
 

Welcome to the forums. Are you using the latest drivers on your gear also are you using updated software. Is there an external gpu in your computer? I read that it might cause problems if you are using an internal one. Is there a heat problem?

All drivers are the latest
My graphiccard is GeForce GTX 650
How can I see if i have the Braintree version?, in the about box I see only the profession version info but nothing about Braintree.
 

Somehow I can now use the program if I don't do more then one thing at the time, if editing or changing anything in the plugins or edit in the piano roll while the playback is on, it crashes at once!...and even then all 4 corse is in low activity.
 
 

Sounds like it might be a video problem. Check for plugins that use GPU acceleration (e.g. FabFilter, Waves, Meldaproduction) and see if symptoms change after they're removed from the project.

Should i see anything about Braintree in the "About Sonar" frame?

No. Braintree only gets mentioned in the CCC. The about box displays the version number. What does that say there?

Sonar Professional
Version 21.01.00 Build 5 -X64