Configuring your audio device or sound card

Your audio device or sound card should be setup automatically when you launch Music Creator. Let's do a quick check to make sure everything is setup properly. This will also give us a chance to show you where the audio device settings are in Music Creator, and to explain their function. If you have not opened the project yet, do so before continuing by using the steps in Opening project files.

Before we can get any sound, we need to ensure that Music Creator is communicating with your computer’s sound card or audio device. These settings are in Music Creator's Preferences dialog box. To open the Preferences dialog box, click on the Prefs button in the Control Bar, or click on the Edit menu across the top of Music Creator's screen, and choose Preferences.

When the Preferences dialog box is open, locate the section in the left column called Audio, then select Devices.

After you have selected the desired Input and Output devices that you plan to use with Music Creator, click the Audio - Driver Settings page. In the Playback Timing Master list, select the audio output device that you want Music Creator to treat as the default or main output device. This should be the output on your sound card that has either speakers or headphones connected to it. In the Record Timing Master list, select the input on your sound card that you plan to plug devices into, such as a microphone, keyboard or other instrument.

For now, just check to make sure your preferred audio device or sound card is selected. If all of the settings are correct, click OK to close the Preferences dialog box.

If you are having trouble with any of the steps in the last section thus far, we have created a helpful set-up guide on our web site that provides step-by-step instructions for configuring your audio hardware. You can find it here: www.cakewalk.com/Support/Knowledge-Base/Audio-Hardware-Setup-Guide