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Do you have auto-save enabled? If so you might have an earlier version from which you can recover the lost midi.

Make sure that you don't have any workspace selected and if there is one, that it is not locked. Screensets will also store the visible state of tracks and folders. https://legacy.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Lenses.1.html

Once you use the generic surface you may have to map the controls to what you want to control. Personally, for generic control I have found that @azslow3 controller software the most customizable. Sorry, I can't walk you through it because I have never got consistent results controlling VSTi's and the like with my Nektar controller. I use it mostly for the faders, pan, and recording midi. https://legacy.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=ExternalDevices.15.html

You may have to start in safe mode and either replace sound center or re-set it up. https://help.cakewalk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035040954-Cannot-Open-a-Project

Could be a midi controller, such as volume, expression etc, that gets reset at the start of the song.

For me when this notification shows up there is another toast with a link to Log In,

Or markers. I use the Arranger sections as chord names. A chord track has been requested.

I don't think you want to create an instrument track for Helix native. It is an effect not a source of audio. You would create an audio track, record some audio, like a guitar, then add helix as an effect in the effect bin, You could then control Helix native with midi to switch snapshots, pedals etc.

This might give you some ideas. It doesn't show Cakewalk specifically but the principles should be the same. https://support.soundtoys.com/article/90-midi-control

There is a members song forum for this sort of thing., https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/forum/30-songs/

What is your plugin layout set to? Maybe you don't have the one selected that you are showing in the plugin manager

I have submitted several test projects that exhibit the issue. It was a long time ago, old Sonar Platinum, that they said they could reproduce it but I never saw a fix. There is some magic recipe that I could not consistently preproduce except during normal comping. It most likely shows up if you have sections that do not fully overlap. Meaning, record a few takes between, say, bars 4-8. Then set a loop between bars 7 and 10 a do a few takes. I think it is this clips only partially overlapping that is part of the recipe.

I don't use komplete control, rather I use Kontakt, however the principles are the same. You either need a separate instance of an instrument for each track or you have to load separate instruments into one instance and set them to listen to separate midi channels.

This is a problem I have seen Cakewalk have for years. To get around it i comp, bounce then edit the bounced clip.

You can demo it and decide for yourself. With the code it is only about $3.

Maybe I am just getting old but I don't think flat looks modern. I think it looks more retro and simplistic. In the end I don't care that much but even the apps at my work are going more flat and minimalistic. I think it is more of a style, preference, then looking more modern or "better". As a side note looking at Hillmy screen shots I would have to agree that the CBL images look "cleaner" and more defined then the Sonar ones.

Often times a plugin doesn't handle what is know as a dirty flag correctly. Always telling the host that something has changed. If this is the case then the only solution is to change your auto save parameters to be bigger or not rely on number of changes and only use the time.

You have to add a sustain controller, like a piano has a sustain pedal. You can do this manually in a controler lane in the PVR or, if your midi controller supports it, plug in an actual sustain pedal and use it to record with. https://taylor.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=4&help=EditingMIDI.22.html

The Track View of the reference guide will give you some context of what a clip, track, etc. are to know how to select them.

Have you tried changing your audio devices buffer size? I have had some plugins that, while not overloading the processor, need to have the buffer size changed to work correctly.

There is a setting to reset controllers on stop. Reset on Volume may be 128. Try unchecking that option. Or, add a controller lane and manually set the volume level in the lane to where you want it.

Another option is you can link clips and then what you do to one will happen to the others as well. I haven't tried the folder thing.

Got it.

I use REW, a behringer measurement mic and then my digital mixer to flatten the image. Just a note for all of these room compensation things, They really only optimize the sound in a very small area where your head should be. If you move around the room it can actually make things worse. I have calibration EQs for several positions in the room if I want to be in a different place.

You must be using a global audio folder. If you use per-project audio then you would have folders for each project with just that projects audio in it. It makes it easier to clean up unused audio files and move the project around.