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I can’t open my project / File Recovery mode
Troubleshooting
The default value of the ExtraPluginBufs variable is 0.
3.
Change the value of
ExtraPluginBufs
to
1
.
4.
Click
OK
to close the
Preferences
dialog box, then try to insert the effect that caused the
dropout.
If you still experience a dropout, change the value of
ExtraPluginBufs
to
2
. Continue to double the
value of this variable until you reach
128
(
4
,
8
,
16
,
32
, etc.). If a value of
128
does not fix the
problem, it is time to try something else. For more information about potential dropout causes, see
“Dropouts and other audio problems”
I can’t open my project / File Recovery mode
SONAR 5 introduced a special diagnostic mode called Safe Mode to fix problems with project files
that would not open. Safe mode is activated when you open a file while the
SHIFT key
is pressed.
In certain rare circumstances, on attempting to open a project file you may see the following error
message:
“This file you are trying to open is not compatible with this version of SONAR”.
This message indicates that SONAR detected errors in the project file and was unable to open it.
This normally indicates that your project file has data corruption.
Data corruption on a DAW can occur due to various reasons, a few of which include:
• Your hard drive might suffer data loss.
• Windows delayed writes might fail leading to data corruption.
• Many hard disks have a “write through cache” buffer for efficiency. Occasionally this write through
buffer might not get flushed due to a driver error or system crash. In such cases data might not be
flushed to your hard driver causing corrupt files (SONAR requests Windows to flush this buffer
after a file save operation).
• A plug-in can corrupt SONAR's memory space causing invalid data to be written to disk when the
project is saved.
• During a file save the system can crash. In such situations, you will have a truncated file on disk.
You save a “recovery file” through SONAR's crash exception dialog box. When a crash occurs in
SONAR, you are presented with this dialog box allowing you to
attempt
to save a recovery file.
While this works most of the time, occasionally SONAR may be in a compromised state due to
memory corruption. Under these circumstances, saving a file might cause a crash or the file might
contain invalid data.
In general, the best insurance against the data corruption scenarios above is to follow standard safe
computing practices to guard against data loss (keep regular backups, use autosave with
versioning, etc.). However, occasionally you may be faced with a situation where you do not have a
backup copy of a critical project that now fails to open.
Summary of Contents for sonar x3
Page 1: ...SONAR X3 Reference Guide...
Page 4: ...4 Getting started...
Page 112: ...112 Tutorial 1 Creating playing and saving projects Saving project files...
Page 124: ...124 Tutorial 3 Recording vocals and musical instruments...
Page 132: ...132 Tutorial 4 Playing and recording software instruments...
Page 142: ...142 Tutorial 5 Working with music notation...
Page 150: ...150 Tutorial 6 Editing your music...
Page 160: ...160 Tutorial 7 Mixing and adding effects...
Page 170: ...170 Tutorial 8 Working with video Exporting your video...
Page 570: ...570 Control Bar overview...
Page 696: ...696 AudioSnap Producer and Studio only Algorithms and rendering...
Page 720: ...720 Working with loops and Groove Clips Importing Project5 patterns...
Page 820: ...820 Drum maps and the Drum Grid pane The Drum Grid pane...
Page 848: ...848 Editing audio Audio effects audio plug ins...
Page 878: ...878 Software instruments Stand alone synths...
Page 1042: ...1042 ProChannel Producer and Studio only...
Page 1088: ...1088 Sharing your songs on SoundCloud Troubleshooting...
Page 1140: ...1140 Automation Recording automation data from an external controller...
Page 1178: ...1178 Multi touch...
Page 1228: ...1228 Notation and lyrics Working with lyrics...
Page 1282: ...1282 Synchronizing your gear MIDI Machine Control MMC...
Page 1358: ...1358 External devices Working with StudioWare...
Page 1362: ...1362 Using CAL Sample CAL files...
Page 1386: ...1386 Troubleshooting Known issues...
Page 1394: ...1394 Hardware setup Set up to record digital audio...
Page 1400: ...1400 MIDI files...
Page 1422: ...1422 Initialization files Initialization file format...
Page 1463: ...1463 Misc enhancements New features in SONAR X3...
Page 1470: ...1470 Comparison...
Page 1518: ...1518 Included plug ins Instruments...
Page 1532: ...1532 Cyclone Using Cyclone...
Page 1694: ...1694 Beginner s guide to Cakewalk software Audio hardware sound cards and drivers...
Page 1854: ...1854 Preferences dialog Customization Nudge Figure 518 The Nudge section...
Page 1856: ...1856 Preferences dialog Customization Snap to Grid Figure 519 The Snap to Grid section...
Page 1920: ...1920 Snap Scale Settings dialog...
Page 2042: ...2042 View reference Surround panner...