Difficulties with Sound

well, you've not given us near enough info.  are you playing an audio track or a MIDI track?  if MIDI, what is your output for MIDI?

what are your computer specs?  what soundcard are you using?

do you get a dropout indication at the bottom of the screen?

imported track templates from where?  "templates" don't normally have any music in them to play, they're just a starting point for you to import or create or record music into.

if you don't know your computer specs, go to your desktop - do you have a COMPUTER icon?  if so, right click on it and then choose PROPERTIES - it will tell you your computer specs. 

if you don't know what soundcard you're using then you are probably using the soundcard that is built into the computer.

but I still really need to know exactly what you're trying to play.  "templates" you imported really doesn't tell me that.

yes!  that's what I was referring to.

There is a button within the program which says "Import Track Templates."

ok, but that would just be templates - not projects and even if you import track templates - what's the specific name of the one you're importing?

a track template shouldn't have any data in it (audio or MIDI) to play ANY notes, so I'm still not understanding exactly what you're doing.

how about this:  what is your current DESIRE?  are you trying to just get it to play SOMETHING?  or are you trying to get a specific thing that you're wanting to import?

if you're trying just to get it to play somehting - anything - then try importing an MP3 from your computer.  or try opening one of the tutorial projects.

ok.  that's very important information that I needed to know and you had not provided that until now.

please remember that we can't see what you're doing, so you have to describe everything to us in as much detail as possible.

ok - you're drawing MIDI notes into the PRV using (I think from your description) TTS-1 as your MIDI output with the properties set to Steel Drums.

you say that after 3 or 4 notes it stops making sound, but if you increase the tempo it will play more of the notes but still not all of them.

does the timeline keep moving even tho it's not playing the notes?
are you sure you're not entering notes that do not trigger steel drum sounds?  not all patches use the entire range of notes.  if you use a piano all of them will play all notes, but most drum patches will only play certain notes.

64 BIT operating system running MC4...... (post 5 comp specs above^^^^^)



sorry that will not work. MC4 is not 64 bit compatible.... you need MC5 and it needs to be run in 32bit emulation mode.

Sure you can.... cake lets you put it on multiple computers as long as you own them all and have them under your control.

I built a new box and run XP on it... I also have a lappy with Vista on it..... I have MC4 running on both computers.... MC5 too.  Totally legal and permitted.

Even if you get MC5 you will need to run it in 32 bit mode.  I would recommend MC5 for the extra stuff..... IMHO the Cakewalk Sound Center that comes with MC5 is worth the price of MC5.

Here's cake in their own words:

Per the End User License Agreement, your purchase of the software grants you the nonexclusive license to have one person use the software on one personal computer at a time. If you want to use the product on more than one personal computer at a time, or if you want to network the product, you must obtain separate licenses from Cakewalk.

If you have a second computer that you use on occasion, such as a personal laptop you use when away from your desktop, you may install the product on to the additional computer. You do not need to register the product again, simply use the same registration code tied to your account that has been generated for your unique serial number. Note that per the EULA, the software must only be running on one computer at a time unless you have purchased an additional license.


Since I only have ONE interface I can only use one DAW at the time anyway but I have MC installed on both machines.

Is it Windows 7? Or Vista? Or XP?
 
Try this:
 
1. Right-click on the setup file
2. Go to Properties | click the Compatibility tab
3. Check the box Run in Compatibility Mode and Run this Program as
Administrator. Leaving Windows XP (SP3) selected.
Do this for the installer and Music Creator icon.
Hopefully this workaround will let you install and run Music Creator 4
on Windows 7 without issues.
 
That's from the Cakewalk Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).