UAD plugin popup on bounce

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2011/08/10 23:31:48 (permalink)

UAD plugin popup on bounce

I am running a UAD-2 Solo with Sonar.
Currently a 64-bit Windows 7 machine, but I had this issue with 32-bit Sonar 8 as well.
 
Anytime I bounce several clips to a make one large clip, a number of my UAD plugs are disabled.  I get a popup saying "Sorry, one or more of the UAD Plugins have been disabled.  DSP Limit exceeded."
But then I manually disable/enable them and things are back to normal.  This is a total workflow killer.
 
With the 64-bit machine I'm forced to 'x' out of 5 popups of this message everytime I load Melodyne onto a clip and bounce it down once I've tuned a vocal.  Or even just bouncing 3 vocal takes down to one large clip.  I do this a lot!  So it's really killin me :(
 
Any idea??
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    Re:UAD plugin popup on bounce 2011/08/11 01:35:10 (permalink)
    foo, call UAD and tell them what's going on. They actually pick up the phone and will spend some time with you to solve the issue. In my opinion, it very well could be a card gone bad. That doesn't sound right to me.

    Then again, I'd never risk a solo card on any machine. It just doesn't have much power. 1-2 UAD-2 plugs and it's toast for DSP. It sounds to me like you're maxing out the card and when you disable/enable, it refreshes.

    I have a Duo and a Quad here. I've gotten that message on the Duo a few times, but when I get it, I'm truly exceeding my DSP limit. Do you have that Sonar compatibility box checked in your UAD control panel? If so, for the heck of it...uncheck it and see if it makes a difference. That option always made weird things happen on my end. From distorted audio, artifacts, to exports with blank audio in spots. That said, if you DON'T have that checked, try checking it as it may help you. Sorry I can't be more helpful. I'd definitely call UAD on this one though. Even though the Solo is weaker in DSP compared to the Duo, once you max out a card, manually disabling/enabling shouldn't bring it back. When I max mine, it's done. When you get these messages, are you actually seeing the DSP load maxed out on your UAD meter?

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    Re:UAD plugin popup on bounce 2011/08/11 09:20:10 (permalink)
    This happens in Sonar 8 32-bit as well.
    Has for years.  Nobody at Cakewalk has had any explanation, nobody on the UAD boards, etc.
    I just posted this again because I've upgraded to X1 and figured I'd give it another shot.

    If I'm maxing out DSP, the cards would tell me beforehand.  I will look at the UAD Control Panel/Meter tonight and make sure I'm not close to maxing the UAD-2 card, but I am damn sure that I'm only at 70% most of the time, tops.

    I submitted a problem report to Cakewalk.  The easiest way to reproduce this is to add a few UAD plugs, 1073, 1176, Pultec... whatever.  5 of them or so.  UAD-2 Solo handles it without issue.  Select ANY clip, bounce it to a new clip.  Popups!  Every time on two machines I've had through two versions of Sonar.
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    Re:UAD plugin popup on bounce 2011/08/11 09:20:42 (permalink)
    And yes, UAD customer service is top-notch.  100%.
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