I have a strange problem. I can record stuff off the net no problem using X2a going through my Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium HD soundcard by way of the What You Hear port.

However, if I put the computer to sleep or hibernate, when it wakes up X2a works fine except it will no longer record anything coming from the same device. The strange part is that while this is true whether X2a is open at the time of sleep or not, it is also true if I have not even started X2 since booting windows. Rebooting fixes the problem.

I thought it might be the soundcard's fault (it's the only thing that made sense) but I just tried with Audacity and it has no problems recording after waking from sleep, even if it's open when sleep occurs.

Now, I'm not interesting in discussing the desirability or using sleep or hibernate. They're something I use in my daily routine. I'm just wondering what could be going on. I have spent several days researching this problem and have come up with no explanation.

My system is Win7 64bit, Intel Xeon E5-1620, 16gb.

One...dump the Soundbastard...two...NEVER use sleep or hibernate on the DAW...EVER. Read up on how to tweak a computer for recording. Search the forum a bit...there is a TON on here! I would post a link but I am at work and don't have time to scour too much...maybe someone else can chime in...good luck!

Audacity is a fantastic program for what it is.  but it's not a DAW.

I also recommend to take sleep and/or hibernate off of the system.  if you want to conserve power, turn it off.

You're allowing sleep/hibernate to power down the soundcard. You may be able to change that in the Windows Device Manager if it provides an option for the soundcard not to be powered down, but I'm not sure.

If you close SONAR before putting the PC to sleep and then launch SONAR after you wake the PC, that might work.

Personally, I never use sleep/hibernate. Instead, I've customized the power settings so the screen will turn off and the hard drives will spin down after 30 minutes of being idle. That saves enough power and doesn't mess with any system settings or cause problems.

Scott

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"Now, I'm not interesting in discussing the desirability or using sleep or hibernate."

Then why even start this thread IF they might be the issue?

You might wanna throw a screensaver on your system as well.

I've seen all kinds of problems involving software and sleep/hibernate in Windows before. It's not just DAW's. Don't use it. If I'm going to be away for a while and I want to protect my PC without shutting it down, I just use "lock" instead. 

Now, I'm not interesting in discussing the desirability or using sleep or hibernate. They're something I use in my daily routine. I'm just wondering what could be going on. I have spent several days researching this problem and have come up with no explanation.

Sleep/Hibernate are known to cause this issue in a DAW.
If you make use of them... the only solution is to reboot.

Jim Roseberry

Sleep/Hibernate are known to cause this issue in a DAW.
If you make use of them... the only solution is to reboot.

I'm interested in knowing why, so I can go about fixing the problem.
 
Sleep/hibernate lets you shut the system down without having to close everything you were doing only to have to setup everything again when you want to continue.  I find it odd that some don't see the utility of this.  I don't sit at my DAW computer all day long, only an hour or two here and there when I find the time.
 
My computer is water cooled (which means it has a pump) with 6 fans, a 140w cpu and three hard drives.  There's no way I'm going to leave it running all day long.
 
My issue is Sonar not being able to record off a soundcard that other programs can.  I'm trying to find out why.  One variable that I forgot to mention is that Sonar is using the ASIO driver while Audacity is using Windows Direct Sound, whatever that is.

 

Why wouldn't a save take care of having to setup your project? 

I don't believe that Sonar is meant to sleep.  I would save and shutdown. 

Jim Roseberry

Now, I'm not interesting in discussing the desirability or using sleep or hibernate. They're something I use in my daily routine. I'm just wondering what could be going on. I have spent several days researching this problem and have come up with no explanation.

Sleep/Hibernate are known to cause this issue in a DAW.
If you make use of them... the only solution is to reboot.

I have had problems with sleep on every computer I've owned (7 over the last 6 years). I find W7 is better than XP, but it's just not stable. No way I would use it on a DAW. Burn the juice or shut it down.