Terry Kelley

The natives are restless.

I didn't think "later this year" meant 'late in the year.' I understand and support the need to make both Sonar and Next be the best they can be but this started in June and I think many of us incorrectly assume 'a couple of months.' We were wrong. Oh well.

I've run into this multiple times. Mostly on projects with lots of VSTs. It doesn't happen a lot but enough that I have to deal with it periodically. The solution for me is to open a different project that WILL open without crashing, leave it open and then open the problem project. That seems to work every time. At that point I usually remove the last two VST instruments or effects and re-save it. Then figure out which one is the problem VST. It's almost always an effect but not always the same effect. It's like there is some limit I've hit or I've displeased the VST gods. If I can't figure out the problem VST, I will try freezing tracks to at least make the project usable but I will often have a problem of crashing when unfreezing the tracks if needed later.

Define "soon."

This is starting to feel like the first Windows announcements.

I got the impression (and only an impression) was that Sonar would be the same code and features as CbB but with an interface better supporting the scaling of various elements. No doubt there will be some additional features but what it can do will be based on CbB. So all of these bug fixes matter.

I expect this to be resolved in Sonar with the new interface. One of the developers mentioned that scaling limitations was something they wanted to correct.

We used a pair of Dokorder 7140's with modded capstans to run 15ips. Worked great for what they were. We moved to a pair of synced Sansui 6-tracks. Worked ok with noise reduction but was never going to be pro sounding. Tascam T80-8 was nice but really the same as the Dokorder - just on one transport. Eventually switched to ADATs and then multitrack DAW. I took CbB being free as a gift for the time it's lasted. Can't complain. I do hope Sonar meets my need (function and cost.) If not, there are other options. I am certainly hopefully but I've been fooled before.

I agree. The Sonar/Next announcement in hindsight seems a bit early. I don't think a 4 month+ heads up did anyone any good. But if you want to see it, you gotta wait. So as suggested, I've gone and done other things. When they finally show up I'll take a look.

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Any expensive holder for my pickups and strings.

I'm running that PreSonus driver in Cakewalk in ASIO mode without any issues. Are you sure to had the correct box checked when you installed the driver? If in doubt, click them all and let it install them. Sure, most won't get used but they are small and you'll be sure to have one that works for your interface.

Maybe at a $1000 it would weed out a couple more.

Used it a lot today with no issues. Clearly a supernatural issue then.