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Despite hard times we are facing now, many of us fenced, sometimes far away of their families or friends I will you have great time and Happy Easter! Be safe and healthy, and your families, friends, buddies. Make a lot of music and stay at home to let us all win that little creature as fast as possible!

2020.04 Early Access installer now available! [UPDATE 17-Apr-2020: Cakewalk 2020.04 Early Access 2 is now available] We're pleased to announce the Early Access for 2020.04, our biggest release to date which also celebrates two years of active Cakewalk by BandLab development! This release introduces an exciting non-linear Arranger Track feature that is very useful for song creation and creative experimentation. Also included are many other significant feature improvements such as ProChannel module presets, instrument track improvements and many bug fixes, all in keeping with our goal of making CbB as reliable and enjoyable as possible. We'd love for you to check it out before we drop the official public version, which should be in roughly a week. This time we're also providing an easy rollback installer should you need to quickly revert to the last public release for any reason. Please note that Early Access installers are update installers, which only update from a specific version. To install the 2020.04 Early Access build, you must be on the latest public release of 2020.01. Download Cakewalk 2020.04 EA installer Should you need to revert to the 2020.01 release, you can download the Cakewalk 2020.01 Rollback installer. If you haven't already done so, please read about the Early Access Program before participating. Thanks again for your participation! The Bakers 2020.04 Highlights Behavior changes Add Track menu behavior change: The behavior of the Track(s) counter has changed when inserting a multi-timbral soft synth via the Add Track menu. When Instrument Track Per Output or Split Instrument Track is selected, the Track(s) counter now specifies how many Instrument output tracks to create instead of how many unique instances of the synth to create. Changes to Delete Track: CTRL+DELETE deletes tracks. Delete Track only deletes the focused track if the focused track is not also selected. When a combination of tracks and track folders are selected, the context menu displays Delete Selected Tracks and Folders. Enable/Disable Enhanced Keyboard Editing Mode shortcut is unassigned by default. The default keyboard shortcut (0 on the numeric keypad) to enable/disable Enhanced Keyboard Editing Mode has been removed. To enable/disable Enhanced Keyboard Editing Mode, go to Edit > Preferences > Customization - Keyboard Shortcuts and assign Enhanced Keyboard Editing to an unused keyboard shortcut. Bypass All Audio Effects shortcut is unassigned by default. The default keyboard shortcut (E) to bypass all audio effects has been removed. To bypass all audio effect, do one of the following: Go to Edit > Preferences > Customization - Keyboard Shortcuts and assign Bypass All Audio Effects to an unused keyboard shortcut. Click the Bypass all Effects button in the Control Bar’s Mix module. Horizontal zooming no longer centers Now Time. When zooming with the mouse wheel or CTRL+LEFT/RIGHT ARROW shortcuts, if the Now Time is currently within view, its position will be retained while zooming. If the Now Time is not present in the view, the zoom behavior is unchanged. CTRL+ALT+SPACEBAR is assigned to Preview current arrangement from the Now Time, and no longer plays the next event in the Event List view. Arranger Track Overview The Arranger track is an arrangement tool that provides several workflow benefits: Easily rearrange sections of the entire project as one unit instead of moving individual clips. For example, instantly swap the positions of the first and second chorus for all tracks, or copy the first verse in order to double its duration. Experiment with different song structures in a non-destructive and non-linear manner. For example, does your song work best in AABA, ABAB, or ABAC song form? Define time range sections and sequence them in any order without destructively moving any clip data. You can even save multiple arrangements within each project. Create a color coded overview of the song structure, and use the Arranger Inspector to quickly navigate around the project and jump to song sections. Create arbitrary song sections anywhere on the project timeline, then later string them together for seamless playback. Sections provide an additional way to perform time based selections and edits of the project. Create an unlimited number of arrangements per project, which can all be exported simultaneously. Arranger functionality is distributed across two views: Arranger track. To show or hide the Arranger track, click the Track view View menu and choose Arranger Show/Hide, or press A. The Arranger track timeline shows all defined sections. You can drag to create and rearrange sections, then freely move them along the timeline. Any changes in the Arranger timeline are immediately reflected in the Arranger Inspector’s Sections list, and vice versa. Arranger Inspector. To show/hide the Arranger Inspector, click the Show/Hide Arranger button at the top of the