msmcleod

It's likely instrument dependent. Fast export will attempt to export at as fast a speed as possible, but not all plugins support this.

Click on the Patch Browser button at the bottom right of the Inspector:

Other than the jerky UI 😁? I don't think so... an indicator was likely there on the status bar, which got removed when the Skylight interface was introduced in SONAR X1. I think this has been there since the Cakewalk for DOS days and forgotten about. A lot of PC keyboards don't even have a pause key, especially laptops. It does have its uses though as a quick resort to freeing up some CPU.

Also try setting the "Bounce Buffer Size(MS)" to "Playback Size". Some plugins can get upset when this is set to high values.

MIDI clips can be locked to absolute time as well as audio clips. To do this: 1. Select all the clips you want to stay at a specific time 2. Set their time base to "Absolute" : So in the above example, the MIDI clip starts at exactly 2 seconds in. When set to absolute Time Base, regardless of tempo changes, it will always start at 2 seconds in. You can also lock the Position and/or Event Data of the clip so that you can't accidentally alter it during edit operations:

You may have inadvertently put CbB into GUI Throttle mode, which reduces screen updates in favour of audio processing. The Pause key (usually next to PrtScr / Scroll Lock) toggles this state.

I have machines I leave on 24/7, but leave my audio interfaces off when not in use. As a general rule, I pretty much always switch my DAW PC off. You can still leave your machine on 24/7, as long as you remember to switch your 18i20 on just before you open CbB - I mean, you don't need CbB running all the time.

For Neve clone's I'd recommend Warm Audio if you're in the US, and maybe Golden Age if you're in Europe/UK. Other things to look at are a 2nd hand JoeMeek MQ3 or ThreeQ ( the TFPro P3 is basically an MQ3 in a red box). VC3Q is a slightly older model, but basically the same. You get a preamp, optical compressor & EQ in a half rack unit. The VC6Q is the stereo 1U version. Don't discount older mixing desks that have individual outs too... I absolutely love my Allen & Heath MixWizard / GL2400 and my Alice 828. You can pick up Allen & Heath's at around a 10th of the cost they were, as so many live hire companies are selling them due to them going bust cos of Covid.

Can you PM me a copy of a project you can't open? We'll look into it.

@linkbekka - if you want to export a selection of buses as a mix of only those buses, the easiest way to do it is to do an "Entire Mix" export, but solo only the buses you want to export, e.g.:

Could you post a screen shot of the message?

The last used export location is now stored with the project, so if it hasn't been saved before in that project, or it's changed it'll dirty the project. For older projects, this location will be blank which is why it's dirtying the project right after exporting.

FWIW I built another DAW PC last week from scratch, and found the following... After installing Dimension Pro from CCC, I found I had to open it in SONAR running it in admin mode before Dimension Pro picked up its licence properly (same for CA2A). After doing this once, it worked fine in CbB. Uninstall Rapture Pro, then install Dimension Pro, then re-install Rapture Pro. The reason for this is that the Rapture Pro installer does a one-time import of all your Dimension Pro sounds into Rapture.

@John Bradley - there's gotta be something else at play here. Below is me freezing SD3 with both tempo changes and without tempo changes - both on a single SD3 instance, and with 4 instances ( Bass Drum, Snare, HiHats, Cymbals). The freeze time for tempo changes / no tempo changes is identical:

With the option unchecked, it means folders won't be expanded if they're currently closed and you move a track or folder into them. An empty folder however, is actually open by default - so moving a track into an empty folder will show it in the open folder.

This sounds like a plugin that needs re-authorizing since moving to your new disk. Some plugins periodically go silent for a few seconds when they're not authorized... and they may use the disk's serial number as part of their authorization. First click the FX button on the transport module to disable all effects. If all your audio is sounding, then that's your problem. Then turn FX back on, and manually disable all of your effects, and introduce them one by one until you find the culprit.

The nicest interface I've seen for "singing" vsti's is Plogue Alter-Ego (the same guys that do Sforzando), and like Sforzando, it's free. You type the lyrics in, then it sings a syllable for each separate note you play. If you play legato, it sings the current syllable over the whole legato phrase. Occasionally you have to tweak the spelling to get the right word you want, but for the most part it works really well. The voices themselves sound nothing like a real person, but it's fine for mocking songs up, checking if melodies work, or passing on as a demo to a real singer etc.

The export code behind the scenes is basically the same between SONAR and CbB. The only changes that have been made in CbB are fixes to the way buses / aux tracks are handled when dealing with a selection.

