Reference Guide

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Troubleshooting
Patching an Effect into SONAR Causes a Dropout
Patching an Effect into SONAR Causes a Dropout
You may have simply reached the maximum number of tracks and effects your CPU can handle.
However, if your CPU meter doesn’t appear to be maxed out, or other plug-ins seem to work, you
may need to address the problem by editing a line in the Aud.ini file.
Using Notepad, open the Aud.ini located in the directory where you installed SONAR. The default
value of the ExtraPluginBufs variable is 0. Try changing that value to 1, saving Aud.ini and
patching in the effect that caused the dropout. If it still causes a dropout, try changing the value in
ExtraPluginBufs to 2. Continue to double the value in this variable until you reach 128 (4, 8, 16,
32). If a value of 128 does not fix the problem, it is time to try something else. See Dropouts and
Other Audio Problems for more information about potential reasons for dropouts.
More Frequently Asked Questions.
I Can’t Open My Project
Your project may have become corrupted. You can attempt to open the project using Safe Mode.
To Use Safe Mode
• If you are opening a file from the Most Recently Used files list in the File menu, hold down the
SHIFT key while selecting file name.
• If you are opening the file from the Open dialog, select the file in the dialog and hold down the
SHIFT key while clicking the OK button.
Safe Mode does the following:
• Opens only the Track view.
• Prompts you if you want to open the plug-ins saved with your project. Each plug-in gets a
prompt, so you can open some and not open others.
See:
File Recovery mode
Audio Distorts at Greater than 16 Bits
There are several settings in the Audio Options dialog box (Options > Audio command) you need
to set before using audio formats greater than 16. See “System Configuration” on page 843.
More Frequently Asked Questions.