CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual page 33

Setting...
Audio data directory (WaveData folder) and
Picture Cache directory locations
Running Wave Profiler
The first time you start SONAR, it automatically runs the Wave Profiler utility. Wave Profiler
determines the proper MIDI and Audio timings for your sound card and writes them to a file that
SONAR refers to when using the card. Wave Profiler does not change the sound card's DMA, IRQ, or
port address settings.
Wave Profiler detects the make and model of your sound card, which determine the card's audio
characteristics. If Wave Profiler finds a card that has a WDM driver, it only profiles that card. If you
want to use more than one sound card at a time, and they don't both have WDM drivers, you must force
the one with the WDM driver to use that driver as an older, MME driver. It is not necessary to run the
Wave Profiler for a sound card using an ASIO driver. For more information about Wave Profiler, WDM,
and MME, see the online help topic "The Wave Profiler." When Wave Profiler determines the kind of
card you have, always accept the default settings.
Note:
You can run the Wave Profiler again at a later time (for example, if you install
a new sound card or driver) by choosing the Options-Audio General tab
command and clicking Wave Profiler.
Setting Up the MIDI In and MIDI Out Devices
When you start SONAR for the first time, it checks your computer to find all the MIDI input and output
devices you have installed (such as sound cards and MIDI interfaces). However, sometimes you need to
tell SONAR exactly which devices you want it to use. If you're not getting sound from your sound card
or MIDI keyboard, or if you just want to change the MIDI outputs and devices that you are using, follow
the steps in this section.
Choose Options-MIDI Devices to open a dialog box in which you select the MIDI In and MIDI Out
devices that SONAR will use. Each item in the list is a MIDI Input or MIDI Output from drivers
installed using the Windows Control Panel.
Description...
SONAR uses the Data directory and Picture
Cache directories from the previous Cakewalk
version for storing project wave files and their
waveform image files.
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