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hi
i connected the midi in and out ports of the alesis d4 to the joystick port in my sound card. how do i record from my alesis d4 drum to the sonar program? when i hit a drum, no sound comes out from the program (my computer speakers) either. however my microphone works (when i speak into it sound comes out of the program) thank you.

You are recording MIDI data into your pc, not audio. You should see little midi notes deing recorded when you 'play' the dm-4 into Cakewalk. Plug a set of headphones into your dm4 and listen while Cakewalk plays back your sequence, you should hear your performance!

Good Luck

thanks a lot sir

now im recording through audio but there is a 1 or 2 milisecond delay from the time i hit the drum. is there any way i can fix this?
i have win xp
intel p4- 2.0 Ghz
640 mb ddr ram
C-Media CM18738 6-channel audio .
the d4 module is connected to the computer through the microphone jack and the joystick port, however i think im only using the microphone jack to record songs.
thank you.

It sounds like you have a good system. You should adjust your latency settings in both Sonar and also on your sound card.


To do this in Sonar 3 (it's the same or very similar in ProAudio or Sonar - Sonar 3)

Options
Audio
Mixing Latency

Also, click the 'Advanced' tab and untick Enable Read Caching and Enable Write Caching

While here, set your I/O Buffer Size at a smaller number than it is right now. If it's high (512) this would probably have a lot to do with your problem, try setting it at 64.

Let us know how you make out!
Good Luck

thanks for the help. now the delay is very tiny. the lowest
i could get the i/o buffer size was 9kb and the mixing latency
39.9msec with buffers in playback que set at 2, without the sound being distorted. however, is there a way to completely obliterate that tiny delay by adjusting something else? thanks a lot.

Well, you could get a better soundcard. Depending on the quality of the soundcard it will give you better performance and drivers capable of the demands of what you're trying to do.

Good Luck!