There are no audio devices for the current driver

[Jana Cole]

I'm new to Cakewalk, but not to creating music or using apps. My challenge is setting up virtual instruments in Cakewalk. I know it's not set up right, because Cakewalk tells me every time I open it (screen shot below), and I'm getting no sound at all. For the last couple of weeks, I've been following instructions on various videos, and I've read the cakewalk documentation and followed those directions, and nothing is working.

I've used FL Studio, Sibelius and Mulab, but I don't remember having to do the type of settings as in Cakewalk, and I don't understand how this works. How do I know what resources on my laptop are available to Cakewalk? What's a "driver model" (first screen shot below)? Apparently, Cakewalk isn't seeing any audio devices (screenshot below). Does it have to, since I'm using only virtual instruments? 

I'm using EastWest Composer Cloud. I'm able to select instruments and open the instrument and click on the piano keyboard, but the keys don't move and there's no sound.

It's hard to know what to ask, but I have several screen shots below. I think I just need to know how to set this up. Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions you can offer.

I get this message every time I open Cakewalk

 

 

Preferences/Audio/Devices

 

 

Preferences/Audio/Driver Settings

 

 

Preferences/Audio/Playback and Recording

 

 

Preferences/Midi/Devices

 

 

Preferences/Midi/Playback and Recording

 

 

[scook]

It appears that CbB does not see any ASIO driver.

Usually ASIO drivers are supplied by the hardware manufacturer and must be installed before using the audio interface.

When using a device without an ASIO driver such as the internal sound chip in the PC (n.b. the RealTek ASIO driver is buggy and should be avoided) a differenT driver mode must be selected. This is set on in Audio > Playback and Recording preferences shown in the image above. For Win10, the WASAPI modes are best choice. For other OSes try WDM then MME.

 

[Jana Cole]

36 minutes ago, scook said:

It appears that CbB does not see any ASIO driver.

Usually ASIO drivers are supplied by the hardware manufacturer and must be installed before using the audio interface.

When using a device without an ASIO driver such as the internal sound chip in the PC (n.b. the RealTek ASIO driver is buggy and should be avoided) a differenT driver mode must be selected. This is set on in Audio > Playback and Recording preferences shown in the image above. For Win10, the WASAPI modes are best choice. For other OSes try WDM then MME.

 

Thank you. I changed it to WASAPI shared, and the message is gone. I've got an instrument up with a couple of MIDI notes. When I play the track, the meter registers the notes, but I still don't hear them. So now I'll start working on how to route the output ...

Edited February 14, 2020 by Jana Cole

[tecknot]

After you checked all the necessary boxes (driver mode, output driver, playback timing master, etc.) make sure that your Master Bus has its output set to your audio output device.

Kind regards,

tecknot

[Jana Cole]

20 minutes ago, tecknot said:

After you checked all the necessary boxes (driver mode, output driver, playback timing master, etc.) make sure that your Master Bus has its output set to your audio output device.

Kind regards,

tecknot

I checked it all, I see how it all connects up. Finally !!!!! Some sound!!!!

[tecknot]

Cool.  Glad you got it going.

Kind regards,

tecknot

[John Williams]

I have the same issue as Jana but just cant resolve it.  Can hear all tracks apart from the drums (the meter indicates that it is working but no sound).  Any advice

[John Vere]

You should start your own thread it confusing to hijack with different issues 

[Victor Sardon]

I have the same issues as Jana Cole did from her post on on February 14, 2020 above with this message below:

I moved my PC to a different room in my house and after hooking everything back up and restarting my PC, then opening a project in Cakewalk I got the same message. I am using a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 interface and it was work just fine prior to relocating my workstation. I had all of the same settings shown in her screen shots, and I changed the driver mode to WASAPI shared as recommended. I had the same problem where I can see the track playing without sound, but I'm not sure which boxes to check and how to set the Master Bus as you mentioned, so I still don't have any sound.

If you can guide me on how to set the master bus and check the appropriate boxes that would be great.

[57Gregy]

Welcome to the forum.
If you're using a Focusrite 2i2, you should go to their website and download and install Focurite's ASIO driver for your operating system. While WASAPI may work, either 'shared' or 'exclusive', the ASIO driver from Focusrite is made specifically for your device and should work better than any computer sound card driver.
Ensure the 2i2 is plugged into the same USB port.
Check that the audio tracks are routed to a valid bus or main output. If set to S/PDIF and there is no S/PDIF device, you won't hear anything.

Also, this thread is over 2 years old, so starting your own thread will help us keep track of it, i.e. "Victor's thread" instead of "Jana's thread".