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Hi, Promidi! Thanks for the reply!

Yes, I've just tried opening Online Help with another browser and it worked, thanks!

I tried to open it from Discuss Cakewalk forum and it worked, so I checked out my preferred browser to see online help, which is M Edge and I saw it had an old URL on the address bar.
It seems Cakewalk site URL with 'https' is buggy now and one should open it with 'http' protocol. It's funny because it has always worked!

Best regards,

Hi, it's a been a few weeks that I've noticed online help won't show images and the site is very show  too. This results in only text pages with a broken icon where the pictures should be.
* the site is very slow too

Is there someone else seeing this or is just me? Thanks!

Hi, grannis! I think that's right, if you preview WAV files on Media Browser with Preview at Host Tempo enabled it will sound the way you described. But if you insert it on project it will play on its own tempo.

On these cases you could adjust clip tempo on Clip Properties Inspector, under Groove Clip section. But as it is a bit complex IMO I’d suggest you to read the CW Reference Guide, depending on your experience with CbB.
But in short you could both adjust clip as a simple clip or as Groove Clip (clicking Ctrl + L will toggle between one and another).

However you could also preview Groove Clips files as well as ACID WAV and REX files on Media Browser, because they have internal marks which turn them better for loop purposes. Then when you drag them into the project they will sound as expected.
For better information see How Groove Clips work in Cakewalk :

https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Looping.07.html 

I hope this helps!

Best regards
 

Hi, I've tried a few times do what OP intends, and I used Word to do that, but it's a bit complex, as one should be familiar with paragraph spacing, etc. (I hope I'll try again next time!).

But recently I did chord notations on a song's lyrics with Photoshop Elements. One could print the lyrics to PDF, open it on Photoshop and write the chord names to taste (then he could copy and paste repeated chords to get a more standard result).

Hi, it seems it's a snap offset.

Cakewalk - SONAR Documentation - Snap offsets 

11 hours ago, abacab said:

I believe that if Cakewalk fully supported MusicXML, that would provide an advantage to more serious notation users. Being able to get the notation data in and out of Cakewalk with a better method other than using MIDI should be handy for them.  Cakewalk does support MusicXML export, so that's at least a start!

Yes, Cakewalk does support MusicXML export, but this could be improved too!
I've been exporting sheet music from CbB using MusicXML but it's still on version 2.0, so when I open it on Musescore it won't reproduce tied notes. A workaround is using Finale Notepad as an intermediate, because it exports files as MusicXML 3.0 .

Hi, I'd like to update OP and say I had contacted Maestro app support a few days and they answered my question yesterday.

They said they are working on to improve MIDI import and export and also gave me a tip on how to export music - one should set tempo to default value.
I've just made a quick test and it worked as expected!

Thanks for the attention!

Hi, 57Gregy !

Yes I've tried both but that doesn't work.
I thought the problem could be related to the method of sharing the file (via bluetooth), but I've just opened it on Android BandLab and it still doesn't import easily to the project (clip is a bit out of grid).

Also this app allow user to export music to MP3, maybe that could work on CbB, as one could adjust audio clip to grid and convert it do MIDI with ARA.
I've already exported one song to audio but first I'd like to try more with MIDI export. 

Hi, I've been using an Android app for transcribing songs to music staff, it's called Maestro and it's a cool free software!
But I’ve been having an issue when exporting music to MIDI files, because I can’t use them on any of my DAWs or sheet music editors without having to adjust them.

In time, I hope I could get help on this forum, I wonder which forum fits better.

As an example when I import Maestro MIDI file to CbB I’ll have to stretch MIDI clip like 96 % so it will match Cakewalk project (but I still have to repeat this procedure to get a good result).

It’s like an offset issue, as there are 1/32 rests to fit melody on DAW project.

* That also happens on Reaper, Musescore, Finale Notepad and Sibelius First.

Has anyone seen this kind of issue? 

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,

Hi, I’d like to say that I’ve found out the issue’s problem with chord library groups on CbB!
The problem seems to be with the local language, which is Brazilian Portuguese (I switched to English language and the feature behaved as expected)!

I've been in touch with a Cakewalk support worker which had asked me to do a screen recording about the issue. That helped me on doing more tests.
I hope it will be addressed to future updates!

