Stefan de Vries

On 8/14/2019 at 11:35 AM, Noel Borthwick said:

What if we never modified the project while playing from within a playlist? Would this solve the issue for you?

Virtual Jukebox would be awesome. It was great for my live shows that I could tweak each track and use midi controllers to start song, or just use the delay option to begin next song. Please bring it back.

On 8/13/2019 at 7:02 AM, Lombardi said:

Hey Roger,

 

Thanks so much for raising this topic again.  I completely agree with your assessment of the Playlist feature.  I too have been a faithful Cakewalk customer since DOS days, and I've got you beat by two years (69) as someone still using Cakewalk exclusively for my studio and live performances.  I actually bailed on the playlist even before Sonar 1 because of it's quirkiness and lack of attention.   Sadly enough, I have been using "Virtual Jukebox" from Cakewalk 9 as my goto for live playback of Cakewalk files.  It's not pretty, and certainly limited, and until recently it required me to keep an old computer with WinXp running so I could use it on the gig.  I managed to install Cakewalk 9 on a 64bit Win 10 machine using the compatabilty mode and the Virtual Jukebox function works! That barebones program uses very little real estate on the screen and allows you to jump around fairly easily.   Unfortunately, every song for live use that I have recorded since Sonar thru Cakewalk by Bandlab, has had to be mixed down, exported as  .wav files, inserted into Cakewalk 9, saved as a .wrk  file before I can use it in the Virtual Jukebox app.  PITA!!!  I absolutely agree that the Playlist could be such a great feature to an already great program.   With the ability to play audio and midi data simultaneously, and add vst and vsti configurations and routing with each song, it could easily compete with Logic's Main Stage on the Mac, or Cantibile, or Abelton Live for that matter.   It seems Cakewalk has no interest in people who want to use their product on stage, and not just in the studio.  What a shame, seems like a market that would have some value.  I have asked for this many times in the past and would be thrilled if they even made an attempt to clean up what they already have, let alone make it better.   Come on Noel, cut us seniors some slack here!!!

Thanks

Bill Lombardi

 

I too loved the Virtual Jukebox for live performances.  Is this going to implemented in the future I wonder?