Inspector pane, or press ALT+SHIFT+I. For details about using the Arranger Track, see the attached PDF : Arranger Track.pdf An arrangement is comprised of Sections, each spanning a unique time range. Other section properties include name and color, to clearly delineate regions of time and track content by musical function. Important: By default, clicking an Arranger section also selects underlying track events. Clicking again deselects track events, while retaining selection of the section. This behavior allows you to easily determine whether or not track events are included in section edit operations. Note that the selection highlight in the Clips pane indicates selected track events. To disable automatic selection of track events when selecting sections, right-click in the Arranger track timeline and disable Select Events with Sections. Arranger Inspector Sections are the building blocks that make up the song. Each section defines a time range in the project, such as Intro, Verse, Chorus, etc. An arrangement is an ordered set of sections. You can sort the sections in any order to define the playback order. To do so, drag the sections from the Sections area down to the Arrangements area in the Arranger Inspector. The Sections area lists all the arranger sections defined in the project’s timeline, from which a custom arrangement can be built. The order of the sections reflect the order in which they appear in the timeline. The Sections list provides an additional way to edit time based selections of the project. Any operation performed in the Sections list is immediately reflected in the project/timeline, and vice versa. To copy all sections to the current arrangement, click the Add All Sections to Arrangement button . If one or more sections are selected, only the selected sections will be copied. The Arrangements area allows you to sequence sections in a non-linear manner without destructively moving any clip data, regardless of which order they appear in the project’s timeline. Defining sections of your song To use the Arranger track, you must first define time range sections such as Intro, Verse, Chorus, etc. Sections can be of any duration, but it is common to start/end them at measure boundaries. New sections can be created by any of the following means: Draw a range within the Arranger track timeline (below the time ruler). Double-click a blank area in the Arranger track. The new section duration is inherited from the last clicked section. Right-click in the Arranger track timeline and select Insert Section Here, Insert Section at Now Time, Span Sections, or From Selection. Click the Add Section button in the Arranger Inspector or Arranger track. Editing sections Drag sections to move them around on the timeline. Drag a section edge to resize the section. Right-click a section to access edit option. Converting markers to sections To convert markers to sections, make a time selection in the time ruler that spans the text markers, then right-click in the time ruler and select Create Sections from Markers. Creating a custom arrangement Sections can be sequenced in any order to create arrangements, without affecting project data. The sections don’t have to live on the project timeline in any specific location or order, because the arrangement determines in which order they are played back. To define the section playback order, drag sections from the Sections list down to the Arrangements list. You can also drag sections directly from the Arranger track. Previewing an arrangement To play the current arrangement, click the Preview button or press ALT+SPACEBAR. During Arranger preview, the main transport Play button shows a small “A” icon to indicate it is playing back an arrangement instead of following the project’s linear timeline, and the active section shows a progress indicator. Committing an arrangement To (destructively) render the current arrangement to the project’s timeline, click the Commit Arrangement to Project button . Exporting arrangements You can export one or more arrangements without first having to render it to the timeline. To do so, click the Arrangements menu and select Export as Audio. ProChannel module presets In addition to saving presets of the entire ProChannel chain (all modules), you can also save and load presets of individual modules. The per module preset controls are located on the left side of each module header bar. To select a module preset Click the module’s category type icon to open the preset menu, then select the desired preset. The category type icon tooltip shows the name of the selected preset. To save a module preset Adjust the ProChannel module controls to the desired settings. Click the module’s category type icon to open the preset menu, then select Save Preset. Type a name in the Save Preset dialog box, then click OK. To select the next preset To select the next preset, do one of the following: Click the Next Preset button . Hold down the CTRL key and click the module’s category type icon. To select the previous preset To select the previous preset, do one of the following: Click the Previous Preset button . Hold down CTRL+SHIFT and click the module’s category type icon. To delete a module preset Click the module’s category type icon to open the