The following information is valid for SONAR, Home Studio, Music Creator and Plasma since all of these programs are derived from SONAR, unless it specifically says SONAR:


Problems while opening or installing Cakewalk:

Can't install Cakewalk with DirectX 9 installed

Where is the virtual piano or why doesn't it work in Windows 2000 or XP?

Cakewalk will not open

I receive a message that my audio drivers are in use or do not support stereo, what can I do?

I receive an crash when starting Cakewalk in MFC42.dll

I receive a message that the Musical Font can not be found


Setup:

I can't hear any sound in the program

How can I get the metronome to sound?

How do I setup an external control surface/mixer with SONAR 2

How do I use the Delta card in Cakewalk

Setup for the DSP Factory card in SONAR 1 and 2

Recording and Playback:

If can't record audio(mic, guitar, ect)

My audio/MIDI tracks are bleeding/recording onto each other?

How to setup a DXi for MIDI sound?

If you've done everything in the Help menu regarding Dropouts, there are only a few more things to try

I hear an echo while recording audio, how can I stop this?

MIDI recording problems

How can I lower latency so that there is less reaction time when using DXis and effects on input?


Editing:

How to automate an effect ( SONAR and Home Studio 2002 only)

Where is the Audio View

How do I bring CD audio into Cakewalk


General Problems:

General Problems - clean re-install

General file corruption problems

Timing problems / Crashes / Can't select drivers / No Inputs / Other weird problems

My plugins/effects are not appearing or give me an out of memory message when I try to use them.

I can't uncheck the option to Use Wavepipe Acceleration

Other Questions:

How can I create or add new instrument definitions in Music Creator?

How can I automate in Music Creator?

How do I setup the Session Drummer plugin?

How do I write the Session Drummer to the track so that I can see the notes?

How can I add other audio editing programs to the Tools menu?


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