Xoo Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Almost always memory or a dodgy cable! I had failing memory suddenly and all it was was dust/reseating memory that fixed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 On 3/25/2025 at 5:51 PM, Beethovun said: For the last few months Sonar crashes constantly...Same setup I've had for years with no problems whatsoever...all of a sudden I'm getting blue screens every time I work on something. Started end of November and I was hoping for a fix but it just keeps happening. I have updated all drivers and still same result. Been using Cakewalk for about 30 years and have never seen anything like this. Everything else on PC is fine only Sonar crashing. Have to start a new project and am at a loss...anyone have any ideas? Expand What does the blue screen message actually say it will normally quote a .sys file as the cause. That is the driver that is failing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panu Pentikäinen Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 (edited) I uncheckeed this in preferences: [ ] Use MMCSS Then OK and Crash: Crash C00000005 (Access Violation) Enabling that again will freeze Sonar. Second time: Crash C00000005. Also checking / unchecking 'Enable MMCSS for ASIO driver' will always crash Sonar. The new setting is saved to registry and workaround is to let Sonar crash and reopen it with the new setting. Repro, anyone? Edited March 26 by Panu Pentikäinen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panu Pentikäinen Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Another crash in Preferences when changing MIDI driver Mode: from MME to UPW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgoRr Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 On 3/26/2025 at 12:59 PM, Panu Pentikäinen said: Another crash in Preferences when changing MIDI driver Mode: from MME to UPW. Expand You obviously have some serious problem with Sonar, did it all start after installing the latest update? Try deleting the file "AUD.INI" in the folder "C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Sonar", when Sonar starts, this file will be recreated, maybe this will fix your problem. If this does not help, you will definitely need to completely uninstall Sonar/Cakewalk by Bandlab and thoroughly clean out any remnants, folders and registry entries, in order to try to install it all from scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beethovun Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Thanks David...This is only happening with "Sonar". I went back to Cakewalk "free version" this morning and it works perfectly. Something with Sonar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beethovun Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 On 3/26/2025 at 2:14 PM, IgoRr said: You obviously have some serious problem with Sonar, did it all start after installing the latest update? Try deleting the file "AUD.INI" in the folder "C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Sonar", when Sonar starts, this file will be recreated, maybe this will fix your problem. If this does not help, you will definitely need to completely uninstall Sonar/Cakewalk by Bandlab and thoroughly clean out any remnants, folders and registry entries, in order to try to install it all from scratch. Expand I did a fresh install and still happening. This problem is only with "Sonar"...I am in the middle of a project and had to go back to CW the "free" version and all is fine. Just with "Sonar". All started with November's update.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beethovun Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 On 3/26/2025 at 2:14 PM, IgoRr said: You obviously have some serious problem with Sonar, did it all start after installing the latest update? Try deleting the file "AUD.INI" in the folder "C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Sonar", when Sonar starts, this file will be recreated, maybe this will fix your problem. If this does not help, you will definitely need to completely uninstall Sonar/Cakewalk by Bandlab and thoroughly clean out any remnants, folders and registry entries, in order to try to install it all from scratch. Expand Just tried this and so far so good...still testing and pushing things to see if she crashes but so far...so good! Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Baay Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 On 3/26/2025 at 12:53 PM, Panu Pentikäinen said: I uncheckeed this in preferences: [ ] Use MMCSS Expand I was just conincidentally experimenting with this setting on a new laptop with a new interface (Behringer UMC404HD) a day or two ago, and encountered no issues. I also just now switched from MME to UWP MIDI with no issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beethovun Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 On 3/26/2025 at 5:38 PM, Beethovun said: Just tried this and so far so good...still testing and pushing things to see if she crashes but so far...so good! Thanks. Expand Spoke too soon...Just crashed again with "Kernel Mode Heap Corruption"...Only in Sonar and not in Cakewalk "Free version." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beethovun Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 On 3/26/2025 at 5:38 PM, Beethovun said: Just tried this and so far so good...still testing and pushing things to see if she crashes but so far...so good! Thanks. Expand Spoke too soon...Just crashed again with "Kernel Mode Heap Corruption"...Only in Sonar and not in Cakewalk "Free version." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panu Pentikäinen Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 (edited) On 3/26/2025 at 2:14 PM, IgoRr said: You obviously have some serious problem with Sonar, did it all start after installing the latest update? Try deleting the file "AUD.INI" in the folder "C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Sonar", when Sonar starts, this file will be recreated, maybe this will fix your problem. If this does not help, you will definitely need to completely uninstall Sonar/Cakewalk by Bandlab and thoroughly clean out any remnants, folders and registry entries, in order to try to install it all from scratch. Expand I reinstalled Sonar but the plugin behaves exactly like before. Probably glitching is a plugin issue. Minidump.txt files says: Faulting Module: C:\WINDOWS\System32\RPCRT4.dll App Version: 31.03.0.010 (Beta) Edited March 26 by Panu Pentikäinen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will. Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 On 3/26/2025 at 7:15 PM, Panu Pentikäinen said: I reinstalled Sonar but the plugin behaves exactly like before. Probably glitching is a plugin issue. Minidump.txt files says: Faulting Module: C:\WINDOWS\System32\RPCRT4.dll App Version: 31.03.0.010 (Beta) Expand It sounds like you have hardware issues or a virus on your system. Attach the minidump file here for the developers to have a look at. Also: report the issue to Xfer Records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lassi Kangasluoma Posted yesterday at 01:54 PM Share Posted yesterday at 01:54 PM (edited) Up until now Sonar has been working perfectly, but today it started crashing. Always the same way. The project opens and you can play it, but as soon as you stop the playback, the whole thing freezes. Same thing with the free version. From the dump it seems that Kernel32.dll is the culprit. Minidump.txt: Faulting Module: C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNEL32.DLL App Version: 31.02.0.077 (Release) There was a Windows update yesterday and Kernel32.DLL was modified at 9.31 yesterday. I did a System restore to before that point, but to no avail. Next step is probably to uninstall Sonar and hope for the best... disko3_04012025_164533.dmpFetching info... Edited yesterday at 01:57 PM by Lassi Kangasluoma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted yesterday at 02:18 PM Share Posted yesterday at 02:18 PM @Lassi Kangasluoma first test what about other projects or a new project? Uninstalling isn't always the correct approach to finding a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lassi Kangasluoma Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago On 4/1/2025 at 2:18 PM, Wookiee said: @Lassi Kangasluoma first test what about other projects or a new project? Uninstalling isn't always the correct approach to finding a solution. Expand The same happened with all my projects. Even the one that had only pure vocal tracks without any effects. Other programs seem to be working fine, so I suppose that the problem is with Cakewalk and not the dll file. The SFC and DISM commands also did not bring up any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago Can you, @Lassi Kangasluoma, open Cakewalk only no project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwalpwal Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago On 4/1/2025 at 1:54 PM, Lassi Kangasluoma said: Up until now Sonar has been working perfectly, but today it started crashing. Always the same way. The project opens and you can play it, but as soon as you stop the playback, the whole thing freezes. Same thing with the free version. From the dump it seems that Kernel32.dll is the culprit. Minidump.txt: Faulting Module: C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNEL32.DLL App Version: 31.02.0.077 (Release) There was a Windows update yesterday and Kernel32.DLL was modified at 9.31 yesterday. I did a System restore to before that point, but to no avail. Next step is probably to uninstall Sonar and hope for the best... disko3_04012025_164533.dmp 2.22 MB · 1 download Expand dump file says it's not a plugin, send the .dmp, and your report, to support@cakewalk.com /goodluck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lassi Kangasluoma Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago (edited) 22 hours ago, Wookiee said: Can you, @Lassi Kangasluoma, open Cakewalk only no project? Expand Yes, Cakewalk opens normally, maybe a bit slower than usual but does not freeze. The projects also open normally, but freeze after I listen to them (and stop the playback). Edited 21 hours ago by Lassi Kangasluoma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago Is there anything common in the projects, like a particular plugin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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