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Bouncing Tracks Takes a Long Time
By default, SONAR uses a buffer for bouncing tracks that is the same size as the Mixing Latency
value that you set in the Audio Options dialog. But with some projects, especially ones that use
certain soft synths, the bounce buffer needs to have its own value. You can set the value in the
Aud.ini file with the BounceBufSizeMsec=0 line in the Wave section. At a value of 0, the bounce
buffer is the same size as the Mixing Latency value that you set in the Audio Options dialog. You
can set the bounce value to 100, or some value between 0 and 350 so that the bounce buffer will
use a more efficient size for bouncing, which has different requirements from normal playback
latency.
For more information, see the Initialization File topics in the online help.
The GUI is not Smooth During Playback
If the GUI does not update smoothly during playback, press the Pause key to make sure you didn’t
inadvertently put SONAR in CPU conservation mode. If the Pause key has been pressed, SONAR
will display the letter P in the status bar.
For more information, see “Reduce GUI updates to improve playback performance” on page 859.
Plug-in windows flicker or don't display properly
X-Ray Windows is not compatible with plug-ins that use DirectDraw to create their windows, such as
many recent plug-ins by Waves. If a plug-in is not compatible with X-Ray, the plug-in's window will
either flicker or not display properly. If you have any plug-ins that are affected by this, you can
exclude the plug-n(s) from X-Ray by following the instructions below:
1. Open the Cakewalk Plug-in Manager (Tools > Cakewalk Plug-in Manager).
2. In the Plug-in Categories window, select the category that the plug-in you want to exclude is in.
3. In the Registered Plug-ins window, select the plug-in that you want to exclude.
4. If the plug-in is a DirectX effect or an MFX, write down (or select and copy) the CLSID value that's
in the CLSID field at the bottom of the dialog.
5. If the plug-in is a VST or VSTi, write down the VST ID value that's in the VST ID field at the bottom
of the dialog.
6. Close the Plug-in Manager dialog.