I am moving from Sonar X1 to the current version of Cakewalk by Bandlab. I am not clear about the Browser.
1. In the new Cakewalk, I chose to add a virtual instrument in the Browser and selected Vienna Instruments Pro. In the old version of Cakewalk Sonar, that instrument would then appear in the browser and I could click on it to select a patch (or freeze it or unfreeze it). After adding the VST, however, I do not see it in the Browser. I have tried this several times. What am I missing?
2. I saved a Sonar X1 file from my studio computer onto a thumb drive. I plugged the thumb drive into my laptop with Cakewalk (Bandlab) installed and loaded the file into Cakewalk. That went fine except I don't see any of the VSTs. The VSTs exist on both machines, so I don't understand why I don't see them in the Browser when I load the file. (In this case, the VSTs were all Vienna Symphonic, but I expect I will have the same problem with all the VSTs that live on both machines.)
I think I am missing something basic about how the Browser works in the new Cakewalk.
Thanks, --Konrad