Static when playing through audio fx plug-in

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rcklln
I once had an issue similar to what is described and it ended up being a problem with my headphones. Certain amp sim presets (frequencies) would affect It more than others so I thought I'd throw that out there.

Seems like something is going on in the monitor section otherwise the static would likely be recorded. The only other thing I could suggest is checking any input/direct monitor settings on the interface or in any software mixer it might have.

 
Tried my other pair of headphones Sony MDR 7506, but same issue. I'll see if there are some input/direct settings that I can change.
 

chuckebaby
I see your using a Dell inspiron 3000 Laptop ? Try disabling your wireless in Device manager.
make sure its the Wireless driver and not the Ethernet/Broadcom.
 
Just give it a shot and test it out.
Your Problem has wireless interference written all over it.

It's a desktop, but I does have wireless and I disabled it, but didn't help . I also tried completely disabling my network, which I thought was the original issue, but didn't change anything.

I experience no static with any other audio in my system, Windows Media Player, YouTube, etc. I'm going to test with a non-Cakewalk DAW and see if the problem still occurs. I'm also wondering if a reinstall of Sonar Plat is needed.
 
Thank you for the suggestions, because I'm at a total loss.

chuckebaby
I had the issue using a Focusrite Scarlett as well.
did you try maybe a new USB cable ? not just the port, but a new cable ?
Though again...Don't rule out a bad USB port on your PC. they wear out.
What I did was set up a breaker so I didn't need to plug/unplug my USB cable in/out 500 times a month.
one switch turns on the interface, my speakers, my control surface=Mackie MCU.
 
when my USB port went bad, OMG it drove me nuts (pretty much what you are experiencing )
I was moving any wireless item 20 feet away from my studio.
when my wireless was the issue, I figured that out here.

chuckebaby
What I did was set up a breaker so I didn't need to plug/unplug my USB cable in/out 500 times a month.
one switch turns on the interface, my speakers, my control surface=Mackie MCU.
 
when my USB port went bad, OMG it drove me nuts (pretty much what you are experiencing )
I was moving any wireless item 20 feet away from my studio.
when my wireless was the issue, I figured that out here.

chuckebaby
Do you have any plug ins that are stand alone plug ins ? Guitar rig that you can open up on the desktop ?
possibly download a freebie somewhere and test that out.
it would also help if you could do a test run in Cubase

rcklln
Based on the description I focused on the input monitoring and it's output, but here are some other things that might be worth trying out.
 
In preferences-->audio-->driver settings see if deselecting the 64 bit precision engine changes anything.
 
Recreate the aud.ini file (run a search on the c drive to find it) by renaming the original. Sonar will create a new one when it starts up and you can always go back to the original if needed.
 
If you end up feeling like you need to reinstall, check out this link if you haven't already
http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/Knowledge-Base/2007013372/Clean-Install-All-Cakewalk-Software

rcklln
Do you have multiple audio device drivers installed and enabled in preferences?

rcklln
4 likes on your static already, got to love soundcloud.

mudgel
Different versions of Sonar are completely separate. They share some Sonar specific utilities but no .dll files and the Sonar executable files are each separate.

Kalle Rantaaho
I haven't followed the thread, but listened to that snippet of the static.
To me it really sounds like a mechanical problem (broken speaker, loose wiring), the way it occurs.
I assume that's been discussed and eliminated, but anyways...

robert_e_bone
Your ASIO Buffer Size seems large for doing recording, as your latency results in a lag between playing a note and hearing it back.  I would suggest when you record to try setting it to 128.  (and either 1024 or 2048 when mixing).

robert_e_bone
Can you please list the plugins that are loaded into this particular project?

robert_e_bone
And, as a test, do the issues go away when you bypass all effects?  You can test this by hitting the letter 'E' on your computer keyboard - it toggles on/off the bypassing of all your loaded effects.  IF your issues stop when you do this, it points to one or more of the loaded plugins being problematic -usually that a given plugin is meant to be used during mixing rather than during recording (because of high latency or CPU demands).  If that is the case - either bypass your effects while recording, OR swap out the more demanding effects (convoluted reverb, linear phase type) until you finish recording, then jack up your ASIO Buffer Size and THEN load in the more robust effects that you had swapped out).

robert_e_bone
And, if you have WiFi on this computer - I suggest you try turning it off or temporarily disabling it in Windows Device Manager and then launching your Sonar session.  After finishing your Sonar session, turn WiFi back on or enable it again in Windows Device Manager.  (many WiFi drivers seem to really spike DPC Latency, which causes problems with streaming audio).