jono grant

Hey there, I wondered how to get @scook's tool for adding editors like sound forge etc. into the cakewalk tools menu. (for win 10)

Thanks!

Jono

I just looked and it was already checked... so I guess izotope doesn't support that feature.

Can I find the vst2 dlls and move them? Or is it easier just to reinstall and uncheck vst2?

(Also wondering if I open an older project where I may have used a vst2 version, will it still find the plug if I only have the vst3 version?)

Thanks!

Jono

Hey,

I've installed some izotope plugins and it installed vst2 and vst3 versions.

So in Cakewalk when I go to insert a plugin, I see two entries for each plugin, one vst2 and one vst3.

How can I get Cakewalk to only use the vst3 ones and only show them? Do I remove some dlls somewhere or is there another way to do it?

Thanks!

Jono

Awesome, thanks!

Hey there, setting up a new machine, Cakewalk is displaying plugins by plugin type. Is there a way to get it to display by manufacturer? It's like that on my old machine and I would prefer it.

Thanks

Jono

30 minutes ago, DeeringAmps said:

Old school here:

OS: SSD

Samples: m.2 my system supports 1 and VSTi load so fast from the m.2 it would be a “waste” for anything else. Superior Drummer loads “yesterday”!

Projects: still using WD Black drives. Until the last word comes in that write/rewrite is not an issue on SSD that’s where I’m staying. 

Could you point me to the issue with write/rewrite on SSD that you're talking about? Don't know about it...

thx

10 minutes ago, Zaquria said:

Personally, I prefer keeping them separate, especially on mechanical drives, just to keep head movement to a minimum.

I totally agree, but these new M.2 drives are SSD, crazy speed... up to 32 GB per second transfer rate!! Libraries are loading in an instant. I guess I'll try it and see how it performs.

Cheers

J

15 minutes ago, Zaquria said:

That is more or less the way I have my system set-up.

I have my OS, Cakewalk Projects, and VST instrument and libraries all on different drives.

My OS is a SSD drive, Projects on a SSD and my Libs on a SATA Drive.

Thanks! I guess what I'm asking is, is it okay to have project audio on the same drive as soft-synth libraries? 

J

Anyone know about this? thanks

Jono

Hey there,

I'm building a new win 10 machine and wondered about the best way to divide up the drives for audio.

I have a 2TB m.2 drive for OS (C drive) all programs and plugins

I have a second 2TB m.2 drive for Audio projects and Soft-synth libraries

Then a 3rd 8TB SATA drive for file storage and back up.

(SD3 library on an external as it's huge...)

Does this make sense in terms of data streaming? I figure the m.2 drives are incredibly fast so put all the audio and soft synths on the second one.

Is there any reason I should be utilizing the SATA drive for any of that? 

Thanks!

Jono 

2 hours ago, David Baay said:

You can copy (everything or selectively) the following:

The Cakewalk AppData directory:  C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core (including an export of your current keybindings as a .kbn file)

The Cakewalk Content directory (mine is in a non-default location, not sure what the default is)

 

Great! Will check that out. Thanks!

Anyone?

Hi, setting up my new computer and wondering if there's a way to migrate my settings from the cakewalk on my old machine? 

Or is it best re set up fresh?

Thanks!

Jono

9 hours ago, David Baay said:

Just noticed your signature indicating you're on Win 8.1. This is such an unusual symptom, I suspect it's an O/S compatibility issue; there have been a few others with Win 7/8

I often ask if that is my issue with other issues in posts but adamantly told it's not. Starting not to believe that... Windows 10 coming soon anyways.

Thanks

J 

On 11/20/2019 at 12:18 PM, David Baay said:

If you're copy-pasting between multi-lane tracks, that's possible. Since pasting was made 'lane-aware' relatively recently, I believe Paste into Existing Clips is only applicable when copy-pasting from one single-lane MIDI track to another with lanes not showing. But the option won't be grayed out in that case; it just may not work as expected if the tracks aren't single-lane tracks. Theoretically it should be possible to make it work if multi-lane tracks have a one-to-one correspondence of tracks, but that's a wrinkle that probalby wasn't considered. 'Paste into Existing' predates the introduction of multi-layer/lane tracks.

Yeah, that doesn't work either. Tried everything. "Paste into existing clips" is always greyed out. even between single lane separate midi tracks. Not sure how you got that to work.

