As some of you may remember, I recently bought a Focusrite 18i20 audio interface.  It came with some free Focusrite plugins, and also the Novation Bass Station synth.
 
I was curious if any of you have tried the Bass Station.  I got it installed, but when I go to open the GUI...it locks up Sonar to the point of having to close it and reopen.  I get the "white screen" and then it's locked up.
 
I don't even know if it's worth messing with....but if it's decent software I wouldn't mind getting it to work...since it was a freebie.
 
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I've used the same. Perhaps you have the 64bit version in a 32bit host?  I had a similar problem with Pentagon 1 and then tried installing the 32bit version for X2 32bit and the x64bit version for X2 64bit.  After that, Pentagon played nicely in both versions of SONAR. 
 
Just a shot.
 
Kind regards,
 
Living Room Rocker
 
P.S. I am aware that Pentagon is a DXi and Bass Station is VSTi.

I will double check the installer again....I only have the 64 bit ver of Sonar installed...and I usually pay attention to which ver I install of other things because of it....but is definitely something to check.

As it stands...I probably won't be using any of the Novation products.  I just visited their website again...and it states that you HAVE to be online to register their products.  My studio machine is NOT online and never has been.  I have another PC in my studio that is online and do all of my downloads and registrations from there.  Any software that I use has to be capable of offline registration.
 
So much for the Novation freebie......

How do you keep that computer up to snuff on Windows maintenance?
 
Bob Bone
 

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Hi Ted,
 
Sorry to hear about the trouble with BassStation.  BassStation most certainly works with both 32 and 64 bit versions of Sonar, so I would suggest contacting Novation support here: http://us.novationmusic.com/answerbase/contact
 
In regards to the registration, while product registration is done through our website, all of the plugin activations have an offline activation mode that you will allow you to activate the plugins on a computer that is not connected to the internet.
 

Keeping an eye on this because NBS came with my 18i6. Not sure if it'll do anything my current synths won't but I am curious. Looking forward to finally trying out the Focusrite plugs too now that I have time to experiment.

I've used that same version of Bass Station (18i6) in X2a x64 - no issues to speak of.   My DAW is completely offline so I did what Matt described.   It's very specific in what it does, but I think it sounds decent.
 
 

Sorry I've let this thread get buried for several days.  I just tried the Bass Station in X3 and it does the same thing.  It adds the synth just fine, but as soon as I try to open the GUI it white screens Sonar and locks up.
 
I can't even do the offline activation since the plugin will not even open up.  I found the instructions for offline activation that Matt referred to, so once I get it to open I can register it.
 
I just contacted Novation via their contact page to try to find out what is going on with my install.  I downloaded the install directly from the Focusrite site from within my account.