Promidi

In the Synth Rack, there is an icon to the left of the name field.  Click that icon and you will see the Insert Synth options.

At the bottom left of this screen, click the selection “Ask this every time”.

See: (Item E)

http://legacy.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Browser.11.html#1203625

Try SHIFT+H

An Aux track needs its input echo enabled to receive audio.  A bus does not have such an input echo. A bus always receives any audio routed to it.

This comes into play if you have some AUX tracks that will suddenly stop working when you inadvertently click the global input echo toggle in the Mix Module to disable all input echoes.  The AUX tracks stop working because those input echo are also toggled. You have to remembebr to re-enable the input echos of any Aux Tracks.

This is why I use buses instead of Aux track when I want to route multiple tracks to a single track.

1 minute ago, ekamis said:

VSTNotepad?

Here is an example of a VST notepad.

https://www.meldaproduction.com/MNotepad

CTRL + i  

17 hours ago, sjoens said:

What about "None"?

Some people like using workspaces - myself included.

Open up the converted MIDI in the PRV and then transpose the required notes to match those that trigger the drum machine hit you are after.

7 hours ago, kitekrazy1 said:

BTW does CAL still work

Yes.  I still write them today...  

4 minutes ago, T Boog said:

Promidi, is this an assumption or do u know this for sure? 

This is a direct quote from Noel Borthwick on a Facebook group.

"Activation automatically renews at the end of the actual month"

1 hour ago, CMB said:

It's not free at all: it's a 30 days trial. Just look in "about..." : it shows the precise date your "evaluation" ends !

Then the activation renews for another 30 days.

No.

What resolution and scaling are you using?

There still has to be something on your PC doing this.  What graphic card did you end up getting?  Did you do a clean install of the graphic drivers?

With Surge XT there are two specific VST3 files.  One is the synth and the other is the Effects.

You need to use “Surge XT Effects” for the effects.

7 minutes ago, hydez3ro said:

With the recent announcement of Sonar's free tier, I am curious about any removed features before transitioning over to Sonar. What items will I not have access to after transitioning to the free Sonar tier? In other words, what does the old Cakewalk app have that the free version of Sonar doesn't have?

Please define "old Cakewalk app" exactly.  Exact Name and version as appears in its Help - About.

https://www.applied-acoustics.com/support/#installers-manuals

Fixed in this update

Fixed upper octaves tuning.
Fixed NKS preset tuning in Komplete Kontrol.
Reference Note tuning setting did not display the right value on startup.

Notes
This installer can simply be run over your current installation to perform the update.
This installer is a full installer so you can use it as a starting point if you need to reinstall from scratch in the future.

On 6/19/2025 at 5:43 PM, sjoens said:

Can you automate the Global PC Enable button in Sonar?

No.

55 minutes ago, ToneDeF said:

Argh!!!  🤦‍♂️  I have unused EZKeys generic product keys there (that I of course did not bother to copy down because I could always log in to Best Service to see them).

This is why I keep all emails after making purchases.  I have some emails going back to 1998.

12 hours ago, Roy Slough said:

Firstly, can someone describe for me the difference between a Midi Event and a Midi Note

A MIDI event can be any one of a multiple of Event types.  There are Note On events, Note Off events, Control events, Channel Aftertouch events, Polyphonic  Aftertouch events, Pitch Bend events, etc.

A Midi Note is a Note Event, comprising Note On Event containing the Note Key, Velocity and Duration. Cakewalk (and pretty much any DAW) send a Note off Event at the end of the Duration.  This is either my sending an actual Note off Event , or a Note on with a velocity of zero.

As to your other dilemma regarding order of events.

I have many situations where some notes, controllers, articulation maps that effect notes in a given measure have to be placed before that given measure.

So what I did is wrote a CAL script that moves NOW to the same distance from its nearest measure that the FROM marker is from ITS nearest measure.

This is how to use it.

· Move your selection markers to include the measure(s) that you want to copy.

· If there are any notes, controllers or articulation maps that effect notes in a given measure, move the From marker to the left to include those MIDI Events.

· Move NOW close to the measure that you want to copy the above Events to (can be before or after)

· Run the CAL script.

· NOW will shift the same distance from that measure that the From selection marker is from it's nearest measure.

· Perform your copy and paste.

· The destination Events will be properly aligned and will contain any notes, controllers or articulation maps that effect the copied notes.

CAL script attached.

Goto_from_offset.CAL

In the 30 years I have used various iterations of Cakewalk, I have never had this happen..... 

I have projects going back 24 years that still open in the modern iterations of Cakewalk.

Sounds like you might have have a hardware issue to cause that.

7 hours ago, jim137 said:

I can't seem to be able to login or even update password.

So it's not just me.

 

7 hours ago, sierakowskis said:

I purchased a suite of Plugins - and I'm having difficulty getting the Activation to work.   I could use the help of someone familiar with Activating  and once activating organizing them into groups so they are not so unmanageable.   If you have remote-access software and some knowledge about Plug-Ins - I would be willing to paypal you some bucks if you could assist me.

Which plugins?  Which brand?

When installing plugins, I do a custom install to make sure the VST2 DLL files (if present) are put into one of the locations as defined in Preferences - File - VST Settings > “VST Scan Paths”.  VST3 files will always be installed in the %CommonProgramFiles%\VST3 folder. 

After that I make sure they are properly activated - either via their respective stand-alone, or their respective licence manager , or fro inside Cakewalk/Sonar.

If they are via iLok, I usually deal with that using iLok’s licence manager before scanning them inside Cakewalk/Sonar.

Then in Cakewalk/Sonar Preferences - File - VST Settings, I do a scan.

Then I open Menu: Utilities > Cakewalk Plugin Manager to put the plugins into a custom layout.

Menu Edit > Select > Select Track Articulations with Clips

As per title.  (I have my eye on the D-50 plugin)

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9 hours ago, sjoens said:

I've had similar issues with CbB not connecting to outboard MIDI gear thru a MOTU midi interface. 

I use a Roland UM-1 MKII USB to MIDI adapter to control outboard gear with CbB.  No issues there - even if sysex being sent and responded to.