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  1. Todd Groemling
    Cakewalk does not give a user the option to Duplicate the source track with the destination being a track in another open project. This means Calkewalk does not allow a user to paste the FX from the source track in project A to the track project B. This means a user has to manually add in all the FX in the destination track. Not cool and ineffecient. Need this feature to work at the speed of real time, not slow down time to kill creativity.
  2. Todd Groemling
    I am selecting the clips I want to copy, clicking Copy Special, then selecting Paste Special AND telling Cakewalk where I want the clips to start. Most of the time this works, but it doesn't work often enough to where I think there's a bug to fix.
  3. Todd Groemling
    The point here is that Cakewalk years ago was bragging about its Skylight display being so great, but...I don't want to have to make everything bigger just bc I just want a few things bigger. If I go to Windows settings and make everything bigger, then I creat a different issue where I don't get to see as many tracks that are open or do not get to see as many measures of data/notes, etc. Therefore, Cakewalk needs to allow the user to enlarge or shrink different 'menus' to meet the user's workflow preferences.
  4. Todd Groemling
    What I meant to say is the clips DO paste in the correct track, but not at the measure or time that I told Calkewalk.
  5. Todd Groemling
    Please explain how to get Calkewalk to paste multiple copied clips in one track into a new location within the same track...every time. I select clips from multiple take lanes in one track, click Copy, then Click Paste and tell Cakewalk where to start the Paste location, measure-wise. But Calkewalk rarely gets it right. It's like Calkewalk is a person who can't hold multiple things in his arms, only a few. Therefore, what too often happens is Calkewalk just drops them in a fairly random place that is not off by, say, a measure or a tick, but way off. I've even tried grouping the clips and still Cakewalk screws up the paste. Making this even worse is sometimes Calkewalk mutes all of the original clips, so those don't even play in their original location until they are unmuted.
  6. Todd Groemling
    I've used Cakewalk so long that my eyes aren't what they once were. This means that small, onscreen text really slows my workflow. It sure would be nice if Calkewalk allowed me to make the font size larger for one or more fields in this view.
  7. Todd Groemling
    For countless years, Cakewalk has had an issue that perplexes and frustrates me: When I want to convert a MID clip to a Step sequencer clip, I click on the clip 1x , right click to get a pop-up menu and...somtimes, but often enough to be too frequent, the Convert MIDI Clip(s) to Step Sequencer feature is sometimes grayed out OR does not even appear in the menu. Respectfully: 1) Why is this happening? 2) Can this be fixed?
  8. Todd Groemling
    For countless years, Cakewalk has had an issue that perplexes and frustrates me: When I want to move a step sequencer clip, I click on it 1x, click on the Process menu and...The Slide feature is often available,but not always. Instead, sometimes my only option is Nudge. Respectfully: 1) Why is this happening? 2) Why doesn't the app let ME decide whether I want to Slide vs. Nudge? 3) Can this be fixed?
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    1) I noticed for the 1st time that Clip Lock, which I never use, is directly above Clip Mute, which I do use a lot, But 2) I just intentionally tried locking a clip and, surprise surprise, I see a huge lock on the clip...But I've never seen a lock on any clip I've created or used. So 3) I'm thinking what's going on is truly a TLZ thing, but, 4) ironically, maybe I'll start locking clips so I don't accidentally move them. Meanwhile, 5) I've found that sometimes I have to copy the clip and paste it into another or brand new project, then bounce it to MIDI, then convert it to a step sequencer clip, then copy and paste it back into the original project file. 6) Other times I've closed out of the file, shut my computer down, then re-opened the project and voila, Slide becomes an option for me. SMH.
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    The following has happened to me on and off over the years, but too often: Sometimes Cakewalk will not let me choose Slide to move a MIDI clip or a group of MIDI clips. Slide is grayed out. The only option available is Nudge. Is there a fix? Meanwhile, I'm using the latest version: 28.02.0.0.39
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    I have the latest update from November, but even that didn't help an issue that came out of nowhere: When I click the keyboard icon in a track, I no longer have an option to choose which patch I want to use. Did I accidentally disable something? Has anyone else had this happen and know how to resolve it?
  12. Todd Groemling
    When I select Markers and Melodyne to display in a new project file, they appear. But they will not display in an existing file. I wonder if I have accidentally hit a setting to prevent them from displaying in the existing file. Any help is appreciated. BTW: I have the latest version of Cakewalk by Bandlab.
  13. Todd Groemling
    Thank you for advising. The cable was the issue.
