How do I get my sound output to work properly?

[Tyler Cline]

I just installed Cakewalk on my new pc. I can't seem to get the sound to play through my computer into my headphones. For a time it came through my monitor's built in speakers but after messing with speakers that is gone too. Sound works from youtube and games and such as desired, I just can't get cakewalk to send audio there. Any ideas? Here are my screen shots

[Tyler Cline]

That did the trick! Thank you!

 

[Moshe Perl]

Hi Lord Tim, I am having a similar issue with cakewalk not playing through my computer audio.  I don't understand where to "untick Digital Output in Audio>Devices".  Can you please help.  Moshe. 

[user905133]

1 hour ago, Moshe Perl said:

I don't understand where to "untick Digital Output in Audio>Devices". 

I believe Lord Tim was referring to this image:

[user905133]

On 6/30/2020 at 1:21 PM, Lord Tim said:

. . . and set the Playback Timing Master to Speakers 1/2 in Audio > Driver Settings

and this comment most likely refers to the following image:

[Moshe Perl]

Thank you user 905133 for your response.  Much appreciated.  My setup looks a little different than above.  Here it is.  Perhaps my issue is something different.  I am able to play other sounds through my computer and Windows tells me that my audio system is working fine.  Any thoughts?  Moshe

 

[user905133]

From what I can see you only have MIDI Tracks--at least that's all that's showing. Are those pointed to a software synth / Instrument Track that are not visible? If so, are the Soloed MIDI Tracks being routed to the soft synth? 

[Moshe Perl]

Hi User 905133.  I don't have a MIDI synthesizer installed.  I copied the midi files from an old, long deceased computer and wanted to hear what I had created.  The old computer definitely had a midi interface (along with IDE drives).  I was trying to download and install some fluidsynth sf2 files because I do have vlc.  Although I have been to what appears to be the fluidsynth website I have not succeeded.  They have installation files for Linux and Apple, but no files for Windows that I can identify.  I am definitely going down a rabbit hole now.  Thoughts?  Moshe

[user905133]

1 hour ago, Moshe Perl said:

Hi User 905133.  I don't have a MIDI synthesizer installed.  I copied the midi files from an old, long deceased computer and wanted to hear what I had created.  The old computer definitely had a midi interface (along with IDE drives).  I was trying to download and install some fluidsynth sf2 files because I do have vlc.  Although I have been to what appears to be the fluidsynth website I have not succeeded.  They have installation files for Linux and Apple, but no files for Windows that I can identify.  I am definitely going down a rabbit hole now.  Thoughts?  Moshe

As you might know MIDI data is just data that tells some sort of synthesizer / sound producing device (either a hardware synth / sound module or a software synth) what to do--what notes to turn on, turn off, etc. 

Maybe on your old computer you used the MS Wavetable Synth or Cakewalk's TTS-1 Synth.  The MS Synth hasn't worked in Cakewalk for a while and as of a few months ago Bandlab had to stop including TTS-1 (a Roland product) in the installers.  For those of us that have TTS-1 installed from earlier installers, we can still use TTS-1.

If you have an older version of SONAR and you install that on a new PC first so you have all of the bundled software synths on your new computer, a new installation of Cakewalk software will pick them up.

I don't do much with sf2 files, but there are some players you can get that will work.  I am pretty sure there are some fairly recent discussions in the forum about them.  

Hope this helps.

Edited January 29 by User 905133
typos fixed

[user905133]

I just found the GitHub page for FluidSynth that seems to have a Win10 zip from 4 days ago. Maybe that will work.

ADDENDUM: If you search the forum for "fluidsynth" (scope = Everywhere, not This Topic), there are some discussions of fluidsynth.  Not sure it works.

NEW INFO: Maybe AZ's build will help. Not sure.  No idea if anyone else has gotten the fluidsynth libraries to work. I defer to others with more experience with *.sf2 files or with fluidsynth. 

Edited January 29 by User 905133
added a link; added a comment

[user905133]

On 1/26/2025 at 9:31 AM, Moshe Perl said:

. . . I am having a similar issue with cakewalk not playing through my computer audio.   [emphasis added]

2 hours ago, Moshe Perl said:

. . . I don't have a MIDI synthesizer installed.  I copied the midi files from an old, long deceased computer and wanted to hear what I had created. . . . I was trying to download and install some fluidsynth sf2 files . . . . I am definitely going down a rabbit hole now.  Thoughts?  [emphasis added]

• THOUGHTS:  Having just climbed out of the rabbit hole I have 2 thoughts:
  • This issue is not similar at all; it is about making use of fluidsynth libraries.
  • There should be a warning to others!  🤪 

[Guest]

OOk

Edited February 22 by Sock Monkey

[Moshe Perl]

Thank you User 905133 and Sock Monkey.  Your comments and direction have been helpful.  Cheers.  Moshe