Hi guys am getting crashing & audio engine drop outs really frustrating am a bit of a novice driving me mad!!!!!!
Sonar Driver Mode - Asio
Sonar Reported latency values and Sampling Rate -Input 176 samples
                                                                                  Output 356 samples
                                                                      Total Roundtrip 532 samples
Current Sonar value under Playback section        250 miliseconds

Hi, would be helpful for all to know your operating system and sonar version etc. Have you tried the WDM driver? Is there anything in particular you are using/doing at the time that gives you audio dropouts/crashes? The more info the better.
 
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Platinum
Intel Core i5 -4460s [link=mailto:CPU@290Ghz]CPU@290Ghz[/link]
16 gig ram
64 bit
2tb Memory
Roland Quadcapture
Alesis Q49
There dosent seem to anything in particular im using crashing 3/4 times an hour!!!!
thanx for your help really frustrated,,,,,am a bit of a novice so if you could keep it simple id be gratefull

ok, well im sure others will chime in, but in sonar preferences under MIDI - Playback and recording, what are your playback buffers set to? Also under audio sync and caching, what are your playback IO and record IO set to?
As i mentioned before, its worth trying WDM drivers purely to rule out a problem with the ASIO driver. My octacapture works solidly with  WDM but not ASIO, not the same for all, but id try that first.

What is WDM & how does it work????(novice)

i have a quad capture and i love it because what it replaced, the Tascam us-144, was terrible & its drivers were a NIGHTMARE for me.
are you using any 32 bit plugins in bridge mode? bridged 32 bit plugins seem to cause a lot of crashes

Both are 256

mainly use 64 bit plug ins...only 32 bit i sometimes use is cakewalk sound centre

Just select WDM/KM in preferences instead of ASIO. It will either work better or not. Worth a go. My octa crashed a lot when i was using kontakt with asio. Since switching its been perfect. I also get a better round trip latency, so for me the manufacturers driver (asio) doesnt work as well for my workflow.

try upping them to 512. (mine work best at 1024) Also try changing the midi buffers in prefs from default 250 millisecs to 500 ..