Sonar 7 crashes while booting

alot of times sonar will crash or wont even start if the sound card or driver does not exist. ARe you sure there's ASIO drivers that support your operating system. There has also been a rash of users having problems with pre-sonus also. Maybe a search might lead to a solution.
Cj

Would you happen to be using Adobe Audition too? That installs its own ASIO driver (why? search me) that SONAR doesn't like.

Alternatively, you can revert to WDM by changing the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR Producer\7.0

Find the Core value and change it to 7d0 (2000 decimal)

Thanks for your suggestions, kp and tyacko.

I don t use Adobe Audition, but Adobe Soundbooth - perhaps it s a similar Problem.
I ll try your Tip with the registry, so i don t have to uninstall AND clean the whole registry from Sonar, than reinstall Sonar to try all these Tips.

I m quite sure that i use the same sample rate in the presonus driver and sonar, but i will test out all the possible combinations.

It s really weird for me, cause i never had a problem on such a low Level (during booting) with a pro audio application.

I ve got to sort this out soon or i ll get mad (and regrett not buying a mac and Logic...). No bashing here, i chose Sonar because i liked it best, but it would be a nice opportunity for me to really work with it....

Lee,

I have to admit that I don't think it is Sonar in the case but Presonus that is the real problem. I currently own a Lynx card and I have absolutely no problems anymore no matter what sample rate I'm at before or after using Sonar. I think Presonus is the real problem here. From personal experience I don't think they have very stable drivers. I think your comment about "regretting not buying a mac and Logic" in my opinion is an unfair statement against Sonar.

Since move to Lynx Sonar has been rock solid for me. I'm really enjoy music since that purchase.

I hope you can figure out the problem.

That'll be the key that screws it up - if you delete it (which is fine), you'll need to re-install your Firepod drivers so the correct ASIO drivers get added to the registry.

I re-installed the driver for my Firepod, but it still does not work. When i look at the Registry, there is nothing added to ASIO, so I still think the Problem is around there.

When i search the Firepod in the Windows Device Manager, it is only listed as Firepod WDM - so i could just renew that. No mention of ASIO.

But there has to be an ASIO Driver obviously, because my other Applications see it and can use it. I have also Asio4all, which works in other Applications, but sonar does not see it.

Any Ideas how i can add the Firepod to the Registry? Any Firepod Users who can have a look at their Registry and tell me what it looks like?

i reinstaled it by deleting the device in the device manager, and then reconnect it, then letting windows install the driver for the connected device. I ll try to delete all of the Firepod software via systempreferences - software.

What is strange to me is, that all other Apps recognize the Driver, but perhaps Sonar is a bit picky there? I ll keep trying, hopefully i will be making music again soon...