Very much (I hate the word "desperately") in need of help as to why on earth my Cakewalk Sound Center is refusing to work on my Sonar X2 program.  I open X2, start a project, etc., etc., insert the Center (whereupon, a new track appears, saying "Cakewalk Sound Center"), click on the MIDI (?) icon, watch the Sound Center window/box come up, click on the sound fields, press the digital keys, and... all I get is a rude, video-game beep-bleep-bloop noise.  If I pick strings, I get beep-bleep-bloop.  Piano?  Beep-bleep-bloop.  Brass?  Beep-beep-bloop.  And so on.
 
Do I have to pay an extra fee to get the sounds to work, or something?  I'm at an utter loss.  None of the help screens are helping, and a Youtube video insists the Sound Center is "simple." And, by cracky, it works on the video!!  So it must be simple.  Can I trade my copy for the one used in the video?
 
I'm not good at digging out the details of my computer--let me know what page to go to and I'll gladly relate the specs.  New Lenovo tower, a ThinkCentre M83.  ("Small Form Factor"--whatever on earth that means.  Some order detail?)
 
Okay, wait....  Windows 7, 3.40 GHz processor, RAM=4.0 GB, 64-bit OS.
 
Hellllllppp!!!!!!
 
 
Lee
 
 

I am guessing SONAR is using the internal PC sound chip and the mixing latency is set too low. Try increasing the buffer size in the mixing latency section in Preferences > Audio > Driver Settings

I'm using a Roland Duo-Capture mk2.  Wouldn't it be using that instead of the sound card?
 
Just asking--I don't know! 

I drastically increased the buffer size--no change.

Since you mention having a dedicated interface, SONAR may be using it. Depends on how you set up SONAR. The device you are using is defined in Preferences > Audio > Devices. The record mode is defined in Preferences > Audio > Playback and Recording. If you are running ASIO mode, the buffer size is controlled by software supplied by Roland. If you are running WDM mode, use the buffer size slider in Preferences > Audio > Driver Settings. If you are running MME mode, change to ASIO or WDM.

It's WMD mode, and I have the driver slide nearly all the way to the right!  No change.
 
Can I switch it to MME mode?

MME would probably perform worse. Doesn't it have an ASIO driver?

Yes, but don't I want it to be using the Roland?

I should mention that the sound is great.  No problems whatsoever before trying to use the Sound Center.
 

Select a Type, a Subtype, and then double-click a Program to load it. If you only single-click types, subtypes and programs, the default program will remain loaded, which indeed sounds like bleep, bleep bloop.