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8 minutes ago, Charles Puckett said:

I uninstalled Sonar. I rebooted. I started Command Center. Command Center claims Sonar is all there and ready to Launch.

i believe the uninstaller leaves behind registry beadcrumbs

i love eggs

5 minutes ago, Charles Puckett said:

Sonar Platinum may be old, but it's still Cakewalk's DAW, is it not? Should run on a machine that it had been running fine for a long time

agree, good luck 👍

delete/rename aud.ini? i think amberwolf already suggested

how all apocalypses start https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4gd8xx93yo

3 minutes ago, mettelus said:

Go into Windows Sound Control Settings and disable the NVIDA HD audio device. That will force Cakewalk to find another driver.

other audio devices should already be offered in prefs

41 minutes ago, Sock Monkey said:

I'm hoping they take the time to make proper tutorials for it someday. 

yep, altho they've always relied on user made tutorials, never made any official ones 🤷‍♀️

is that the hdmi audio via your video card?

what specs? windows version, audio driver etc, platinum's pretty old by now

10 minutes ago, Wookiee said:

@pwal don't quote it report it.

that was a screenshot not a quote 🙄

1 minute ago, Wookiee said:

Subject to the same rules.

ffs

eta, any company people running a user environment has multiple accounts for exactly this reason, as a mod you don;t see the same stuff as a regular user, so you have a "test" account where you can see what a regular user sees, it's not rocket science

2 minutes ago, Wookiee said:

please don't quote the spam,

i didn't quote the spam for exactly that reason, i shared screenshots to help you out, as you clearly hadn't noticed the actual spam

/sorryfortryingtohelp

2 minutes ago, Wookiee said:

You obviously haven't read the rules, having two accounts is a breach of the rules and earns an immediate ban when discovered. 

you're a mod

anything logged in windows event viewer?

23 minutes ago, Wookiee said:

as all Mod's can see hidden posts it is impossible to know if they are visible to users

have 2 accounts, your admin/mod one, plus a regular user one (simples)

is the forum software up to date? why not use the "recapcha" funtionality to avoid spam https://invisioncommunity.com/search/?&q=avoid spam&quick=1&search_and_or=or&sortby=relevancy

eta, are you just hiding them and not deleting them?

3 minutes ago, Wookiee said:

It is not unusual for DAW providers to lock a feature to their software. Steinberg, Studio One even mixcraft lock certain of their supplied instruments and FX to their product. All the Pro channel modules are VST 2 plugins, they don't appear in the VST directory, which limits their availability to other programs. Their names are not specifically the name of the module, however the calling program knows. Simples. 

i understood there was some gui thing that made them non-standard vsts (simples)

2 minutes ago, Wookiee said:

Why ask then?

he's a cat?

16 minutes ago, Wookiee said:

Again nothing hacked about the Pro channel modules all genuine VST's locked to Sonar, they to are in the shared internals/pro channels directory. Simples.

ok maybe "hacked" means something different to some people, but it was officially declared some time ago in these very forums, more than just a host check

6 minutes ago, Mark Morgon-Shaw said:

The main benefit is although it's a plugin

it's not though, it's embedded in the app? or it has a "host check" if it has been developed as a plugin, or it's a hacked plugin format like the prochannel fx

Sure! Here's a song based on "What a Good Day for the Roses" but with the lyrics reimagined as "What a Shame About the Forum":

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**What a Shame About the Forum**  
*(To the tune of "What a Good Day for the Roses")*

*(Verse 1)*  
It’s a shame about the forum,  
How the threads have gone awry.  
Once a place for lively discussion,  
Now it's just a place to sigh.  
Oh, the posts have lost their meaning,  
And the debates are getting cold.  
What a shame about the forum,  
Where the stories used to unfold.  

*(Chorus)*  
What a shame about the forum,  
Where we used to share our views,  
Now it’s filled with trolls and shouting,  
And the threads are all confused.  
We used to have some laughter,  
Now we’re drowning in the noise,  
Oh, what a shame about the forum,  
That was once our favorite voice.  

*(Verse 2)*  
It’s a shame about the forum,  
Once a home for all our dreams,  
Now it's cluttered with complaints,  
And no one’s talking in between.  
Remember when the posts were clever,  
And we’d learn a thing or two?  
Now we’re stuck in endless circles,  
Chasing echoes through the queue.  

*(Chorus)*  
What a shame about the forum,  
Where we used to share our views,  
Now it’s filled with trolls and shouting,  
And the threads are all confused.  
We used to have some laughter,  
Now we’re drowning in the noise,  
Oh, what a shame about the forum,  
That was once our favorite voice.  

*(Bridge)*  
Maybe one day we’ll find our way back,  
To a space where words have meaning,  
But for now, the silence echoes,  
And the signal’s slowly fading.  

*(Chorus)*  
What a shame about the forum,  
Where we used to share our views,  
Now it’s filled with trolls and shouting,  
And the threads are all confused.  
We used to have some laughter,  
Now we’re drowning in the noise,  
Oh, what a shame about the forum,  
That was once our favorite voice.  

*(Outro)*  
It’s a shame about the forum,  
And what it used to be...  
Maybe one day, we’ll remember,  
The way it used to be...  

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Hope that captures the nostalgic vibe for you! It’s got that feeling of lamenting what’s been lost, but still holding on to the memory of better days.

@Jonathan Sasor @Noel Borthwick @Meng sort it out, you're happy to delete critical posts but can't maintain a spam-free forum, shame on you