<SOLVED> Melodyne Essential 4.1 Freezing Sonar X3d

I've literally NEVER used Melodyne before, but recorded a singer today who has a couple of notes that just need a little nudge up in pitch.  I figured now's as good a time as any to learn, so I downloaded the latest version (4.1) that Celemony had sent to my email and installed it.  Watched some tutorial videos, and read the Sonar documentation relevant to Melodyne.  In Sonar X3d, I highlighted a region of the vocal track and selected "Create Region FX" from the Melodyne tab of the Region FX tab.  After a quick flashing and disappearing of the Melodyne edit screen, Sonar just does nothing.  I can minimize/maximize any synth or effect windows, but anything else I attempt to do (clicking in a track, scrolling the timeline, etc) gives me the spinning blue circle indefinitely, and I eventually have to kill Sonar in the Task Manager.  I'm sure there's dozens of different reasons this could be happening, but was wondering if running the latest version of Melodyne Essential on an older version of Sonar was an obvious culprit.  I downloaded the Sonar Platinum lifetime updates last year during the sale, but have not yet updated just due to being quite comfortable and happy with X3.  Obviously, if I need to go ahead and install Splat I will.  Just thought I'd check here and see if there was any confirmation to this idea or if there might be something else I should try.  Thanks to all!
 
       Joel

I'm on Platinum now, but one thing to try is undocking the MultiDock, making if full screen, then minimizing it. Once you "Create Melodyne Region FX," bring up the minimized MultiDock and you should see the Melodyne Editor. Once you're done with your edits, close the Melodyne Editor. I'd recommend applying the Region FX at this point, as not doing so could lead to instability.

mrpippy2
Just a little apprehensive of the learning curve is all, and this singer I'm recording is eager to have her song all polished up.

There are some instructions here that should help:
 
https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=SONAR%20X3&language=3&help=Region_FX.04.html

Does x3 support ARA? If not that could be the issue otherwise it could be hidden in a dock.

Bummer. Does Melodyne work by itself (standalone)?

As scook said you should have been using X3e for the last couple of years anyhow. That was the stable version. 
 
I would start there as that will keep you working in the environment your used to until you get your project finished. 
That said you can install the latest version of Splat, use melodyne to fix the track and re open in X3 to finish it off. 
There's not a huge difference really and Splat has so many better features that one is really crippling themselves staying in the past. 
 
But honestly, myself I just make people re sing the part in key. If they can't then they should take up knitting as a hobby 
 

Success! I downloaded Platinum, and the Melodyne editor opens in the MultiDock when I select Create Region FX. Now I just need to learn how to nudge a couple notes up a bit without it sounding artificial, but I'll watch the tutorials again and practice a bit with it tomorrow. Thanks to all for the help, it is greatly appreciated!