Configuring your sound device

Before we can get any sound, we need to ensure that SONAR is communicating with your computer’s sound card or audio interface. To do so, click on the Edit menu across the top of SONAR’s screen, choose Preferences, then click Audio - Devices.

Before you can hear any sound play in SONAR, you have to ensure that the devices you want to use are selected. A Roland audio interface is used in the following example, so all the Input Drivers and Output Drivers check boxes for the Roland device are selected. Your device list will most likely be different from the following image.

After you have selected the desired Input and Output devices that you plan to use with SONAR, click the Audio - Driver Settings page. In the Playback Timing Master list, select the audio output device that you want SONAR 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.

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/hardwaresetup/

 

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Setting the track outputs