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Sonar won't play through my speakers.
I'm currently trying to complete a music assignment on Sonar and the sound isn't working.
I'm not very familiar with Sonar, but to my knowledge it should be working.
I've inserted a synth etc, any help would be greatly appreciated!
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FastBikerBoy
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 03:26:26
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I think a little more info on your setup may be needed.
Assuming you have powered speakers or an amp of some sort attached to your sound interface/card out...........
Then the synth needs to be routed ultimately to your main outs, either directly from it's audio out channel or via a buss that does.
Obvious things to check are no tracks or busses muted/solo'd, speakers turned up & on. etc.
Ultimately more info though on how you have your gear & Sonar set up will help us help you.
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 03:30:12
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I'm just using basic computer speakers, man.
Everything's working, just no sound.
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 03:34:57
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To echo FastBikerBoy - who knows his stuff btw - we need to know your sound card, and whatever input devices / interfaces you have. Once we know we can find out if you have the correct driver setup, and have set up output cusses correctly. If you have no sound from a DAW it really doesn't suggest everything is working. Cheers.Grif semicide
I'm just using basic computer speakers, man.
Everything's working, just no sound.
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 03:36:32
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I just want to listen to it.
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 03:47:46
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semicide
I'm just using basic computer speakers, man.
Everything's working, just no sound.
Yeah. Car is working perfectly, it just doesn't move. Are you trying to be funny? We're not mindreaders. With the info you've given, nobody can help you without spending half a dozen posts for milking the info from you. Why do you expect us to spend our free time for such???
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 03:50:45
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But before you can listen to it you have to do a setup, just like with all the other programs you are using. Have you been to the basic setup screen? What drivers are you using? What soundcard are you using? You have to answer these questions before we can help you. Do not forget - Sonar is no "toy" application and need some decent setup before you can start using it.
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 04:05:39
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Everything's working, just no sound.
Isn't that a contradiction in terms?  All of the requests for further info are genuine to help you, not waste your time, or more importantly ours. "No Sound" with a soft synth could be caused by several dozen different things. All we need to know are you basic set up. Answer these then... Soundcard. Onboard? External? Speakers? Powered or plugged into an amp? How are they connected to the computer, via the onboard soundcard or a 'proper' interface? Softsynth? Which one? Is it on an instrument track or a separate MIDI track and audio track? Is it playing back MIDI data from a track or are you playing it via a controller in real time? Have you checked the sound card drivers in Preferences->Audio devices? DO you have any busses in the project at all? Can you hear audio tracks okay? Have you ever had it working? That'll do for starters................ Unfortunately Sonar isn't something you open up and then get on with it. It takes a bit of time to set up and learn. I'd suggest reading the manual especially Tutorial One, if you're still getting problems after that then come back with the info I've asked for above and you'll find lots of very helpful people on here. But "It's working okay but I can't hear anything, I just want you to tell me how to fix it" isn't going to get you much help I'm afraid.
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 04:58:29
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There really is no reason to be so rude.
post edited by semicide - 2011/11/01 05:11:46
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 05:07:57
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I said I have never really used Sonar, everything is set up how it should be but there is no sound.
I just want to know if it has anything to do with my speakers (like I said, they are just normal computer speakers). I'm not recording anything, I just want to listen to what I have previously recorded on another computer.
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 05:15:16
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Well given your reply this'll be my last in this thread, but if everything is "setup how it should be", it'd be working wouldn't it? So obviously it isn't "all set up how it should be" and unfortunately I flunked the mind-reading class of DAW setup diagnosis.
Here's a tip for you in case anyone has more patience than I do...... If you want to get help on here you'll need to help yourself a little bit. I even gave you a list of questions to answer in case you weren't sure what info we'd need and all you do is come back with yet another smart-arsed answer.
Good luck...................
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 05:38:25
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Uh, that's the problem? It isn't working?
My god.
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 05:59:45
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I had a similar problem to yours not so long ago, have you tried hitting the speakers hard with a hammer or with with some sort of similar heavy instrument, thats can sometimes have suprisingly good results, two or three blows can often be required though!
Let me know how you get on?
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 06:18:06
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The reason they are asking about what configuration you have for your computer is that sometimes what you have for soundcard may have something to do with the fact that you are getting no sound. It may be that you are running a processor too low powered to properly process the stuff you are doing. Is it a laptop? Or a desktop? What brand? That type of thing... For example...my computer configuration is as follows... I'm currently using my Dell Inspiron 1520 with a Centrino Duo 1.5GHz processor and 4 Gb ram. I am using -on this laptop an external mixer(Peavey usb6) as my soundcard. 
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 06:28:02
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damon777
I had a similar problem to yours not so long ago, have you tried hitting the speakers hard with a hammer or with with some sort of similar heavy instrument, thats can sometimes have suprisingly good results, two or three blows can often be required though!
+1 I can confirm that this works perfectly on my system. Although the same result can be arrived at much more quickly with a pick-axe.
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 06:30:30
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well, based on your problem you either
a) need a Soundblaster
or
b) you need 64 bit! it matters!
HTH
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 07:10:24
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semicide
I'm currently trying to complete a music assignment on Sonar and the sound isn't working.
I'm not very familiar with Sonar, but to my knowledge it should be working.
I've inserted a synth etc, any help would be greatly appreciated!
Take a look at your audio output settings. Have you selected your sound card outputs in SONAR? Good luck. best regards, mike
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 07:30:58
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I think we're being trolled....... On the slight of chance we're not, try this: I said I have never really used Sonar, everything is set up how it should be but there is no sound. - How do you know everything is set up "how it should be"
- Did you do it yourself or was it a friend?
- How much did you pay for the software?
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 09:37:17
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Perhaps this is the OP's problem: when inserting a soft synth, if I don't select "simple instrument track" I don't get sound. I can see the MIDI activity but no sound.
If I go to "inspector" I see the out going to the soft synth but I don't see where the soft synth is routed (ie Master).
I always just select "simple instrument track" but I wonder if this is what the OP is seeing.
I've never bothered to investigate further as to why I can't find where it's routed so maybe this is the time.
Thanks very much,
Randy
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 11:13:27
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This post is not working.
Why?
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 11:20:56
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This post is not working.
Why?
you haven't turned the computer on?
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 11:57:30
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 12:29:47
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Its obvious to me that this guy has a pirated version of Sonar. I'm out.
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 12:32:40
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Try using an audio loop or just plain ole wave file. Soft synths open a whole nother can o' worms of problems.
As Mike said, be sure to choose in Options>audio whatever card you are listening too. One suspects it is your ownboard card going to PC speakers.
Finally, are you deaf? That can be a problem if you are trying to hear SONAR (well, hear anything, but let's deal w/ one problem at a time).
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 13:01:20
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Try this test. It should fix your problem! Here.
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 14:19:21
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bapu
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Becuase he is dumb as a post??? Just blue skying here.
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 14:20:18
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bapu
This post is not working.
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Becuase he is dumb as a bapu post??? Just blue skying here.
Mooched.
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 15:20:38
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 15:24:56
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this is the best thread I have ever seen... EVER
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Re:Sonar won't play through my speakers.
2011/11/01 16:14:04
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this is the best thread I have ever seen... EVER
Because of me or Grant?
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