I am looking at a Windows Sound Settings page that looks different than yours. I have my one of the two audio output jacks on the front of my PC renamed HP (front) -> FW-1884 (7/8) (High Definition Audio Device. Not sure if I use Device Manager to access the Properties page for that.

I usually rename my devices at the Win 10 level. I am looking at the settings on my PC now. I tried this and the headphones weren't showing up on the devices 😟

In addition the track control utput widget lets users decide where to send the audio output from each audio track. (2) Audio > Devices > Output Drivers lets users choose which outputs Cakewalk uses. From the Preferences panel, (1) Audio > Playback and Recording > Driver Mode lets users select/change the Driver Mode. Normally, P is the shortcut for Preferences.

Specifically, (1) I change the Driver Mode from ASIO to Windows Audio (shared) and then (2) change my Audio > Device Output to whichever output I want to use. If I want Cakewalk to send the audio to the headphone jack on the front of my PC, or the output jack on the back of my PC, or even the built-in speaker, I change some basic settings in using Cakewalk's references.

I could plug in a pair of headphones, but for my needs I chose to connect it to my audio/MIDI interface. You need to understand how the audio devices work on your computer.įor example, I configured my Windows 10 parameters/devices so that Cakewalk communicates through my audio/MIDI device's ASIO driver while at the same time, I send the audio from other software (such as a web browser) through the motherboard audio codec (as controlled by Windows' Audio/Sound) to the front audio output of my PC. I've tried disabling the speakers in Win11. Every other software will send to the headphones, but this one sends to my laptop's speakers whether or not I plug in headphones.

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