It can't be happening to me... OMG!

So here I am sitting in front on my X1 screen with a look of disbelief on my face and a question mark bigger than my... ego. This was THE tune, THE mix! I've been having dreams of stardom lately because of it (slight exageration here...). Took a break from mixing for a few days and opened up the project for a fresh listen. This dosen't sound right at all??? I can't hear the kick, snare and hi-hats. Literally. I mean the meters are active, the plugin is looking good but there's no sound at all from those tracks. My acoustic guitar track is also silent. I've been jinxed, or voodoo'ed. I can't believe this is happening to me. Others, OK... but to me?? Some twisted curse must of been incanted by jealous evildoers. Dramatic? Yes. But the things that go through one's mind before managing to take a deep breath and relax, can be... well, absurd and comical at the same time. There was a simple explanation to this state of affairs and I can tell you right away that it had nothing to do with X1. Easily fixed also. But what thru me off was the fact that I had not done anything on the system since my last mixing session a few days earlier. Curious? Care to take a jab at it. Meaning, what would be your troubleshooting steps if faced with a similar situation?

It's impossible to say without knowing your system, but some soundcards have there own matrix (such as the RME cards) that can change your mix without Sonar being involved. A bit more information would help.

"mesh"
Too much wacky-tobacky?

That usually helps Mesh! 

"Lynn"
It's impossible to say without knowing your system...

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You are not clear in one fact.
Is it just a few tracks you cannot hear - or was it all silent?

If you couldn't hear anything - turn on your power amp (or speakers) and try again.
If only a few instruments were playing - I would look toward solos & mutes.

Keep in mind that a couple of days earlier, I was in mixing heaven. Everything was just right and I shut down the machine when done. There's no reason at this point for me to check cabling, routing, configurations etc. Some tracks are playing fine while others as mentionned above just don't give me any sound at all.

"FastBikerBoy"
If you asking for my betting slip though it'll say 'You had a solo on a silent track somewhere'

After too much wacky-tobacky, this is definitely something I have to watch out for. 

Did you hit "bypass bins of this type" by mistake?

I just figured out it was riddle. :-)

"ampfixer"
If this is a riddle or quiz it should be in the coffee house.

Not at all ampfixer. I actually freaked out when it happened. And I wouldn't be caught dead in that forum of perdition and sin. 

Master output not routed to hardware output. I get that all the time.

I don't get it... are you asking us for help to figure out what's going on, or are you trying to have us guess what the problem WAS, which you have by now fixed?

"John T"
Master output not routed to hardware output. I get that all the time.

Some tracks within the project are fine JT.

Alegria, I'd like to just ask you this if I may: did it end up being something you actually did to cause the problem, which you had forgotten about until you figured out the problem? Or was it something you did not do, but instead an issue that Cakewalk did and was out of your control?

I "mouse" thru the menus ProjectM. I'm too old for keyboard shortcuts, well most of them anyways. And the wacky-tobacky dosen't help my short term memory. Come to think of it, my long term memory is not doing much better. 

So "E" does... something terrible no doubt. You're not going to tell me eh?! But I won't try it blind. I will resist. 

It's global effects on / off. Interesting guess, as you could easily have something that's fairly inaudible without the compressor or whatever it's going through.

Btw: the "E" key shortcut is becoming one of my favorite features in Sonar