Sonar 4 and Windows Vista, Did I Mess Up??

Was running Sonar 4 Studio on an old XP machine and for the most part it was stable. Had some usb issues with an interface but eventually got the static bursts eliminated.

Had to get a new computer and hardware wise it is a vast improvement but enter Windows Vista...

Will it install and run OK???

ORIGINAL: homebase

Was running Sonar 4 Studio on an old XP machine and for the most part it was stable. Had some usb issues with an interface but eventually got the static bursts eliminated.

Had to get a new computer and hardware wise it is a vast improvement but enter Windows Vista...

Will it install and run OK???

I would tend to doubt it will run reliably. SONAR 4 would have been coded in 2004 and I don't think there was a definitive Vista SDK at that time.

In Vista simply disable UAC and you should be good to go. Also, run the program as an Admin.

I'm confused: Doesn't Vista support backward compatibility with older programs/drivers by miming XP? I was about to install Vista on my laptop (it came with a free upgrade to Vista), which now runs S5P through an M-Audio interface. Neither Sonar5 nor the M-Audio interface is compatible with Vista, but I thought that I could use them anyway by asking Vista to pretend it's XP.

Am I wrong? It is really true that anything not specifically written for Vista will not work once Vista is installed? This seems odd--it certainly wasn't the case when XP was originally rolled out.

Can someone enlighten me on this matter?

Thanks

ORIGINAL: Antler

I've run Sonar 3 in Vista before without noticing any problems. I didn't use it extensively though.

Forgot to mention a problem - the eq plot stays lit up in the console view whether or not the eq is on. It's purely a visual issue though.

OK,for what its worth,I got Sonar 4 to work in Vista,with alot of trial and error.A friend of mine gave me their copy because they couldnt get it to work in Vista either.I figured I'd give this a shot on my machine,if it worked,hey,I got a nice piece of software for nothing.
On to the setup.After installing on my machine,the first thing I did was right click on the desktop shortcut.Then go to Properties-click the compatibility tab.In the tab,select the box that says "Run this program in compatibility mode for".Default is Windows XP(service pack 2),and that is exactly what we want,so dont change a thing.Look down at the bottom of the same tab,in the privlege area,and select "run this program as administrator". Now you should have no problem what so ever opening up Sonar.What works even better is to turn off UAC warnings in Vista so you dont get all those annoying warnings about doing stuff you want to do and Vista doesnt want you to..lol Now after opening sonar,I discovered my spacebar wouldnt move or do anything,thats because for some reason,Sonar and Vista didn't get along.After opening Sonar,go to the options tab and click on it. go to audio.The first thing that helped me atleast,was going to the advanced tab and changing the driver mode to MME(32bit).Make sure,whenever you change a setting in audio options,you have a little piece of scrap paper to write down what you've changed,so if things still dont work,you can change things back.After I set the MME(32bit) I rebooted,but sonar still didn't find my onboard audio,but it did get profiled,go figure.Go back to options-Audio-Go to the General tab and look to see if your card is set in the playback timing master.Hopefully you have a dropdown list that has your sound device listed in it.Just select your card and reboot.Upon reboot sonar should successfully profile your card and have you running atleast the audio side of things,I don't use midi so I can't help you with that.I hope these little steps that worked for me help you all out.Vista can be a pain when it comes to old programs you love.Happy jamming to all!!