realtec audio...... hummmmmm
OK... here's my story and I'm sticking to it. On my Dell laptop.....I have NEVER, and I mean that, never been able to get any sound out of any cakewalk product. None, nada, zip..... ain't happening. I have tried all the options including ASIO4ALL with the same dismal results.
HOWEVER, if I plug in my Focusrite Saffire interface, the sound is be-you-tea-full. That's the way it is here.
The factory card in not a good option ...BUT in case you have to use it due to cash funding being a bit low... be sure you are using the MME driver mode.
My guess is the problem is soundcard/driver related.
A nice USB interface would solve the problem.