Hi all,
I am very sorry if this has been covered somewhere here before. I searched here and the web in general and saw several links of the two not playing nice but not in the same instance I am encountering.
To start, I love(d) Sonar. I learned how to use it in my music tech class in college. Coincidentally my first pc audio interface came bundled with Sonar l.e.
back in 2005. I have since owned, legitimately, 7 producer, 8 & 8.5 producer, &
now X1 studio. Slightly dated I know. I have been used to working understanding, & navigating with it ever since. I will not lie & say I have not had my share of annoyingly but short session ending issues with it. Unfortunately now I have reached a crisis point.
Virtually all TSE plugs work splendidly. I have an ancient computer. I keep it stripped of almost everything and only use it for recording. Despite that fact, most of what I try to accomplish with it works...with much time spent on workarounds. Despite all of that, TSE does not play nice with Sonar X1 studio. The problem is that any time I have loaded a TSE plug and then try to process to audio or delete the plug from the track bin, it crashes Sonar.
I read a post earlier that mentioned using other 32 bit plugs after might mess it up. I then saved all of the other plug's specs I had in the bin, deleted them from the track and tried processing to audio. Same thing.
The knowledge I have gained from the posts here and elsewhere tell me at least 2 things:
1) My computer just can't hang. It has no issues with any other large plugs,
other than some lag or pops, which I expect with my set-up. Nothing else crashes it and it works until I try to process the TSE plugs to track or make an MP3 & etc.
2) TSE plugs just don't like Sonar. Also a real possibility from older posts I have read, it doesn't seem like much has been done to rectify this though.
Some posts I saw about this are 3-4 years old so maybe this has changed.
I am specifically referencing the BOD 2.0, 03/2013 edition, at least that is what the folder says. I have had it happen with the X50 and the RAT as well.
Sonar is fully updated for it's version as are the plugs.
For what it is worth, just to be thorough, this is my pc setup...this will be changing after tax time (US) so any comments about needing to upgrade
aren't helpful, trust me I more than know that...unless it is a positively known answer to my issue please don't comment as such. It is as follows:
Sonar X1 Studio (legit & updated)
32GB HD 60% available
512 Ram w/ Intel Pentium 4
WIndows XP, optimized for home recording via a post from this forum.
I could list other plugs...don't have many more to be conscious of space and
performance, other than what came with studio. Some legit EzDrummer stuff.
Still never had issues until using TSE stuff, which I love and am so inspired by.
It just totally blows to try and send an MP3 to my guitarist and not be able to because of the crash.
I saw also that people are quitting Sonar and moving to Reaper due to other issues with Sonar. In 2010 it was $40 but a fully functioning demo was available and you could buy the key when you could afford it. Is this still so
and is Reaper still the way to go for most of you?
Sorry for the novel but any help would be greatly appreciated, otherwise I am about to quit recording until February or so when I can upgrade my setup.
Thanks in advance and I apologize if this has been covered and I missed it.
I am very sorry if this has been covered somewhere here before. I searched here and the web in general and saw several links of the two not playing nice but not in the same instance I am encountering.
To start, I love(d) Sonar. I learned how to use it in my music tech class in college. Coincidentally my first pc audio interface came bundled with Sonar l.e.
back in 2005. I have since owned, legitimately, 7 producer, 8 & 8.5 producer, &
now X1 studio. Slightly dated I know. I have been used to working understanding, & navigating with it ever since. I will not lie & say I have not had my share of annoyingly but short session ending issues with it. Unfortunately now I have reached a crisis point.
Virtually all TSE plugs work splendidly. I have an ancient computer. I keep it stripped of almost everything and only use it for recording. Despite that fact, most of what I try to accomplish with it works...with much time spent on workarounds. Despite all of that, TSE does not play nice with Sonar X1 studio. The problem is that any time I have loaded a TSE plug and then try to process to audio or delete the plug from the track bin, it crashes Sonar.
I read a post earlier that mentioned using other 32 bit plugs after might mess it up. I then saved all of the other plug's specs I had in the bin, deleted them from the track and tried processing to audio. Same thing.
The knowledge I have gained from the posts here and elsewhere tell me at least 2 things:
1) My computer just can't hang. It has no issues with any other large plugs,
other than some lag or pops, which I expect with my set-up. Nothing else crashes it and it works until I try to process the TSE plugs to track or make an MP3 & etc.
2) TSE plugs just don't like Sonar. Also a real possibility from older posts I have read, it doesn't seem like much has been done to rectify this though.
Some posts I saw about this are 3-4 years old so maybe this has changed.
I am specifically referencing the BOD 2.0, 03/2013 edition, at least that is what the folder says. I have had it happen with the X50 and the RAT as well.
Sonar is fully updated for it's version as are the plugs.
For what it is worth, just to be thorough, this is my pc setup...this will be changing after tax time (US) so any comments about needing to upgrade
aren't helpful, trust me I more than know that...unless it is a positively known answer to my issue please don't comment as such. It is as follows:
Sonar X1 Studio (legit & updated)
32GB HD 60% available
512 Ram w/ Intel Pentium 4
WIndows XP, optimized for home recording via a post from this forum.
I could list other plugs...don't have many more to be conscious of space and
performance, other than what came with studio. Some legit EzDrummer stuff.
Still never had issues until using TSE stuff, which I love and am so inspired by.
It just totally blows to try and send an MP3 to my guitarist and not be able to because of the crash.
I saw also that people are quitting Sonar and moving to Reaper due to other issues with Sonar. In 2010 it was $40 but a fully functioning demo was available and you could buy the key when you could afford it. Is this still so
and is Reaper still the way to go for most of you?
Sorry for the novel but any help would be greatly appreciated, otherwise I am about to quit recording until February or so when I can upgrade my setup.
Thanks in advance and I apologize if this has been covered and I missed it.
