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    Sonar Won't Open

    in Cakewalk Sonar

    Posted · Edited by ZincT

    I initially thought it was the VC++ Redist issue mentioned in another thread but I have removed and re-installed all of these libraries.
    Sonar DID open once after I had removed all VC++ Redists and Re-installed them (via Sonar installation) and rebooted, but will not run again.

    I'm not running ASIO4All or similar and I have also removed the Steinberg Generic ASIO drivers which seem to keep getting installed.  

    In more detail, here's what happens after a reboot...

    • When I run Sonar, I see the startup/loading window
    • Next I momentarily see the Sonar UI flash up which then disappears, leaving the "continue evaluation" window displayed
    • I wait 15 seconds and then click "continue evaluation" which then exits and leaves nothing running

    This happens only after a reboot. Once I have run this and got the results shown in the video, if I run Sonar again I get absolutely nothing - it doesn't try to open or display anything.

    Here's a video of trying to run Sonar after a reboot...

     

    My system is running Windows 10 (latest), MSI Tomahawk B550 motherboard, Ryzen 7 5800x CPU, 32Gb Ram, Asus RTX 5060, All SSD drives, IK Multimedia AXE I/O.

    The RTX 5060 was a recent addition and I have the latest drivers installed. 

    Note: I have an Ultrawide display (3440 x 1440) and Windows is set to this resolution. So to record a video for this purpose I use OBS set to record a standard 1080p window top left of my screen which is where most of the information gets displayed anyway. That way anyone with a 1080p display can see the video easily.

    Resolution: Startup crashes with latest Sonar release

    in Cakewalk Sonar

    Posted · Edited by ZincT

    Thanks @Noel Borthwick Noel - this was my problem and it is fixed now. 👍🏻

    In case anyone else has this, I noticed it was when I removed the older 2008 VC++ redists that the problem went away.
    I also noticed a couple of the uninstallers for the 2008 redists were in Russian, possibly installed by Ilya Efimov libraries IDK.

    Anyway, Sonar is now running 😃

    EDIT: Scrub that, it's gone back to exiting when I click the "continue evaluation" button. 😕

    In more detail, here's what happens...

    - I double click on Sonar icon and see the startup/loading window

    - Next I momentarily see the Sonar UI flash up which then disappears, leaving the "continue evaluation" window displayed

    - I wait 15 seconds and then click "continue evaluation" which then exits and leaves nothing running

    I don't see why it would run once after I had removed all VC++ Redists and Re-installed (via Sonar installation), but not run again afterwards?

    I'm not running ASIO4All or similar and I have also removed the Steinberg Generic ASIO drivers which seem to keep getting installed.  

    Here are the VC++ Redists that are currently installed..

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    Synthesizer V Studio 2 Pro Update to 2.1.0 (Not a Deal)

    in Deals

    Posted

    Don't think I have seen this posted here so...

    I was offered the update when I started the standalone program and logged in, but others have reported that they have to start it once,  exit and the  start it again so YMMV.

    Synthesizer V Studio 2 Pro 2.1.0 (June 17th, 2025)

    New Features

    - Redesigned Pitch Control Points Mode:
    - Automatically trace pitch curves into control points when selecting an area.
    - Show a resizing box after selecting multiple points.
    - Added a command (default: Ctrl/Command + D) for creating a copy of selected notes and placing the copy after the selection.
    - Added a shortcut for creating a copy of the selection by dragging while holding the alt/option key.
    - Added a command (default: left/right arrow keys) for moving the play head by one bar.
    - Added a button for enabling/disabling snapping behaviour inside the piano roll.
    - Added support for scrolling with the middle mouse button.
    - Added a sine tone to be played when creating/dragging a note.
    - Added full ARA support for Pro Tools (requires Pro Tools 2024.10).
    - Added tempo detection and beat grid visualization for imported audio.

    Behaviour Changes

    - Changed the default key shortcut for “Shift Up by an Octave”/”Shift Down by an Octave” to Ctrl/Command + Up/Down arrow keys.
    - For fresh installations of Synthesizer V Studio 2 Pro, changed the default behaviour to returning the play head to the original position after pausing.
    - Snap the play head to the grid. This behaviour can be turned off in the settings.
    - Changed the colour of overlapping notes.
    - Open the lyrics editor on the next note when entering a space character into the note’s lyrics editor. This behaviour can be turned off in the settings.
    - Changed autosave strategy to keep a rotating backup of projects opened in the last 7 non-consecutive days.

    Feature Improvements

    - Added support for changing the tempo by dragging the tempo indicator in transport controls.
    - Improved the visibility of scroll bars in the Piano Roll and Arrangement.
    - Improved the visibility of the piano roll’s grid.
    - When the ARA plugin’s window has insufficient vertical space, collapse the menu bar into the program icon.
    - Redesigned the silence indicator that shows when two neighbouring notes are separated by a small gap.
    - Allowed automatic lyrics language detection to be turned off in the settings.
    - Allowed tooltips to be turned off in the settings.
    - Added a warning icon to the phoneme area above a note, to be shown when invalid phonemes are entered into the note.
    - Optimized project loading for the ARA plugin.
    - Updated script bindings to support smart pitch controls.

