Setting up an internal audio card

Some internal audio cards need to have a cable connected to their audio input in order for the drivers to work properly. If this applies to your internal audio card and you don’t have access to a microphone with an 1/8 inch cable, then you can use any 1/8 inch connection to force the audio card into displaying the drivers correctly.

If the drivers are not available in Sonar, try plugging a simple pair of headphones into the mic or line input before starting Sonar.

If you are experiencing problems with playback, try the following steps:

1.	Go to Edit > Preferences > Audio - Playback and Recording.

2.	In the Driver Mode list, select WASAPI Exclusive.

3.	Select the Suspend Audio Engine When Cakewalk Is Not in Focus check box.

4.	Select the Always Open All Devices check box.

5.	Click Audio - Sync and Caching.

6.	In the Playback I/O Buffer Size (KB) list, select 512.

7.	In the Record I/O Buffer Size (KB) list, select 512.

8.	Click Apply.

9.	Click Audio - Devices.

10.	Select all Input and Output drivers for your sound card, except any Inputs named “Stereo Mix” or “What you Hear”.

11.	Click Audio - Driver Settings.

12.	Assign Playback Timing Master and Record Timing Master to the first listed device or the device in which your speakers are plugged into.

13.	Set Buffers in Playback Queue to 2.

14.	Drag the Buffer Size slider to the middle.

15.	In the Sampling Rate list, select 44100.

16.	Click OK and restart Sonar.

17.	Play a project. If audio is distorted, go to Edit > Preferences > Audio - Driver Settings, change Buffers in Playback Queue to 4, then click OK and restart Sonar.

 

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