Also the CPU% never goes over 15 %

Are you using ASIO or WDM? Do you have the Tascam interface selected as the audio and midi interface within Sonar (Options/Audio Options/MIDI)? Do you have your tracks assigned properly with the Tascam being the output of the Master? Are your tracks routed to the Master or the Tascam? Either will work, but  it helps us to understand how you have things organized.

If you're using ASIO, raise the latency level in Options/Audio. There's an ASIO panel there, or a button to get to the ASIO panel IIRC.

If you're using WDM, run the wave profiler so Sonar can set the optimal settings fro you.

Are ou trying to hear sounds from VST synths or your Yamaha or both?

There a re a lot of possible fixes to your problem, depending on what it is. Once you get the initial setup done and get the hang of setting up tracks with VST synths, this all gets a lot easier a nd a lot more fun.

There's a sticky at the top of this forum having to do with Getting Started. That might be useful to you.

http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=2056122

I just need the basic set up. As in inputs and outputs and the way it should be set up in Sonar. My keyboard does not show up as any source in the menu unless I hook it up through the USB but I do not want MIDI, (something else that I am still trying to figure out how to set up correctly)

Well, excuse me for answering your OP, which which painted you in a slightly different light from the expert you've become since then.

Child

Rothchild

I just need the basic set up. As in inputs and outputs and the way it should be set up in Sonar. My keyboard does not show up as any source in the menu unless I hook it up through the USB but I do not want MIDI, (something else that I am still trying to figure out how to set up correctly)

Well, excuse me for answering your OP, which which painted you in a slightly different light from the expert you've become since then.

Child

I apologize if that came out the wrong way.  It's just that I had the thing hooked up the right way when I created the thread but it would never work and it seems as if this program only wants to work correctly when it decides too. That is very irritating.
Sometimes I hear the cracking and popping while playing and sometimes I don't.

bmdaustin


Are you using ASIO or WDM? Do you have the Tascam interface selected as the audio and midi interface within Sonar (Options/Audio Options/MIDI)? Do you have your tracks assigned properly with the Tascam being the output of the Master? Are your tracks routed to the Master or the Tascam? Either will work, but  it helps us to understand how you have things organized.

If you're using ASIO, raise the latency level in Options/Audio. There's an ASIO panel there, or a button to get to the ASIO panel IIRC.

If you're using WDM, run the wave profiler so Sonar can set the optimal settings fro you.

Are ou trying to hear sounds from VST synths or your Yamaha or both?

There a re a lot of possible fixes to your problem, depending on what it is. Once you get the initial setup done and get the hang of setting up tracks with VST synths, this all gets a lot easier a nd a lot more fun.

I am quite sure that I'm using wasapi and I tried using ASIO but it says the interface does not support that mode. There was so much false information going out about this interface, and I could have sworn the interface said it supported ASIO mode.  All the drivers are up to date that was the first thing I did.
All my buses and tracks are connected accordingly to how I want them.
Also hearing sound is not the problem any more, the cracking and popping in the sound is really bad.

Well I'm to confused by this thread to continue trying to help. Sorry.

Your crackleing and poping sounds Just like Latency problems weather you have one track or 50 this can still happen

When I first started with recording 6 months ago I was in the same boat as you

FOr a start you will want to make sure that yoru computer can handle real time audio.

Are you useing 2 hard drives ? One for your OS and sonar and the other for recordin audio on to ? I meen not recording audio back on to the same drive as your OS and sonar drive :)

You will want to run a Dpc Latency checker it will tell you if your computer can handle real time audio you can download it from hear http://www.thesycon.de/eng/latency_check.shtml

We should try and address your problems on by one and I thikn the Cracks and pops that sound like latency issues should be fiked first as I know if it was me and when I was in the same boat It drove me tottaly bonkers trying to figure it out

Run the Dpc and tell us your results? OR a screen print of it would be even better so we can see Your max spike and your average :) Then lets see what we can do from there ?

Norrie

Norrie

hey does the software need to be running and everything set up the way I had it?
No I am not using two drives. The computer I am on now is only temporarily. I'm just trying to figure out the problems so when I get my computer built, I will know what to put in and what not to. I do have an external 1 tb drive that I bought but I will not have access to it until next week. I didn't think I would need it this soon.

I would run Dpc with sonar runing playing one of the demo songs on it let it play to the end of the track then let us know the readings.

Restart the DPC checker then run it again with windows siting doing nothing for a couple of mins.

Tell us your findings from both.

It could be things like do you have a lan card on your computer ? have you got blue tooth on your computer ?
if so it needs to be disabled!
Things like that can make a huge difference and Dpc will tell us if it could be something like that causeing our pops and clicks mine was :)

Audio Computers need 2 hard drives one for audio one for the OS Sonar. Both drives also need to be at 72.000RPM at least for audio.

I am not saying that the hard drives are the problem its more likley to be something else runing in the background so run dpc and see what the readings are first so we can see if your computer has problems that need fixed before you even change anything in sonar :)

Norrie