Teds_Studio
Dan,
I have tried adding the synth to current projects....and new projects both.  Same results either way.  I have no control surface apps.
 
It's really strange.  When I add the synth to a project, it's seems to add fine.  I can even open up a PRV of the midi track created by the synth, add notes in the PRV and it will show activity on the meters on the midi track...of course the audio track is blank and there is no sound since there is no preset loaded (at least that is what I assume).
 
But as soon as I double click on the synth icon to open up the GUI....I get the white screen and the pop-up box stating that Sonar has quit working.  I have never even gotten far enough for it to ask for activation (or demo mode).

hmm... There isn't a way to launch it as a standalone? A lot of my stuff needed to be opened standalone for registration. Maybe it's crashing Sonar because it's trying to register and getting confused.

Teds_Studio
Dan,
I have tried adding the synth to current projects....and new projects both.  Same results either way.  I have no control surface apps.
 
It's really strange.  When I add the synth to a project, it's seems to add fine.  I can even open up a PRV of the midi track created by the synth, add notes in the PRV and it will show activity on the meters on the midi track...of course the audio track is blank and there is no sound since there is no preset loaded (at least that is what I assume).
 
But as soon as I double click on the synth icon to open up the GUI....I get the white screen and the pop-up box stating that Sonar has quit working.  I have never even gotten far enough for it to ask for activation (or demo mode).

Can you list for me all the MIDI drivers that you have installed on your system?  Also, what type of audio interface are you using? 

Beep,
I don't know of a way to open it up stand alone....it is just dll files as far as I can tell.  I too am aware that some software does have to be authorized while running stand alone, but I don't think that is the case with Bass Station...there is no executable file for it.
 
Dan,
At the moment I am still using my Echo Mia stereo sound card.  I recently purchased a Focusrite 18i20 but I want to rewire my system to properly use it which I just haven't gotten around to doing yet.
 
I have a MOTU MTP AV USB that drives my external keyboards.  I am not in the studio right now...but I will try turning off the MOTU so that the midi interface driver is not loaded and try running the Bass Station plugin.
 
Thanks again for your continued support and help with this.  As of yet I haven't heard back from Novation.  I am curious as to what they say.

Teds_Studio
Beep,
I don't know of a way to open it up stand alone....it is just dll files as far as I can tell.  I too am aware that some software does have to be authorized while running stand alone, but I don't think that is the case with Bass Station...there is no executable file for it.
 
Dan,
At the moment I am still using my Echo Mia stereo sound card.  I recently purchased a Focusrite 18i20 but I want to rewire my system to properly use it which I just haven't gotten around to doing yet.
 
I have a MOTU MTP AV USB that drives my external keyboards.  I am not in the studio right now...but I will try turning off the MOTU so that the midi interface driver is not loaded and try running the Bass Station plugin.
 
Thanks again for your continued support and help with this.  As of yet I haven't heard back from Novation.  I am curious as to what they say.

Cool, yes.  That would be my first guess. Trying to disable your MIDI hardware to see how SONAR reacts.  

I know this is an older thread that I started a few weeks ago....but I have been in contact with Novation support via email....and have tried several things which they suggested.
 
I even downloaded and installed Reaper to see if the problem still happened....which it did.  It acted the same way as it does in Sonar X2 and X3....gets a white transparent screen and states that Sonar / Reaper has stopped working and will now close.
 
I finally give up...since I have more than enough soft synths to do what I need to do.  Myself and maybe one other (via tech support) seems to be isolated incidental problems with Novation Bass Station 2.0 .
 
I am more than happy to have received the Focusrite plugins for free as a bonus with my 18i20 interface....so not being able to use Bass Station is really not a problem.

Hey
 
I got exactly the same problem. I can't get Bass station to run. I install 32 bit on Program file (x86) and 64 bit on Program files in the Cakewalk VST folders...
 
I run Sonar Producer X3c on a Win 8.1 64 machine. I could Run Bass station on X1 64 bit without problem.. I love the synth so would really like to get this work...
 
Any ideas?

Hey Eric,
I have never found a solution to getting Bass Station to work on my system.  It doesn't work with X2 or X3.  I even (reluctantly) installed Reaper as per Novation support to see if it would run.  Did the same thing in Reaper.  Locked up the software (white screen) and said it (Reaper) would need to close...same thing that happens in Sonar.
 
Do you by chance have an Nvidia video card?  I have the GTX 560 Ti .

I always "recycle" my computers in the fact that when I build a new DAW...I use my old DAW computer for internet and other stuff.  I just remembered that I still have X1 Producer on my "online" computer, which I am typing on now.
 
I installed Bass Station on this machine and it loads right up in X1.  I didn't authorize it because I don't use this machine for DAW work anymore...but at least it did load without crashing Sonar X1.

Hi Erik,
 
This seems to be a system specific issue, as I know of several people running BassStation with Sonar X 1, 2, and 3 on Windows 7 and 8 systems.  This being said, in order to help resolve this, please submit a support request via this link:
 
http://us.focusrite.com/answerbase/contact