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I can’t hear the demo project

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I can see meters moving in SONAR, but I don't hear anything

• The most likely cause of this is the volume for sound device is simply too low. You can check

the volume of most devices right in Windows by double-clicking on the speaker icon that

appears in the system tray in the lower right corner of the screen, next to the clock.

• Some audio devices have a hardware knob or fader that controls the output or “volume” of

the device.

Audio starts to play, but I get a message that says DROPOUT or AUDIO

STOPPED either in a dialog or in the Control Bar

A dropout is a symptom of audio hardware when it is unable to pass audio data fast enough.

There are a few things that may alleviate this:

• Increase the buffer size or mixing latency. Go to Edit > Preferences > Audio - Driver

Settings and increase the value of the Buffer Size slider, or adjust the hardware buffer size

in the ASIO Panel.

• Changing the Playback Device. Many devices support multiple driver modes. Go to

Edit > Preferences > Audio - Playback and Recording, click the Driver Mode drop-down

list and see if another option is available for your sound card or device, such as <name of

your sound card> (MME 32-bit) versus <name of your sound card> (WDM/KS).

• Ensuring nothing else is trying to use the sound device at the same time. SONAR will

perform best when there are no other software applications attempting to use the sound

device, examples include web browsers, video players, instant messaging clients and other

sound applications.

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