Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I apologize if this has been answered before; I tried search, but didn't see anything exactly like my problem. I am still using Cakewalk Home Studio 2002, and have had few problems in the past, other than dropouts. I sometimes download midi files of classic rock songs and make them Home Studio projects, stripping out the guitar and melody parts, and then adding my own guitar and vocals. Yesterday I downloaded a file, and couldn't hear it playback. I then opened some older projects, and couldn't hear them either in midi playback. I checked the output of the tracks and discovered they weren't automatically going to Soundfont to play, but had all changed to my Audigy SG synth out. If I manually change each track back to Soundfont, they play just fine.
I don't know what I did to change the output, and I also don't know how to restore my old settings. I have tried Windows XP system restore at several different restore points, but that didn't help. As you can tell, I am not exactly a PC expert. Can someone give this dummy some easy way to get back to where I was before 2 pm yesterday?

I'm running Sonar too... sorry I cant help. I'm the dummy who needed to be told to load the synth before importing the midi.

There is an option to select the specific midi device you would like. Select that rather than on a per track basis. Both options work but the track by track method can be tedious.

Where is that option you may ask? I don't have HS 2002 loaded on my system anymore but for HS6 is is located in Options-Midi Devices. Good luck.