Strange "crash"

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cballreich
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2016/06/13 15:03:22 (permalink)

Strange "crash"

Every so often, when I'm working quickly in Sonar (especially when I'm trying different plugins looking for a sound), sonar will start sounding very bizarre when I press play. It's hard to describe, but it sounds sort of like my audio is being run through several spring reverbs that are being dropped from some height into a vat of glue. Sonar doesn't stop running. I can save my file and exit. Restarting Sonar takes care of the problem and everything works fine afterwards. I don't have to do anything with my interface or computer. It's more of an annoyance than a real crash where data is lost or corrupted.
 
Does anyone else have this happen? Can I do anything to stop it?
 
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    azslow3
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    Re: Strange "crash" 2016/06/13 16:09:01 (permalink)
    When that happens, have you tried "Stop audio engine" (one wave button in the transport module) and start it again?

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    Re: Strange "crash" 2016/06/13 16:14:25 (permalink)
    Best guess is a buggy plugin. Try to keep track of what you add and remove right before the symptoms arise and see if you can discern a pattern.
     
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    Re: Strange "crash" 2016/06/13 16:22:42 (permalink)
    Yes, I'm with Dan on this one.
     
    Symptoms like this, in my experience anyway, are nearly always down to a rogue plugin.
    Are you running any 32 bit plugs? I assume you're working in 64 bit

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    Re: Strange "crash" 2016/06/13 16:23:22 (permalink)
    Thanks guys. I'll try those ideas.

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