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Hi @Noel Borthwick I posted an image of the task master I get immediately after Sonar loads. As I said it appears in the task manager while its loading the project but then immediately disappears once it loads, the utilisation goes through the roof and screen redraw fails. I launch the project via the 'browse' menu option in the start screen as I have found the list is not always updated if the project crashes. I run a focusrite Scarlett 4i4 - latest patch, 48k, 1024 buffer size. I've never managed to consistently get it down to the sub 256 buffer that others seem to manage without impacting the audio quality as I work almost completely in the box (other than when I freeze/bounce tracks for final mix). I had to do a full reboot as my system was completely unusable and now it is all working again (which is a pain when trying to isolate the cause I know). I will try all of the suggestions if/when it next goes awol. Thanks GBT

That's actually really useful. Doh! 🙄sometimes the obvious hides in plain sight! Thanks David. I'll give that a shot when I'm back at the DAW. GBT

Hi @David Baay thanks for the swift reply..... It's a project I started in CbB and now opened in Sonar. All the plugins are the same and I had no issues with it previously. Also, just noticed that the midi drum track is now showing dotted boundary lines where I have extended a pattern (not sure if that's a new feature or another anomaly?) I can obviously do the safe start up method but with 13 midi instruments and 26 different plugins loaded its a long winded approach if I can find someone that might have the same issue 😉. I'll give it a day or so then start the safe start process (between times I'll try the project in CbB to see if the issues are there as well😏). Cheers GBT

Hi fellow users A new anomaly I just experienced that's driving me up the wall. After the last update (31.08.0.035) cakewalk loads a project I have been working on for a few weeks, appears in windows task manager then disappears as soon as it finishes loading. I could cope with this but the UI runs like a three legged dog that's had its front legs tied to its back leg (very, very slow and janky). CPU showed 99% utilisation after cakewalk finishes loading the project and then its gone. It takes ages for the CPU to drop down to 14% overall with memory running at 44%. Response between mouse click and action sits around 1 second at best. The UI is not refreshing (this is what I see 10 seconds after closing task manager - yep it's not redrawn the screen). I have installed all the latest windows updates, have tried stopping and restarting audio endpoint drivers and rebooted several times with no variable results - sometimes I get no issues until the next time I open the project or it restarts with exactly the same issues. Anyone come across this before and have a solution?

Hi @David Baay That was it! 👏👏👏, I removed metronome count in from the project preferences and lo and behold - all is good with the world again. @msmcleod Do I need to post this to the feedback group as it never happened in CbB using the exact same set up (I just opened an old CbB project CWP in Sonar with the same hardware)? Thanks again David, really appreciated. GBT

Hi Sonar users Has anyone come across, and found a solution for, midi automation envelopes that slip out of synch with the midi notes? I have a guitar midi (Session guitarist, Electric Vintage through Kontakt). I have created a midi track that I have then added some 'string bend articulations via a midi automation envelope on the 'Wheel' control. When I play the track the bend appears in the right place but when I come to record the audio (not ready to bounce the track yet) the bend appears a bar after it actually should so it is mid phrase rather than the end of the phrase. TPQ is set to 960 Scarlett 4i4 latency reported as 1242 samples and compensation and ASIO reported Latency in Record Latency Adjustments is the same. Full chase lock is set. NB the audio plays exactly aligned to the midi notes on the bar and records exactly aligned to the bar too, it is only the automation that is out of synch otherwise I would just slip edit back to the right place but I have a note that should bend starting at 6:02:00 and end at 7:03:00. It actually bends 7:02:00 and ends at 8:03:00. Tearing my hair out with this. GBT

Hi @Milton Sica Thanks but this isn't what I'm experiencing. If I grab the top of the vst window and move it it goes smoothly for a short while then stutters i.e. doesn't move then catches up with my cursor position. What you describe is exactly what I get i.e. location persistence and that is not an issue. Cheers GBT

Thanks for the quick response Noel. re controls lag - I'm using a project that was written in CbB and has no such graphic lag (I also just noticed that when I drag a vst round the screen it stutters every so often and vertical mouse scrolling is hit and miss - sometimes it scrolls sometimes it doesn't and I have to use the scroll bar instead). I'm currently getting very frustrated because I have a crash problem and I'm trying to follow the normal troubleshooting process ie safe start, excluding various plugins/vst, reloading one at a time etc and I'm having to repeatedly restart the DAW. Even though its only 15 seconds it feels a lot longer when you can't get the DAW to stay up for more than 10 minutes without a crash. Didn't have this issue with CbB on this project so the question on my mind now is - will CbB still work after 1st Aug if there is no online authorization process?

