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I still say I was on the right track. 😉

Is timewarp 2600 a soft synth? If so, how did you add it (e.g., simple instrument, etc.)? Just a guess, but possibly you have both an instrument track and a midi track for the soft synth. If that's what it is, I do that intentionally. Look to see if the midi track directs the output to the instrument track.

Are you using the top row 3 [worked for me], or the number pad 3 [doesn't work for me]? Does it work from Views > Piano Roll View [Menu Bar]?

Since I have my custom theme saved in my custom lenses, it wasn't an issue for me. After seeing what others saw with the factory lenses (to understand comments better), I'd just switch to one of mine. To clarify: any time I tried it, the Basic lens did not lock me out of switching to other lenses or using my custom lenses. But I definitely see the logic in not forcing the theme in the Basic lens.

Oh. I thought it was an intentional strategy so that beginners could use the Basic lens and it would look the same for everyone, avoid confusion, and have a theme, look, and feel that was competitive with other DAWs. Thanks for the clarification.

Too bad for users looking for this feature that when Roland owned Cakewalk they didn't give us an integrated plug-in version of their intelligent arranger software. For me, chord tracks were tracks with chords I put in using the staff view directed to one of my Roland intelligent arranger boxes. Not as full-featured as what I hear people asking for here, but maybe if they had done the initial plug-in, it might have been updated with these new capabilities somewhere along the way. The intelligent arrangers had(have?) chord recognition. I suppose instead of using notes on a staff, I could have played sets of three or more notes (aka chords) and recorded them on a chord track. Of course, maybe I did do that and I don't remember.

Is there audio other than wind noise you want to keep and emphasize above the level of the wind noise? If so, is the wind noise consistent or does it fluctuate quite a bit? I am not an audio restoration expert, though I have played around with various basic noise reduction techniques for personal projects (tape noise, AC humm/buzz, etc.) . The closest thing that might be similar to what you are trying to do was elevating the audio spectrum of birds above background/environmental sounds. For that task, I used filtering--because most of the bird sounds were in a higher frequency range. I used a different type of filtering for reducing hum. I am sure there are other techniques, but it depends on what's on the audio track that you want to elevate about the wind. Hmmmm. One time I made a background track (for an improvisation) that had the sound of raking leaves and other natural environmental sounds (trucks going by, garage door closing, dogs barking, etc.). I vaguely recall inverting the audio, adding them together with some modifications (not 100% cancellation), and somehow layering a track with emphasized raking (and other sounds) on top of the original so as to emphasize those sounds. I seem to recall adding some selective doubling so ask to psychologically mask the background. Just some ideas that might or might not be relevant, depending on what audio you have and what you want to do.

I think you are asking if there is a version of the old-style Cakewalk Professional for Windows 3.0 / Cakewalk Express that supported (1) audio and (2) GPO4. Just trying to clarify here; I only had trial versions of Cakewalk Pro Audio that I might have run once or twice before getting Sonar 3. I am not sure if the Pro Audio series (1) had the linear/number entry spreadsheet-like interface or (2) would support GPO4. Maybe someone else knows? By the way, Sonar 3 -> Cakewalk by BandLab all have a midi event list which to me is more like the old style UI. Maybe that's what you are looking for? See below. If so, you can set up your Cakewalk to use primarily the Event List. SONAR 3 already had the GUI I think you don't like: I have some customized "easy-for-my-old-eyes-to-see" images for collapsed modules on the control bar, but if the Event List is what you want along with just the transport, you can do that in Cakewalk by BandLab. I haven't done it here, but you can even get rid of the modules on the Control Bar--not recommending that; just saying that as a user I have found SONAR X1 -> Cakewalk by BandLab very flexible; you can do a lot to customize "What You See And What You Don't See" (among other customizations).

If you are looking for this: "B" for Browser > Plugins Tab > Audio FX Button, or from FX Bin:

I am not sure about your issue, but I did discover that (as stated*) the updated Basic lens (factory lens) has been changed. So, if you try Basic (factory lens), it forces a theme. If you have not saved the theme in your custom lens, that is, if the lens doesn't reload your theme-of-choice, from my experience, it will start with the theme loaded by the new Basic lens. I am by no means an expert with lenses; though I have played around with them. Maybe your issues are based on what features and settings have been saved with your lenses. Also, I have found that different projects with different screenshots can be confusing when combines with custom lenses--esp. when multiple projects are open (e.g., multiple floating browsers, soft synths, etc.) UPDATE: This is no longer accurate because of new information about the Basic lens. (See post immediately below.) Steve * from 2019.09 Features & Enhancements: "Updated ‘Basic’ Lens that provides a cleaner and simplified layout. "

Old Method: Edit *.ins file (I used note pad); assign instrument definition to track. Names show up in Event List and PRV.

Thanks for this tip. I never use the PRV, I tend to enter drum parts from a usb keyboard and tweak either through the event list or the staff view, but with instrument names in the PRV, that sounds like a very handy use of the PRV. I haven't tested it, but I am assuming that like the event list, the PRV gets the drum names from the *.ins files. If that's not the case, where do they come from? UPDATE: I did a quick test (mouse drawn notes on staff) and sure enough the percussion names from the *.ins file I am used to in the Event List show up in the PRV.

