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Setting the record mode to "Sound on Sound",  enabling Auto Punch and then checking "Mute Previous Takes" pretty much gives me the layers functionality I used in Sonar 8.5.

1 minute ago, scook said:

The better polyphonic algorithm is in Editor and Studio.  May want to skip Assistant and save up for Editor. Check out the Melodyne feature matrix.

+1 for Editor - this is what I use. 

I've got a kids 1/2 size electric guitar I use on the move. The intonation is not great, but it's fine for getting ideas down and is highly portable. 

Melodyne does a fantastic job of sorting out the tuning.

There's no difference between any of the versions of Melodyne as far as the installer is concerned (in fact, the update I installed today was named "demo"). 

It's your license that dictates what functionality you can use.

I've just updated Melodyne today.

Apart from having to set my default detection algorithm again (the first time around), it's all working for me.

It's not the precision of the pointer, it's where it is when you right click.

You have to right click on the track view - i.e. in the area where the names, track numbers etc are listed - not on the clip area, and not over a mute, solo, record, FX etc.

It might be helpful to post a video clip of what you're seeing.  I use ScreenToGif, which creates a fairly small animated GIF of a selected screen area: https://www.screentogif.com/

1 hour ago, Tobias said:

so a) is a substitute for good ears ?  People should train their ears instead of not knowing what they hear. Its like writing a book without knowing the difference between a and z

b) sounds interesting

c) not sure what this means, another ear substitute? 

I tend to agree with Tobias here.

Whilst being able to change the chords of MIDI/Audio on the fly might be useful to some users, I doubt if I'd use it much myself (I've not in SO4 yet).  I guess it depends on how clever it is, but if for example I wanted to change from F maj to Dm7,  I'd normally just change the bass to a D and leave everything else as is. I wouldn't want it to start transposing guitar parts that would render it impossible to play live.

In saying that, I suppose it's useful for trying out new chord combinations.

Personally, I use Liquid Notes for this sort of thing if my imagination has really dried up, but this is limited to MIDI.

Now if it could do what Studio One 4 does as well as what Liquid Notes does.... then I'd be interested.

Jesse original post says:

On 12/21/2018 at 4:27 PM, Jesse Jost said:

In a couple week’s time relative to this post's timestamp, the old forum will become read-only, at which point members will no longer be able to post. However, it will remain in place as a vital information resource, which has proved valuable to the community over the years.

So that would imply 4:27 PM (EST) on Jan 4th.

The MT-32 was my main sound module for almost 10 years, although I did add a CM-32P to it and later replaced both with a CM-64 (which basically had both modules in the one box).

I wrote my own editor on the Amiga so I could create my own sounds, saving them to an Alesis DataDisk for recall live. The synthesis part was pretty powerful, even by today's standards.

The MT-32 / CM-32P was used almost exclusively on my old band's album in the early 90's, with only a small amount of Kawai K1 thrown in for good measure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd7nm0MFgB0&index=4&list=PLoqf7wrOkpisFWo-d4tv2Z5klXXWzPl2o

As a workaround, you could just use two browsers - e.g. Chrome for one ID, and Firefox for the other.

I do this quite often when testing my web apps.

The last install discs I have are for Sonar 8.

In fact, it won't let me install 8.5 unless I've installed Sonar 8 first from the discs.

Everything since 8.5 is a download for me.

Years ago, I had a CAL script that did this but it stopped working around Sonar 5, and unfortunately I've lost the script source.

What I tend to do now, is freeze the tracks, then copy the audio over to new tracks to mix.

In saying that, there are usually some workarounds you can do with CAL - but it can be a frustrating process....

One way of bouncing is to map a key to the bounce function, then use an external DLL to "press the key" for you. Here's an old thread that suggests a similar thing:

http://forum.cakewalk.com/Sending-keystrokes-through-CAL-m498623.aspx

One thing I'm not sure of however, is whether the DLL in question is 32 bit or 64 bit - I suspect it's 32 bit, which may be an issue with CbB.

If I get time over the holidays, I'll do some testing to see if I can get a DLL function to work in this way.

Thanks Phil - much appreciated. Merry Christmas!

If you right click on the envelope line, you can select the curve:

CAL still works:

http://members.ziggo.nl/t.valkenburgh/Cakewalk Application Language Programming Guide.pdf

There's also Alexey's AZ Lua MFX plugin:

http://www.azslow.com/index.php?topic=286.msg1370

Really excellent albums Pete.

If you right click on the envelope line, you can select the curve:

I've got a dual boot with W7 / W10, and FWIW I find W7 just as stable as W10 using CbB. 

In fact, in many ways it's quicker: plugin scans are 3-4 times quicker & GUI updates are more snappier. Audio performance is no different (as expected).

You can't download older versions of CbB, but you can make a copy of C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core, then run Cakewalk.exe from within that folder  e.g.:

I seriously doubt that previous versions of CbB will be any different though. CbB has been getting more stable as each new version comes out.

I couldn't afford a electronic kit back in the mid 90's, so I converted a Remo practice kit into an electronic kit using piezo transducers glued to soup tin lids, plugged into  a second hand Alesis DM5.

It's worked pretty well over the years, but a real electronic kit is next on my hardware wish list. I will miss having 5 cymbal pads though...

Have you checked if your control surface is still set up? If it's still there it may be using your GO:KEYS MIDI input/output as it's normal MIDI input/output is no longer there.

I've had this happen to me in the past - it took ages for me to work it out!

Me too - mainly classic & prog

+1

1 minute ago, rasure said:

Not so much FX chains, but a general search function on that side where you go to insert an fx, all you really have is "recently used" at the top😃

I've more or less stopped using insert fx nowadays, in favour of dragging the fx from the browser on the right, for exactly that reason.

The other reason is its a pain navigating through nested sub menus on a right-click menu: one slip of the mouse, and you've lost your selection and have to start again.

What you could do I guess, is add your fx into a "_favorite" category - note the underscore so it always appears at the top.  

4 minutes ago, rasure said:

Thanks, I was thinking more from the Pro Channel side or FX bin.  Seems rather clumsy at the moment.

You're right - the search completely ignores the FX Chains, even though they're listed on that tab.

ProChannels aren't as bad as there's not as many of them at the moment. Hopefully this will change though, at which point a search would be good.

5 minutes ago, rasure said:

As tittle suggests, please add the ability to search for VST plugins. Scrolling through hundreds of plugins is a real time consumer. 

You can do this already:

Awesome stuff Pete - right up my street 🙂