Anyhow.. too bad

6 hours ago, David Baay said:

If you're copy-pasting between multi-lane tracks, that's possible. Since pasting was made 'lane-aware' relatively recently, I believe Paste into Existing Clips is only applicable when copy-pasting from one single-lane MIDI track to another with lanes not showing. But the option won't be grayed out in that case; it just may not work as expected if the tracks aren't single-lane tracks. Theoretically it should be possible to make it work if multi-lane tracks have a one-to-one correspondence of tracks, but that's a wrinkle that probalby wasn't considered. 'Paste into Existing' predates the introduction of multi-layer/lane tracks.

Thanks, I'll give that a test!

Cheers

Jono

2 hours ago, David Baay said:

Are you sure you have MIDI in the paste buffer? The only time I see that is when the paste buffer has an audio clip in it.

Yeah. I copy special, then select a second midi channel, also clicking on the target clip then paste special to that destination. It just pastes the fully copied clip.

3 hours ago, David Baay said:

Paste into Existing Clips applies only to MIDI. 

Hmm. just tried with a midi clip, "Paste into existing Clips" is still greyed out.

3 hours ago, David Baay said:

Paste into Existing Clips applies only to MIDI. 

Ah, okay. Thanks!

J

1 hour ago, Craig Anderton said:

I don't think it's possible. Conceptually, the clip envelope is part of the clip, whereas an automation envelope is an overlay on the track. For example, what would CbB do if the clip you wanted to paste into was a different length? It would have to decide whether to paste so the envelope beginning, end, or center was aligned with the clip. With an automation envelope, you copy and paste into the track, the envelope is an overlay so it doesn't matter what the underlying events are.

Probably the best workaround is to use a conventional envelope for the clip, which you can then copy and paste to other clips.

Right, got it!

Although if were able to do that and were being pasted to a different length clip, it could just apply the same envelope to that length of clip and get stretched by percentage of how long the new clip is. Ultimately though, you would be applying it to a clip of the same length.

Why is "Paste into existing Clips" greyed out? Just wondering why it's there...

Thanks!

Jono

I tried that just now and it didn't work.

It will copy/paste a track envelope but not a clip envelope.

The "Events in Tracks" is tied to "Clip Automation" so if you try to uncheck "Events in Tracks" it will also uncheck "Clip Automation"

Also, in "Paste Special" the option to "Paste into existing Clips" is greyed out, no matter what boxes get checked or unchecked.

You should be able to select a region and go to "copy special" select only the clip automation and then "Paste Special/Paste into existing Clips"

Seems like a feature that's there but doesn't work. Or a bug perhaps. Unless I'm doing it wrong...

Anyone able to get this to work?

Thanks

Jono

Hi, I was wondering if there was any way inside Cakewalk to copy a CLIP envelope so you could apply it to a different clip?

The only way I can think of is to overwrite the wave file of the clip with the envelope, inside the audio folder. Replace it with a different wave file, keeping the envelope that was on that clip.

Any ideas of another way?

Cheers

Jono

5 hours ago, Noel Borthwick said:

Hangs and crashes are two different things. It looks like you are seeing a hang. If you capture a dump and send a link we can investigate and advise what is causing the hang potentially.

Thanks! How do I capture a dump? Not sure what that is exactly...

I've been getting more frequent crashing in Cakewalk since the last update. I usually blame a plugin or something for crashing but when it does, I'm usually able to "end task" in task manager and move on... these days I'll get a crash (white screen) and it will hang in task manager. I see a number of entries of "com surrogate" also in task manager when it occurs, which I'm not used to seeing. Anyhow, "end task" doesn't work very well now with CW for some reason.

I also find after the crash, that my USB devices get closed and re-discovered.

Anyone else having any strange issues since the latest update?

Thanks

Jono

The bottom line here is that PDC override works as it should on a live input track, but something is causing an unrelated midi track to also act as if it's also set to have a live input and it doesn't.

I'm becoming more confident this is a bug in CBL.

Believe me, I know the work-arounds, I'm just tired of using them. The PDC button itself says when you hover over it: "override automatic plugin delay compensation on live inputs" therefore if you only have one live input, it should be the only one affected by PDC override and it isn't.

(Edit) I should also mention that I do realize the PDC override button affects the entire instrument, so, if it were Kontakt for instance, and you had 16 channels going in Kontakt, they would all have the override even if you only had one midi track with a live input. (which also kinda sucks...)