Bristol_Jonesey
Tell you what, if Cakewalk ever abandon Windows 7 so that SONAR no longer runs with it, I'm staying on the last version that does!

On 8.1 and that's as far as I go as well :-)
Don't be fooled by the start menu, Metro BS. Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 is a very nice easy OS.
Its similar to Windows 7 minus really, one thing... The start menu.
My Windows 8.1 boots up to the desktop just like 7.
 
Windows 10 however, nothing about it impresses me.

Believe it or not X2 never gave me any problems. Hopefully a version will come about that is as stable. If it does I may not go any further.

Thks guyz for all those great feedbacks ...i'm on 8.1
 
To answer Craig post , i do think Stability can be measured easily if you have a good methodologie of testing (i'm not talking bugs) but the ability of doing certain "key" tasks AS good , better or worst ...it's real easy to stress an engine ,or a particular area ...(pdc , graphic engine , ect ....) .... that said it's only doable like you said if NO other variables enter the equation witch is the case when i test ....
 
Yep Drivers are a key (that's why i use RME ) as well as system (dedicated here , Molten Music done).
 
I feel some strange stuff when it come to pDC since i a while  (with plugin that do oversampling when fallowed by another one regular ) and to check if it's sonar related or due to some else i wanted to update to a newere version to check (i want to give this probality a check) , that's why i'm asking here ...
 
again thks for the feedbacks .... i might try the 11 update and check at least the engine , for the bugs it's another story . since they said they improved the engine this means that they found areas to improves witch is a source of hope for me ;)
 
My version : 2016 / 07

"if Cakewalk ever abandon(s) Windows 7 so that SONAR no longer runs with it,
I'm staying on the last version that does!"
We're all headed for Win 10, eventually, no way around it.
The Bakers have the current problems sussed, and I'm sure a "fix" is eminent!
Although, you'd never know it, everyday someone posts; WTF? Sonar; yada, yada, yada.
Read the forum!
My system is 6 years old, and I guess that's a testament to the work Jim does and the Win 7 platform.
The day will come (new Cat, Win 10), I'm just not ready to shi*can my FW1884 yet.
Although a few intrepid souls report that it is working in 10.
Tried it in 8.1, maybe I gave up a little too soon, but what would 8.1, or 10 for that matter, do that Win 7 isn't?
And the bonus, I'm making music, not reloading, reauthorizing, etc, etc.
 
Calm down children, daddy will have all fixed soon....
 
T

For me the current version of Sonar Platinum with Windows 10 (with all updates), I hardly ever have a crash,
just lucky I guess, I even tried the latest complaints CA-2A and other plug-ins in every configurations, and still
"No Crash".  

Can you guyz check plugins with oevrsampling or lookahead (sOftube FEt comp , elysia Nveloppe, Surfe eq) 
 
Put a loop with kick at start for exemple , hit play , then insert another plugin after those and hit play , i'm experiencing like a delay betwenn left right the first milisseconds like a chorus or some you clearly hear a Click!! 
 
not doing it in X1 ... so i wonder if it's the internal oversampling stuff or some ...it's not here when you bounce but here when you freeze or playbakc ...

I had my first crash in years going to 2016 11..   I dropped in CA2A on a fiddle track during playback..   If I add it prior to transport on,  no problem.  Course, could have been the fiddle...    So - 2016 10 is the most solid, but I didn't roll back to it.  Didn't need to in my case and since I know the bakers are on it, I'm fine with 2016 11.    
 
To keep the apples and oranges separate, I think the luck is in the entire environment and keeping it stable,  since I seem to be having really good results.  I'm just slightly smarter than a monkey so I emphasize LUCK.
 
In my case, the PC is relatively new, more than meets minimum spec for all the products I use,  its CMOS is up to date and its plugged into a line conditioner.  I keep the OS, Win 10,  up to date - but do not use auto updates on it, or any software.  Win 10 has been by far the most stable OS I have used for DAW work - since Windows 3.1.   The ONLY software other than the OS supplied products on the DAW are Platinum, Waves, Adobe PDF viewer,  Studio One 3, UC surface, MOTU AVB drivers, Presonus drivers, and Eventide H9 control.   I also keep these products up to date AND keep up with product direction as good as I can - I'm a monkey, but I can read.     I KNOW through experience,  a key reason to stability is relatively new audio interface units AND keeping the drivers and CMOS up to date.      
 
My average track size is around 40,  with around 16 stereo buses.  Depending on projects, my VST count per track is generally 2 if not more.  Love the new load balance stuff the bakers have put out recently by the way... I record audio, very little MIDI - drum tracks when I'm fleshing out a new song mostly.  I'm on the machine daily,  at least a few hours. On weekends, I usually run (sit?) 4 hours. However,  I did one 16 hour session a few weekends ago - non stop, no crashes or glitches.  The only problem with that session was seat-itis.
 
Best regards,
 
LL 
   

Guyz , sorry to bother you again  , could  anyone post its Preferences panel set up for 
 
Audio : /playbak & then /Synchro (and if possible the configuartion file)
Midi : / playback
Project : / Midi  & / Clock
 
thks !!

Sonar 2.2 XL....Because that's the version in which I started with Cakewalk Sonar.

the latest (2016.11?) on windows 10 pro and home versions (both last updated in july i think, v1511)
but pretty much all versions i have tried since platinums release have been stable, there was one release back a while, which although stable had noticeably degraded performance for me, can't recall which it was, but performance now is top notch