Software quickstart Cakewalk Sonar

How to set up Sonar 2.2 and newer:

Go to OPTIONS | AUDIO | ADVANCED (tab). In the "Driver Mode" dropdown menu, select ASIO. Click OK and restart Sonar.

Go to OPTIONS | AUDIO | again

On the GENERAL tab:
Playback and record timing master should be (depending on what product you own): 9,10 Direct Pro Q10, 9,10 Aark 24, 5,6 Direct Pro LX6 or 5,6 Direct Pro 24/96
Number of Aux Buses, Number of Virtual mains, Sample Rate and bit depth can be set to whatever you prefer
Some entries on this page will be grayed out. This is normal, there is no need to change these settings.

On the ADVANCED tab:
Do not put checkmarks in ENABLE READ CACHING or ENABLE WRITE CACHING
Set I/O BUFFER SIZE to 128
Driver mode should still say ASIO
All other settings can be set to what you prefer.

On the INPUT MONITORING tab:
If you would like to apply Direct X effects on incoming signals, highlight the input channels listed here. If you do not plan on using Direct X effects on the incoming signals, do not select any of these

On the DRIVERS tab:
This allows you to select which Aardvark inputs/outputs are seen by SONAR. Unless you plan on using additional audio programs while Sonar is running, simply highlight every Aardvark channel listed.

Click OK, then restart Sonar to complete the setup.

Here's how to set up Sonar, versions prior to 2.2

Go to OPTIONS | AUDIO | ADVANCED (tab)

Put a checkmark in "Always use MME interface", click OK and restart Sonar.

Return to OPTIONS | AUDIO, and configure in this order:

On the DRIVER PROFILES tab:
Use the dropdown menu to show the Profile for your Aardvar product. If you have multiple Aardvark interfaces, you mst configure this section for each.
There should be no checkmark in "Access Driver in Mono"
Stream >16 bit data should be set to 32 bit PCM, left-justified
Set all DMA buffer sizes to 48.

On the GENERAL tab:
Playback and Record Timing Master should be (depending on what product you own): 9,10 Direct Pro Q10, 9,10 Aark 24, 5,6 Direct Pro LX6 or 5,6 Direct Pro 24/96
Aux Bus, Virtual Mains, Sampling rate, Audio Driver and File bit Depth can be whatever you prefer.
Under Mixing latency, Buffers in playback Queue can be 2 or 4, the best setting depends on your specific setup. Lower the buffer size sliderif you want to reduce latency.
The wave profiler is not necessary for Aardvark Hardware, and it will change the settings just made on the DRIVER PROFILES tab, so don't use it.

On the ADVANCED tab:
The Data Directory and Picture Directory must be different directories, regardless of where they are.
No Checkmarks in Enable Read Caching or Enable write Caching
A checkmark should be in "Copy and Manage Imported Files"
A checkmark should still be in "Always use MME interface"
No checkmark in "Apply Dither"
No checkmark in "Share Drivers with other programs"
"Play effect tails after stopping" can be whatever you prefer.

On the INPUT MONITORING tab:
No Aardvark device should be highlighted, since we already have zero latency hardware monitoring of inputs.
On the DRIVERS tab:

Make sure all your Aardvark Devices are highlighted