preset menu, then select the preset you want to delete. Click the module’s category type icon to open the preset menu again, then select Delete Preset. Copy/paste settings between ProChannel modules You can copy settings from any ProChannel module and paste the settings to any other instance of the same module. on any track or bus. There are two ways to copy/paste settings between identical modules: Drag and drop In the Console view, show the ProChannel for both the track/bus you want to copy from, and the track/bus you want to paste into. Hold down the CTRL key, and drag from the source module’s header bar (i.e., the module title) to the target module. The source and target ProChannel modules must be identical. Note: If the target module has not been enabled/initialized yet, it will automatically become enabled after pasting. However, if the target modules has been manually disabled, then it will remain disabled after pasting. Copy/Paste menu commands Click the source module’s category type icon to open its preset menu, then select Copy Settings. Click the target module’s category type icon to open its preset menu, then select Paste Settings. Append per-output Instrument tracks When you insert a multi-timbral soft synth, you can specify how many Instrument output tracks to create, up to the maximum supported by the synth. If you do not initially create the maximum number of available output tracks, you can later add additional tracks on demand from the Synth Rack view. To do so, do one of the following: Right-click the instrument in the Synth Rack (Views > Synth Rack View) and select Append Instrument Track. Right-click the instrument track strip in the Track view and select Append Instrument Track. Note: If you originally created used per-output Instrument tracks for that synth, then Cakewalk will create another per-output instrument track. If originally created split instrument tracks, then Cakewalk will create another split instrument track. Misc. enhancements The Display Clip Fade Attenuation option in Edit > Preferences > Customization - Display is now available as a key binding. Audio Driver Mode now changes immediately instead of waiting for Apply click. Updated to latest VST3 SDK, which includes VST bug fixes. Bug fixes Cannot remove ARA plugin as region effect if the plugin is not installed Using mouse wheel in 'Locked & Centered' Control Bar results in left aligned CB User Reported Crash Cakewalk.exe!CFretControlBar::resetNow() Line 220 Clicking Freeze on archived track crashes CbB Seeking with lower Disk Buffers/Higher Audio card latency causes audio to cut out Inspector strip context menu appears on wrong monitor Shift + Right Click behavior not consistent with MIDI Tracks Aim Assist gets stuck at time zero after dragging a plugin from the browser Instrument tracks mute MIDI channel when using ALT+M Reverse touchpad scrolling direction in some views Marker View Lk column not listing locked status in Tungsten theme Dragging clips with Snap By can have unexpected results Missing project file patch causes CbB to crash Remove default key NUM-0 binding to Enhanced Keyboard Editing Mode Make "Display Clip Fade Attenuation" key bind-able Double-Click to open Clip Properties not working as expected Devices tab of Preferences should say "Double-click on a friendly name to edit it" Crash when freezing track after setting input to None Deleting Multiple tracks in folders removes folder from project iZotope Relay does not draw Advanced tab in VST3 iZotope Plugins Display Track Names incorrectly Project Looping turns off after recording Spacebar doesn't work with new Waves StudioRack plugin Background not repainted in Waves StudioRack plugin when opening module or resizing from UI Hang on project close Cancelling a real time freeze operation crashes and shuts down application Cancelling Freeze can cause Interleave and Phase buttons to change unexpectedly Archived Aux tracks pass signal Soloing aux tracks mutes metronome on playback Inspector displays wrong output strip after clicking inspector strip with track sending to aux Custom project load affirmations display unexpected characters in multibyte languages Custom project load affirmations truncate messages that are more than one line Having no playback master selected causes loss of audio with no reported errors Crash on undo of ripple edit delete Incorrect audio range when bouncing or exporting with no audio drivers present Known issues Showing the Arranger Inspector also automatically shows the Arranger track. However, this currently only works if the Arranger track was closed with the A keyboard shortcut or the Track view View > Arranger Show/Hide command, not by dragging the divider bar. When multiple Arranger sections are selected, when clicking to drag, the preview runs off screen. When resizing the Arranger track, drawing artifacts are left behind. Arranger track auto scrolling doesn't work when resizing a section. A few Arranger context menu commands have not been localized yet, and will appear in English for all languages. CTRL+mouse wheel scroll direction is flipped. The Insert Soft Synth Options dialog box is not formatted properly in non-English languages. Localization work in general is pending. Japanese localization is incomplete.

