***SOLVED*** - SONAR Platinum crashing on closing

Crash on exit is often plug-in related. If there are any 32bit plug-ins in the project they would be high on my list of suspects.

The Windows Event logs may contain information regarding the problem. If SONAR is generating a dump, open a ticket with support and send them the dump to inspect. Here is some additional information about dumps http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3475550
 

There is a tool that sends crash reports to Cakewalk. You may get a faster reply from support if you follow up with a trouble ticket. Personally, I have not had a crash on exit in some time. I suggested a common cause above based on the information provided in the OP. Maybe some one else has another idea.

Here the same.
We have running SONAR on several laptops. One laptop is recording music cassettes. SONAR is crashing without any plugin - just audio. In this case its up to the audio interface "Fast Track Ultra 8R".
Then we have running a laptop recording vinyl. It's up to DELL Latitude and the intern firewire controller. This laptop is also crashing when closing SONAR. We get even a blue screen when SONAR closes.
But all recordings are very well.
I think SONAR has a problem breaking up the drivers from some audio interfaces in connection with some USB- or Firewire-interfaces.

Ok thank you for the feedback guys!
 
Lance

Lanceindastudio
Well I think I found the problem.
 
My Waves plugins were acting weird. Trying to open PAZ stereo analyzer would immediately crash SONAR. I uninstalled them completely and reinstalled with the latest Waves Central installer and re-scanned VST's with scanning failed plugins selected as well as rescan all plugins selected and Waves are working fine again and no crash report comes up when closing SONAR.
 
I think Waves somehow comes alive even if a project is not open when opening SONAR which may have caused the crashes when closing SONAR.
 
Cheers,
 
Lance

Hmm.....well hopefully you have fixed it for you, but I don't have any Waves plug-ins....and right on cue (well almost) after two months of it not happening it just did it again. New project with nothing in it other than a few midi tracks and one instance of TTS-1, tried to close it (unsaved) and the fault reporter goes loopy again ( I counted over 30 pop ups before it finally crashed completely)
 
I guess at least that eliminates the AAS synths that I suspected as being part of the problem and also BFD3 which was another suspect on previous occasions purely based on common denominators.
 
I also noticed that in the now time display while the fault reporter was going mad it flashed up "reset button"............ or something like that  - only saw it quickly.
 
Version 2016.12 
 
Anyone else seen this ?

I always set it to manual as well and scan when I need SONAR to find a new plug in I install.
That is why it was really surprising.
Waves is its own monster though really so I can imagine it possibly causing a problem even without a project loaded.
 
Lance

Yeah but I thought it does not automatically scan plugins on start up unless it is set up that way. That is how it has been for years from my experience.
 
Lance

Exactly.

garyhb
I can confirm Waves  SSL G-Master Buss Compressor crashes SP on project close / open and PAZ anytime! 
G

hmm, im not having that problem. I use Waves SSL G on almost every bus and I haven't had a crash yet.