In Edit > Preferences there used to be an option to share the audio driver. I no longer see this option and now if I have Sonar open I can not play a file in any other software. I used to be able to. I am now having to close Sonar in order to check a rendered mix/master etc. My audio interface is a Focusrite Safire Pro 40. Where did this setting go?

It is now called, " Suspend Audio Engine When Sonar Is Not In Focus."

35mm
In Edit > Preferences there used to be an option to share the audio driver. I no longer see this option and now if I have Sonar open I can not play a file in any other software. I used to be able to. I am now having to close Sonar in order to check a rendered mix/master etc. My audio interface is a Focusrite Safire Pro 40. Where did this setting go?

Craig and the team go to all the trouble to do up a pretty comprehensive document Tech + Music, detailing all the new features among many other interesting things, and folks don't even read it. Just a rant to kick off my day. But come on folks do you really need to be spoon fed.

Mudgel, I haven't had a chance to look at Tech + Music yet I'm in the middle of working on a project so calm down! It also seems I have to subscribe to yet another e-mag site to download it and I don't have time to do all that right now! I subscribed to one last month.
 
S.L.I.P, thanks I saw that in prefs and it's checked but doesn't seem to work for me.

You don't need to subscribe. Just follow the link provided, select full screen view by clicking on the icon in bottom right corner. This exposes a download arrow in the top left corner. Click it and in a few seconds you'll have a PDF document that you can save wherever you like.

While the feature has a change of name it works exactly as before. If you want a number of programs to simultaneously use the same driver as Sonar then don't tick the box. If you want to select which individual program gets to make a sound then check the box as this will allow the program with Windows focus o have exclusive access to the driver.

BTW as I said I was having a bit of a rant. You don't owe me an explanation.

mudgel
 But come on folks do you really need to be spoon fed.

 
Im going to edit my original comment. But just let me say...This forum is about helping people.
If you don't want to help, just don't reply. no need to insult someone and disguise it as a "rant".

35mm
 
S.L.I.P, thanks I saw that in prefs and it's checked but doesn't seem to work for me.

You're welcome. It doesn't seem to be working for me either.  I had Sonar opened, and I minimized it, and I started Sound Forge, and it said "Warning. An error occurred while opening an audio device. The device specified is in use."

Yeah, I've tried it with it checked and unchecked. Might be a bug. I can't really see why they changed it.

Not to "hijack" this thread, but when I follow your directions, I don't get a download link in the top left corner.  I only see an "i" in a circle (indicating "information").  When I click that, I get a "bubble" that has information about the Tech+Music issue.  No download link.
 
All other download links display the login (or register) page (which I don't really want to do).
 
Am I missing something?

kellerpj
Not to "hijack" this thread, but when I follow your directions, I don't get a download link in the top left corner.  I only see an "i" in a circle (indicating "information").  When I click that, I get a "bubble" that has information about the Tech+Music issue.  No download link.
 
All other download links display the login (or register) page (which I don't really want to do).
 
Am I missing something?

Yes, the information seems to be incorrect. It looks like you have to register to download it. I registered to download last month's which was on another site. I don't like to register on sites I am never going to use again - chucking my information in databases all over the web isn't great for security, privacy or spam. However, I like to download the e-zines to read at my leisure when I have time. Update: someone posted a link to download it in the ezine thread https://app.box.com/v/tech-plus-music