I just posted this in the general forum to get some help so apologies for double posting but thought it should go here too: I took the plunge and its a mixed bag TBH. I like the fact that side-chaining now works, that there is a spectrum on each track/bus, EQ/pro-channels seems to work properly at last, that font seems to be clearer but I am less than impressed/absolutely stuck with: Load nag screen that has a time out telling me I have an evaluation copy. I have updated to 2025.06 just in case it was pre free tier but its just the same. Is this normal behaviour? fwiw - updating to 2025.06 crashed part way through initially (my fault due to security restrictions I have on my PC) so I did a complete reinstall from product manager but its just the same. Latency on all controls - there is a small but significant delay in changing any setting which means I am constantly having to reset fader/knobs on the DAW as well as plugins as i overshoot or undershoot where I want to be. I have tried with/without spectrum analyzer display per track just in case that was the cause but it's just the same. Bus effects text - for some reason the names of the effects are harder to see as the buses seem to have less horizontal space (possibly centered text rather than left justified?). I always 'narrow' my tracks and busses so it's not that I am not used to having a narrow display. The completely out of character 'File, Open' dialogue box which seems to be a windows 7 style, all square and ignoring colour preference of the main app. Really!!? Track colours were switched off by default so had to be enabled in preferences. Also, sorted now, location of projects/audio was not copied across in preferences so when I first started I was presented with a blank open dialogue. Manually changed in preferences (and a clean pair of underpants:)) GBT (windows 10, fully patched to latest version, 32Gb RAM, CPU - Ryzen 7 3700, 8 core, 16 processors, 4050Mhz, mobo TUF B450-plus, no drive has less than 300gb free)

@noynekker - just checking if the VST3 solved the crash problem as its not clear from the thread? Cheers

that's tomorrows job sorted then 😉 Thanks peeps👍

Thanks @OutrageProductions, do you know, I never even considered using multiple Kontakts given there were so many posts about using just the single Kontakt with multi's to save resources. I never went back to review if this was still the case. My PC has a reasonable amount of grunt (although not compared to your beast) so I guess its a trade off between usability and RAM use. I'll give that a shot if no-one has any better suggestions.

Hi fellow users I've searched quite a lot in the forums but can't find an answer to this specific challenge. I have a Kontakt instance with around 12 different synths loaded into separate midi channels and separate output channels - guitars, individual orchestra instruments, basses, acoustic gtrs etc. The small issue I am facing is that when I have completed the edits on say a guitar and I want to freeze it before moving on to another instrument, all instruments get frozen at the same time. Similarly when I'm running Addictive Drums 2 or any other drum sampler and want to freeze just the kick, everything else is frozen too. Not sure if this is a different challenge to the Kontakt multi's but wanted to include it just in case this is also something that has a smart solution. Is there a smart way to prevent every instrument in Kontakt / drum sampler freezing when I only want a single track to be frozen (short of freezing all, duplicate the frozen track I have finished with, unfreeze all, archive the finished midi track - rinse and repeat)? With so many soft synths loaded my PC sometimes gets a bit winded trying to keep up with all the processing so I habitually freeze tracks as I finalise them (audio and other midis loaded directly outside Kontakt). Hopefully I've explained clearly enough but I'm sure you'll soon let me know if its possible or not🤞 Cheers GBT

Ooh, I do like the sound of that second option (having spent ages creating multis in Kontakt on the the advice of other Kontakt users to reduce the number of instances (you can't win at this game! ). I'll give that a try, thanks Glenn

Thanks John, Yes and no (system memory sits around 26% and CPU around 24%) but I've had recurring issues with glitches as I run mainly VST instruments in my songs (so they need freezing). I run an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor, 4050 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s), 32gig DDR4, windows 10 latest patches, Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 4g and even at maximum buffer of 1024 I still get glitches, very few crashes or audio dropouts (as I used to previously on my Intel system) but without freezing the tracks its a bit hit and miss on the audio glitching out. Current song has 62 tracks of which 4 are real guitars the rest are VST including the vocals (SynthV). I really don't know how Id cope if i had the 100+ tracks I see in some forums