William W. Saunders, Jr.

Thanks, Jim. I assumed a bit of time would be needed within the ZOOM to convert the sound waves to digits. Glad to hear it's negligible, and that the lightpipe will get those digits to the Quantum at 186,000 mps. Aloha, Bill

Makes sense. Thanks.

Here is a dropbox link to several help resources, including the very long manual and the *.chm help file. Not really sure how old this stuff is. I hope this is kosher and not violating any copyrights in a way that Bandlab objects to. If so I will delete them. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vao8c2k6xhi8zl9/AAA9Vn63GPBNZqv5aAlMv7Qfa?dl=0

You can also make your own. Just replicate the size of the *.bmp files (96 x 96 pixels) using images from the web or your own images and graphic creations. I have even used little iPhone pics of the logos on my hardware synths, a guitar or two and some other gear (edited down in Paint or Picasa) to use as a bus or track icon. The icons can actually be a bit bigger than 96 x 96, but they have to be square to show the whole thing. Fun and easy to see at a glance what's on the track or bus. Here are a few. PM-100.bmp Yamaha TX81Z.bmp KORG M1.bmp PODPro.bmp D-110.bmp ESQ-1.bmp SD-1.bmp

Hi Cakestalkers, I'm setting up a new Presonus Quantum with an existing ZOOM UAC-8 interface -- connecting via ADAT optical connector (yielding extra inputs for my old hardware synths). Has anyone tested or does anyone know what sort of EXTRA latency I can expect between the arrival of an analog audio signal at the ZOOM's input and the ultimate output from the Quantum into Cakewalk for recording/monitoring? I know the Quantum has near-zilch round-trip latency so I am primarily concerned with any extra latency imparted by the ZOOM during: 1. Input signal to and through ZOOM's AD conversion, to 2. ZOOM's ADAT output, to 3. Quantum''s ADAT input, to 4. Quantum's Thunderbolt output, to 5. Cakewalk's recording channel I guess I'm really just asking if, in steps 1 and 2, the signal will incur ZOOM's usual latency (call it x) PLUS any latency added in steps 3 through 5 by the Quantum (call it z)? Or will it be faster than (x + z) since the ZOOM doesn't really have to deal with any drivers or computer-related processing -- only its own? Thanks, Bill

I think its really worth a fresh blank un-bloated install when you switch over to a new OS or computer (even though I have had success just swaooing my OS hard drive out into a new system). But cleaner is better in my experience. It doesn't really take all that long as long as you are organized and be sure you have everything you need before you embark. It is especially quick if you are reinstalling on an SSD like Cactus suggests. Just be sure you save all you existing preset files, themes, keyboard bindings, etc. I always try to put all mine in the "Cakewalk Content" folder on my D:\ drive but there are a bunch that still get defaulted to C:\Users\(Your Name)\AppData\Local and C:\Users\(Your Name)\AppData\Roaming. Just copy the folders containing your third-party audio applications (like Waves, Magix, AD2, AAS, Native Instruments, etc.) onto a thumb drive and reload them into you new Cakewalk Content and User folders with the same names. You can do a selective install of the old Sonar versions you have, just selecting the plug-ins that aren't included in CWbB. That's my vote, anyway. Good luck.

weird.

Perhaps It Was You Recorded, mixed and mastered entirely in Cakewalk, except that the fretless bass was initially recorded on tape and then recorded into Cakewalk.

A little mystical exotica Indonesian Style. Recorded, mixed and mastered entirely in Cakewalk. Here's the video version. https://www.dropbox.com/s/oxlyd3s468n0ac3/Grajagan 1-10-19.wmv?dl=0

<<<It really comes down to the goal. If you like the challenge of trying to troubleshoot this kind of thing, have at it. It's interesting learning about a new system and trying to overcome issues.>>> You are right, Tim. There are many times, and over many hours, I have fought frustrating problems and tried to figure things out with Cakewalk, Sonar and my computers in general, just to try to master it all. That really is part of the fun of home recording with digital audio (for me at least, just a serious hobbyist). If I hadn't done that over the past many decades, I wouldn't know what I know and be able to do what I can do now. Trial and error is the greatest teacher and, seriously, I do respect and applaud Dr, Krupa's intense troubleshooting and devotion. And I've had a similar problem in the past. I just made the mistake of following this post so I am suffering along with him every time I look at my email and I want him to succeed.

