Ray Nichols

Thank you for responding. Here are answers to your questions. Current DAW: Cakewalk by Bandlab I was using Sonar Platinum. Now I am using CbB. Sound Card: Realtek High Definition Audo driver version: 6.0.1.8010 DirectX version: 12.0 Audio codec: ALC892 Audio buffer size on sound card not selectable. Audio driver bit depth: 24-bit Selected sample rate: 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz (probably should settle on 48kHz). Cakewalk by BandLab: Audio Profiles/Buffer sizes auto-selected by Wave Profiler. All other settings also at default. Currently using WASAPI Shared mode. Dropouts occur also in ASIO mode. Thus the reason for moving to WASAPI. Dropouts appear to be not related to WASAPI or ASIO. Hard Drive: Currently using two Raptor 10,000 RPM hard drives in RAID 0 configuration, 64 kB stripes. I will reinstall the DAW to the SSD today. Also, I will move the project folder to the data dive. I will watch for code numbers when dropouts occur. About the RAM. I thought it was doing well. However, I will look more thoroughly into this, such as clock speed, DRAM timing, plus load-line diagnostics, etc. Will check dropout codes first. COMMENT: The DAW was running on Windows 7, 64-Bit. Last week I split the OS hard drive and installed the works on Windows 10, 64-Bit in a dual boot configuration. I will now reinstall CbB on the SSD exclusively. Thanks again and best regards, Ray N

Anyone know if it is possible to get Sonar Platinum by BandLab to run most of the current session in RAM instead of caching on the hard drive. I am working to minimize audio dropouts. Is this even the right question, I wonder? OS: Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, current release RAM: 32 GB Processor: Quad core @ 3.5GHz Hard drive: RAID 0 This computer is dedicated for Cakewalk Sonar Platinum by BandLab. Nothing else besides Windows and its essential drivers and the motherboard's basic utilities have been installed on this machine. Windows has been set for performance and trimmed for reduced number of perks and background processes. All the bells and whistles the Microsoft Edge browser offers have been disabled. No email app either. Best Regards, Ray N

This is in response to the problem and solution presented in your blogs. Problem: No sound output after switching Audio Setup driver mode from ASIO to WASAPI (Shared or Exclusive). Mixer meters show activity, but no sound to output buss. Solution: In Audio Setup, switch Output Device selection from Digital Output device to to Speakers (this would be analog mode). Cakewalk automatically reselects digital output when you change ASIO to WASAPI. You must correct for this as in the above mentioned. Amazing -- problem solved! I am thanking you with high accolades for solving this problem. Awesome! You guys have saved me a lot of trouble. And I'm sure you have helped many others as well. Kudos, Ray