No sound

[Nico Grosser]

Greetings everyone! I am absolutely new to this software and Sound editing in general. Now that I am trying to get into Cakewalk my very first massive problem is that I get no sound in the demo projects to play. I followed the basic getting started Instructions Cakewalk links to, I tried using all sorts of settings in the driver setup but nothing yields any results. I would happily give more info but i honestly do not know what is relevant here. Thank you for your time.

[scook]

Make sure some other media player makes sound.

Make sure Windows and Cakewalk are set to the same sample rate.

 

[scook]

So, the internal chip is set as the Windows default and the sample rate for Windows is set to 44.1k.

After verifying the sample rate in Windows using Windows Settings > Sound > Device Properties Advanced tab.

Remove or rename Aud.ini in the %appdata%\Cakewalk Core\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core folder

Then follow these directions https://www.cakewalk.com/Support/Knowledge-Base/Audio-Hardware-Setup-Guide?productId=CSPT100&audioDeviceId=135

If MME driver mode works, then try the other modes selecting the one that performs best for your machine.

[chuckebaby]

Im guessing you are running onboard audio ?

Which version of Windows are you using ? - WASAPI mode will yield better results if windows 10/onboard sound.

Have you run the wave profiler ?

 

[Nico Grosser]

Yes onboard audio. I am using Windows 10 home 64 bit. I did try both WASAPI options and the wave profiler.

[scook]

I am not aware of any demo projects specifically designed for Cakewalk by BandLab. Could provide a link to the project giving you trouble? It might be helpful for others to look at the project before making suggestions. Other than load and try to run this project,  have you tried more simple tests such as creating a project, add an audio clip to it and try to play the project?

 

[Nico Grosser]

I also tried to just add an audio file to an empty project and still nothing.

Since nothing worked so far I am starting to worry the problem is something very obvious and stupid. Is there a general volume Setting thing somewhere that I am missing? Anything that should be completely obvious?

Also when i first installed Cakewalk I still had the software Voicemeeter on my PC, a virtual audio mixer. Since it was the only thing showing up in the sound driver section at first and I didnt get sound back then either, I uninstalled Voicemeeter and my regular sound card showed up. Could that still impact Cakewalk?

[Nico Grosser]

VLC media player works, sample rate is set to 44100 like the wave profiler suggests.

[Nico Grosser]

Ok thanks that helped me a lot. Got it working now, you are my hero

[scook]

Great.

Please make sure to click the check mark next to post that provides the answer to your question.

This way others may benefit from this thread.

Thanks.

[BrettKheyz]

Hi Guys,  Please help.  Catewalk is recognising my keyboard and when I play a midi imported file through the program it works fine. 

My problem is - When I choose a sound from my Program which I want to send to my Keyboard (Roland FA08) - I don't get the desired sound. 

 

I just joined the program - First timer

[Byron Dickens]

Please start your own thread instead of hijacking this one, as your concern is totally unrelated.

[Steambyrd]

Cakewalk Home Studio 2002 on Windows XP has worked just fine for me for nearly 20 years.  Suddenly, some new midi files I upload to Cakewalk have no volume.  What have I accidentally changed in settings to cause this issue?

[John Vere]

You need to start your own thread. 
And give as much details as possible you question can’t be answered because we have no clue of what you are using or doing others than 20 years old software is involved. 

[Promidi]

47 minutes ago, Steambyrd said:

Cakewalk Home Studio 2002 on Windows XP has worked just fine for me for nearly 20 years.  Suddenly, some new midi files I upload to Cakewalk have no volume.  What have I accidentally changed in settings to cause this issue?

This is a fairly old thread.  You might want to start a new one so more people will see it.

When you do, you might want to explain how you load your MIDI into Cakewalk.

Note : “Uploading” means you are sending new midi files to some server on a remote location - unless that’s what you’re actually doing....
 

[Blamkrotch]

had same problem. no sound just from cakewalk. mic waveform was showing sound, drum was showing sound but nothing coming from speakers. What fixed it for me was: preferences, audio, playback and recording, driver mode = mme. Then it said it couldn't playback through speakers digital and asked me to pick other speakers. fixed.