RobertWS

Ship happens.

All present and accounted for....SIR!

I'm confused.   Sometimes they DO show up in the Eventlist.

I doubt there is a workaround for this and it will probably never be fixed but....

I disassembled a MIDI file to see the controller messages:

MFile 1 2 960
MTrk
0 Meta SeqName "Test"
....
MTrk
0 Meta TrkName "Track 1"
0 PrCh ch=1 p=0
0 Par ch=1 c=10 v=4
0 Par ch=1 c=91 v=77   (This one)
64 On ch=1 n=60 v=127
608 On ch=1 n=60 v=0

...

You can see controller 91 (external effects, reverb in this case) is set to 77.

Here is how it looks in Cakewalk:

Note: The reverb dial is set to 77 but there is no controller in the event list.

Is there anything that can be done about this?

15 hours ago, Notes_Norton said:

If he was going fishing, he would use a bass boat.

18 hours ago, craigb said:

What do you expect when your measurements are a lie? 😆

Is that a slam on 2x4's?

Wow, somebody is board.

https://openoffice.apache.org/

7 hours ago, pwalpwal said:

Office 365

Fair enough.   Name a non-Microsoft app.

On 9/29/2023 at 4:49 AM, pwalpwal said:

beware that uninstalling WebView2 can impact other apps

Name one.

On 9/27/2023 at 6:39 AM, pwalpwal said:

that sounds weird? possibly a part of a required windows update? (i'm assuming you're talking the browser?)

I think it was called:  WebView2 Runtime

Which I think is a sneaky way Microsoft is trying to force their browser onto our machines by illegally taking advantage of their monopoly.   The .NET framework already includes browser tools.

In any event, put this in a batch file and run it as administrator:
 

Quote

 

@echo off

:: Creator: Dave Kirkwood
:: Created: 24/09/2020
:: Updated: 21/09/2022
::

:: First Stop Microsoft Edge Task
taskkill /F /IM msedge.exe  >nul 2>&1

CD %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Desktop
echo %CD%

REM ************ Main process *****************

echo *** Removing Microsoft Edge ***
call :killdir C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe
call :killdir "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge"
call :killdir "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate"
call :killdir "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore"
call :killdir "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView"
echo *** Modifying registry ***
call :editreg
echo *** Removing shortcuts ***
call :delshortcut "C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Microsoft Edge.lnk"
call :delshortcut "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Edge.lnk"
call :delshortcut "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\Microsoft Edge.lnk"
echo Finished!
pause
exit

REM ************ KillDir: Take ownership and remove a directory *****************

:killdir
echo|set /p=Removing dir %1
if exist %1 (
    takeown /a /r /d Y /f %1 > NUL
    icacls %1 /grant administrators:f /t > NUL
    rd /s /q %1 > NUL
    if exist %1 (
        echo ...Failed.
    ) else (
        echo ...Deleted.
    )
) else (
    echo ...does not exist.
)
exit /B 0

REM ************ Edit registry to add do not update Edge key *****************

:editreg
echo|set /p=Editting registry
echo Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > RemoveEdge.reg
echo. >> RemoveEdge.reg
echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate] >> RemoveEdge.reg
echo "DoNotUpdateToEdgeWithChromium"=dword:00000001 >> RemoveEdge.reg
echo. >> RemoveEdge.reg
echo [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{9459C573-B17A-45AE-9F64-1857B5D58CEE}] >> RemoveEdge.reg

regedit /s RemoveEdge.reg
del RemoveEdge.reg
echo ...done.
exit /B 0

:: Delete Microsoft Edge Folders
rmdir /s /q "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge"
rmdir /s /q "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore"
rmdir /s /q "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView"
rmdir /s /q "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp"

:: Delete Edge Icons, from all users
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b "C:\Users"') do (
del /S /Q "C:\Users\%%a\Desktop\edge.lnk" >nul 2>&1
del /S /Q "C:\Users\%%a\Desktop\Microsoft Edge.lnk" >nul 2>&1)

:: Delete additional files
if exist "C:\Windows\System32\MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe" (
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b "C:\Windows\System32\MicrosoftEdge*"') do (
takeown /f "C:\Windows\System32\%%a" > NUL 2>&1
icacls "C:\Windows\System32\%%a" /inheritance:e /grant "%UserName%:(OI)(CI)F" /T /C > NUL 2>&1
del /S /Q "C:\Windows\System32\%%a" > NUL 2>&1))

:delshortcut
echo|set /p=Removing shortcut %1
if exist %1 (
    del %1
    echo ...done.
) else (
    echo ...does not exist.
)
exit /B 0

 

Be gone demon spawn!

On 9/27/2023 at 1:48 PM, 57Gregy said:

From what I've read here, if you have no MIDI output device selected in Preferences, it will automatically insert TTS-1.
 

Yes.   But, if it is a plain MIDI file...it can never be saved as a track.   So, adding something, unasked, that can't be saved....is not an...um...er....optimum design decision.

So, I went into my archives and installed a much older version of Cakewalk.    It recognizes my soft-synth like every other MIDI program in Windows...unlike the newest Cakewalk.

TTS-1 still kept getting inserted as a track so I unregistered it which fixed that problem.  In an admin command shell:

regsvr32 /u C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared DXi\TTS-1\TTS-1.dll

Next, I'll spend hours trying get the Edge crapware off my system that Cakewalk decided to infest me with.  Thanks for nothing!

A pox on whomever did that.   And, since I'm part gypsy, that person is going to need Calamine lotion soon!

To be more precise,  that someone just wants to edit MIDI files.

Let's say, theoretically, someone was fed up with the recent changes to Cakewalk because it completely disabled their setup.

What would be the best replacement?

It looked like it tried to install Edge at the same time....sneaky bastards.

I caught it in time.   Don't need to crapware on my machine.

Mine was working fine.  Then I installed 2023.09 (Build 062, 64 bit) and I'm having the same problem.

And, when I open a plain MIDI file, Cakewalk, TTS-1 is inserted as a track.   WTF?

I'm glad I have the previous version in case I have to go back.

18 hours ago, Notes_Norton said:

Did you hear about the two people who stole a calendar?

They each got six months.

Week.

10 hours ago, Byron Dickens said:

If you can't get the difference between a song about it and political and religious discussions themselves then I don't know what to tell you.

You must be one of those people who thought IceT was actually encouraging people to go out and murder law enforcement officers.

A topic is a topic regardless of how it is broached.   If you don't understand that, then I don't know what to tell you.

12 hours ago, Byron Dickens said:

Lay off the poly-ticks and religion, please.

If someone writes a song about it they've effectively started the topic.

22 hours ago, streichelfisch said:

 i was (and still am) so sad and angry about whats happening to our earth and i guess i need this song to express it.

 

You don't need to be sad and angry.   Global warming, aka 'climate change' is a hoax.

You could try:  https://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/virtualmidisynth

The tense music when the shark is about to attack in Jaws.

I don't like, like it, but I appreciate the genius behind it!

"The soundtrack is particularly notable for the 2-note ostinato which represents the shark, a theme so simple that Spielberg had initially thought was a joke by the composer"

The only time I heard of a successful suit was when George Harrison got sued for "My Sweet Lord".    Even he agreed he must have heard it and accidentally stole it.

It's different when rap/hip-hop "artists" use samples from other songs.    They pay!

Resource Monitor  (resmon.exe) is also a good tool to find what is hogging the CPU and disks.

That's a bit much.