Christopher Altoft

13 hours ago, User 905133 said:

(1) This is an old thread. (2) It might be confusing because you are reading the results of problem solving over a span of 3 months at a single sitting. (3) Based on (a) your newness to Cakewalk (and possibly MIDI) and (b) the lack of details, it might be better to start a new thread.  Also, I know that there are other threads that address mapping and using MIDI data that might be better for you.  Also, I highly suspect there are video tutorials that might be better for you.

BUT, here goes. I am assuming you understand (1) your MIDI gear (a) hardware and/or (b) soft soft synths, (2) what midi data is and how it is used to communicate, and (3) what CCs are and how to use them, including mapping and routing in general, and that your only issue is how to route MIDI in Cakewalk and how to get CCs from one place to another in Cakewalk.

  As you presumably know, MIDI is data, not sound.  

Assuming you have an instrument track (which combines audio and midi and is often used for soft synths) and you have successfully recorded MIDI data which produces sound though a soft synth, to me this sounds like you want to record a layer of MIDI data using the mod wheel so that the soft synth responds to the  additional MIDI data as well as what was previously recorded.

Is this close?

Did you look at the event list to make sure the Wheel data was recorded and if so, was it recorded in the right place?

Old school personal preference (different people have different workflows): When I overdub CC data, I usually use a separate MIDI track, mostly because its easier for me to edit or delete if its not what I want.  To do the CC overdubbing, I point the midi track to the synth (hardware or software).

Since there are newer methods, I will drop out here and let others chime in with other methods.  I hope that some of what I guessed at about what you are doing (whether correct or incorrect) helps.

I'm still new to cakewalk and am trying to record with my midi keyboard through surge (I think surge may be the issue) I tried the mod wheel through TTS yesterday and it works. 

As for events list (which I have seen) there is no CC data on there and I don't know how to change it.

Now I'm also having problems updating cakewalk.  Says there's an update but when I click update it says 0/0 downloaded.  I like this program but its starting to test my patience.

This is all very confusing.  I can't hear any effect from my mod wheel at all.  Tried recording then going over the top with the mod wheel, recording with the mod wheel and pitch shift (pitch shift works fine).  I'm still new to cakewalk and need the mod wheel to work for a project.  after I record I can see the effect it should have been recorded but hear nothing.  Please help.