Originally Posted By: rharv
Originally Posted By: will

RealBand still complains:
"Input & output devices are set in Windows to different sample rates.


In your post you tell us what the speakers are set to, but not the recording side. (input).

It is possible that under Recording device Properties-Advanced it is set to 24 bit or something.


Bit rate doesn't matter - 24-bit and 16-bit can mismatch without issue. The problem is sample rate, which must match for both the Recording and Playback devices, otherwise RealBand will not use the recording device - this will only affect recording audio, and should not affect playback or editing, or even recording MIDI.

These are the standard instructions I send out for tech support, which you have so far partially done, but try them anyway:

Originally Posted By: Simon - PG Music
Right click on the Windows Start menu and choose Run, then enter "control mmsys.cpl sounds" and press OK. This will open up the Windows Sound control panel.

Under the Playback tab, choose your default audio device (with the Green checkmark), then click on Properties. Go to the Advanced tab and choose 16-bit 44100 Hz (CD Quality) and click OK. If there is only the option of 24-bit 44100 Hz (Studio Quality), choose that instead. While we're here, uncheck the option to "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device".

Next, do the same on the Recording tab with the device that has the Green checkbox. Click Properties, go to the Advanced tab, and choose 16-bit 44100 Hz (CD Quality) and click OK. If there is only the option of 24-bit 44100 Hz (Studio Quality), choose that instead. While we're here, uncheck the option to "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device".

Once that is done, click OK on the Sound window, then go back to Band-in-a-Box/RealBand/PowerTracks and make sure it is working.


If your Recording device does not have an option for 44100hz, just make sure to set the Playback device to match it.


For the delay issue, please go to Options > Preferences > Audio, and tell us what is selected for Audio Driver Type. Try switching between WAS/Windows Audio or MME, or try ASIO if your hardware supports it. Generally speaking, WAS and ASIO should provide lower latency than MME.

If you don't have an ASIO driver, you can try one of the generic ASIO drivers like FlexASIO or ASIO4All, though keep in mind that they don't always work well (being that they're generic and were not written specifically for your hardware). This is where purpose-built audio interfaces come in, such as ones from Focusrite, Presonus, Steinberg, etc. Keep away from lower quality brands, as some of them do not write specific ASIO drivers for their hardware and instead rely on ASIO4All.

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