reginaldStjohn

Strange that it is only that instrument. Could your Sampltron2 have been de-authorized?  I had a similiar issue with a VSTi that was not authorized. 

Maybe the samples got moved and it can't find them?

Make sure Ripple Edit All is not enabled.

This thread gives several answers

Using the smart tool (star) you swipe across the take or portion of the take that you want.  You can also mute and solo whole take lanes  as you show in your picture.

Some people have recommended Windows Junctions.  Generally the program and support files need to be on the C drive with the rest of the Program Data but content can be installed or moved to other drives.

On your new computer you will need to make sure that you install all the needed VSTs and that you point cakewalk to scan the folders where the VSTs are installed.

https://help.cakewalk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034722693-Using-the-VST-Scanner#:~:text=Open Cakewalk by BandLab,OK to add the path

Have you tried over at the Izotope web site to ask for help? I have used Nectar 3 but not tried the unmasking feature.

I have not done most of those steps. However, there probably are tutorial for some of them. Have you checked the Tutorials subforum?

Also, There are sections in the documentation for all those steps. That's where I would start.

From the Manual, Also check pp 1442.

I never saw it free unless they had a promotion and gave it free with a "new" purchase during a certain time period.

I am not sure what the picture in your post is meant to show us?  In kontakt if you load 2 separate instruments they come up in the same UI but one under the other.  Is this what you see?  Can you send a picture of the Kontakt window with the two synths loaded?

Make sure the windows update didn't re-enable disabled audio devices and that it didn't install the Realtek ASIO driver.

Open the drum map and delete the notes you don't want/use. Save as your own drum map and make sure you assign the track to your drum map

Send in a crash dump to Cakewalk staff. Support@cakewalk.com

Sounds frustrating. I can't imagine that it would be a general Cakewalk problem. I have an X32 producer and it works fine with the latest Cakewalk.  Can you get any other audio app to play through the X32?  Do you have the latest firmware for the X32 installed (V4.09)?

Can you see the X32 in the device manager of Windows?  Can you see the X32 in the drivers in Cakewalk?  from your description it is unclear if you see the X32 in Cakewalk but can't get the selection to stick or if you can't see it at all.

I would try un-installing the X-USB driver.  Then unplug the X32 from the USB. Install the driver again. plug the X32 into the USB. Make sure your not using a USB hub or a USB3 port. Try a different USB port if that doesn't work.

Good luck. 

My guess would be you have input echo follows selection of track so when you select one it is echoing something being played through it.

Are you running an old version of Sonar? That temp view has been changed in Cakewalk by Bandlab. It now has nodes and looks like an envelope. Much easier to change where things are.

I don't know of any way to move the tempos by a ratio.

21 hours ago, radofdublin said:

Trying to switch to different saved amp configurations in a live setting.

I like your suggestion but how do you turn one or the other off?

automated mute?

 Thanks 

I don't use Cakewalk live so you may have to experiment.

You could automate the volume of each track or the mute. You would also have to make sure that input echo is enabled for both tracks.

Depending on your goal with switching presets: the way I do this is jut create another track, with Biasfx2 inserted, and have it loaded with the other preset. May help to know what your trying to acomplish.

Did you send the crash dump to Cakewalk? Support@cakewalk.com

You could also copy the track to a new track and then try your automation curve in the new track. Another idea is to assign the current curve/envelope to some other parameter that you don't really care about. Write your new volume automation. If you don't like it, delete it and re-assign the original envelope from the parameter you saved it to.

I have used both Cakewalk, for many many years, and Studio One once Cakewalk by Gibson went under. I think that Cakewalk/Sonar if very full featured and has an easy work flow to me. However, the two areas I think Studio One has over it for me are Take(s) Lanes and the Audio Engine.

I use take lanes all the time when tracking but always get in a state where they are all messed up. Overlapping areas, gaps that I can't get rid of etc.  Studio One's takes are not as sophisticated but I have not had issues with them.

Other areas I think Cakewalk could do better at:

- Plugins not taking down the whole app

- Showing the percent of processing that each Plugin is taking (Studio One's Process monitor like feature)

- Chord Track

You might have to go to your old cakewalk account and download the effects and or Sonar packages from you account. Depends on what plugins the FX chain is using. If you can't get into your old account then contact Support@cakewalk.com

It is either something recorded on one of your tracks, or a build up of noise from all of them, or something that is in your playback system.  

This could be hum from a ground loop, noisy audio interface, noise from a guitar amp or amp sim.  You would have to experiment to see where it is coming from.

You could use a noise gate on the tracks to cut off the hum when the tracks are not playing. You could cut up the clips to delete the areas where no audio is playing.  You could try to use a noise reduction plugin like Izotope RX to reduce the noise, find the frequency(s) and try to notch filter them out etc. 

If you want to mix in the wah, like the mix you mentioned with the Reverb, then you would need to put the wah VST on an aux track or a bus. Then send the desired amout of signal to the wah, or adjust the wah bus volume to the desired level.