Michael Richards

I have been using Cakewalk since the early 1990s. I used to have a Roland firewire interface. I never lost the I/O connections. Of course my RME is running before I start up the sleeping Win 11 computer. At some point in time after restoring from sleep I have been losing the input assignments. Today, the audio connections all retained their correct inputs. But all the Midi tracks reverted from UCX II Midi Port 1 to All External Inputs.

This might have been the case forever, but I hope that it won't happen for perpetuity. I had to move some wires around, since I am in nomad mode, and disconnected my RME. When I reconnected it the audio tracks lost their correct input and reverted back to track 1. Is there already a way for me to keep this from happening? Also, in Preferences I have UCX II Midi Port 1 selected but it always defaults to All Inputs. Can this be fixed?

I'm sorry, Noel. I guess I didn't hit Submit Reply when I wrote that neither increasing DropoutMsec to 100 ms and/or setting MaskDropoutDection to True worked.

In Task Manager I cannot see the reason why the audio engine would drop out. I am using 20% of the CPU and 42% of memory. Should I be looking somewhere else? Is it a Sonar specific issue? Michael

I wasn't concerned about crashing Sonar, I was so impressed with the 3.3 msec roundtrip that I didn't want to be disappointed if pops and clicks started to happen. I am also surprised with the Windows and Dell updates. They usually cause me problems, but all is well. There is one problem: at 48 and 64 samples recording has become an issue. I now get an audio engine dropout. It does not happen at 96 samples.

This is a follow-up to my RME UCX2, 48k and 24 bit running 48 samples with a 3.3 msec total roundtrip. I'm afraid of crashing it and I haven't opened some of my tracks with a large number of synth plugins. But, here is a list of what is currently running without crashing or any pops or clicks. 2 Audio tracks3 Neural DSP guitar tracks 1 Ample Bass 1 Sampletank 4 fretless bass 1 SampleTron 2 track 1 Spitfire EPic Strings 2 Keyzone Pianos 3 SynthMaster Player tracks 1 BFE3 drum tracks 4 tracks of ProChannel Breverb and Compressor 2 Send tracks of reverb Michael

Although I have a nice RME UCX2, I have never been able to run at 64 samples with a 4.0 msec roundtrip. But, I am now running 48 samples with a 3.3 msec total roundtrip. WOW!!! My plugins right now are BFD3 drums, SampleTron 2, and 2 basses. Not a snap, crackle, or pop. I know this won't last and it is just a dream but thank you, this is wonderful. Sonar feels lighter and more nimble. I tend to not be a minimalist and load up on Neural DSP guitar plugins and Spitfire orchestral plugins, so I will give this a workout and we'll see if I can even maintain a clean 64 samples. This alone is major selling point for Sonar. I love it. Michael

I'll take a shot at this. I think he wants to hear the audio on one PC in his studio from his office PC. I recorded a vocalist on 2 songs 100 miles away from me. You have to use WASAPI Shared to hear the audio. Controlling the other computer is something I do by using Anydesk. Would that work for you? Michael

I agree, no reason for 44.1.

is it higher or lower? I can’t see why any professional would go lower. I could be wrong.

I spend a good deal of my day in the staff view, but for note durations it is much easier to view and edit in the piano roll. You can edit the lengths of each note very easily this way.

Thank you, Freddy.

That is something else, I have never heard of baking recording tape.

Marco and Treesha. Thank you both for listening. I appreciate your comments.

Thank you, Nigel. I appreciate you listening.