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I understood you were just politely asking for clarification. Thanks again

I'm trying to get myself to like this. i like the idea more than actual practice so far

renaming helped. Thanks!!!

sorry if i came off as snappy. I just have my reasons for attempting this. i have been kinda beta testing with a few advanced students and they like this idea better than alternatives so far

sorry for typo

thanks. no one drive enabled. i am baffled

It's not a very good DAW. great instrument, but horrible DAW. If you are going to keep telling me what you think i should do, instead of helping me, can you let someone interested in helping do so instead? i get that you think i should go another route, and that may be the case, but until i think my options are exhausted I want to at least try. i have had success in other DAWs. I just have this issue in cakewalk

Previously it crashed often from minor things. Now it works ok. it's when i close cakewalk and reopen it that problems occur. It would not shock me if this is an akai issue

I agree there are a few decent ones like Sitala, but i have not found one that has a functional MPC style sampler and workflow. Using other methods is my plan B, but hoping I can get this to work.

All of this. One of the primary reasons people seek freeware is to save money on a desired commercially available sound. It is a tricky maze to navigate, full of potential and tradeoffs. I occasionally find gems that rival commercial software (Surge, which was once commercial is a good example) that are not gateways to paid products but it is truly like hitting the lottery.

I have been seeking a drum and sampling solution within cakewalk for years that did not involve paid software. My reasons for this involve trying to help kids get started who may be low on funds. Cakewalk is a little daunting for young users who are accustomed to seeing Ableton or FL Studio in action, and make no mistake, these are exactly the tools they see their favorite pop songs being created on. However neither are free. MPC beats is free but is limited as a stand alone DAW. As a drum sampler module it has lots of potential and the audio track limit becomes insignificant. Unfortunately, for the beginner setup within DAW can be a little tricky. To ease that process , I have been working on a template that includes individual outputs within cakewalk. It works fine, but when I attempt to open from scratch it hangs when I attempt to select track with Beats. After weeks of frustration, i figured out I can get it to work if I open project in safe mode. needless to say, that is not a workflow i want to give kids if i am trying to create a more intuitive workflow. Anyomne have success creating a project template with Beats?

I still use Z3ta+2. I think it would make a great bundled synth, especially if they make interface resizable

I no longer can access start screen

same result . it was already checked

silly me didn't search before posting same thing

It opens up old cakewalk pages instead

I could be reading you wrong, but having a baked in sampler is very different than using a third party. i have several third party samplers and the workflow is just not the same. This is va primary reason why it has always been a hard sell for me to get yot hto use cakewalk

i saw that. No hanks

ADSR sample manager grew on me. I hate that loopcloud does no allow you o use your credits unless you have a paid membership.

I have been telling cakewalk they need a sampler since Sonar 6. Third party solutions are great, but a sampler that is integrated into DAW workflow is more efficient. I rely on third party samplers like Searato for features that are more specialized, but having and idea slowed by workarounds is a creativity killing process. For example: If I find myself inspired by a loop in Studio One or Ableton, i can have it chopped and mapped in sampler or drum machine in two clicks. No need to even pause unless desired task is more advanced. Trust me when i say this is so much faster. Momentum is nice but it's a sledge hammer for thumbtacks when it comes to basic sampling needs. ADSR is more of a library than a sampler and also has it's own issues (like sample folders suddenly becoming greyed out and unavailable) Using something like FL Studio as a plugin is possible but the workflow can be kind of frustrating. I have been working on a template for MPC beats in cakewalk that is a little less awkward, but unfortunately sometimes cakewalk fails to load it properly.

This is no so much a feature but a general request to include a basic synth. My son has ben trying every free DAW. He liked a lot about Cakewalk, bu one of the things he does with every DAW he tries is to see how quickly he can create a song using just stock plugs and instruments. With cakewalk, the instruments were he one area Cakewalk gets blown out in. No synth at all is bad move. Even partnering with a third party to include their free synth as part of download bundle would be a win win. The drum module is useless as well. I know there are lots of freebies available, but i think even most basic offering would be a big boost

I'm actually about to watch it again

Unfortunately some programs require an asio driver, even if it's a fake asio driver.

I have not tried that yet. will check it out. Thanks.

Kontrol is far from perfect but there is at least a chance of growth. They have made big changes to maschine software in last couple of years. I have pondered getting komplete ultimate just to get full Kontact but that is all i want at this point. I hate that inMusic removed akai and alesis forums that had VIP map exchange. Do you know of another source hat has maps available? the system for creating them sucks and autoimport does not seem to work well with most products. Do you also own VX49? I think you may have mentioned it back on old cakewalk forum