This a somewhat cryptic message from Windows that Cakewalk is simply passing on - it means the MIDI device is in use by another program.

Ok, tested the following on my X5D - this should also work on the X5, X5DR and 05/RW: Combi Mode: F0 42 30 36 4E 00 00 F7 Program Mode: F0 42 30 36 4E 00 02 F7 Multi Mode: F0 42 30 36 4E 00 04 F7 As far as I can tell, changing the fourth byte (36) to 35 should work on the X2, X3 and X3R, e.g: Combi Mode: F0 42 30 35 4E 00 00 F7 Program Mode: F0 42 30 35 4E 00 02 F7 ( no Multi mode on the X2/X3/X3R ... not that you really need it... IMO combi mode is far easier to work with on all X series devices )

Without seeing what is going on, there's not much I can do to help. I use https://www.screentogif.com/ to capture short screen captures - it's free, and pretty easy to use. For re-ordering folders (especially if they're collapsed), there should be absolutely no difference to how it's been for years. In the latest EA version, the left/right behaviour is disabled for collapsed folders. If all you're doing is moving folders around, then it should be obvious where the folder is going: if you're seeing an indicator "box" around a folder, it's going to end up in that folder; if you're seeing a line between two folders, it'll get moved between them. One thing that can confuse things is the default naming of folders - if you've not given a folder a name, it names it based on it's ordering, so moving those folders around may look like they've not moved, but in actual fact it's just their name has changed to match their new position. I've coloured the folders in this example, so you can see what I mean: There's currently no limit to the depth of sub-folders, but sooner or later it'll get to the point where you'll have to expand your track pane to the point where you can't see anything useful in the clips pane, and ceases to be of any benefit.

@Will_Kaydo - you might want to try running some registry monitoring tool to see what is going on here. Cakewalk's keyboard bindings are stored under this key: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Core\Bindings Things you want to check: 1. Cakewalk is actually changing entries there - if it isn't, then some security software or setting is preventing Cakewalk from changing your registry. 2. No other process is changing anything there. [Edit] - Was just thinking about your previous issue with the "Synth Properties" setting not being checked... this is also stored in the registry. Neither Cakewalk or the installer would be changing this value (apart from via the synth properties dialog), so my hunch is that something else is messing with your registry. If you can rule out other processes/malware etc, then it could be an early sign of a SSD / HDD dying.

Setting the driver mode to either WASAPI Exclusive or WDM should allow you to select all devices. A couple of possible downsides: 1. Not all devices support WASAPI Exclusive 2. Depending on what devices you have, you may need to reduce the project bit depth to 16 bit - not all devices support 24 bit. 3. You may have to manually set each device to the same bit depth/sample rate within Windows itself, and make sure it matches Cakewalk's settings. WDM should work as a fall-back to WASAPI, but you'll probably not get good a low latency on that mode. In reality, I've found WDM to be fine for recording with FX off, but I usually have to switch back to WASAPI or ASIO afterwards to work with any reasonable latency. I'd normally recommend against USB mics in general, especially in Windows as: 1. You're stuck with the pre-amp & audio interface built into the mic, so you can't use a better pre-amp even if you wanted to, and if the USB drivers go out of date, you can't use it any more. An XLR mic will work with any pre-amp / audio interface you want, and you never need to worry about drivers (well, not for the mic at least). 2. ASIO on Windows generally only supports one device at a time, so you're stuck with using WASAPI or WDM as most USB mics don't have an audio output to stick your headphones into.

@King Burton - can you post a video of what you're seeing?

It's been in the backlog for a while now, however although it would seem sensible at first, personally I don't really see how useful it would be in practice. So say I'm using a particular EQ or compressor plugin, and I want to replace it with another. If I did just use a replace FX command, I've now lost all my original settings and I'm stuck with the default settings in the replacement effect. I'd at least want the settings of the replacement effect to be in the ballpark of the one I was replacing. Currently, whenever I want to replace an effect, what I do is: 1. Insert the new effect, then pin the UI 2. Open the old effect I want to replace - so I now see both of them on screen. 3. Compare the two and adjust the new effect's settings to more or less match the old one 4. Disable the old effect and listen to the new one, and tweak as necessary. If I don't like the new one, I just delete it and re-enable the old one (or choose a new effect and do the same compare/adjust again). Once I'm happy, I delete the old effect. I'm not saying we'll never do it ( that's not my call in any case)... just my my opinion on it....