Soft synth freezing on first note played

Kennyboz, welcome to the forum ! . . . since you've just installed Sonar Platinum you may have to configure some things to get it working right . . . for starters, what audio interface are you using, and are you totally new to Cakewalk products ? There always a lot of great help here on the forum, but it's best to let everyone know about your system specs to be able to know what's going on with your setup.

Hi. Quite a lot has happened in the last years. There are a lot of videos on SONAR both on YouTube and Cake TV. Towards the bottom of this page you can get up to speed with regards to how things are implemented now. https://www.cakewalk.com/CakeTV/SONAR-University/Get-Started
Karl Rose (Fast Bikerboy on this forum) made a whole series of videos about SONAR. They are from X2, but many of the things apply for the latest version as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR1DLE2UIfM&list=PLKRYWdEpbc5PgUgvrNuSvVyfv5qkll0qj
Hope it helps.
All the best

I posted about this earlier. When I load certain soft synths in Sonar Platinum or X3, if I play them using an external midi controller, they drop out and I must reload them. Update - I tried various midi interfaces and they all do the same thing, so it's not the interface. I can play very short notes without failure. Any note held on the keyboard longer than about 1/2 second will make the synth stop playing, until I reload the synth. Only certain synths do this, unfortunately all the ones I like, including freshly downloaded ones. I am at witt's end.

When it occurs, I must unload and reload the synth to try again. By the way, it happens always, not intermittent. It happens with all SI synths (Electric Piano, Sting Section, etc), Drop Zone, Pentagon, Rapture, Rapture Session, and probably others. Some do work, however, a few older ones. thanks for lending a hand.

I am not sure if it does make any difference, but have you tried to run SONAR as Administrator? 

Thanks. I'll try running as admin first and wait for a response from Cakewalk support, then a new install.

Hi - I will do some searching/testing, and see if I can help - would you please look at the info at the bottom of some of the forum member's posts?  You will see many of us put a bit of a summary of our system specs into the Forum Profile's Signature area, and then make sure we click the 'Always attach signature to posts' check box.
 
I am wondering what sort of audio interface you are using, or are you using either your computer's on-board sound chip or perhaps ASIO4ALL?
 
Can you please list the Sonar Preferences audio interface Driver Mode you are using?  It it ASIO?  WDM?
 
Thanks, 
 
I'll check back in a bit - and as I indicated above, I will also dig through some other earlier threads to see if something concrete comes to mind.
 
Bob Bone
 
 

I've added some info to my posts. Not sure about MIDI Master or Clock. Will check. I'm getting closer to deciding to do a complete re-install of everything. I installed every synth on the available list - maybe too much?

The only echo setting there is must be on for me to hear what I play.

FYI, my synth freezing after about 1/2 second of key down was due to after-touch from my keyboard. Apparently, the after touch signal messed things up. I turned it off, at least set it to 0, and everything now works. I have no more excuses for not moving ahead with my projects!

Kennyboz
FYI, my synth freezing after about 1/2 second of key down was due to after-touch from my keyboard. Apparently, the after touch signal messed things up. I turned it off, at least set it to 0, and everything now works. I have no more excuses for not moving ahead with my projects!

In general, aftertouch shouldn't cause this behavior. I record aftertouch all the time as many synths use it for added expression. I would say the likely cause is the way aftertouch is implemented in your controller. There may be settings in your controller that will allow you to configure what gets sent to Sonar, but it sounds like a midi buffer overflow.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Some folks add articulations and modifications to midi tracks using an additional midi track set to point to the same soft synth.
 
I do this a lot with things like sampled violin instruments, where there may be 20 or more articulations that can be applied.  I will frequently record my playing straight through something, and then I will add a 2nd midi track pointing to the violin synth and add modulation/articulation changes in one or more additional passes - so the original track will play, and I will capture the modulation/articulation changes with the 2nd midi track, which are then picked up and processed when both tracks are played back.
 
The above is just a thought -  I sort of approach it like I do with adding and modifying effects to tracks.
 
Bob Bone