20 Most Recent Cakewalk SONAR 4 Producer Edition for PC Questions & Answers

First check your speakers with any media player. If this sounds OK then keep the volume level up/same sothat you can hear any sound from speaker. Now Check the input & output devices in sonar (Select the appropriate device). Put any audio file in a track in Sonar & check...

If you are not a regular user of Sonar then it is better to switch to another DAW which are better (at least in my openion) before you are used to Sonar.
I'd suggest "Nuendo" of Steinberg, it is highly professional, far better & far more user friendly than Sonar. I've used both...

put vinager in water holder and turn mach on when done put water in it for cleaning the vinager out 3 times or more you wil see if everything are going

Flush it with a citric acid suspension:

• Fill the reservoir with the suspension,
• Place a large bowl under the spout,
• Press and hold the 2 small buttons, and
• Briefly press the Power button.

To stop the rinse, press the Power button again. I suggest you repeat the procedure a few times, remember to swap the pad holders somewhere in between.

Then repeat the procedure a few times with fresh water to get rid of the citric acid.

There is no manual for this software ..but here is the manufacturer's support site ..and on it you will be able to get trouble shooting and tips about using it ...THis is about the most complete info you will find..
http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/SONAR/default.aspx
Do not limit yourself just on this page ...use the other features for to get the use advices..and also updates and troubleshooting in case of faults..

There is a Sonar 4 Manual in PDF format available at this web address:
http://pdfdatabase.com/search/cakewalk-sonar-4-manual-pdf.html

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if you have sonar five already and you want to install 4, well you must uninstall the one you currently have then reboot and retry!

Sounds like you have a latency problem. This can be for a variety of reasons, something Cakewalk admits. The reason for that could be everything from processor limitations, not enough RAM, your soundcard, or simply that you need to change the latency configuration in the audio settings menu of the program. Considering that that is the cheapest fix, try changing settings first. Be sure to follor the help information in Cakewalk - they can be a little confusing for Cakewalk (I have no idea why they can't seem to explain their programs after all these years) but you will be able to figure out what settings are right for you.

My guess is that when you record, you are listening to the previously recorded track, and playing to it. Then when you play it all back as a mix, they are not in sync as when you were recording them.

If that is not the problem, plesae explain further. You are able to monitor your previously recorded tracks, right? Not just playing each track "blind" and trying to have them match? Hope not. That is rarely possible - if at all.

If you are monitoring your prerecorded tracks while recording on top of them and it sounds different when you play it back, it's definitely latency.

Mark

I had this problem today whilst installing Sonar on my new laptop. It wasn't the click track. It was the playback glitching, clicking and rattling. I put the buffer size to maximium but it was still happening.

I got round it by downloading the latest version of ASIO4all (2.9 beta4) and installing it. I then opened Sonar 6, options, audio, advanced, then selecting ASIO in the driver mode drop down box. Then I closed Sonar and reopened it.

If you use one device for recording and playback it should work now but if like me you use seperate devices or if it doesn't work click, options, audio, general, ASIO panel, advanced options. Here you can select your inputs and outputs. Play around a bit here. Mine worked when the output of the playback device was selected and both the input and output of the recording device was selected.

ASIO4all sorted out my latency issues as well.

Hope it helped.