Jamstix and Sonar 6

Blues_man · Post by **Blues_man** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:25 pm

I can't seem to get the program to show up in Sonar 6. I run the latest vst adaptor, and it does find it while running, but when I open up Sonar, it is not listed. I have tried installing to the default dir. which is programfiles/steinberg/vsts and also have tried installing to a new folder I call jam... the adaptor finds it, but sonar does not list it... any ideas?

FretBuzz · Post by **FretBuzz** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:14 am

Whats a vst adapter? I have never used one.

I know I have my own problems at the moment with loading a project, but I just installed JS2 into the Cakewalk/vstplugins folder and then just use insert/softsynths and it show up in the list.

Blues_man · Post by **Blues_man** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:50 pm

with sonar and also guitar tracks, you have to have run the vst adaptor for the programs to load the item. Doing it the way you mentioned does not work on these programs

DaveElson · Post by **DaveElson** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:44 pm

Did you upgrade from a previous version of Sonar?
I don't think you need the vst adapter for version 6.

Blues_man · Post by **Blues_man** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:28 pm

nope.. you do.. I think that started with 7 or 8, not needing the vst adaptor, it is the only way to load vst's and vsti's

FretBuzz · Post by **FretBuzz** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:12 am

I can honestly say that I have been using JS2 with no VST adapter in Sonar 6 Home for months now and it works absolutely fine. Have you tried just using the soft synths menu item on the Insert menu? Thats all I do and loads and works straight away.

DaveElson · Post by **DaveElson** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:37 pm

I have Sonar 6, but couldn't check when I left my earlier message.
Last night I did check, and I can load up vsti without the adapter.

Blues_man · Post by **Blues_man** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:30 pm

It does not show up in the menu for soft synths. That is the problem. As far as not using the vst adaptor, I think sonar will run it automatically, if it sees new vst's in the folder... I have noticed that before... but running it or not, jamstix just does not show up anywhere in sonar.

Post by **Ralph @ Rayzoon** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:15 am

Please open the plugin manager in S6 and make sure JS2 is listed under 'VST Instruments (VSTi)'. If it is, click 'Options' under 'VST Configuration' and do a rescan with both 'Rescan' options checked.

FretBuzz · Post by **FretBuzz** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:21 am

Dont really know what else to try. Thing is though I still do not know what the vst adapter is. Does it come with Sonar or is a seperate product you download or buy? There is no reference to it in any Sonar documentation or books I have seen.

How do you use it with Sonar?