Just getting started and getting no where.

I am new to recording scene and i am allready about to throw this labtob out the window. The Manual isnt user freindly. I just want to record my acoustic guitar. I keep the audio drive message saying i havent selected a input/output therefore i wont be able to hear anything.

Directly from Cakewalk / Music Creator / Support / FAQ

Every time I start Music Creator, I get the message ‘’You have not selected any MIDI outputs”

1. Select ‘Choose MIDI Outputs Now’ or go to Options | MIDI Devices
2. In the Outputs box, select the MIDI hardware you wish to use as your output and press ‘Move Selected Devices to Top’. (In most cases, you will only see one output selection in addition to ‘Microsoft MIDI Mapper’. Microsoft MIDI Mapper cannot be used as an output. If this is your only selection, or you are not seeing any output selections at all, please move on to the FAQ topic “I can’t see my Audio or MIDI hardware in Music Creator” below)
3. Click OK.

One of the issues that make this a challenge on a laptop, is the fact that many of the sound cards are not up to the job. Some Lappys come with Half duplex cards, that is not going to get it, and others just plain do not work.

One has about three options with a laptop, a PC/MCIA slot card or a USB or Firewire interface. (interface = sound card) either way it can work. Right now if you do a little shopping around you might find a closeout deal on line.

Having said that It still could be a little glitch in the setup.

Tell me what it says under options/audio playback and record, also find out what driver mode you are using, something else may be hogging that driver and you need to switch to another options.

Let us know and we might be able to help.

Oh and $100 that is not bad for a good interface, but tell us what it was first before buying anything, we might save you from flinging it out the window as well

the DVD rom will not be the problem, an audio driver error usually is because the driver is in use somewhere else, try changing to the WDM drivers and then re run the wave profiler. In that mode you will have to use a softsynth to hear midi but we can go over that later, now just get audio working.