External Sound Card?

[mettelus]

I hope the OP doesn't get overwhelmed reading this. We jumped in a bit deeper than he was anticipating already.

[John Vere]

Yes but the title of the thread will result I 100’s of other people over time reading this information.  
Try it. Go enter the title in a search engine and add the word Cakewalk. 
This thread shows up 5 th on the list for me. It’s title is wrong as audio interfaces are not sound cards as we all know but the the term seems to persist. 

Edited May 17, 2023 by John Vere

[mettelus]

That is true, threads tend to get dredged up after a few years and your list of audio interface questions is timeless. I hadn't looked at the Solo since it came out, so was pleasantly surprised to see it got some real upgrades. When first released it had RCA jacks on the back and now they are balanced outputs. My FW card (not the Saffire) is starting to degrade on me so been debating just shifting to a USB interface since I could actually carry it someplace else and use USB ?. I was surprised Amazon has like 48,000 reviews on the Scarletts...  that number was way higher than I expected.

[Robert Hale]

On 5/14/2023 at 6:04 AM, Lord Tim said:

Connect it to your USB port, let Windows detect the device.

Do NOT install their ASIO4ALL software they have listed on the Behringer site, and if you have, uninstall it.

Open Cakewalk, if it hasn't done so already, it should detect your interface. 

Go to Preferences and in Audio > Playback and Recording, choose WASAPI Shared.

Then in Audio > Devices, make sure there's a tick in anything that lists your UM2 USB Audio.

Then in Audio > Driver Settings, make sure you have the UM2 selected in both the Playback and Record Timing Masters.

Click OK.

You should now be able to use it to record in Cakewalk.

Hi Lord Tim,

thank you for the step by step sequence.

Using the UM2, do I plug in a Casio keyboard to the (left) MIC/ LINE 1, or to the right INST 2?  

 

[scook]

11 minutes ago, Robert Hale said:

Using the UM2, do I plug in a Casio keyboard to the (left) MIC/ LINE 1, or to the right INST 2?  

Generally, keyboards have line level outputs; "Instrument" inputs are for high impedance devices such as electric guitars without active electronics.

[John Vere]

Looks like the OP was overwhelmed. Didn’t seem to read or understand anything posted about the fact the interface is useless.