Where's Your Wild Horse Gone? Recorded, mixed and mastered entirely in Cakewalk, except for some Fiverr musician tracks recorded remotely by them.

I am beginning to hear the inexorable chants of the Cakewalk masses across the globe, rising steadily and surely in the background, as if unable to bear any longer this long and tragic forum post, urging you to end your long-suffering and valiant but vain attempts to avoid the inevitable. I hear them calling, I hear them now, louder, louder, louder . . . "CLEAN INSTALL, CLEAN INSTALL, CLEAN INSTALL . . . !" on into the dark of this cold and moonless night.

One thing you don't appear to have tried or even addressed in any of your replies is the repeated advice from some of the CW heavyweights to do a clean install of Window 10. You don't need anything but a Windows 10 install disk and you can download the *.iso install file from the Microsoft website and burn a CD . Just use your Windows 7 product key to authorize or authorize by signing into your Microsoft account and linking your computer before you reinstall, per my earlier post on p. 1 of this topic. If you have already tried that, here are a few more salvos into the dark: Do you have any superfluous USB devices plugged in? What firewire card are you using or is it on your MOBO? TI chipset? They are quite cheap if you need to get one. This one works great for $24: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B002S53IG8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1 Same problems if you just use on-board audio or another interface and unplug the Firepod? Have you tried moving your PCI cards to different slots? Sometimes certain ones they share resources while others don't. Have you checked all your BIOS settings and disabled unused devices and resources like on-board video, sound and serial port? Are your RAM sticks in the correct slots, per your MONO manual? Have you tested your RAM? Good luck. Bill

Craig is still the ultimate over-achiever. And, as some of us have recently learned on this forum, he has been that way since the '60s. How long can this guy go on? Thanks, Craig.

I, too, have a problem if I forget to turn on all my devices before opening Cakewalk (or SONAR). If I forget and the program askes me the "Stop playback?" question, I ALWAYS answer no, save and exit Cakewalk before proceeding. Like you, Cakewalk hangs hard almost every time if I answer "yes" and try to proceed with the newly turned-on hardware without restarting Cakewalk. Like John said, turn it all on beforehand (or answer NO and get the hell out of Cakewalk before you proceed).

As far as being able to do a clean install of WIN 10 after getting the free upgrade from WIN 7, I found it is very helpful to sign into (or create) a Microsoft account and activate/authorize the computer to link it with the "digital license" that is associated with your MOBO. Then Microsoft stores your digital license for you and you can retrieve it again on the same computer when you do a clean install. I have about 6 WIN 10 computers that were upgraded from WIN 7, and some will allow a fresh install authorization using the old WIN 7 product key, but others have not been so easy. But what is easy is signing all your WIN 10 computers into the same Microsoft account and "activating" while signed in. To do this, (before you do your wipe/clean install) go to Settings>Update and Security>Activation: Add Microsoft Account. Create or sign into your existing account and the account automatically stores the digital license associated with ("linked to") each computer. When you've done your clean install, just go through the same procedure and your WIN 10 installation will be instantly authorized/activated. Easy to manage and never worry about losing a product key. Good luck. Bill

Thanks, Jesse, don't want to deprive anybody of their orange buzz, but an optional, higher contrast theme would be great and worth waiting for.

Sorry, I'm getting old and my eyes are slowly giving out. I have a very hard time seeing the orange text. I'm sure it's cool but it actually hurts my eyes to squint and try to read it. Would you please consider reverting the forum to all black text or possibly to a darker orange with more contrast. Thanks, Bill