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Originally Posted by guitarmandanp
i recorded a track in sonar 8.5.3 using pentagon1 soft synth. started auditioning other patches using pentagon1 on pre-recorded track. volumes on most patches had to be way turned down as i went - all of a sudden i experienced a sort of crash/drop-out and from thereafter all patches dropped in volume and i have to jack them to max to get nominal volume. this affects all pre-recorded and newly recorded synth tracks
thing is the meters go in the red even w/ this lower volume
also the octaves sometimes don't line up w/ my m-audio keyrig 25 controller i.e. to match the octave i performed a part i have to manually move the octave up/down in the track itself
a hell of a predicament and a mixing nightmare
do i have to re-install sonar? will i then lose my vst plug presets etc?
any help much appreciated
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I use Sonar Producer Edition 8.5.3 as well, although I've never had the problem you're having.
Does it happen if you use any other synth, like Dimension or Rapture?
Being that your meters are in the red even with the synth and track volumes being normal, this tells me that it's more about your system/audio card's volume rather than the synth or Sonar itself. Check your system/audio card's output volume and ensure they're at their nominal levels.
As far as your MIDI controller is concerned, you might have to re-map with ACT. If you already have an ACT preset for your controller, just try to reload that preset and see if it helps. If not, you may have to do some manual assignments, but I'm not too keen on that as I don't use an actual MIDI controller aside from a hardware synth I use to control Truepianos. Seems to me that key notes are pretty standard though and don't need manual mapping. I don't even have a preset ACT map for my Access Indigo2 and I just plug in my MIDI cable and all my notes are correct when recording MIDI by default.
Also, you may find that your same issue has been posted the Cakewalk Sonar forums, so I say it's worth a look if your problem isn't solved. I've been going there for several years and there's never been a problem I've had that couldn't be solved by their many knowledgeable members and many archives.