Thread Sonar prob

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jaahlybaahly

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1 Posted on 04/01/2004 at 12:45:20

Hi, I am new to this and still trying to set up.

I have an MAudio Audiophile 2496, which I am plugging a keyboard in via midi and running Sonar 3. I have recently added a pinnacle AV/DV2 video capture card and every time I try and run Sonar I just get the error "SONAR.EXE has encountered a problem and needs to close" If I remove the Pinnacle AV/DV2 card from the computer then Sonar runs OK.

Anyone any ideas?

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2 Posted on 04/01/2004 at 18:40:23

I get a similar message in Nuendo when I try to open too many VST effects or synths at once. The reason for this is a shortage of available processing power.
Sonar is no small program, and video capture by itself is a big tax on a processor (I have a WinTV external USB device myself.)
What sort of setup do you run?

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3 Posted on 04/13/2004 at 06:22:21

Hi Samo, sorry for delay!
I am running windows XP, AMD 1800+ 1.53Ghz with 768MB RAM.
I don't have any other software running when trying to run Sonar, just the card physically being in the computer causes the problem.

Thanks for any help

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4 Posted on 04/14/2004 at 12:42:32

That AV card probably either has a really huge driver or uses resources that Sonar is looking for. If you don't need to use the card WITH Sonar, than I would try to create a hardware configuration in Windows that doesn't include the card.

Also, make sure you have the latest and greatest drivers for the card.

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