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Top Issues in SONAR X71
User Account Control and SONAR installer
To install SONAR in Windows XP Professional and Home Edition , Windows Vista or Windows 7, you must be logged
in as a user with administrative privileges. In Windows Vista or Windows 7, you may install from any account, but you
will be prompted to elevate your privileges when the installer is launched.
Once the product has been installed, it may be run from any account without the need for administrative privileges.
Disable Anti-Virus/Spyware Software
Please disable any anti-virus or spyware software before installing SONAR. Utilities such as “Spyware Doctor” have
been known to interfere with the SONAR installation. Such utilities need not be uninstalled or removed from your
system, only temporarily disabled.
Backwards Compatibility
SONAR X1 can load projects from any previous versions of SONAR, but projects that are saved in SONAR X1 cannot be
re-opened in SONAR 1.x or SONAR 2.x. In case you need to open a pre-SONAR X1 project in an earlier version of
SONAR, it is recommended that you always create a backup copy of the original project before you re-save the project in
SONAR X1.
Project files saved in SONAR X1 may appear to be missing automation data when opened in an earlier version of
SONAR. To resolve this click the dropdown arrow next to the envelope tool in the Track view toolbar to display the
Envelope Options menu. Choose Show All Envelopes. For more information see the online help section ‘Showing or
Hiding Envelopes’ included with the previous version of SONAR
Project files saved in SONAR X1 will not open in SONAR 4 if they reference or include any of the following types of
data or information:
e 32-bit and 64-bit audio clips, including clips and tracks that have been frozen or rendered as 32-bit or 64-bit data.
e Audio clips that are not all of the same bit depth
Project files saved in SONAR X1 will not open in SONAR 5 if they reference 64-bit audio clips.
SONAR X1 project files may contain new features that will be missing if opened in SONAR 5 and earlier, including:
ACT current context
Automation Read Enable States
Clip lock properties
“Preserve mix between gain” setting
Synth Rack Assignable Controls
Synth Rack Automation