ukmoonlitknight
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Sonar 2.2 and windows 7
I have an ancient but working sonar 2.2 (I assume it falls into Home Studio).
Currently using XP with 2.5mhz processor and 2 gig ram... works very well.
I use a lot of vsts and Dxi plug ins without a problem.
Edirol UA-101 for sound and a Korg Nanopad, as well as usual midi devices.
My question is... has anyone got experience of using similar with windows 7?
I want to upgrade and go for a laptop but am unsure if the drivers etc. will work.
Also unsure if having dual/quad core would be an advantage as the software is old.
I could dual boot to XP but would prefer not to if possible.
Many thanks
Steve
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Slugbaby
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Re:Sonar 2.2 and windows 7
2011/01/06 08:26:35
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I doubt it would work. Sonar 2.2 is probably not HomeStudio, as that was named HS2002, HS2, HS4 etc...
That version will be so old I really doubt it'll work with Windows 7. The upgrade cost to a newer version of Sonar shouldn't be much, especially if you add it into the costs of the new laptop.
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daveny5
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Re:Sonar 2.2 and windows 7
2011/01/06 09:39:27
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☄ Helpful
Download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor from the Microsoft site. It will check your hardware and software to see if its compatible. Also, if you go to 64-bit Windows, which I recommend, then you need to make sure your soundcard or any other devices have 64-bit drivers available.
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nfatech
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Re:Sonar 2.2 and windows 7
2016/10/16 01:51:01
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☄ Helpfulby siordanescu 2016/10/16 05:51:17
I am using Sonar2.2 on my new machine which is Windows 7 Professional 64bit.
It seems to work well so far.
The only problem, and I don't know if this is related, is that the Edirol VSC synths are not showing
up.
I'm still working on the problem. I had installed using the original CD followed by downloads/patches for
version 2.1 and 2.2. Otherwise it is working fine and I'm very happy that it functions as well as it does.
The Edirol VSC's had used on a couple of orchestral compositions that I still have minus the Edirol.
As I considered these works done after I exported them to Audio a few years back, I'm looking
to possibly just replacing the Edirol with something else, if I can't fix the problem.
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nfatech
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Re:Sonar 2.2 and windows 7
2016/10/16 09:45:35
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Sorry. I almost forgot that the DirectX Utility which had been provided at the same time
as patches 2.1 and 2/2 was ESSENTIAL in my case at least. I had bee getting an error message
that Sonar could NOT be installed due to an incompatibility issue-went smoothly after I installed that
DirectX utility.
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chuckebaby
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Re:Sonar 2.2 and windows 7
2016/10/16 11:34:25
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nfatech
I am using Sonar2.2 on my new machine which is Windows 7 Professional 64bit.
It seems to work well so far.
My condolences. Do you mix down to Maxell or TDK ?  nfatech
The only problem, and I don't know if this is related, is that the Edirol VSC synths are not showing
up.
You might be able to run these in Windows 7 Compatibility mode. This might help not sure though. Good luck man 
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bitman
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Re:Sonar 2.2 and windows 7
2016/10/16 14:59:45
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2.2???? OM Goodness!
I admire your restraint.
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kitekrazy1
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Re:Sonar 2.2 and windows 7
2016/10/16 17:36:05
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Would love to see some screenshots. One of my favorites.
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Jesse G
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Re:Sonar 2.2 and windows 7
2016/10/17 10:38:36
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