Sonar 8se....Dropouts etc... Diagnosed

Geez...

I've tried duplicating all my settings from 6.2.1pe, I've uninstalled and reinstalled all my drivers (e-mu asio, current version), I've deleted every aud.ini on my system, but I still cannot get through 1 record take without getting a dropout/audio stopped. There are no cpu spikes, no disk spikes, in fact, when I get the dropout the cpus drop to 0%.

Fortunately 6.2.1pe still works fine (on the same box). It boggles my mind that the same audio driver settings I've been using for 2 years with sonar 6 won't work with 8. Has there been that many changes?

It's a little disappointing that I read all these reports of better performance (which is probably the major reason I bit the bullet) only to find that it's going to be a major project just to get it to run properly.

ORIGINAL: CJaysMusic

I've tried duplicating all my settings from 6.2.1pe, I've uninstalled and reinstalled all my drivers (e-mu asio, current version), I've deleted every aud.ini on my system, but I still cannot get through 1 record take without getting a dropout/audio stopped. There are no cpu spikes, no disk spikes, in fact, when I get the dropout the cpus drop to 0%.

Its a different version, so you MAY need different settigns.
After you updated to sonar 8, did you re-profile your sound card?? why dont you try it and then after it reprofiles your sound card, tweak the settigns. dont worry about what worked in sonar 6. worry about sonar 8
Cj

Humm, a little quick to write and slow to read maybe?

So if deleting aud.ini isn't re profiling the sound card what is?

Humm, a little quick to write and slow to read maybe?

So if deleting aud.ini isn't re profiling the sound card what is?

Maybe your just a bit slow.
Deleting the aud.ini file is exactly what it is. yuo delete it and let sonar buls another one.
Re-profiling your sound card is done by clcicking the wave profiler. 2 different things. Are you done being a smart ARs???
Cj

Its written into the aud.ini file. This is my thopught on updating. for me, i always reprofile, even if im using ASIO driver mode. I also at times delete my aud.ini file. I delete that monthly. This has worked for me for a couple of years now.
If you delete your aud.ini file, the next time you start sonar, it will reprofile your card automatically.
Cj

Well...so much for the whole audio settings thing.

Turns out it is some kind of problem with session drummer 2 (and maybe others, but that one for sure). I can create a project with one audio track and session drummer 2, it the sd2 interface is open while recording I get dropouts, if it's closed I can record all day long. Never had that happen in 6pe....

Well, at least I can use it now.

Now if track layers would behave....

I don't know for sure if this will help but have you tried turning X-ray off? X-ray caused pops and ticks for me when I had the Studio Instruments interface open. Turning it off fixed the problem.



That was one of the first things I turned off. Thanks though.

I was so happy to be able to record again that I haven't dug too deep to find the root cause other than closing sd2.