Sound card not working with sonar 7!

Hi everyone,

I've been struggling with a problem for quit some time now. I have Sonar 7 Producer and I'm running my mics through the firebox. The drivers for the firebox are working fine, but the drivers for my Creative SB X-FI and SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio get errors when i try to use them (both output and input drivers). The Audio Driver Error says:

The following drivers either do not support the current audio format, or are in use by another application.

I'm running a 64-bit Vista and I'm hoping I don't have to switch to xp.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If you need any more info, please ask, i'll be happy to get it for you.

Thanks so much!

Adam

Given: I've never used Vista
Given: I use Sonar 6
Given: no one else has offered help yet:

Run your wave profiler. Options>Audio>General, click the wav profiler button and follow prompts
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ORIGINAL: leadreed

Hi everyone,

I've been struggling with a problem for quit some time now. I have Sonar 7 Producer and I'm running my mics through the firebox. The drivers for the firebox are working fine, but the drivers for my Creative SB X-FI and SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio get errors when i try to use them (both output and input drivers). The Audio Driver Error says:

The following drivers either do not support the current audio format, or are in use by another application.

I'm running a 64-bit Vista and I'm hoping I don't have to switch to xp.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If you need any more info, please ask, i'll be happy to get it for you.

Thanks so much!

Adam

That is a common error. The best way to avoid it is to use only one interface. You can disable the audio I/O for the other ones in Sonar and it will ignore them. If Sonar still tries to profile them while settiing up the firebox just use Windows device manager to disable them till you get Sonar configured to only use the firebox, then you can enable them again.

Also, make sure Windows is set to use one of the internal cards for both play and record and check the box to only use default deivces. That will create a decoy for Windows so it doesn't try to send anything to the firebox. So for example if Windows or some other applicaiton tries to play a file that would change the sample rate it will only affect the internal card and the firebox can continue to operate at the sample and bit rate you have in Sonar and your project and will not glitch or error out.

Ah, thanks guys. I've got it working now. Seems like there was a conflict between the new and old soundcards. I just unistalled one and booted with the other and fiddled around with the Sonar settings. I also switched from WMD to ASIO so that had a big help too.

Thanks for your guys help, couldn't have done it without ya'll.

All the best,
Adam

Similar problem here with Vista & Firebox but no 2nd soundcard. I fixed it by switching from WDM to ASIO in the Options -> Audio -> Advanced box. Then close Sonar & re-open it. Easy.

Cheers, nick

Simple, you should only be using the FireBox, so disable the X-FI and SoundMax drivers inside SONAR!

+9999999999999999999999999999999999
Disable all sound cards, except your firebox.
Delete your AUD.ini file
Download the latest drivers for your forebox
Start sonar with the fireblox on and connected and let sonar profile it
Make sure your card is listed as the recording and playback timing master
your done
Cj
Edit:
Presonus Audio Interface setup for Cakewalk software



Click Options | Audio | Advanced. Set your Driver Mode to ASIO. If you do not see Driver Mode, make sure the box next to “Always use mme interface” is NOT checked. Click OK and restart the program.

Next, Click Options | Audio:

On the Drivers tab:

Make sure your Presonus card is selected under both inputs and outputs. If it appears grayed out, deselect all drivers, in both inputs and outputs, then select your Presonus card. If changes are made, click OK and restart the program.

NOTE: Presonus also provides very reliable WDM drivers. If you experience problems in ASIO Driver Mode, you may want to consider using WDM as an alternative.

On the general tab:

Make sure one of your Presonus card drivers is selected as Playback Timing master. Click OK. Restart the program if prompted.

Finally, all audio playback will occur from the Presonus device itself. Make sure you have your speakers or headphones connected to its outputs.

just so ya know, wdm and asio are both good setups.
All that matters is what drivers work better for your particular device