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Good advice Chuck. Mine is the original Mackie Control and it has never failed. It works with everything too. I paid $1200 for mine when it first came out. Actually I didn't. What happened is I paid that for a Logic Control and about a month later Apple happened. I mentioned to a fellow I knew at GC and he offered to replace it with a just out MC. I brought LC back and I got a new MC and haven't regretted it. I used to be the MC guru on the old forum until Fast Biker Boy came along. He helped a ton of people and made my time far easier. I thank him for his helping out. BTW no DAW uses all the abilities that an MC has.

If it uses the Mackie Control protocol there should be a button to access the buses. On my MC there is.

I am partial to the name Sonar but Cakewalk has history. Its not the name that matters but what it can do.

If you read my first post here you would have an idea how to use it. Its what you change within the project that it will make note of. Adding tracks is not the same thing. That would require new scenes.

I am a Sonar user and though its name has changed to Cakewalk it is my "fall back will do it there if I am serious" DAW. Yet I too looked around I went with Cubase 9.5 Pro. I have Mixbus, Samplitude and Studio One 4. I have been keeping up with it . For me I am most interested with MIDI and only Cakewalk and Cubase have the MIDI chops. Though Studio One is coming on strong. I did upgrade to Cubase 10 Pro. I like it but in many ways Cakewalk is better for so many things. Cubase has a lot of power but it also has bugs. Too many that are show stoppers. I must say I enjoyed reading this thread because I learned a lot. So many of you were candid and offer good reviews. Thank you for this thread and the quality of the posts.

I think we have pretty much have everything we wanted in the old forum now implemented here. I am talking about the forum software. It seems to be our dream forum. Also it is really nice to see so many members from the old forum making it over here. However, if I may, if you are using a different name and or avatar would you mine placing you old user name in you new signature. You don't have to this it is just a suggestion. It is so good to see so many positive posts. Its like we got a very nice Xmas present we all can share.

Yes me too. It may not be available yet. I'm rather surprised and please how quickly the Staff seems to follow through.

Thanks for the heads up.

I'm for this . Its very handy to see which thread one has posted in.

I don't know how it would have anything to do with this forum. If you had a large post count on the old forum and it were brought over here it says nothing about how helpful one has been here. In fact it could be mistaken for quality. If it were done it maybe appropriate to note where it came from.

Hi Dave. We seem to meet in the nicest places.

LOL Hi Chuck! Good to see you here.

I don't think you need to worry much about your hardware working with Windows 10. The only thing to really consider is does your hardware have windows 10 drivers. If it does you can upgrade for almost nothing if you are thoughtful about finding the best deal.

I guess I'm from a computer time when it was essential to wait until everything was done before moving on to doing something else. Example , I stop playback to make any change. Many users like to work on things as the project is playing. Many think its waisting time not to. I have found doing things in a rush can often end up costing a lot more time.

In Driver Settings select your tascam. This should let you select its own drivers. What I do is use my internal sound card for Windows media and general sounds. For my DAW I use my M16 DX .

Bob I too played the Sax. That is the instrument I learned on and still love. I think you will have a great time here and don't worry about asking questions. That is why we are here. Because we like and even love Cakewalk we can answer just about anything. Once you get started don't hesitate to call on us to give insights into the workings of this very remarkable DAW. Great that you have come here.

Turning on a computer. You don't you get a 12 year old to.

Good to see you Dom. I'ts been awhile.

Oh oh. that could be a problem. I get too many emails as it is. 😀

Good to see so many old friends.

Members 0 6 posts Report post Posted just now I got this from the Old Sonar manual. I think it does a good job in how to use mix scenes. The Mix Recall module contains the following controls:  Mix Recall menu. The Mix Recall menu lets you select, save, load rename and delete Mix Scenes. The name of the current Mix Scene is shown in the menu. The menu contains the following commands:  List of Mix Scenes. List of saved Mix Scenes. Select a Mix Scene to load its mix. If the project contains more than 10 Mix Scenes, the list is shown in a Recall Scene submenu.  Recall Previous Scene. Load the previous Mix Scene. This allows you to quickly compare two different mixes by toggling between the two most recent Mix Scenes. The name of the previous Mix Scene is shown in parenthesis.  Reset Mix. Reset all mix parameters to their default values and clear any automation envelopes. This command only applies to the settings that are selected in the Mix Recall Settings dialog box (see “To configure Mix Recall settings” on page 1185 and “Mix Recall Settings dialog” on page 2132).  Save Scene. Save the current mix to the selected Mix Scene. If no Mix Scene is selected, a new Mix Scene (and .cwm file) is created.  Save As New Scene. Save the current mix to a new Mix Scene.  Rename Scene. Rename the selected Mix Scene. Note: this command only creates a friendly name for the current project; it does not rename the actual .cwm file that is stored on your computer’s hard disk since the Mix Scene might also be used by other projects.  Delete Scene. Delete the selected Mix Scene. Note: this command only removes the project’s reference to the Mix Scene, it does not delete the underlying .cwm file from your computer’s hard disk since the Mix Scene might also be used by other projects.  Delete All Scenes. Delete all listed Mix Scenes for the project. Note: this command only removes the project’s reference to the Mix Scenes, it does not delete the underlying .cwm files from your computer’s hard disk since the Mix Scenes might also be used by other projects.  Mix Recall Settings. Open the Mix Recall Settings dialog box, which lets you specify the type of data that is applied when you load a Mix Scene or use the Recall Previous Scene and Reset Mix commands. You can choose to restore all the mix data (default) or just a subset of the data. You can also specify if the operation should apply to all tracks and buses, or only to selected tracks or buses. For details, see “To configure Mix Recall settings” on page 1185.  Save Scene . Save the current mix to the selected Mix Scene. If no Mix Scene is selected, a new Mix Scene (and .cwm file) is created.  Save As New Scene . Save the current mix to a new Mix Scene.  Recall Previous Scene . Load the previous Mix Scene. This allows you to quickly compare two different mixes. Right click the Recall Previous Scene button to open the Mix Recall Settings dialog box.

That should do it. 😀

I should think any question is appropriate here. Many of us have been with Sonar all the way back to Pro Audio. How quickly you get an answer will depend on how many from the old forum come here.

You can have as many Projects opened as memory allows. Mix scenes are a very powerful addition to Cakewalk. The way to use them is make one with how your project is setup say the default. Next make changes in the project. This can be for example a change in a plugin. Then create a new mix scene. You switch between them. I ran a an experiment with it some time ago when I was trying to figure out if running BFD 3 produced a different sound using its internal mixer and one stereo out or whether if sending each kit piece to its own out in Sonar now Cakewalk made any sonic difference. It did and mix scenes was able to note how I had configured BFD 3. It a very useful ability of Cakewalk.

That was a nice way to hi.