I NEED HELP SETTING UP MY STUDIO EQUIPMENT!!!

and what audio setting do you have in sonar...have you turned on your stereo amplifier...did you connected speakers to...

I wouldn't plug my mic into the midi ins/outs.  In fact, I dont' see how it is possible.  but leaving that aside, the audio outs from your drum machine needs to go into your audio interface ins, not the midi, in order to hear it.  the midi only carries triggering information, not sound.  One you have cabled it, you have to patch the right signals in the audio interface's mixer (are you using the EMu or Fast track?) for sonar to "hear" the signals in its mixer to play the sound through or record the sound. 

This is pretty basic stuff.  Get out your manuals and start reading.  I know you are excited about creating music, but the first step is the grunt work and learning.  All the audio signals need to get to SONAR from your audio interface, while the output from sonar needs to get to your audio interface and thus to your speakers.  Midi needs to get in and out of SONAR to your midi external hardware.

It sounds like you have 2 different soundcards-

Which one are you using?

Both?

The reason you can't get your keyboard to make a sound is it's a MIDI keyboard transmitting MIDI data not audio.

You can play either a hardware synth or a softsynth with it though.

To do that..........

Insert a soft synth such as the TTS-1 from the synth rack and in the properties box that should open, check the "MIDI source" & "First Synth Audio Output" boxes.

That will create a new MIDI track which you play the MIDI data into, which sends it to the TTS-1 synth you've just inserted. It also inserts an audio track which is where the TTS-1 will send the audio that the MIDI instructions create.

So....... the MIDI track should have your USB Keystation 61 as it's input, select a channel such as Channel 1, and make sure that the output is set to the TTS-1 (it should be by default already done)

Then on the audio track makes sure its input is set to the TTS-1 (it should be by default) and make sure that the output is routed to your soundcard, either directly or via a buss.

Now when you play your keyboard you should hear sound. Probably a piano. You can change that by opening the TTS-1 interface and selecting a different patch on channel 1.

Hope that all  makes sense.

"Display Automation On" won't affect your ability to play a synth. That just allows you to display any automation on a different track if you wish.

Did you get it going?

Also when I import audio, in WAV format  of course. It doesnt play the sound?
is suppose to be in a different format?

You should be able to hear audio in the wav format. Check that you haven't got any mutes or solos active and that the track the imported audio is on is routed to your soundcard, or via a buss to your soundcard.

Oh and check you output is turned on and the volume is up of course.

holographicnevez


THANKS GUYS !
 
I got my Drum machine to work and record!
now the MIC, Keyboard, and Guitar are next!!!
 
NEXT PROBLEM: USB KEYSTATION 61 KEYBOARD

How exactly are you suppose to use this instrument in Sonar 6?
I know you have to go to options (midi devices) and click on usb keystation 61. But I can't get the the keyboard to make a sound! I understand that MIDI is just a signal that transmites to the computer and you can't exactly hear it, so How do you hear it is my question? Where do I go in the sonar to configure the sound settings for it?
I recorded something with it  and it picked it up, I just couldn't hear it play back or hear what I played at all..
thanks!

There's about 1500 pages of guidance plus many tutorials on your SONAR DVD. Spend a few days just studying.