jlemon2
I had no idea what kind of people I was posting to. I won't bother defending myself.
No need.

You are posting to the kind of people who will bend over backwards to help you sort out any issues you may be having. If you are being genuine post some specific details in regards to your system set up, what the problems are and when/how they manifest themselves.
 
We'll be here whenever you are ready.

Beepster, et al, as a deep lurker and hopeless noobie, I can confirm what Craig says, that I benefited greatly from your response to Mr. Lemon. My recording experiences were all on an old Tascam porta-studio cassette machine in the late '80s, and after 25 years of neglecting music and recording I suddenly caught the bug again. But man, this is like stepping from the puddle into the ocean. I read these forums with obsessive fascination and you cats are like my lifeline. I'm pretty sure I made the right choice with Sonar (something I can grow into) but a fellow like Mr. Lemon can still make my poor noob bones tremble. So yeah, think of me when you respond to the trolls. 

Welcome to the forum Mr Ward S.    If you can remember how to use your porta-studio you can use Sonar the same way,  at least while you're learning...

ward s
Beepster, et al, as a deep lurker and hopeless noobie, I can confirm what Craig says, that I benefited greatly from your response to Mr. Lemon. My recording experiences were all on an old Tascam porta-studio cassette machine in the late '80s, and after 25 years of neglecting music and recording I suddenly caught the bug again. But man, this is like stepping from the puddle into the ocean. I read these forums with obsessive fascination and you cats are like my lifeline. I'm pretty sure I made the right choice with Sonar (something I can grow into) but a fellow like Mr. Lemon can still make my poor noob bones tremble. So yeah, think of me when you respond to the trolls. 

Right on, ward and no need to feel helpless or to lurk with this fine bunch. Just a few short years ago I could barely do even the most basic tasks in Sonar and now... well I'm still kind of a bumbler but just chatting with the guys and asking questions around here I manage to get pretty much anything I need to done. All you gotta do is ask.
 
However I'll turn you onto something I've find supremely useful in learning my way around Sonar and wish I had from the get go. In the Cake store you'll see some video packages by SWA on Sonar X2 and X3 as well as one on the included effects and another one on synths. They are extremely thorough and are like the ultimate guided tour of the program.
 
In fact give me a minute... I posted a thread/review with links to all the relevant ones about a week ago but it got buried super quick because of the new release.
 
BRB.
 
Edit:
 
Here it is....
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/My-advice-for-learning-Sonar-and-not-worrying-about-forgetting-stuff-thanks-to-Karl-Rose-m3150604.aspx
 
There are plenty of other awesome resource material out there too and of course scour the CakeTV section of this site for all the Cake produced vids (which are free and very helpful) but I find the vids in that link to be a definitive guide to the most important aspects of the program. They go on sale pretty frequently too (at SIGNIFICANT discounts) so just keep your eye on them.
 
Cheers.

Sweet. Thanks a million.

I remember once using my DAW to play a video game. And just as soon as PACMAN got close to eat the 'Lemon' the computer would crash. My only option is to reboot!
 
Hate that when it happens.........

I was busy and just now returned to this thread but I wanted to post this after the 4th or 5th response.
Just because someone only has a few posts and has some questions or trepidation or even brash statements about Sonar does not in my book make them an automatic troll.
I have used Sonar since 7 and I agree with most of the OP.
With a new release there is going to be trolls and  I have seen a few (mostly the same guy...hi Dan). But even Dan said some things that I cannot disagree with.
There is also going to be some legit people that are either new to the forum or new to Sonar.
I can see a newbie becoming frustrated to the point of sounding troll-like.
 
BTW, I have gotten more white screens in Platinum than all other versions combined. I am not sure what is going on there. I have not had time to chase down the cause but I am not really doing anything unusual compared to X3. Audio is fine, same settings as in X3.
In particular, unfreezing AD2 tracks seems to cause the white screen most of the time. Not sure about other synths.
If I figure out what it is, I will start a new thread.
 

Generally when I get a white screen it's either reboot or coffee... coffee usually does the trick but sometimes not... However, most of the time it's my own dumb fault... having my Forte drivers routed to mp3/youtube playback instead of Sonar... which Sonar does NOT like... spontaneously doing LOTS of things in a row which I couldn't have imagined doing a couple years ago... can imagine my 6 cores going, "DUDE... WTF are you doing????"
 
Impatience generally results in a reboot or "OY! it's nearly morning, gotta go to work and yes.... I'm oblivious...." and I just shut er down.
 
Technologies... especially in an open system like windows, is vast and the interplays are endless... I expect crashes in the interplay of 50 trillion possible combinations of actions foisted onto a huge array of components an OPEN system allows... 
 
Bottom line?  Sonar is a miracle!  And, in my humble opinion, Lemon hasn't ever tried Sonar and is a douchebag...
 
NOTE TO "THE CRAIG":  CAN YOU DO A QUICK LOOKY AT THESE PEOPLE AND DETERMINE IF THEY ACTUALLY OWN SONAR??? WOULD BE VERY CURIOUS...
 
 
I AM amazed at the wonderful energies poured into a "lemon" ... ironic name, no?

There's a right way and a wrong way to word a technical problem on a forum, and I think most people would agree that the problem with the OP was its wording. There's a world of difference between "I'm having a problem with Sonar, every time it crashes I have to reboot" and "Sonar is a mess, it requires a reboot after every crash." The former describes a problem specific to the user, the latter insinuates that Sonar has some kind of fatal design flaw which affects everyone. Which obviously it doesn't otherwise this forum would be full of "why do I have to reboot when Sonar crashes" posts. 
 
jlemon2, if your motive is honest and genuine then why not provide us with more details about your setup - OS, interface, drivers etc. Because as it stands your post is nothing more than a rant as opposed to a request for help. People have come here with the most terrible problems which have subsequently been solved with the help of other users. You either want your investment to work or you don't - right now it seems like you have no interest in solving the problem and just came here to let off steam. 
 
 

The fact that he has not come back is questionable.
I do not think there is a way to tell if he owns Sonar.
You can join the forum w/o owning Sonar unless they changed that when they combined forum with store logins.