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Troubleshooting
Audio dropouts or crash when playing back large files at maximum latency
Audio Distorts at Greater than 16 Bits
No Sound from My Soft Synth
My Pro Audio 9 Files Sound Louder/Softer When I Open Them in SONAR
SONAR Can’t Find the Wavetable Synth or MPU401
I Get an Error Message When I Change a Project to 24-bit Audio
Bouncing Tracks Takes a Long Time
The GUI is not Smooth During Playback
Plug-in windows flicker or don't display properly
File Recovery mode
Audio dropouts or crash when playing back large
files at maximum latency
Symptom: after several seconds of playback the audio begins to cut out, although the transport
appears to keep rolling. If the project file is loaded with several plug-ins you may experience a crash.
Solution: if you ever set the Buffers Size field on the General tab of the Audio Options dialog so
that the buffer size exceeds the disk buffer size, audio won't play properly. If you want latency that
high you must also increase the disk buffer size: in the Audio Options dialog, on the Advanced tab,
try increasing the I/O Buffer Size (KB) field by blocks of 128 KB.
More Frequently Asked Questions.
When I Play a File, I Don’t Hear Anything
Open a project (.cwp) and click the Play button. If you don’t hear any music, try the following
suggestions:
Possible problem What to do
Your speakers aren’t connected
properly or the volume is turned down.
Make sure your speakers are on and the volume is turned up.
Your sound card isn’t hooked up
correctly.
See if other programs play sound correctly through your speakers. A
good program to try is the Media Player (Start > Programs >
Accessories > Entertainment > Windows Media Player). If other
programs do not work, check your sound card documentation to make
sure the card is properly installed and configured.
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