Sonar 3 intialization

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Bluesmiester

Post by Bluesmiester » Mon Aug 16, 2004 7:58 pm

I have an odd problem and a work around so I am not down but I am curious. Here goes ....

When I launch Sonar 3 everything loads up and appears to be ready to work but when I hit the play icon I get no sound what so ever.

No audio or midi playback. The play marker moves but the audio engine icon is NOT green. If I lauch Sonar then launch Sound Forge ( I have both Sound Forge 7 and Sound Forge XP Sound Studio 5 and it does not matter which one I use ) and play just a bit of an audio file Sonar will then work normally. The audio engine icon goes green. This always works ... why is what I want to know and yes , maybe a fix would be nice too ...

My enviroment : P4 2.4 Gig / 512 Meg / WinXP pro / Sonar 3 using ASIO
My platform is Dell 4600 if it matters.
I am running an Aardvark Lx-6 sound card.
All other audio applications work normally.

Lots of smart and helpful replies here ...
Hoping you all can help figure this out.

By the way ... Cakewalk tech support is stumped on this one.

The Bluesmiester


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Post by GretscGuy » Tue Aug 17, 2004 12:10 am

I would suspect your ASIO drivers first. What hapens if you load MME or WDM drivers and attempt to listen.

Are you using a 100% genuine version of Cakewalk? Kind of sounds like a Warez problem.

Is your soundcard enabled to share drivers in Sonar? Try enableing this and then go to sounds and select a scheme with NO SOUND for windows. Restart and see what happnes.

Just a few quick thoughts.

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Post by GretscGuy » Tue Aug 17, 2004 12:11 am

I would suspect your ASIO drivers first. What hapens if you load MME or WDM drivers and attempt to listen.

Are you using a 100% genuine version of Cakewalk? Kind of sounds like a Warez problem.

Is your soundcard enabled to share drivers in Sonar? Try enableing this and then go to sounds and select a scheme with NO SOUND for windows. Restart and see what happnes.

Just a few quick thoughts.

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Post by bluesmiester » Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:52 pm

100% Original Cakewalk Purchased from the company store on-line.
I have been buying my cakewalk products this way for a long time.
I have serveral :D

MME and WDM don't work nearly as well so I do not use them anymore.

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Post by bluesmiester » Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:53 pm

100% Original Cakewalk Purchased from the company store on-line.
I have been buying my cakewalk products this way for a long time.
I have serveral :D

MME and WDM don't work nearly as well so I do not use them anymore.

bluesmiester
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Joined: Mon Aug 16, 2004 8:04 pm
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Post by bluesmiester » Tue Aug 17, 2004 3:41 pm

The same thing happens using the MME drivers but I get the extra thrill of long latency too ... No fun !!!

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