UAD Plugin UI Stops Showing Status

MY UAD plugins occasionally stop showing status.  So. for example, on the LA-2A I can crank the input gain and hear the difference, but the meter needle is dead and does not respond no matter what I do with the LA-2A controls. Similarly on the Precision series, the metering is usually a pair of lines that move in the normal way. The meters just stop, and any numbers that should show (such as db reduction) are zero, and on one occasion full of garbage characters. If I save the project, restart Sonar again it will restore the same view, and pressing play has the meters and other feeback working ok. I don't know if it's a bug or some setting I need to tweak. I've had it on every Sonar after 8.5, including X3 and now Platinum. Any clues appreciated, thanks.

Hi. Which version of UAD software do you have? I have read that 8.5 is a no go in Win 10, but I know 8.4 is ok, as I am running it on my studio pc.
All the best.

It's been an ongoing problem with every Sonar after 8.5, as I said, so there have been many UAD software versions. I save and reload the project as a detour, and half expected it would be fixed one of these days, but no. Going back to eph221's comment, I suspect there is something about Sonar's plugin interface handling that changed with the X series. I've had support calls with other plugin builders who have hinted that Sonar is different in this area. I use Reaper too, and have never seen any issues in this area.

benjaminfrog
Hmm... I've got most of the Precision Series as well as the LA-2A Collection and I don't experience the issues you're describing. Any chance you're using the 32 bit versions of the UAD plugins in 64 bit Sonar?

I'm completely 64-bit.

Zargg71
This might be of no use, but is your UAD pcie or firewire? Different cable / input, different slot (MB)? Which UAD version are you on?
All the best.

It's PCIe but I don't think that's relevant. This is entirely internal to Sonar when mixing. As I said in the OP, I insert (say) Precision Limiter on a track, it shows metering bars, gain reduction in dB in its UI. Later on it doesn't show metering OR any dB values in the reduction section, BUT it still actually works (I can hear it) if I increase gain. I never have this issue with Reaper, only Sonar. If I shut down Sonar and reload the project it's all working again. Every test I do like this tells me that this is a Sonar issue sending update status to plugins.  

Phil, what graphics card are you using? Do you have a different one you can swap out, and do you have the latest graphics card drivers? Many times in these forums when someone has a problem that a) doesn't exist in some other DAWs and b) people can't reproduce, a graphics card is the culprit (especially when it installs one of those "HD audio" drivers, but that produces other symptoms). I don't know the technical rationale but some have theorized SONAR handles graphics differently from other programs (maybe because it's not cross-platform?).

I'm running UAD 8.4 in Win 10 and a have NVidia card (GT610). While I run current drivers I load only the graphics driver, which gets rid of lots of bloat. Not issues at all.

See if they hem and haw! :D.  Also, there can be strange issues with the windows 10  firewire drivers.   You usually have three options with the firewire cards: 1. legacy 2. the chipset and 3. the generic microsoft.  Try all three (that is if your using firewire).  
 
 
Btw the irig37 bug is a real bug.  It keeps SPLAT from opening. I mentioned it in the problems section, don't know if they heard.  This has nothing to do with Phil's issue.

Updated my signature to show my system details. Good point. I hope it helps the issue which appears to be happening to a few.