Best regards,

Lol, at least that didn't happen! But that's weird, this Matrix Data Track also appears on Group list. I thought I did something wrong when I was trying to save new chords and libraries, and MDT could be there in result of that.

I also sent an e-mail to CbB support about this issue. If they find out anything I can post it here!

Hi, scook! Thanks for the reply!

I tried to copy MC6 library to CbB directory but that didn't help.

I also did some tests and tried to create another library, and it seems CbB uses CHORDS.CWC so save data. Actually I tried this a few years ago, and maybe that could be the cause of this issue!

Thanks anyway!
 

57Gregy, thanks for your response!

The procedure you described is working fine on my DAW, but it happens that Guitar library isn't the default option when Chord Properties dialog box opens.

When I try this feature on Music Creator 6 it works as expected, but on Sonar and CbB the default option for chord libraries is an empty space, so I have to click on Group and choose Guitar, which is the only one available.
If only CbB could remember my last choice it would be great, but that not happens! Every time I insert or edit a chord I have to choose Guitar on Group list. :  ( 

57Gregy, yes! It is the chord diagrams above the staff. That has been happening on Sonar since 2017 if I recall.

Hi, I've been having an issue when inserting chords on Staff View, which is I always have to click on Group options and select Guitar to access chords library. This happens because the default option is an empty space (actually, the Guitar library won't show until I click on Group drop down list).

I tried to reproduce the issue on Music Maker 6 and it worked fine, but on CbB, as well as Sonar Home Studio 2015 and Sonar Professional it's buggy as described above.
Not a big issue but a bit annoying when there are many chords on the song. :  (

Has anyone seen this before or maybe there is a workaround?
Thanks in advance!

Thanks, scook! I'll try these procedures and see which fits better. Also I'll try drum map editor too see where the sounds are missing!

Best regards

scook, also thanks for the drum map for the 808 kit bundled with Sitala!

I also would like to ask a question about drum maps, because I've been trying to work with it to program rhythmic sections on Piano Roll.
But also I've trying to add 3 more instances of SI Drum Kit to have 4 drum tracks (like cymbals, snare, toms and kick), so I could give each one different audio treatment.
But when I set each MIDI out to a drum map instrument sounds will stop (so I'll need to set MIDI out back to one of SI Drum instances).

I'd like to know if it is possible to work like this or maybe there are easier ways to do it?

Thanks!

Hi, scook ! Thanks for the response!
I tried to reinstall Sitala and it seems it was originally saved on Steinberg folder - I guess I installed the app but didn't pay attention to that!
Now it's working as VST. Thanks!

On 10/22/2020 at 5:55 PM, scook said:

Sitala and Poise are good free alternatives.

Hi, talking about Sitala I'd like to ask how could I use it with CbB? I've installed it a few months ago but it would just run as standalone app. Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance!

Hi @winkpain , I guess these are two articles I read at the time:

http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/Knowledge-Base/2007013042/The-Complete-Guide-to-Using-Rewire-Part-1

https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/wire

Best regards

Hi, I'd like to update OP because I found out selecting notes accurately with Set From = Now and Set Thru = Now will let notes to be moved or deleted in some cases they won't move at all (when lasso selecting them with Select Tool).

Also selecting accurately the beat marks on Time Ruler will do the trick.

Hi, I'd like to comment I recently added 4 GB RAM to my notebook and also disabled paging file. In general it is faster but also CbB startup is faster either.
I had this issue where CbB first start took more than 1 minute long, but now it's faster too!  :  )

Hi, I've bought Sonar Professional too, and I still have many sample content, like Loopmaster and Sample Magic. 

Maybe it would depend of when these samples came in, like June 2015?

Hi, on Staff View there is an issue that sometimes notes selected with Select Tool won't delete or move.
Sometimes dragging them up or down or bouncing down the clip will do the trick, but sometimes don't.
Has anyone seen this before?

Other thing I'd like to ask is why sometimes selecting region with Smart Tool on SV won't help if I try to delete notes, but if I do it with Select Tool it will work!

Thanks in advance!

Hi, I'd like to update my post as I read some articles by C Anderton about Cakewalk and ReWire technology and I saw I didn't insert Sibelius First correctly at the first time. 
I guess I tried to insert it as an Instrument Track and also didn't check Suspend audio engine when Cakewalk is not in focus . So I tried again observing the articles' recommendations, and everything is back to normality! 🙂