No sound when Sonar X2 is not the selected program

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2014/02/02 14:10:06 (permalink)

No sound when Sonar X2 is not the selected program

I suspect there is a simple setting for this some where that will fix the issue but I haven't been able to find it.
 
I'm running X2 with Reason 6.53 on win 7.  When I have sonar selected (in focus) I can play a reason sound, as soon as I select reason, the sound stops, select reason again and the sound starts again from where it left off (tails).  Bit of an issue as I can't edit sounds and hear them at the same time, without quitting sonar. :-(
 
If I am playing back sonar, I can interact with reason and the sound continues, no problem.
 
I've been looking for a setting " allow sound to continue when in background" or "when not in focus" but haven't found it.  Anyone got a clue?  Driving me nuts!
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    scook
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    Re: No sound when Sonar X2 is not the selected program 2014/02/02 14:13:42 (permalink)
    uncheck "Share Drivers With Other Programs" in SONAR Preferences > Audio > Playback and Recording
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    Re: No sound when Sonar X2 is not the selected program 2014/02/02 14:18:25 (permalink)
    I cannot run a stand-alone program (like Vienna or Ivory II) while Sonar is running.  Is this the same issue?
     
    It is really not a problem, but sometimes I want to go over to Ivory stand-alone (for example) to work out a part or harmonies or something, and Ivory might not be active in the loaded project, or it may not be loud enough, or it may be frozen.

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    Re: No sound when Sonar X2 is not the selected program 2014/02/02 14:28:36 (permalink)
    It's down to what your drivers supports not Sonar. I don't have any issues with my saffire for instance. What Scooks says anyway (I don't need to do this myself).

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    Re: No sound when Sonar X2 is not the selected program 2014/02/02 14:32:44 (permalink)
    Thanks, yes that fixed it!
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    Re: No sound when Sonar X2 is not the selected program 2014/02/03 14:25:42 (permalink)
    Thank you for the thread.  I have been wondering about this for awhile now as well.
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