For me, these (and similar feature/behavior requests) don't seem to be at odds with each other; they are not strictly default or set-once-and-work-for-all-projects preferences. It seems to me preferential choices are ideal to be included in lens management. Right now, some preferences in some functional categories are optionally either (a) saved with a personal customized lens or (b) not saved with a personal customized lens. So, if the preferences for which people are asking for choices to do it differently (different functions/behaviors) than either the current method and/or the default method were managed via lens management, I think one of the benefit of lenses as "This is the way I want my version of Cakewalk to work (implied: 90-100% of the time)" could be realized. With such an implementation, people who alternate between different sets of preferences for different types of projects might benefit as well. Just a thought.

I am not a visual artist (I failed art a few times in elementary school and junior high school) and I do not have the patience to design and create a theme, but I did tweak some collapsed Control Bar module visual elements to help save some wear and tear on my eyes. I think visual needs can be idiosyncratic, but if you think they will help, I would be happy to share the images I have created. This goes for theme developers, too, if they want to incorporate some of the ideas into their own themes.

The glass isn't 1/2 full; you now get 2 cases of 12 full bottles--too much to drink in one sitting! 😉 Seriously, though, please note that Keyboard Shortcuts are under Advanced Preferences ("P") both with and without a project loaded. Hope this helps.

As recommended by scook, videos using the Sonar X series (and later) might decrease the steepness of the learning curve. As recommended by JoseC, look in Preference ("P" = shortcut/reserved key binding). Let me add: the categories and subcategories of preferences vary--e.g., without a project open, basic, advanced. The images below are too small, but you should be able to get the idea--Sonar 8.5, Cakewalk basic with no project loaded, Cakewalk advanced with no project loaded, Cakewalk advanced with a project loaded. UPDATE: Below is the Options menu from Sonar 8.5. Other images showing Preferences from the current Cakewalk were deleted because they were too small to be useful. Please see the follow-up post which has more readable sample screenshots from Preferences as seen (1) without a project loaded (basic and advanced) and (2) with a project loaded (advanced). Hope this helps (regardless of which tutorial(s) you look at).

What happens in Studio One if you have a folder assigned to one bus and then you add a track to that folder that is assigned to a different bus and/or output?

There might be a quicker option: use Sonar 8.5. Yesterday when I saw the original post, I successfully opened Sonar 8.5 (on my Windows 10 PC). It seemed to have no problems playing a test file I created in June (2019) before I discovered Cakewalk by Bandlab. The test file consisted of two audio tracks and two midi/instrument tracks (TTS-1 and Rapture). In fact, if Sonar 8.5 still works on your computer, maybe you could have both options--with the workflow time saved doing projects in Sonar 8.5, use a portion of the time saved to explore features in the new Cakewalk at your leisure. If over time the new version doesn't click for you, you still have 8.5 (assuming it works on your PC as it seems to work on mine). Steve

Clear, excellent summary of some need-to-know differences! Should be included in a "Beginner's Guide to Exploring Lenses" perhaps under "Part 1: Choose the right tool for the task." Just one use of swapping lenses: I have my customized, easy-for-me-to-see Control Bar. However, sometimes I want to see/try what others are describing (techniques, problems, solutions, etc.). For me, its easiest to switch to the new Basic Lens which forces a standard theme. From there I can use one of the other factory lenses, which retains the forced theme from the Basic Len. Finally (when done), I can just load my preferred personal lens and my own project is pretty much back to where I started. Steve Update: The behavior of the Basic Lens forcing a standard theme has been changed. See Noel's post about this change.

Definitely one of a kind!!! If there is an afterlife, I'd expect Mr. Baker to be vibrantly active. Thanks for alerting us to his passing. I will be celebrating his life listening to his artistry

@msmcleod Asking here for Gopal's usage: Is it possible to add a list of the articulation names (like in an *.ins file, maybe) so the value for CC32 shows up as a name? (I was wondering about that before your reply, but didn't find any such option to do that in the Cakewalk Reference Guide.) Thanks.

From what I remember from playing with lenses, in 2019-07, the user created lenses were in the User folder and the factory lenses were in the Factory folder. I am not sure about pre-Bandlab folders as I didn't play with lenses before. I believe starting with 2019-09, the factory lenses are now copied into the User folder during installation. Maybe that's so (1) users can tweak the factory lens copies without messing up the official factory lenses in their own factory folder and so (2) the updated factory lenses are in both the factory lens folder and the user folder. Just tested this by loading the Advance Lens and re-saving it. YUP: what scook said (as I was pasting in the screen shot).

Interesting idea: daisy-chaining midi plug-ins. If there were "MIDI Chains" like "FX Chains" that might be fun to play around with to algorithmically (including randomly) manipulate midi data.

Have you tried this method: "When UACC is activated you can change articulation by setting CC32 to specific values that correlative with different articulations?"