We just posted the 2020.04 early access release. Please post any comments or feedback directly in the linked thread. We're very excited to get this major update of Cakewalk out. We plan on releasing the final build next week which will include a few more tweaks.

We reached a point where sales are interrupted by regular prices , not the opposit lol

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Exactly! But as it happens they're pretty good if, like me, you aren't a keyboard player first and foremost. A quick run down... The FX Toolkit is sample based and covers things like white noise, foley, ambience, risers, downlifters, buildup drums and impacts. Lots of good stuff in these for use in EDM, Cinematic or anything else for that matter. Comes in at just over 3Gb unzipped. Essential MIDI is 350 MIDI files of keyboard patterns covering every major and minor key but I didn't find any duplicates in the quick sample I did so the first Cm one is different to the first Dm one etc. Being MIDI of course it means that you could use all 350 in any key you like. One of the 7 packs is dedicated to ARPs and includes WAV examples (for some reason). Topaz - another 80 MIDI keyboard patterns so could be used like the one above.

Just like their post-Christmas sale. It makes perfect sense if you think about it: I mean... everyone's spent their plugin budget during the sale that everyone else had, so to have an after-sale sale means that... oh wait... 🤪

No good deed goes unpunished...

Yes this is because we updated our signing certificates. The lame thing is when you do that your have to build trust again so it will take a few hundred people to download and run before the warning goes away. Unfortunately this is out of our control.

Okay, got the FX Toolkit as my third juanita. Thanks guys.

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Cheers, ZT, I think I ‘ll get the MIDI stuff (and the free Oracle pack).

They're free...does it matter??? LOL

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Carlos, I don't want - of course - to feed this topic as it is very off for this forum but I like you (no hate whatever you prefer to believe so please let me put such thing for the end to that off sub-thread... Let's consider a conspiracy theoretic who has no music education or even any musical skills but he put sentence all musician are lying about you can use actually minor pentatonic scale over major chord.... Who do you prefer to believe ? I have some microbiology background from my study time and prefer to believe doctors and virology scientists (from all over world even politically hostile countries) than man who has no backgrounds but spend his all life time to seak whatever he can over Internet (I can add easily my own WWW page with whatever I like too Please let's not continue this topic here. If anybody feel it is important to argue with science maybe coffee place is more suitable for this Let's make music, change music, invent music, buy plugins or not to buy plugins Whatever make us happy And have all great time over these days.

That fixed it! Fast work thanks a bunch bakers! FOR INFO: I just ran the installer as normal (not as admin) and Kaspersky AV was enabled. The difference in the installation process with the new build was a long pause at the end on "finishing installation" presumably while it populates the registry. Wow there are A LOT of presets. Here's just the EQ ProChannel module...

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Saw that too, ZT, so I made sure to download this one (736,8MB) for sure.

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I considered that also, but having a plethora of guitars opted against it

Same here. Actually I think I only have their free stuff (first one was a Halloween pack from a couple years ago) but I think it has all been useful.

I've used their packs before, they are of very good quality if you are needing something organic and analog sounding.

If you're using a workspace, you'll need to re-save your workspace after changing the custom module buttons else the workspace will revert them back.

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The BitBridge processes may be the thing that is causing the hang - if you remove those plugins does the program exit normally? If you do need to use 32 bit plugins, consider using JBridge rather than BitBridge. I've personally found this to be far more stable.

oops. It's described in the manual for the NI library. Those who can read have a clear advantage! Sorry for disturbing. I'll leave that post here, in case someone has the same reading disabilities as I have 😉 Solution: drag the desired pattern from NI to your midi track.

Thanks so much for adding an Arranger track! Take care, everyone at Bandlab.

I am so happy they listened to my idea!! The new arranger is awesome! Thank you bakers!! I'm smiling from ear to ear right now!!

Kenny

Kenny

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Depends on what you are looking for... A Guitar VST like TH3 will process you playing palm mutes on your guitar (similar to using a guitar amp). In this case you're not simulating pal mutes your playing them. If you're looking for something that going to take already recorded guitar sounds and make them sound like palm-muted notes ...maybe, but the results would probably not be what you're looking for. I mean you could probably craft an FX chain to do that but lot of effort for minimal payoff. If you really want to go that route talk to your friend Google and you can find a thread or 2 describing the technique. If you're looking for realistic sounding palm mutes and don't want to use a guitar to create them - there are a number of Kontakt libs that have sampled palm mutes. Here's a freebie: https://forums.envato.com/t/free-palm-muted-guitar-for-corporate-music/7644/4 Sample of sound: test1.mp3 It will take a licensed version of Kontakt to use it though, and then you could TH3 (or a number of other plugins) to 'amp' it up. Or here's one of Orange Tree Samples commercial libraries. If I recall correctly many of their guitar libraries include palm muted patches and can be used by the free Kontakt player.