    Bug Fixes

    - Fixed crashes when rapidly moving a note group back and forth between tracks.
    - Fixed crashes when loading the plugin in Ableton on macOS.
    - Fixed crashes when loading a corrupted voice file; show an error message instead.
    - Fixed crashes and timeline mismatch when using the ARA plugin in a REAPER project that starts from a negative time or a negative bar.
    - Fixed crashes when loading a new project without first clearing the selection.
    - Fixed crashes when moving groups across tracks with “Show Melodies from Other Tracks” option turned off.
    - Fixed crashes during program shutdown on Windows, causing the recovery dialog to appear despite no data having been lost.
    - Fixed crashes after performing certain undo/redo operations related to the creation/removal of note groups.
    - Fixed a misconfiguration in the macOS installer that allows installing the plugins without the standalone, which would result in a broken installation.
    - Fixed audio from the ARA plugin being routed to a different track after reopening a saved project in Studio One 6 and above.
    - Fixed rendering getting stuck when the lyrics contains archaic Japanese characters such as “ゑ” and “ゐ”.
    - Fixed slow responses when using smart pitch controls on a group that is linked to another group.
    - Fixed log-in and voice download failure on Windows due to networking issues.
    - Fixed the slow start up of the standalone application on some Windows systems.
    - Fixed un-rendered notes when a note that begins with a manually inserted “cl” phoneme is followed by a legato.
    - Fixed Vocal Mode options not being listed in the parameter panel immediately after opening a saved project by double-clicking, or after opening a saved DAW project.
    - Fixed autosaved projects being accidentally deleted when quitting the plugin without saving in certain DAWs.
    - Fixed undo/redo for group creation and audio import being performed together with the previous editing operation.
    - Fixed the metronome’s on/off status not being reflected in real-time during playback.
    - Fixed the cache for rendered audio not being reset after removing all notes in a group.
    - Fixed the toggle button for showing/hiding AI Retakes not working, causing AI Retakes to be always shown under notes.
    - Fixed tooltip position in VST3 plugins on Windows.

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    New FREE version/tier of the venerable Cakewalk Sonar

    in Deals

    Posted · Edited by ZincT

    Hmm, just tried the Sonar evaluation. After the timer countdown I clicked on Continue Evaluation and...nothing - just went back to the desktop.

    Tried again after a reboot - same thing. I have had most major DAWs installed and never had a problem like this before. 

    Update: Someone on KVR just pointed me to this thread in case anyone else is having startup problems...

    UPDATED Update: This fixed my problem so Sonar now runs. If anyone else has this, I think it was specifically the older 2008 VC++ redists causing my problem. When I removed those it all worked fine.  I also noticed a couple of them were in Russian language (maybe due to installation of Ilya Efimov libraries IDK)!

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    Scuffham Amps S-Gear on sale for $80

    in Deals

    Posted

    Thanks for the heads-up @Larry Shelby and to the others for sharing their thoughts and opinions. I remember trying the S-Gear demo a few years back and thinking that it sounded so good, and different to everything else I had. I just didn't want to spend $129 on it at the time.

    Since then I've had every major guitar amp/sim/effects software suite going (Tonex, Amplitube, Guitar Rig, Th-U, Positive Grid, Amp Room, Revalver, etc), but I had kinda settled on Tonex Max and Amplitube Max...until now!

    Now I have gone and tried the demo of S-Gear v3 🤦🏻‍♂️ As others have said, it just sounds so real, is simple to use and there is no options paralysis.  I am now very tempted to buy it before the deal is over, but just want to check that it doesn't use iLok? I can't see it mentioned on their website but seem to recall it using iLok in the past.  I do have iLok, but I am just trying to reduce my iLok dependency (gearing up to selling a lot of iLok stuff I don't use on KVR). 

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    Scaler 3.1 Now Available (Not a Deal)

    in Deals

    Posted · Edited by ZincT

    V3.1 Now Available

    What’s New in 3.1

    • Main Track Live Sync
      Sync your Main Track chords across all running Scaler 3 instances.
    • Bass Follow Track
      New Articulations option: auto-follow the root note of your chord track.
    • Onboard Tutorial
      A step-by-step overlay greets you on startup—perfect for new users.
    • Clip Extension
      Easily extend / shorten adjacent clips with a single drag.
    • All Scales on Launch
      “All Scales” view is now the default at startup.
    • Arrange Page Scrolling & Zoom
      Free-scroll and pinch-to-zoom for smoother timeline navigation.
    • Select All / Deselect All
      Single-click “Select All” in the three-dot or right-click menu; click blank space to “Deselect All.”
    • Supporting Documents
      Updated User Manual and new Multi Channel MIDI Out setup guide for most DAWs

     Bug Fixes

    • Lasso Chords crash resolved for affected users
    • Overlapping Chords bug squashed
    • Last-Chord Extension edge cases fixed in Main Track
    • DAW Sync Off Loop unresponsive play/stop behavior corrected
    • Instrument Plugin Recall in Studio One now reliable
    • Playback Progress Bar displays correctly over empty regions
    • Non-Standard and Complex Time Signatures sync behaviour corrected
    • Keys Lock profile no longer cuts off notes
    • MIDI Notes now render properly in Scale White Keys
    • Stuck Notes when playing two bound notes simultaneously—fixed
    • Sketch-to-Main-Track Drag ignores active motions as expected
    • Duplicate Sidebar Controls on drag-and-drop issue resolved
    • Empty Space in Sketch Page no longer appears after reload

    New video here (thanks @BTP) 

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    UA coupon $25 off

    in Deals

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Fleer said:

    How long. 
    Will this be. 
    Going on. 

    Well your friends with their fancy persuasions,
    Won't admit that it's part of the scheme,
    But the sale runs until June the 30th,
    And I'm sure you know what I mean!

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    NI Summer of Sound 2025 Starts May 22

    in Deals

    Posted · Edited by ZincT

    3 hours ago, Craig Fowler said:

    Up and running now.

    If anyone got an email with a 'forward to friends' code and has nobody else to send it to, I'll gladly take one 🙂

    Sent 👍🏻

    BTW, I have another forward to friends code if anyone else t wants it. 

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