Just spent 4 hours recording a song, using Sonar 8 Producer, added plug in Pitch shifter from cakewalk, played everything ok, came back later, reloaded sonar to listen to the song & everything froze. the pitch shifter plug in box was outlined & flashing but black in the middle, could do absolutly nothing but go into end task, couldnt even shut the program down from Sonar! It was the f irst time I used Pitch shifter. Is there anything I can do to save the song? All my other songs that I recorded in Sonar work fine, just this one completely freezes everything up! Thanks if there is anyone who can help me with this!

Unfortunately I can't offer a solution to your particular problem.

In my experience and according to what I've read in the forums, any VST or other program doing pitch shifting  should be handled with utmost cautiousness. Maybe their task is of such nature that problems occur very easily.

My recommendation is to do the pitch shifting in portions so small, that you can finish what you're doing, and never need to leave an unfinished clip in (say, loaded in Melodyne) when saving. Also disable the pitch shifter before you close SONAR. When the pitch correction is done, bounce the track and delete the pitch shifter.

I have no idea what exactly caused the problems I experienced with Melodyne Plugin, so my being so carefull may be silly, but I've read many posts about similar problems on the forums. Following the procedure I described, Melodyne works great.

billbreeze


Just spent 4 hours recording a song, using Sonar 8 Producer, added plug in Pitch shifter from cakewalk, played everything ok, came back later, reloaded sonar to listen to the song & everything froze. the pitch shifter plug in box was outlined & flashing but black in the middle, could do absolutly nothing but go into end task, couldnt even shut the program down from Sonar! It was the f irst time I used Pitch shifter. Is there anything I can do to save the song? All my other songs that I recorded in Sonar work fine, just this one completely freezes everything up! Thanks if there is anyone who can help me with this!

I think you can load the project in safe mode, best I remember you hold down the shift key while opening it and it will open with no plugins. Check the help on safe mode to verify.