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2015/05/06 12:35:11
brundlefly
Kamikaze
Internal soundcard is still missing though, maybe it was previously and I hadn't paid attention to it.

 
You generally won't see on-board sound I/O unless you have SONAR set to use WDM driver mode or have ASIO4All (WDM driver wrapper) installed. Presumably, you are now using ASIO driver mode, and ASIO4ALL is not installed, so you are only seeing the Roland QC's native ASIO drivers which is as it should be.
 
The on-board GS Wavetable synth may still appear as a MIDI Out port, however, which is also as it should be though you won't want to use it due to typically poor latency and sound-quality.
 
 
2015/05/06 12:42:49
naivetomusic
Please help. In sonar producer where can I raise or lower a single note by say 3db. Regards.
2015/05/06 12:50:02
brundlefly
You should start a new thread, but... If you're talking about MIDI notes, most synths/patches respond to MIDI note velocity by changing volume, but there is no fixed relationship between velocity and level, and it is not often linear anyway, so you'd have to experiment. If you're talking about a discrete audio transient in a recording, you can add a volume automation envelope to the clip or track to increase the volume only in that region. There are many other ways control volume, depending on the situation and whether it's an audio recording or live synth output. But we shouldn't hijack this thread any further.  
2015/05/06 13:08:34
Kamikaze
Cheers Brundle, that makes sense. Yeah on ASIO.
 
2015/05/06 13:37:40
naivetomusic
Can someone please help me. How to increase or decrease a single note by say: 3db. thanks
2015/05/06 14:33:45
synkrotron
naivetomusic
Can someone please help me. How to increase or decrease a single note by say: 3db. thanks




As has been suggested, it would be better if you created a separate post. Peeps will see it as a separate issue then...
2015/05/06 15:31:44
naivetomusic
Thanks.
2015/05/07 00:02:51
Kamikaze
Ok happened again, so removed 'fixed'. This time a re-boot restored them to.
 
I was double checking that a problem with Pitch Bend wheel in Rapure Pro was happening in Stand alone, but it wouldn't let me open the Asio Control Panel in Rapture, but lists and ticks the Quad. The outputs were greyed out. Then Rapture crashed. When I opened Sonar again, it couldn't see the and audio devices.
 
So I had not had this problem until yesterday, and Rapture is the only change, and I had used the stand alone last thing the night before.
 
Just tried opening Raptire in stand alone, and again, even though I close rapture, I get no Audio devices again. closing a re-opening Sonar doesn't this time worked, no re-boot required.
 
Attempting to open Rapture stand alone with Sonar running (just to test, I woouldn't use this way). Again, I can't open the ASIO control panel, and Outputs are grey out. Close Rapture, and SOnar is stoll connected to Audio.
 
I guess Stand alone Rapture is dead for me at the moment.
 
2015/05/07 00:13:18
mudgel
Kamikaze
Cheers Brundle, that makes sense. Yeah on ASIO.
 


Just to expand, Windows can't use ASIO drivers.
One thing that causes lots of problems is using your sound card for Windows sounds which are all 16 bit 44.1khz. Doing this is a major reason for sample rate settings getting confused in Sonar if you're trying to use 24 bit 48khz.

Some advocate turning your onboard sound off altogether while I and some others advocate leaving it turned on, running through a little set of PC speakers and routing any windows audio through them. Acts like a decoy. Please disregard if you already know all this and I've prattled on for no reason.
2015/05/07 00:20:02
synkrotron
Ah, yeah, if anything crashes the Q-C at all then a reboot is the only option. If Sonar ever crashes, it's a full reboot or else it does not recognise the Q-C, because it also has crashed. In fact, it makes me wonder if it is the Q-C that has crashed Sonar...
 
And I can verify that, if you already have software running that uses Q-C in ASIO mode, you cannot open other software that also uses it.
 
For instance, I use Sonar, but also use Sound Forge, both utilise the Q-C. But if I have Sonar open, I have to close it down before it lets me open Sound Forge. I could run Sound Forge using the internal sound card but I do not see the point of that.
 
I have never questioned this behaviour, so I don't know for sure whether or not it is something specific to the Q-C or if it is common with all ASIO devices...
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