PROBLEM: When I start Cakewalk MC6, it wont recognize my mic in the Mic-in (not USB) jack of my onboard soundcard. It's not recording anything I say into my mic. It says that the driver doesn't support it, or that it's in use elsewhere (it isn't, I just rebooted). BACKGROUND: I use music creator for work, and was having issues with it cutting down my finished tracks. So on the advice of someone on these forums I changed my in use driver to the ASIO from MME, the driver didn't work and I went back to MME only this time it said MME 32 Bit. No big deal, I had to re-enter my settings and it worked fine. After a reboot this morning, It now says that my card is working fine, the audio profiler showed nothing out of the ordinary. But it "can't read" my microphone and suggests that I disable it. No... I need that microphone. I cannot use another. SETTINGS: I'm recording at 44100 (as I'm required to by my work), using 16bit depth. Onboard laptop card which worked yesterday and for months before that. Help me please. Send me an email and I'll give you my number or however it must be done. but I have to get this fixed as soon as possible and cakewalk is closed until Monday (plus they don't respond for at least a week whenever I've contacted them. I have to get this fixed. HELP ME, PLEASE!!!!

Additionally, the Microphone works in other programs. I can turn it up and listen to it through my speakers just fine. It's only cakewalk that isn't able to use it.

I'm certain it's a driver issue, But I need it remedied. It says the driver is in use elsewhere or isn't usable by the filetype. I'm going to have a heartattack if I can't get this fixed...

your onboard soundcard will not work in ASIO driver mode.  don't even try that one.  most onboard soundcards work best with MME driver mode, but some will work with WDM and WDM is better if available.

when you say it "can't read" your microphone and says you need to disable it, you'll need to give us more detail on exactly what the error messages say and where they say it (when you first start MC, when you try to select the microphone?  when?)

which operating system?

Windows 7. It'll say it when I first start up Cakewalk, It is in an "Audio Driver Error" box. It says "The following driver(s) either do not support the current audio format, or are in use by another application. Please choose whether you want to disable them or use them anyway." Then there's a window featuring "Microphone (High Definition Aud... I have the choice to disable or use anyway. I don't want to disable, and use anyway, results in Cakewalk starting as normal. When I load a project and try to record, I get an error saying "Unable to open audio record device. Device may not support the current project's audio format or may be in use. For help please visit: www.cakewalk.com/support/hardwaresetup/ or contact Cakewalk Technical Support...

As I said, the microphone works in other programs and even in Windows itself as I can listen to the mic, unmuted through my speakers. Cakewalk is the only one having a problem.

Windows 7 32bit

this is when you're in MME driver mode?  not ASIO?

go to PREFERENCES and look at the PLAYBACK and RECORDING DEVICE(S)
what is listed there and what are the other options?

The options are for PLAYBACK "Speakers (High Definition Audio)" and for RECORDING "Microphone (High Definition Audio)". There are no other options. Yes, this is when I'm in MME driver mode.

Hang on... This is messed up. Under Recording there are two "Microphone (High Definition Audio)" One of the two works... completely, exactly as expected... I don't understand. The settings don't appear to have changed.