Instruction Manual

1210 Beginner’s Guide to Cakewalk Software

Audio

MIDI

Audio Playback in Cakewalk

To use digital audio in Cakewalk, you first have to make sure that your

sound card and its driver are properly installed. For information about

sound card and driver installation, see your sound card’s documentation,

and also Audio Hardware (Sound Cards) and Drivers.

After you’ve successfully tested your sound card and driver, you should

play back one of the sample files that came with your Cakewalk software.

To play back a sample file, use the File-Open command, navigate to a

folder that has bundle files in it (they have the extension .

BUN or .CWB),

select a bundle file, and click Open. After the file loads, make sure that your

speakers are turned on, and play the file by pressing the Spacebar. You

also can stop the file’s playback by pressing the Spacebar again. You

should hear something. You can rewind the file by pressing w, or by clicking

the rewind button in the Transport toolbar.

If you don’t hear anything, here are several steps to take: