Tim Brown Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Hello everyone. My first post so if I am in the wrong place, please forgive me. I have a new installation of Bandlab Cakewalk that is totally non-functional. I have attached my computer's system info and as far as I can see there should be no problem. I can load the program and the demo song that came with the software. But clicking anything gives me a perpetual hourglass. If I click "Play" on the transport, I get a perpetual hourglass. If I try to mark a block of music, it will do that but only after some latency. Any ideas what may be going on? I used to use Pro Audio Studio 9, which worked fine for me, but it apparently is not compatible with Windows 10. Anyone else run into this problem? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaGary Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 What audio device are you using? Is it ASIO? Is it shown in the 'Preferences' menu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Brown Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Yes, here's a screen grab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 May want to try the another driver modes. IIRC, the Realtek ASIO driver is not very good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Smith Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 1 hour ago, scook said: May want to try the another driver modes. IIRC, the Realtek ASIO driver is not very good. Thanks for this; I had the same issue on new PC. As well as the observed symptoms, using ASIO mode against the onboard Realtek HD Audio causes hundreds, then thousands of threads to accumulate in the Cakewalk process. Both the WASAPI modes worked for me; WDM/KS did not. (Haven't tried MME 32bit.) Think it's time to transfer across the dedicated sound card out of the previous system... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 WASAPI is usually the best choice for Win10 when a good ASIO driver is not available. WDM/KS is usually the best choice for older OSes when a good ASIO driver is not available. MME is the most basic and worst performing option (not counting the options that may not work at all) Another option is ASIO4All. This uses the WDM driver and presents it to the DAW as an ASIO driver. Reported results with ASIO4All are mixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Brown Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Thanks for the help. I checked to see about WASAPI and it did not appear as an option. The current driver setting is the only one available. Where do I find this? Thanks for your patience, guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Follow the link in my post above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Borthwick Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 WASAPI should be available on all Windows installations. Its the default Windows driver model. Click on Playback and recording and then choose "Wasapi Shared" as the driver mode. That should work with Realtek sound devices. >>As well as the observed symptoms, using ASIO mode against the onboard Realtek HD Audio causes hundreds, then thousands of threads to accumulate in the Cakewalk process. Wow thats bizarre sounds like a serious driver bug. The threads cannot be from Cakewalk and are likely being spawned by the driver itself. Unfortunately we don't have the Realtek ASIO driver since I think it only ships with some OEM PC's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Brown Posted November 22, 2019 Author Share Posted November 22, 2019 19 hours ago, Noel Borthwick said: WASAPI should be available on all Windows installations. Its the default Windows driver model. Click on Playback and recording and then choose "Wasapi Shared" as the driver mode. That should work with Realtek sound devices. >>As well as the observed symptoms, using ASIO mode against the onboard Realtek HD Audio causes hundreds, then thousands of threads to accumulate in the Cakewalk process. Wow thats bizarre sounds like a serious driver bug. The threads cannot be from Cakewalk and are likely being spawned by the driver itself. Unfortunately we don't have the Realtek ASIO driver since I think it only ships with some OEM PC's. Thanks Noel and to the rest of you. That did it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gswitz Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Virus scanner interfering with io? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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