Hey guys. I'm new to the software and wonder what I need to do to get the cakewalk sound center sounds recorded in the le software. i've opened up a new project and inserted different types of tracks (audio and midi) but i can't seem to record when the sound center comes up. I've opened up the prv mode and put a few notes there and the indications are that the sound is playing but I can't hear anything.

Make sure the output of the MIDI track you're recording into or mousing into is set to the soft synth.
Make sure the output of the soft synth is set to a valid output. For instance, if it's set to your S/PDIF output and nothing is plugged in there, you won't hear anything.
Is there movement in the soft synth track's meters?
For the record, you don't record the soft synth's sound; the MIDI track is what's recorded and that MIDI information is played through the audio output of the soft synth.
To permanently 'record' that audio output, you have to Bounce the synth to an audio track.
Welcome to the forum.

Thanks fro your feeback, im getting the sound now but need clarification, If i try to change the format of the music now will it include the midi track or does it need to be "bounced" to be compatible?
 

Ben - what do you mean by "changing the format of the music"--? RB

just wondering if I try to burn to cd or change to mp3 file then will the sound center content be on the recording seeing that I haven't "bounced the synth material
 

If the MIDI and synth tracks are included in the export, then yes the synths will be in the song. You have to select all the tracks in the song that you want to export.
That will 'bounce' the synths to audio along with the rest of the selected tracks.

Thanks very much for your advice and knowledge. much appreciated.
 

This is probably the wrong place to post, but I see SONAR LE & Cakewalk Sound Center and those are what I started with and what gave me the problems. I had Sonar LE & CSC loaded from a bundled disc, and then loaded X1 Producer + Expansion etc onto the same machine, 64bit. I then bought the Digital Sound Factory Guitars expansion pack for CSC and although they (eventually) showed up in the browser the sounds wouldn't play. Finally, I tracked down an update to CSC in the Sound Creator 5 page at CW - installed that, and everything's working a-okay. Just thought I let anyone knows who may have the same probs. 8-)