SONAR crashes (solved!)

I have occasional catastrophic crashes of SPlat, once in awhile blue screen. I have noted this happening during intensive use of Melodyne. Going from clip to clip I'll open one and *crash!* Also crash rarely opening VST's (did once on Addictive Drummer.) What have been your crash experiences? MOST importantly, will BandLab address this behavior? Meng?
 
BTW: I always reboot after a crash to clear things out.

I know you probably don't want to hear it but..
I would look no further than your "Echo Layla24 " as the root of your problem.
PCI soundcards began to fade out almost 7 years ago.
 
A good read:
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Is-it-time-to-give-up-on-the-Echo-Layla-2496-m2919657.aspx
 
Melodyne has been solid here. I don't even think I've ever had a Melodyne related crash, but I always render a clip as soon as im done editing it in Melodyne.
 
There is a bug however, when using Region FX and the transport is rolling that is driving me bananas.
Seriously though, obsolete soundcard, bluescreen, crashes = try a different soundcard.
Heck even do a small test, remove the soundcard and use MME or WASAPI and see if Melodyne crashes.
Sonar uses resources for Melodyne.

RME, Motu, Focusrite, Presonus (and probably several more) can give you that over USB.
I've got a RME Ucx that I've had for 2 years (in a few months9 and can recommend it with all my heart.
I replaced an Echo AudioFire 8 with the RME. The Echo was good, but the RME is excellent.
Low RTL, super stable drivers, and great legacy support.
 
 

Hey Zargg, I just can't afford an RME... too pricey. Yes, I see I was totally wrong about USB, I can do 8 X 8. I've looked at these so far: 
 
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Focusrite/18i20-Audio-Interface-114015517.gc 
 
https://www.amazon.com/Tascam-US-16X08-channel-Audio-Interface/dp/B00MIXF200/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1519923140&sr=8-8&keywords=used+audio+interface
 
I know the Focusrite is good, what about the Tascam? Thoughts?
 
Still looking...
 

Thanks, Cactus!

Thx fer the tips, Mett!

Thx, Zargg!

Do you have someone you could borrow an AI from to check?
Could (if so) be easy to check.

Phoen1xPJ
You mean Artificial Intelligence? :O 

I was thinking about Audio Interface, to be honest

Phoen1xPJ
 
I started poking around in device manager and found this error in PCI bus: 
Input/Output Range 0000 - 0CF7 used by:
ACPI x64-based PC
 
 

When was the last time you did a bios update ?
Could also be a failed install of drivers on the PCI itself, a bad registry entry, could be many things.
 

chuckebaby
 
When was the last time you did a bios update ?
 

 
Fairly recent... I think it's up to date...

robert_e_bone
For whatever the worth, I have a Presonus AudioBox 1818VSL USB interface that has 8 mic pre's and decent performance, and there is an older but still pretty nice expansion unit that connects to it via ADAT (Light Pipe) cables, and that gives you an additional 8 inputs, and it all still works quite well with the USB connection to my computer.
 
Both of the above can be found used - I don't have a price on the above interface (used), but I picked up a used one of those expansion units (also from Presonus) for $120, and it runs perfectly.  The current brand new price for the Presonus AudioBox 1818 VSL audio interface seems to be $399, so used should be pretty reasonable, as well.
 
Bob Bone
 

 
Great tip, Bob! I found new for $400, refurb for $320, used for $300. I could not find the expansion unit... do you have a model num for that puppy?

I wanna give a huge thank you to all you guys for tips and encouragement. Y'all have pointed me in directions that yielded super stability in my SPlat! To wit...
 
I have a prog monster that I am currently working on named "Pleasant Dreams." It is 25:30 and 128 tracks long. I just spent all night (yep, night owl) Melodyne-ing through all the scratch vocals which include melody & harms. SPlat never once choked or threw an error. I kept the project open all that time (frequently saving) and then I went back and recorded automation for Vocal Rider. In the midst of this I had my Internet connection up and would occasionally take a peek at Facebook. I also had Outlook open checking e-mail. The Project is still open now and is purring contentedly.
 
I credit a cuppla things... one tip to limit my undo history to 10 was great (I forget who gave it.) Another discussion about the PCI bus prompted me to uninstall the PCI bus from Device Manager, reboot, then let it reinstall everything. (It was a *bunch!* There are a ton of dependencies on the PCI bus on my mobo.) When all was back in, Device Manager looked totally clean (except that one nagging aforementioned ish, but it didn't matter!) I then brought up SPlat and did aforementioned operation.
 
It looks like my Layla 24 is performing perfectly. No hiccups or errors at all. Mebbe I don't need a new audio interface after all.
 
Another thing is the Internet connection. I keep it up all the time. Tried turning it off but no diff in SPlat (which is central reason for this machine.) I also have a virus scanner running *but* have made exceptions for all SONAR files and processes. Methinks that all the terror over being on the 'net with a DAW is a tempest in a teapot. My current experience shows that it doesn't matter. I may be in a minority over this but I calls it like I sees it!
 
Please feel free to discuss my findings. Again, a *huge* thank you to y'all who spurred me on! Pleasant Dreams!

Zargg
Glad you got things working without having to buy anything

Thx, Zargg!