Cakewalk Pro Audio 9

[Ken Lang]

I have Pro Audio 9 as well as Sonar 6. I'm doing a project in 9. I used to hear what I inputted while recording thru my speakers. Now for some reason I can't, and don't remember how to set it so I can.

Anybody still use this antique, or remember how to get what you're recording thru the speakers.

Dell 8300-XP-Dupex card.

Hmmm. I'm wondering. I'm going thru firebox to a firewire and not thru the soundcards input.

[Gary Baker]

I have Pro Audio 9 as well as Sonar 6. I'm doing a project in 9. I used to hear what I inputted while recording thru my speakers. Now for some reason I can't, and don't remember how to set it so I can.

Anybody still use this antique, or remember how to get what you're recording thru the speakers.

Dell 8300-XP-Dupex card.

Hmmm. I'm wondering. I'm going thru firebox to a firewire and not thru the soundcards input.

Ken, I"ve used both - still do.

Try this on the Pro Audio:

First go to Options Menu - then Audio and insure that the correct Audio Out card is selected.

Second - Open the file you want to hear in TRACK VIEW

Then: expand the fields in the Audio Track until you see the "Port" field. Double click on this and the Track Property window will open. Make sure that the Port field is the same as what you chose in the First step.

That should open the correct Audio Ports on your system so that you hear music.

Sonar 6 is great at what it does but there are a few things it is missing in the Audio side. Pro Audio 9 fills those gaps.

Blessings, Gary "Bo" Baker

[Ken Lang]

Gary. I understand the in and out ports. I now believe it's because I don't use the card input jack, it's 1/8 and is beaten to death and seldom works.

I input thru Firebox for that reason. What I finally did (duh) was take an output from the firebox and plugged it into an amp.

Thanks for the help.

[Jack Stoner]

Usually, when you use an external recording interface, that becomes your "sound card" for recording.

I have Sonar 8 (Producer version) and a Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 firewire recording interface unit and it is the audio I/O ("sound card") when I do any recording or just playback/mixdown with Sonar. (I have a recording session scheduled for 10am today to finish up a 12 song demo session for a ex Nashville songwriter).

[Ken Lang]

I should use Sonar more than I do. Dimension pro hooks to sonar and the sounds are head and shoulders above whatever else I have.

At the moment I have all day every day and I still can't get things done. It's that old saying:
So much music.....so little time.