Cakewalk’s Bob D explains multi-core technologies with SONAR
Being both a musician/studio engineer and a developer for the music software company, Cakewalk, I am in the unique position of seeing both the technical side of how computer processing and code works, and the real-world experience that they provide in the act of making music. In this article, I’ll focus on what multi-core technologies mean to you as a musician so that you can make the best decision in upgrading your studio with a new PC.
One of our goals in developing SONAR has been to allow you to take advantage of the full power of your PC. We envisioned a studio environment with no limits, allowing you to lift your productions to new heights. That’s why we placed no limits on the number of tracks you could record, plug-ins you could patch, and busses you could mix with. And we also built SONAR to be future-proofed for new technologies like multiple cores, multiple processors, and 64-bit computing. We figured a hardware-imposed limit would be better than a software-imposed one. It seemed logical to us that if you upgraded your system, your capabilities in SONAR should expand accordingly. So, let’s dig in…
Hi, just read this bacause i was having the same question, my problem is that I have an Athlon X2 64 Bit processor, and a Phenom X3 Processor in my other desktop, but since i have Sonar 3.1 (pretty Old) I cant reach to make it to work properly, I hace downloaded 2 patchs updates for sonar 3.1 it was written in the description that this patches fix the multicore issue on sonar 3.1, but noluck, still working with just one. A friend allowed me to use his Sonar 8 on my Phenom X3 with XP 64 Bits, installation was succesfull but didnt make it to work with my interface, which is a Line 6 Toneport, which is awesome. Had an M-Audio Quattro Pro, didnt like it.
Other thing I´ve noticed it was the Edirol VST plugin that comes with Sonar 3.1 is not included in Sonar 8, and I was very used to it.
Is there any chance to make sonar 3.1 to work in a multicore environment and having 0 Dropouts?