I have just built my new windows 64bit daw and are having problems trying to get sound out of it, i have installed all the latest drivers from 64bit RME and updated sonar to X2a , i have made sure that the right Audio device are selected under preferences , playback and recording driver mode i have selected WDM/KS and followed the instruction on the cakewalk site for the settings. Midi seems to be getting a signal but  the master and other channels don't light up, I haven't been able to get sound out of the system at all if anyone can help .
Thanks
Sergio  

Hi Sergio, and welcome! There is another thread posted that you may want to check out (http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/2954809). It sounds like you are trying to play MIDI (note info), but not hearing sound (audio). Check out that thread, as there are some good explanations.
 
Basically, a MIDI channel is simply note information (no audio), so it must be "played" by a soft synth. If you insert a soft synth and assign the output of your MIDI track to that synth, you should be able to hear sounds. Please let us know if that doesn't answer your question.
 
Happy New Year!

Hello Mettelus, thanks for the reply , I know that midi makes no sound and it has to be routed to a synth and i have done that but still no sound. I inserted a new soft synth then made sure the out goes to master as default maybe i have not setup the routing properly mmm .. more to read up on. The other thing is if i put a audio cd into the pc and hit play there is still no sound any ideas?
 

Okay, I need to step back a second... close SONAR and hit the Start button, type in "sound" and select "Change sound card settings" from that listing. Is Windows recognizing your sound card there? You "should" be able to see it, click on it, and hit the "Configure" button... the next window should have a "test" button. Does that play?
 
"If" Windows and SONAR are trying to use the same card, you can either force windows to recognize something other than what SONAR uses (allowing SONAR to use ASIO mode), or will have to set SONAR to WDM mode (Preferences->Audio->Playback and Recording).

Not sure why you are using WDM mode, I would think RME uses ASIO drivers. 
After you installed the drivers go to Windows control panel/ Audio Devices and check that the RME is your audio device. 
Until you can play audio from Windows Media Player don't even open Sonar. 
 

Hello Cactus, the reason i set it to WDM mode is that when i set it to ASIO in sonar then it come up with a error.
Ok i will try and get the sound working in windows first.
Thank you
Serg

The error was (Unable to open audio playback device. Device may not be support the current project's audio format or may be in use) The one thing that i did was when installing motherboard drives i did not install the realtek audio driver because i thought it would interfere with sonar.
 

you need to untick any other sound cards that may be listed to get ASIO mode..
 
e..g onboard one.. scroll thru the list of in / outs .. and see if anything else none RME is listed, and untick
 

That message tells you that your audio device is not set up properly. That was a wise move to eliminate the realteck. That's what I always do.  It seems you'll get it to work fine once Windows is happy. I think your are the point where that is all that is needed, Get Windows to recognize the ASIO drivers and the RME as you sound card. 

Thank you for all your help, i updated the bios to the latest version then restarted the pc now it all seems to be working fine for now , im now using ASIO and RME as the sound card :) .