When I Play A File, I Don't Hear Anything - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

When I Play a File, I Don't Hear Anything

Open a project (.cwp) and click the Play button. If you don't hear any music, try the following
suggestions:
Possible problem
Your speakers aren't connected
properly or the volume is turned down.
Your sound card isn't hooked up
correctly.
You don't have Bank and Patch
settings in your MIDI track
You don't have an Output setting
No MIDI output device is selected.
Your sound card or MIDI interface is
not set up correctly.
You may have too many MIDI drivers. Make sure you only install the drivers that you need, and remove any
Your MIDI driver is incorrect or
outdated.
Your MIDI driver is configured
incorrectly.
Table 21.
If none of these suggestions works, check our website for additional suggestions or contact
technical support.
What to do
Make sure your speakers are on and the volume is turned up.
See if other programs play sound correctly through your speakers. A
good program to try is the Media Player (Start > Programs >
Accessories > Entertainment > Windows Media Player). If other
programs do not work, check your sound card documentation to make
sure the card is properly installed and configured.
Check the Bank and Patch settings for each track. Make sure that
each track has a Bank and Patch assigned to it.
Check Output settings for each track. Make sure that each MIDI track
is assigned to a MIDI output which is connected to a MIDI device
capable of playback. Make sure each audio track is assigned to an
output that is connected to your speaker system.
Choose Options > MIDI Devices, and check the Output device list.
Make sure that your computer sound card is highlighted and at the top
of the list. If this doesn't work, try choosing different output devices,
one at a time, to see if any of them produces sound.
Make sure you have installed and tested each card according to the
manufacturer's instructions.
old or unused drivers. To access the driver list, choose Start >
Settings > Control Panel, then double-click Multimedia and click on
the Advanced tab.
Make sure that the driver you have installed is the correct driver for
your hardware. Also try downloading and installing the latest driver
release from your hardware manufacturer.
Make sure the driver's IRQ and port address settings match the
physical settings on the card.
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