I cannot get my 2 UAD-1 cards working with SONAR X1 or X2 64 bit.  Since the lastest driver to be supported for the UAD-1 is 6.1, frankly I don't care anymore.  I'm walking away from UAD and I'm sticking with SONAR for now.  I spent about $1200 on the UAD-1 system and I got about 8 years out of it, I liked it and I feel I got my money's worth out of it.  I don't like it anymore and I'm happy to be moving on from it.  So there's my rant.  Hope you enjoyed it. 

Sounds like user error to me.

Actually it's 6.4 which is coincidentally 64bit. And IIRC UAD-1 are now fully decommissioned. You could get a UAD-2 Quad. The only thing you truly lose is Nigel, IIRC.

Nope, not user error.  I have been around a time or two with UAD and Cakewalk support and the conclusion is that the stuff doesn't work right.  I could get it working on SONAR X1...Sort of.  But not at all with SONAR X2.  My other option would be to get the UAD-2 stuff, but I don't need or want it, so I'm walking away from UAD for good.


Thanks,

indravayu


Sounds like user error to me.

I have read elsewhere on this forum that UAD is not supporting Sonar anymore.
I've submitted the question to UA. We'll see.

This could just be a stupid rumour.

And I upgraded to UAD-2, and I miss Nigel.. hard. I loved it. I wish I had it back :S

If UAD is not supported in Sonar, it's kinda the last straw for me. I can't afford their newer plugs, I don't enjoy being restricted to the card's power, and there are now many companies with VERY similar plugs. UA's customer support has been nothing but excellent to me. But keeping up to date with them is a PITA since they started to ditch systems they don't see fit.

I've been a UAD customer for years (2 UAD-1s).  I upgraded one of my UAD-1s to a UAD-2 during their trade in special but couldn't do the second because I had no PCIe slot.

Then they released drivers that rendered my UAD-1 obsolete and unable to be used ?  WTF ?? A perfectly functioning card now was useless to me.  THATS messed up (reverted to older drivers and regained functionality).

If you have a UAD-2 AND a UAD-1 like me you CANNOT upgrade drivers without knocking your UAD-1 into the trash can.  That's pure BS.


And yes, they have officially stopped supporting Sonar.

Screw them  I stopped buying more plugs from them when they decided my UAD-1 was trash.

BTW - I was surprised at how many of my projects had Nigel in them.  Nice of UA just to *SURPRISE* make it go away...


Never again....

it's been a couple months, and therefore a couple of releases, but I recently asked about the Sonar Mode button, and was told that it was only required for the original cards, and would be removed from the meter applet. I believe this is the reason that there is a rumor about no more support for Sonar. In fact, I think support for Sonar is improved, since they no longer require a patch to work together.

I just got off the phone with UA they have no plans to stop supporting Sonar as a matter of fact the new version is supposed to be more compatible with Sonar.  I am going to try the install and see, but I think whomever said they were not supporting Sonar was incorrect, they have all intentions of support to the fullest extent and were very helpful and said they had heard the RUMOR and it was not the case...

Uhhh... it's not a rumor. It is posted on their main page of the UAD website. They will only be supporting Cubase and PT in the future. I sent a support request for a refund of the $3k I wasted on the stuff in the last 12 months.