Help ~ No Sound - Sonar HS 6

[size=3 font="times new roman"]Just had a new hard drive placed in my computer, reloaded Sonar Home Studio 6 (re-registered) and cannot get sound (vocal/mic) to record...tried several things but can't make it work. Mic is working in my computer but not in Sonar. Help, & Thanks!!!

A USB mic will not work with ASIO drivers. You need to use WDM or MME mode. 

mrmixon

Did you also go to Cakewalk support and download and install the update/patch for SHS 6? I didn’t know there was a download. I looked but didn’t see any.

http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/kb/reader.aspx/20070723

USB mics are a poor choice. Windows or Sonar treats them as if they are another soundcard and so you can't use ASIO mode because ASIO mode only allows one soundcard to be used at a time. If it doesn't work in WDM mode then you are forced to use MME mode which is not desirable. 

Thanks Dave,

I changed it to MME and this is what it indicated…

The following driver(s) either do not support the current audio format, or are in use by another application. Please choose whether you want to disable them or use them anyway.

Then it listed the following…

Modem #0 Line Playback
Modem #0 Line Record

I’m so wore out with trying to figure this out I just X’ed it out and left it alone.

Gee Wiz … it used to work before I had the new hard drive installed.

Blessings,
Mickey

What else changed when you installed the new drive? Nothing, that I’m aware thus far.
 
Did you upgrade the version of Windows? No
 
What version are you running? Windows XP Home Edition version 2002 service pack 3
 
Did you re-install the SoundBlaster drivers? I believe the Tech, that serviced my computer, did.
 
Did you re-install the USB mic drivers?  It’s plug-n-play.
 
Thanks,
Mickey

Now I'm really confused.... So you installed a new drive in your computer and never messed with the c: drive, right. So why did you re-install Sonar? Sonar should be installed in the c:\program files folder. I don't recommend installing the Sonar application on any drive except c:. You can put your projects and plug-ins and samples on other drives, but it works best with the application installed in the default folders. 

Does it work without the microphone installed? USB mics can cause problems as I've stated above. Get Sonar working without the USB mic and then try to get that to work. 

that shouldn't have anything at all to do with it.  sonar requires registry entries in windows to tell it where to look for program information, so your latest installation wouldn't be pointing to the D drive for anything for sonar.

you will HAVE to get the RECORDING TIMING MASTER to show the USB CODEC for the USB mic or it will not work.  period.  the USB CODEC is what the USB mic will use if it is "plug and play" with windows.

when you plugged the USB mic into the computer the first time after you installed the new operating system on the new hard drive, did windows "install" the new device?  if not, it will never work.

go to WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL look in the SYSTEM then click on HARDWARE, then click on DEVICE MANAGER.  click on SOUND, VIDEO, and GAME CONTROLLERS and open that subfolder.  do you see a USB CODEC or USB MICROPHONE or something similar there?

if not, the mic has not been installed in windows and if it's not been installed in windows then it won't work in Sonar.

if it's not there, turn off the computer, unplug the USB mic.  plug it into a DIFFERENT USB PORT - preferably one in the BACK of the computer.  turn the computer back on.

give windows some time, after a while, after it's thru doing everything - did you see a popup saying it had located and installed drivers for your usb device?

Thanks ... I'll give it a try.

Can you list, or even better, post screen shots of all your audio option?