Michael Forer

Thank you all for your advise here. I suspected these might be the problem, but wasn't sure if it was a windows/usb issue, or a cable issue. Looks like there will be a new interface in my future!

bvideo-Thank you! At the very least, I now know that I am not losing my mind. I don't see how this is even useable though. I only have 3 MIDI interfaces, and if I have to go through a process of elimination EVERY time I come back to a project, or start a new one, that is an untenable situation, and a horrible waste of time. Since Cakewalk is really my first DAW, can you tell me if this is a problem with other DAW software packages? It's a bit unclear to me still if this is a Windows, USB or Cakewalk problem. If it isn't a problem in other DAW packages, then I suppose it may be time for me to move to another software package, before I get too deep into this one. Again, Thank you!!

Hi all. I apologize if this is not the right place for this, this is my first post here. I am having some problems with Cakewalk 2022.11 build 021 and am hoping someone here can help. I have 3 USB-MIDI I/O cables connected to my Windows machine, via a USB hub, and they are connected to 3 different MIDI devices. 1-keyboard, 2 drum machines. They appear in Windows as "USB MIDI Interface" in Windows, but they seem to be conflicting in Cakewalk. I've edited their Friendly names in Edit/Preferences/Midi/Devices and through a process of elimination, identified which one is connected to which device. I've changed their names and their channels accordingly and got everybody to respond for the most part, both inputs and outputs. I saved my CWP file for the project, and even tried saving the settings with a template, but no matter how I try, I can't get Cakewalk to retain the Friendly Name information. This is maddening, as I don't want to have to repeat this process, for each project. Is this a known bug? I can't seem to find anything on it. Is there something I'm not doing correctly? (likely) Can anyone assist?