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Sound Card Drivers are Not Appearing Correctly Last updated on 3/18/2016 The information in this article applies to:. SONAR (All SONAR Family Products).

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Music Creator (All Versions). Guitar Tracks Pro (All Versions) By default SONAR shows only the audio cards on your system that have WDM drivers. Follow the steps to enable SONAR to access all of the audio drivers on your system. The first thing to do is check the and make sure your sound card or interface is set up properly. If it already is set up or your interface isn't listed, start SONAR, click Options Audio Advanced Tab and select 'Always Use MME' or change the Driver Mode to 'MME 32bit'. Close SONAR and restart. You should now see all MME audio devices.

Enabling this option will force the WDM driver to go through the slower MME interface. If you use only WDM driver, leave this options unchecked for optimum performance (lower latency).

SONAR's AUD.INI file may have become corrupted. Easy FIX- In later versions, go to Options Audio Advanced and click the Reset Config to Defaults button. After-wards, click on the Reload Config Settings button. In versions prior to version 8, close SONAR and delete the AUD.INI file from the SONAR program folder. To locate the AUD.ini file, use one of the following methods: Method 1: It may be easiest to find it under Start Search for All Files and Folders, make sure you check the Advanced options and search Hidden Files also.

Method 2:. Open the Run Command. In Windows XP this can be done by going to Start Run. In Windows Vista this can be done by holding down the 'Windows' key and pressing 'r'. At the prompt type in the following:.%appdata% Cakewalk.

Navigate to your SONAR, Music Creator, or Guitar Tracks Pro folder and you should find the AUD.ini file. After deleting the AUD.ini file and restarting SONAR you may need to point the app to your Audio Data folder under Options Global Audio Data ( Options Audio Advanced Tab Data Directory field in older versions). Advanced Fix- Close SONAR.

Open SONAR's AUD.INI file in Notepad. Delete everything listed beneath the line Picture Dir=C: Cakewalk Projects Picture Cache. Save the file and restart SONAR.

Audio Driver Error Last updated on The information in this article applies to:. SONAR (all versions).

SONAR Home Studio (all versions). Guitar Tracks (all versions). Music Creator (all versions) Audio Driver Error: The following driver(s) either do not support the current audio format, or are in use by another application. This error is usually caused by audio driver configuration problems. The first thing to do is check the and make sure your sound card or interface is set up properly. Aside from basic setup, you will get this error message when setting the Driver Bit Depth or Sampling Rate beyond the capabilities of the currently selected sound card or if you open a project recorded in a different sample rate than the sample rate your sound card is currently set to.

To troubleshoot this, try investigating the following:. Find out if this problem only happens with previously created projects or if it also happens with new projects. If it only happens with previously recorded projects, then your projects are probably recorded in a different sample rate than what your sound card is currently set to. You can determine the sample rate of the project in the Transport Module in the Control Bar (in newer products) or by looking in the Status Bar at the bottom (in legacy products).

Once determining the sample rate of the project, try setting your sound card to this sample rate in it's proprietary control panel or with its physical sample rate knob or switch (if available). If you are using a dedicated audio interface and also have your internal sound card enabled, try disabling the drivers for your internal sound card in SONAR's settings.

In newer products this is found under Edit Preferences Audio - Devices. In legacy products it is found under Options Audio Drivers.

If you are experience this problem in new projects, try going to Edit Preferences Audio - Playback and Recording ( Options Audio Advanced in legacy products) and reduce the Driver Bit Depth to '16' and the Sampling Rate to '44100'. This is CD-quality and is the best option for most users.

Please keep in mind that while many consumer cards such as the Creative Labs Audigy advertise 24-bit capabilities, however their drivers only support 16-bit recording/playback. Your card may also be in use by another program on the computer. To eliminate this problem, please close all applications running in the background such as Real Player, Windows Media Player, etc and turn off all Windows Sounds from the Control Panel. You may then need to restart your Cakewalk application. If your soundcard's clock can be controlled via an external connection (ie Word Clock, ADAT, etc) or via a control panel, please make sure that all devices' current sampling rate matches the sample rate settings in SONAR.