I've been using Sonar X3 4-5 hrs a day since I downloaded it 9 days ago. Yesterday I had my first crash just doing a simple task of moving a note in PRV. I've had X2 freeze on my old computer before but it was when I pushed it to the limit using 2 or 3 sample modeling synth without freezing them.
I was surprised that just moving a note caused a crash. The program asked if I wanted to send a report to Cakewalk which I did.
 
Maybe the program needed a rest...
 
Walt
 
 

Having been a software developer for over 30 years when weird things like this happen it usually is not the thing you were doing that caused the failure but the entire sequence of events up to that point.
 
I cannot tell you how many times I've found the root of problem to be the 1st, 2nd or 3rd prior event that actually manifested itself in the final event.
 
Can you try and recall the events leading up to the moving of a note? And then try and reproduce the crash?

bapu
Having been a software developer for over 30 years when weird things like this happen it usually is not the thing you were doing that caused the failure but the entire sequence of events up to that point.
 
I cannot tell you how many times I've found the root of problem to be the 1st, 2nd or 3rd prior event that actually manifested itself in the final event.
 
Can you try and recall the events leading up to the moving of a note? And then try and reproduce the crash?

Thanks for the response. I was recording some MIDI stuff from my synth as usual and did some rearranging of notes that my tired old hands didn't quite get right. Nothing unusual. Same stuff I've been doing since I got the program. Could be related to Clarks Third Law.."Anything that cannot be explained by modern technology or science is magic".
 
Otherwise the program has been flawless. Be interesting to see if Cakewalk comes up with anything.
 
Walt.
 

Well it happened again. Opened up the same file I was working on last night. As soon as I switched to the notation page, it turned white and asked if I wanted to send in a report. The file is very simple. One audio track and two MIDI tracks, with one muted. Corrupted file? Other programs seem to be okay. I'll play around with the others a bit more to see if it is just this simple file.
 
Walt

Do you have any VSTs?
What Softsynth are you driving with the MIDI?

This does sound like a corrupted MIDI file to me
Nigel

bapu
Do you have any VSTs?
What Softsynth are you driving with the MIDI?

No Softsynths. The MIDI channel is driving a Roland Integra 7 Rackmount. I've done this with 16 channels on other songs with no problems.
 
Walt

WallyG
I've been using Sonar X3 4-5 hrs a day since I downloaded it 9 days ago. Yesterday I had my first crash just doing a simple task of moving a note in PRV. I've had X2 freeze on my old computer before but it was when I pushed it to the limit using 2 or 3 sample modeling synth without freezing them.
I was surprised that just moving a note caused a crash. The program asked if I wanted to send a report to Cakewalk which I did.
 
Maybe the program needed a rest...
 
Walt
 
 

I'd love to take a look at this MIDI file to see if I can get this to crash.  Would you be able to send it along to me?

Bajan Blue
This does sound like a corrupted MIDI file to me
Nigel

You would suspect that except the first time it crashed that MIDI channel had not been saved, so I had to enter it again. It's a short MIDI file since I played the lead from memory (what's left) but wanted to convert the MIDI file to sheet music via Notion. I don't have a concrete head like other gifted people and rely on sheet music.
 
Now that I have the sheet music, I don't need this file anymore (I've saved the backing track), so it might remain a mystery unless Cakewalk finds something. (They have two reports).
 
Walt

Dan Gonzalez [Cakewalk]

WallyG
I've been using Sonar X3 4-5 hrs a day since I downloaded it 9 days ago. Yesterday I had my first crash just doing a simple task of moving a note in PRV. I've had X2 freeze on my old computer before but it was when I pushed it to the limit using 2 or 3 sample modeling synth without freezing them.
I was surprised that just moving a note caused a crash. The program asked if I wanted to send a report to Cakewalk which I did.
 
Maybe the program needed a rest...
 
Walt
 
 

I'd love to take a look at this MIDI file to see if I can get this to crash.  Would you be able to send it along to me?

Dan,
 
Thanks for the offer. Where do I send it?
 
Walt