Updated Cakewalk and Now No Sound

[Dean]

Every Thing was fine.  There was a notice to update Cakewalk, so I did.  Now I have no sound when trying to play my songs.  I checked for muted speakers.  I checked for Focusrite drivers and for updates.  Checked all my wire connections.  Checked Audio inputs and outputs.  Checked Sound and Video controllers.  Said they were all working.  I tried recording an audio file which it did.  But no sound when playing back.  I tried different settings on songs recorded say from 1 to 3 with Focusrite.  Checked Audio inputs and outputs, sound video controllers.  Focusrite control input settings analogue 1 inst-air, output routing analogue 1-2 stereo.  I listened to a music C D which worked.  Since my system uses  a receiver I have it hooked up to tape monitor 1.  I made sure that was on.  I am probably missing something but I don't know what.

Thanks

[Byron Dickens]

Have you done the obvious things yet like turn the interface off and back on or reboot the computer?

[Dean]

Thanks for responding!

Yes, 5 or 6 times

[John Vere]

Did you check your master bus output? 

[Dean]

I don't know how to.  I tried to use one of your tutorials.  But the tutorial wouldn't download.  

In one of the postings I saw a similar screen and an arrow that went from the "A" track to the "audio" track.  But I had no idea why he was showing that.  Does the image give me any clue if the master bus output is there?

[57Gregy]

17 hours ago, Dean said:

I don't know how to

In an audio track, an audio bus, or a soft synth output track, clicking the output name will bring up the available outputs. Change it to Master or whatever other destination you need.
I can see in your image that there is indeed a Master bus.
Typically, you would direct all of your audio tracks to busses, i.e. all guitar tracks to a Guitar bus, all vocals to a Vocal bus, etc. Then all busses would be sent to the Master bus which outputs to your main output, your sound card or audio interface.

Double-clicking a track or bus name will allow you to name it whatever you want. If your preferred template doesn't have a Master bus, you can Insert a new bus and name it, or rename one of your current busses.
 

[John Vere]

Sorry I deleted all my tutorials a few months ago as they had errors I needed to fix. You’re the first one to notice they were gone so no  hurry to replace them 😁

[Dean]

Thank you John for doing the tutorials in the first place!  I was able to use one of them before they were deleted.

 

[Dean]

Is the red circle what you are referring to as master?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 18, 2021 by Dean
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[Dean]

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[User 905133]

24 minutes ago, Dean said:

I don't know how to delete images.  Ignore the bottom two.  Just the one with the red circle.

When you edit the post, if you posted the images directly, at the bottom there should be images with trash cans. Click the trash can in the lower right to delete.

Edited August 13, 2021 by User 905133

[Dean]

Thank you very much!!!

[Dean]

If I save all my files from Cakewalk on an external hard drive the delete Cakewalk, reinstall it, will I then have sound?

[John Vere]

In your screen shot with red circle there is nothing chosen for the master bus output.  Change the master buss output to the output your studio monitors are connected to. 

Oddly in the other 2 shots it looks like you have selected output 3+ Normally we hook out speakers up to output 1/2/ On mine it would say Focusrite OUT 1

But looking at your tracks ,  they look like they are going directly to Focusrite something. They should be going to your Master buss. Are you using ASIO? Those output numbers look wrong for ASIO. Your device list should look like this. And you can see in the background what my outputs look like. All tracks and sub busses go to master and the master goes to your interface. 

Edited August 14, 2021 by John Vere

[Dean]

This what I have set up with Focusrite.  I am assuming this is 1 and 2.

This is a shot of my preferences

The third is one of the songs.  I changed the input and output to 1

Are any of these correct?  Why do you have a green bar across the top of your preferences?

In the audio track should the master be chosen to the right of your MOTUM Se where mine says Input 1+In  where it says Output 1+ ?

[John Vere]

Everything looks correct in the screen shots. If you activate the metronome during playback using the toggle do you hear the metronome? You should if you have headphones or if your stereo amp is connected to output 1/2 of the Focusrite. 
I don’t see any audio tracks or any VST instruments in the screen shots so not sure if this is your project off rig just a blank template 

Edited August 19, 2021 by John Vere

[Dean]

After staring at your screen shots and trying different things (all wrong by me of coarse) I decided to contact Focusrite.  Just to see if I had settings correct.  After over 2 hours on chat he or she got focusrite  set up correctly.  I couldn't tell you what they did.  I was able to hear through the headphones my songs!  So I can now record and hear my instruments, Korg EX, Korg Z1, Casio WK-1200 and mic or guitar.  I can't hear through my stereo though.  But I will keep looking to find how to wire that as I had it before.  I just want to thank you for all your help!