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There has been several times when working on a project where the tabs in the multidock disappear.  I have two 28" monitors and usually have my TV on one monitor and PRV and CV in the multidock on the other monitor.

I will usually have at least two or three tabs...usually the CV and a couple of track PRV's.  Then all of a sudden I look and all of the tabs along the top of the multidock are gone...just a white background where they were, making it impossible to switch between the views.

The only way to fix it is to save the project...close Sonar...and reopen it.  Then the tabs re-appear.

Anyone else seen this before?

Had a similar issue in the past, with a plug in or soft synth... I would get a blank space where there was usually some adjustment knobs or some such... I found that in this case, it was as easy as minimizing the window then restoring it and all was as it should be, maybe giving a glitchy graphics driver the chance to redraw. Anyway, you might try just minimizing the SONAR window and restoring it.


Best,
Rob


ps... very interested in the Aero discussion. I have no issues with stressed CPU, but maybe in the future this might prove to be useful info.

There are tons of graphic issues with Sonar and video drivers.
 
Sonar X1 runs best with Aero "OFF" on my laptop.
 
In fact, I run in classic mode.
 
 
Your mileage may vary!
 
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I can make this easy. Here is a link to Microsoft's official website where Microsoft officially advises you that you may turn off Aero to improve performance.

http://windows.microsoft....to-improve-performance

How simple is that?


best regards,
mike

A little too simple. The link addresses a specific issue and not the general case. To infer anything else from that link would be wrong.

I'll agree to the extent that there are many other considerations, but I feel it nullifies broad based 3rd party warnings that turning Aero off somehow increases the strain on your over all system.

For example; John has told me many times that turning off Aero "hurts" our system... but it not true... and it's never been substantiated by any official Microsoft document that he's linked to.

What I infer, is that Microsoft doesn't warn us that turning Aero off "hurts" your computer performance. Instead they repeatedly, in numerous documents, point out that turning off Aero results in Aero being turned off.

H.P. the largest single desktop and laptop vendor on the planet advises people to turn off Aero when they wish to increase performance. You can easily find the links in their support area... I don't have them at hand. I think that further that suggests that it can't "hurt" that bad.

best regards,
mike

Really? Mike I have always been talking about desktops computers. I have never said anything about laptops. In fact I did say this  "Really the only reason to turn Aero off is if you don't have a good enough graphics card o benefit from it."

True I was not explicit in saying this includes some laptops but in my defense I thought you had the common sense to know that it did.

The reason is some laptops use system memory for graphics. On those it is not a good idea run Aero or Flight Simulator either.

Even CW recommends a 1 GB graphics card to get the best performance from X1 with Aero on.

Now the easy thing for people to do is see how it works on your own system.  In other words try it.

I did update my video card driver to their latest driver dated just a few days ago.  But...I opened up a project today and right off the bat....my tabs disappeared on the multidock.  I tried minimizing it and reopening it...but to no avail.  The only way the tabs will come back is to close Sonar and open it back up.

But then again....the tabs only disappeared the one time right after I started this morning....everything worked OK the rest of the day.

I will try turning off Aero when it happens again and see if that will make a difference.  With having a 1 gig video card I'm sure it has plenty of GPU power.  It's just that it might not like playing nicely with Sonar for some reason.

Some say that ATI graphics work best with Sonar.  I have an Nvidia card, and most say in the Sony Vegas forum (which I also use Sony Vegas) that Nvidia cards work best with Vegas.

So far the graphics with the tabs on the multidock is the only problem I've had with Sonar.

If you're the only one having this issue, anything said here will just be guessing.
I've had my own share of weird graphical issues, mostly little things.
 
Worst case scenario - try a complete uninstall - defrag - deep system scan - reinstall.
Just the program.
 
Steve