  14. Todd Groemling
    I'm suddenly having issues with my sound card appearing, then disappearing. I'm wondering if a Windows Update is the reason why. Meanwhile, I've had the sound card at least a year. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the driver, I've also tried many different USB ports and no success. Anybody else having issues with the AudioBox?
  15. Todd Groemling
    Hmm... I appreciate the input. I will have to think more about what has been suggested and see if I can try that approach for now. Unfortunately, presuming what has been suggested works, it's too many steps. The whole point of my request is for Cakewalk programmers to make the workflow simpler by allowing the composer/arranger to get something done in less steps.
  16. Todd Groemling
    Often I want to see if a part is enhanced by adding a note an octave lower or higher than an existing one AND having the the same start time. Depending on the note's location and length, this involves many steps. But what if Cakewalk let a user right click on a note and choose a Duplicate Note and choose how it's transposed? What if that function allowed a user to choose a default setting. e.g., Octave Up? What if Cakewalk offered multiple default options? Octave Up, Octave Down, Make a major chord with this note as the root, Transpose 1/3, Transpose Down a 1/3, etc.
  17. Todd Groemling
    Please give users an an option to hover over an existing note to show its pitch, start time and duration. That way, if a user wants to determine whether to modify it or duplicate its duration or start time, the user knows what is needed for a new or additional note.
  18. Todd Groemling
    So Cakewalk has the Staff View, the Piano Roll View and Step Sequencer View...beacause a user wants to work on just that aspect of a composition. Yay. Now how about allowing a user to solo just what's in that tab...via right clicking on the tab and selecting....Solo this Tab!
  19. Todd Groemling
    How would this show onscreen? A track currently named by Cakewalk as Staff - Choir would default instead to 43 - Staff - Choir. A small change can make a big difference. Why is this helpful? What if you are a user who is doing some editing in staff view or piano roll view for a track that has multiple take lanes, which means the master row of the track is not visible? - It means you don't know the track number you are in. Now what if you want to copy some notes from the staff view or piano roll row view and paste them back into the same staff view and you don't know the track number? - You have to interrupt your thought process to look for the track number. Not cool. Not efficient.
  20. Todd Groemling
    There are sharp and flat pitches which a composer often wants, but the Staff View does not allow a user to free hand draw these pitches. Why not? Instead, a user has to draw the natural (note), then right click on it to change the note to a sharp or flat. That's an extra step every time. Shouldn't Cakewalk allow the drawing of sharps and flats by simply dragging the cursor up or down? Am I missing a setting?
  21. Todd Groemling
    Don't we deserve a DAW that understands what is in an open project and to respond accordingly? One way to do that is to let a user split a clip in the 'master row' when it reflects only one clip at a point in the composition, even when there are multiple take lines. This means a user doesn't have to open take lanes and scroll down to see how many clips are active in that point of the composition. Furthermore, to assist the user, how about color-coding the master row clip to put any section in a different color to designate when there is more than one clip at any point in the composition? That way, a user will know when a clip split action in the master row is not possible.
  22. Todd Groemling
    @Terry Kelley Say I have a 50-track project and I have hit solo on 6 tracks. I want one button that shows me just those tracks one after the other. Therefore, the other 44 tracks are hidden. This allows me to see them together to work on them. Otherwise, those tracks might be scattered. I shouldn't have to re-order tracks manually to do this. Technology is supposed to increase workflow efficiency. Meanwhile, the composer never knows ahead of time which tracks he/she might want to review or re-work. With an automated solution like I suggest, the technology can meet a composer's need at the present moment vs. having to be tied to the current track order.
  23. Todd Groemling
    Cakewalk has been around for decades and I'm still not seeing an option in the Track Manager to just show tracks that have Solo on them. Also, allow a user to Sort tracks to show only those that have been Solo'd Please make these happen or show me what I'm missing.
  24. Todd Groemling
    I will try what you suggest, Mark, the next time this issue arises. Thank you.
  25. Todd Groemling
    I don't understand why the following happens... too frequently: I have the latest version of Cakewalk (27.01.0.098), which is from January 2021, but this issue has been occurring for years: I right click on a MIDI clip, but the option to convert it to a Step Sequencer clip is grayed out. I will bounce the clip, I will apply Trim to the clip, then see if I get the option to convert the clip. None of that helps. I then copy the MIDI clip into a new project and I am given the option to converted the clip to a step sequencer clip. This has happened in dozens of project files that I have, so it's hard me to believe all these project files are somehow or partially corrupted.
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