CHRIS RUTH Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Hi I recently installed cakewalk, was formerly using Sonar home studio. When i switch the driver mode to ASIO, Cakewalk crashes. It does not respond to anything until i reset the driver to something else. I read on the Cakewalk help site that ASIO was the preferred driver mode. Is this true? Anyway it should not crash the software. Running it on a new windows 10 laptop. MME and Wasapi work. I am trying to get the best sound quality I can, recording through a Blue Mic thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 John Vere Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) ASIO drivers need to be installed. You get them from the manufacturer of your audio interface. ASIO is by far the best driver to use so this is why it is highly recommended to purchase a proper audio interface for recording audio with a DAW. You can playback and work with midi using WASAPI but recording audio you will need an interface. They start at only $ 50 and go up. It all depends on how many ins and out you need if the Blue Mike is USB it is probably using a class compliant audio driver. Those types of mikes are for podcasts not professional recording Edited January 6, 2021 by John Vere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Promidi Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 What audio interface do you have and does it come with native ASIO drivers? (ASIO4ALL does not count and should be avoided if possible) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mok Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Hi! I have same problem. I have Zoom H4 and I have installed ASIO drivers from Zoom website. But cannot use them, Cakewalk crashes about 3-4 seconds after I have started a project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CHRIS RUTH Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 thanks for the replies! I have a DAW(USB Pre2). I can connect the mic via usb (then it should use it's own driver) or through the DAW. Either way it crashes when I select ASIO. Also i made sure i downloaded the latest driver for the DAW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 John Vere Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) Did you download the latest drivers and install them I’ve never heard of that brand it’s not common it says 2011 so that’s old Edited January 8, 2021 by John Vere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Bruno de Souza Lino Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Do you happen to have a AMD cpu by any chance? I had similar issues with my H1n and the support people told me the drivers are not compatible with AMD CPUs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CHRIS RUTH Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 i got ASIO driver mode to work but i cannot record. When i click the record button i get nothing, but i'm seeing the level changes on the DAW interface so i know the mic is working, here are the settings. Is this something to do with Windows settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 scook Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Is the track armed for recording before clicking record on the transport? There is a record button on each audio track and at least one track must have the record button enabled for the transport to start recording audio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CHRIS RUTH Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Bruno de Souza Lino said: yes, armed, and it's intel i5 processor I don't even get the meter anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Bruno de Souza Lino Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 If you already plugged the mic, you have to uninstall the microphone and its drivers via Device Manager, install the Blue drivers, then plug the mic in. Windows will always default to its own signed drivers, even if you install another driver for the thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CHRIS RUTH Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 its working now. The only things i did were disable all the input and output drivers i did not want to use, in preferences, and in the window 'sound' control panel. I'm afraid it may go back to not working though. Anyway, thanks for helping!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 John Vere Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) @CHRIS RUTH In your screenshot of the Track inspector input setting I see what looks like Stereo. Don't use stereo to record a mono mike. You will end up with a left or right sided stereo track. Use the input the mike is plugged into . it might be marked as Left -Interface name- ASIO- Mike 1 = input 1 Cakewalk records a mono track Right - Interface name-ASIO - Mike 1 = input 2 Cakewalk records a mono track Stereo-Interface name-ASIO - Mike 1 = input 1& 2 Cakewalk records a stereo track Useful for recording stereo sources like drum machines and keyboards but not mono sources like a mike or guitar. Also looks like the track output is going directly to your interface. Normally we send all tracks to a master bus then that goes to your interface. That way you can control the overall level of the project. Everything looks OK in the first screen shot other than the round trip latency seems real high for that buffer setting. I guess that because it's an old interface. If you keep having issues it might be time to upgrade. A shot of the audio devices and sync and cashing page might be handy . Edited January 8, 2021 by John Vere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Bruno de Souza Lino Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 56 minutes ago, John Vere said: @CHRIS RUTH In your screenshot of the Track inspector input setting I see what looks like Stereo. Don't use stereo to record a mono mike. You will end up with a left or right sided stereo track. Use the input the mike is plugged into . it might be marked as Left -Interface name- ASIO- Mike 1 = input 1 Cakewalk records a mono track Right - Interface name-ASIO - Mike 1 = input 2 Cakewalk records a mono track Stereo-Interface name-ASIO - Mike 1 = input 1& 2 Cakewalk records a stereo track Useful for recording stereo sources like drum machines and keyboards but not mono sources like a mike or guitar. Also looks like the track output is going directly to your interface. Normally we send all tracks to a master bus then that goes to your interface. That way you can control the overall level of the project. Everything looks OK in the first screen shot other than the round trip latency seems real high for that buffer setting. I guess that because it's an old interface. If you keep having issues it might be time to upgrade. A shot of the audio devices and sync and cashing page might be handy . We don't know which Blue mic it is, but none of them are stereo afaik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I recently installed cakewalk, was formerly using Sonar home studio.
When i switch the driver mode to ASIO, Cakewalk crashes. It does not respond to anything until i reset the driver to something else.
I read on the Cakewalk help site that ASIO was the preferred driver mode. Is this true?
Anyway it should not crash the software. Running it on a new windows 10 laptop.
MME and Wasapi work.
I am trying to get the best sound quality I can, recording through a Blue Mic
thanks
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