Resonant Serpent

I'm listening to some old acidized files that came with some Zero-G libraries that I purchased a long time ago. I can hear all the files as I click through them, but only random files will trigger the metering on the Master and Preview busses. It's consistent which ones will trigger, or not trigger, the metering if I go back to them. This one has me stumped. If I check the same regular wav files that aren't acidized, they trigger the metering consistently. The meters work once the file is dragged into the arrangement. Just curious why it's not triggering the meters.

I logged into my account and received a pop up for 50% off to renew my membership. It's just 50% off the first month, and the regular price after that.

Thanks for the heads up! Digging my discs out of the closet now.

I don't have a computer that'll run it, and it's limited these days. I'm spoiled. Still, it's my favorite interface. I do have an old WinXP SP2 machine that dug out of storage. Need to get a video card for it and thinking of using it as a MIDI only setup for my hardware.

I miss the little things like those icons that give programs character. Sonar 8.5.3 will always be the pinnacle DAW for me. Still love that thing, and it's a shame that I can't use it.

I'm reading here on the forum about the external effect updates, and what's in development. Is anything like this planned for external MIDI synths? The use of MIDI hardware seems like it could be improved.

I don't believe this issue is just with Cakewalk. I've experienced a problem with VST3 plugins not loading, or working incorrectly, in Studio One and Bitwig. The VST2 plugins don't load. I have to move the VST3 out of the Common Files folder, and then the VST2 version will load and work correctly. So far it's effecting Fabfilter and Native Instruments plugs.

Instant love for this synth.

I posted the issue in this thread. I think something changed between CbB and Sonar.

I uninstalled everything, then installed Platinum, and then the latest version of Nu Sonar. That allowed me to install everything on the Command Center. But, Discord won't work while Nu Sonar is running. There's some error with the driver not being released in the background, and I kept getting knocked off and having to restart Discord. Had to cancel my sub.

I'm in ASIO using a Presonus Studio 6/8. I have the box checked for "suspend audio engine when Sonar not in focus". The settings work in Bandlab Cakewalk just fine, but not in Nu Sonar.

My wife and I both have our own studios. I do art and music. She writes, does art, and games on a MMOG. We communicate and hang out together in our separate studios by using Discord. In all the other DAWs I use, I can run Discord parallel with that DAW and have no issues. Using Cakewalk by Bandlab, Discord would quit working as soon as I started the program. I could simply restart Discord, and everything would work fine. I started the sub again yesterday for Nu Sonar. Using the same method of restarting Discord when I started Nu Sonar, it would work for a bit, but after a few minutes Discord would give me the warning that my mic was no longer working. I'd reboot and keep going. Tested this again yesterday with Ableton Live 12, Cubase 13, Bitwig 5.2, Studio One 6.6, and the latest Cakewalk by Bandlab. In all those programs I had zero issues with getting Discord to run alongside the program. Several tests with Nu Sonar and there's some kind of conflict that won't release the driver to Discord. Something changed from Cakewalk by Bandlab to Nu Sonar that makes Discord unusable for me.

Damn. That's a loss to lose all your settings. Is there a way to backup the settings in Sonar? Luckily I haven't done any customizations. Just putting the program through the paces to make sure everything works like I need it to. I'll uninstall Sonar, install SPlat, and then reinstall Sonar. Thanks for the answer.

I have the sub for Nu Sonar. I downloaded, installed, and logged into the Cakewalk Command Center to install the extras like the Drum Replacer and Pro Channel plugins. I tried to install the extras, but keep getting the message that I don't have the correct program installed, and the extras refuse to install. So... Do I need to install Platinum to get the extras from my old account? Do I need to uninstall Nu Sonar, install Platinum, then reinstall Nu Sonar to keep everything working properly? Is there a better method?

I have Dim Pro with all the EMU expansions, and it opens in every DAW I have. I still use it pretty regularly. Some great patches in there.

By default I install VST2 and VST3 for backwards compatibility. The plan is to use VST3 in the trees I create with the plugin manager. If I load an older project that used VST2, Cakewalk won't barf.

I'm leaning towards VST3 while I organize my plugins tonight. Any reason why I'd choose VST2 instead?

This works! Incredible that I can have rewire running Sonar and Ableton Live together in 2024.

After using it longer, I'm not having the issue where the preview button stays pressed when the I press the spacebar to stop. Maybe I was just pressing the bar too quick. Kudos to the bakers on allowing the start/end of the sample times to be automated. It's something I could do in Ableton's Simpler to get that bouncing delay effect like Aphex Twin's Bucephalus Bouncing Ball. It seems that all states of the knobs buttons are retained in XSampler when I swap samples, except the loop state. Not a big complaint, but would be nice to not have to press one of those buttons after swapping a sample.

Would you mind telling me what setting you used to get this result?

Tried the new XSampler. There's an issue where when I use the spacebar to press play, it not only plays the MIDI clip I'm working on, but also plays the preview button in the sampler. Sometimes both will stop when I press the spacebar again, and other times the preview keeps on playing. Unusable for me in this state.

That's a good idea. I'll try it.

Native Access is trash.

I tried every combination of setting, with real time being my first choice, but still couldn't get the audio to print.

I did an experiment tonight. I rewired Ableton Live 10 into Nu Sonar. Everything went great. Both programs synced, and I was able to write MIDI in both and route all audio back into Nu Sonar as the host. Congrats to the devs on keeping Rewire alive. My issue: I did a test to record/bounce the audio from Ableton into Nu Sonar, but couldn't get it to work no matter what settings I tried. Anyone have any hints on how to bounce audio using Rewire in this situation?