No Sound from Sonar (Realtek HD)

[Eris_Medley]

The title says it all. I cannot get sound to play at all.

[Fredator]

did you install Asio4All driver and selected it in the preferences ?

[Magic Tofu Cat]

all i can suggest is.. that you muck around with the setting go thorugh from wmd too asio and all the rest but those on board sound cards are ♥♥♥♥.. and i dont think you would actaully get it too work with sonar..

[tomatoes.dll]

Have you opened up your preferences and set up your sound, then hit apply? Every time I open SONAR X3 I have to open preferences and just hit apply before I'll hear anything. I've already got my sound setup, so there is no need to make adjustments, but you might just try that.

Also, SONAR is pretty finicky about multiple sound playback, so if you have online radio, or mp3s or whatever else run on your system, sometimes that can goof things up a little.

Couple places to start anyway.

[Fredator]

As tomatoes says, if you use Asio, take note that it is exclusive: only one program can produce sound at a time. So if you have anything else using yoiur sound card, Sonar won't play any sound.
For me that's why I bought a USB sound interface, mostly for playing common stuff on my integrated Realtek, and Sonar on the interface.

[Eris_Medley]

While it is a bit jittery, the sound seems to have fixed itself.

[Fredator]

Well in any case, do consider buying a USB interface, ASIO compatible. It makes things so mch better!

[Eris_Medley]

Any USB interface you would recommend?

[Fredator]

Mmmh it really depends on what you plan to do, your budget, your other equipment that might need to be connected... For me I don't need much input, I use it mostly for output, and my MIDI chain goes through my MIDI controller, so I only need a minimalist interface ( Roland Capture Duo MKII).
But if you need MIDI or better audio input, have a look at products from M-Audio, Focusrite (Scarlett line), Roland Quad-Capture...

[opjose]

I updated my Realtek HD drivers and then installed the ASIO4ALL drivers.

I also installed Coolsoft Virtual Midi Synth, that shares it's output with the ASIO drivers under Sonar X3.

I am not seeing any stuttering nor other problems since I did this, though I'm running output at 44k instead of 48K.