Volume on playback

[Larry Kelsey]

 Greetings to everybody in the Cakewalk Community!  I have a problem getting volume in my playback. I'm working with Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 -2nd generation and the free version of Cakewalk.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Larry Kelsey

 

[mdiemer]

Make sure your outputs are set to your focusrite. You can do this in console view. Any buses should go to a mix bus, which in turn goes to the focusrite.

Also, make sure you are setting volumes on your instruments, either with knobs or controller events.

You did not mention if you are doing midi or audio, that info would be helpful. Along with info on your computer, input device, operating system etc.

finally, make sure you have things set correctly in Preferences. Your interface (Focusrite) needs to be selected as the audio device. 

If you're just starting out, you should study the manual. This stuff needs some care in initial setup; after that things usually go smoothly.  Usually being the operative word.

[msmcleod]

Another thing to check is if Windows has been set to use your Focusrite as its default sound device.

If this is the case, then the volume level within Windows (the speaker icon on your task bar) will affect the output of your Focusrite.

Try setting this to full volume, or setting the default Windows sound device to your onboard sound device.

[chuckebaby]

Do you have external speakers ? or are you trying to use Windows PC speakers ?