Blessings to you always, and on this weekend may the joy in you be reflected out through your smile!

This is some serious stuff!! Great update. The best one since I've been on board. I don't think I've waited for one more eagerly than these days. I love the arranger. And am stoked about seeing my idea implemented, for the PC module settings copy/paste - and also the drag & drop. I would implement it with clicking anywhere on the module except the active knobs/buttons, but still a great addition. Why not carry the idea through all the way, though? Drag & drop in empty area of a PC creates new instance of the module, with the current setting. And also replicating the behavior for FX modules - drag & drop on same type plugin rectangle pastes the settings. Also, copy and paste option available on right click on the FX module rectangle. Another idea from my long list that I would like to see available more quickly - the possibility to open instruments from the console, by left-click on the instrument track icon - leave the icon change for right click - because we need to open the instruments a lot more often, in the mix, than we need to change icons - and having to flip through different windows for that is time consuming, and a little off putting. Also, make the plugin browser bar (or just the double arrow button, to save console work space) available & expandable in the console view, for instant FX inserts drag & drop, in addition to the lengthy right-click menu selection. I'll stop here, cause I'll go into all of them. Great work, guys. Glad to see someone's listening. I know you're working on the crashes and bugs, too, which is very much needed. Take care.

Please move on

UPDATE: If you're not seeing the presets, the link for the EA installer has been updated on the original post. You can run the rollback installer, then grab the updated Early Access installer.

I was hoping that this update was bringing some improvement for the Matrix, but the Arranger Track is a nice surprise instead. Anyway, you can do more than it seems with the Matrix. You can drag and drop clips from tracks. You do not need to render clips, you can drag directly Instrument Track midi clips to the Matrix and they are automatically routed to their Track. With audio clips you do need to set up the loop, same as in any other program, but you can drag single shots as they are. And you can route the Matrix rows to any Console track, and use the effects there. In Ableton Live is exactly the same, you add FX in the track, not in the Session View slot. In fact, in Cakewalk you can even route several rows to the same track, something you can´t do in Live. You can create a Step Sequencer clip from a cell, and edit from there, but for some reason you need to stop the Matrix to hear the changes. Very annoying, but if you link the Matrix transport to the main transport you can manage somehow. BTW, a nice feature with the Step Sequencer is that you can experiment with the Step probability and sequence length and record the Matrix output to a track. You can leave it rolling and record multiple variations. Recording audio and midi directly would be great, but in the meantime it would be nice if they made possible to edit the Step sequencer without stopping.

Can't change presets like that but here are a couple of idea 1. Sends - create buses for each of the different effect chains needed and automate the sends to the buses. 2. Clip FX - each clip in a track has an FX rack just like the track FX rack. Effects stop and start and clip boundaries which may not be desirable. 3. Automation - just as you started out doing. It is possible to copy and paste the automation as needed. The arranger feature in 2020.04 may make this approach easier than it currently is. To avoid abrupt changes in delay time, you could use multiple instances of plug-in. Because the delay does not have a way to automate its bypass, the MixL and MixR will need to handle the task.

Been using the arranger track in Studio One for two years now. So glad to see CbB finally get this feature after Noel and I discussed it in great deal at NAMM in 2019. Now how about nested folders and a Chord track?

Arranger is fully integrated with MIDI. What Mark mentioned has to do with certain generative VST instruments that have their own internal timeline (EzDrummer, etc) If you sequence something within the VST to play based on the original project timeline, of course the VST will playback using that timeline as a reference. So if you make an arrangement that splits up the original project into different sections the plugin will be unaware of this and will continue to play based on the original project timeline. You have two ways to handle this: Don't use the plugin's internal timeline to sequence things Freeze the plugin before rendering an arrangement Note that arrangement preview will always work since it hasn't committed the arrangement yet.