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OutrageProductions, thanks, I believe openGL is one of pre-requisites of Kontakt 7. Strange that this only happening in Cakewalk. I tried various High DPI options, reducing frequency from 120>60hz... nothing seems to help. Super annoying, like starring at those monitors from mid 90s. Also, I found it strange that screen capture looks fine... So I took a short clip with my phone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncbT7c-IWHY

Overall Kontakt 7 so far was not a happy ride for me. While I figured out most issues, this one I can't. Kontakt 7 flickering, becoming blurry, like Jello in Cakewalk. Only in Cakewalk. 1)Kontakt 7 doesn't have this UI issues in Reaper 2) I don't experience any such plugin UI distortions with other VST makers in Cakewalk. 3) A Standalone Kontakt doesn't have flickering issues. I've read that people experiencing this flicker with MacOS or if they have Nvidea GPU. ( talking about disabling g-sync, whatever that means) I am on Windows 11 and use Intel iRISx for graphics, not nvidea. P.S. Another clue is... When I tried to capture screen to show this blur/flickering, recording didn't reflect that, while I could witness it on my screen while recording. Was this mentioned before? Is there a cure for this annoyance? Thank you in advance!

If my memory serves me well, tiers were mentioned, just not the details.

Ohh yes, not only I, quite a few people requested that over the years. Request has strong support. S1 has this feature only at the highest tier of the program. So that is the point I was trying to make in initial post. I would gladly upgrade to highest tier of future Sonar if it will have that feature (and the price will leave me enough money for bread and water) In Cubase and S1 it works somewhat similar to EZkeys. It reinterprets / reharmonizes MIDI phrases based on chords you chose.

No, a chord track where you can type in (or select) chords and it will reharmonize track that have "follow" engaged. At least for MIDI. I am not interested in workarounds (existing feature). I already have a workaround that I use It has to be similar to S1 or Cubase way of dealing with this.

Compared to many other software titles, Cakewalk team was great with bug fixes. I have no desire to switch to anything else, as my workflow has not changed significantly in last 10 years. Cakewalk has 90%+ of what I need, with exception of a Chord Track Actually I was very surprised they put development of "arranger" track ahead of a Chord Track. In my view, it should have been the other way around.

John Vere, Thanks for the suggestion. I was early adopter of Chord Pulse when it came out. Developer is a great guy. I had a few conversations with him in the past. Unfortunately Chord pulse is limited as far as integration goes. I am a huge BIAB fan (same goes for Cakewalk) . PM me, I will guide you through a few ways / types of MIDI you can export from BIAB> Cakewalk. ----- Hoping for an integrated Cakewalk Chord track. Even barebone MIDI without Wheel or suggester. It was requested on quite a few occasions. Time is ripe.

It had been over 6 months since the announcement... From my understanding new Sonar will have several tiers. What will make me consider the "highest" tier: 1) Chord Track - that allows re-harmonizing similar to Studio One, Cubase and couple of others. That would be likely #1 reason, even if it will be for MIDI only from beginning. 2) Permanent activation option., to be absolutely sure nobody will pull a plug for one reason or another for foreseeable future. ------------------------------------ I was seriously considering Studio One PRO specifically because PRO included Chord Track option, but I hate the way they designed "comping" / takes feature for audio tracks which is highly important to me and works amazingly well in Cake. With more and more generative / phrase based plugins emerging, I see a chord track as a "must have" feature.

Thank you all for replying! I programmed Stream Deck for key switches and other functions, but it seems triggering what it not supposed to trigger. This is a big project (over 30 tracks), I don't want to screw it up as I have most of MIDI programmed the way I want. I will have to do a test project of just MIDI modules and see where I made a mistake. P.S. The idea of using Stream Deck is great, as you can customize in a very flexible position, function, color, etc., but unfortunately I didn't figure out yet how to reprogram global midi channel yet on it. I might need to duplicate whole panel and do individual templates, so each template has it's own MIDI out channel.

mettelus, Thank you! Yes, all VSTi's. That what I thought... To be more specific. I have couple of instances of Kontakt and Ujam. Selecting Ujam and triggering phrases, triggers Kontakt instance too, while it already have automation written. So likely I hit Echo on one of the Kontakt tracks that I don't want to touch by accident, right?

Hi folks. A question please. Scenario: (Cakewalk) I have several plugins that use same MIDI in channel for physical MIDI controller. Is it possible to shift the focus from one plugin to another, without rechanneling to other MIDI channels or setting all others to "none"? It's unorthodox "Midi controller" with individual keys programmed to specific channel(1), I can't simply set a global channel for it to use for specific track/plugin. I was wondering if there is a simple way to do this instead of inverting selection(s) manually for all existing plugins? Meaning, if I want to control one, all others are not "listening" to that MIDI IN channel? ---- If it's something that's not possible, another question please. If I freeze all synths in "Synth Rack" except for the one working on... When frozen, new input should not alter midi events if I use midi controller on a different plugin with same "midi in" channel as frozen, after I am done with active track and unfreeze it? Right? Thank you!

Concerning that leaked video... Surprised to find out that person claims he signed up and he got it right away, while I signed up same day of announcement and never got the invitation. Am I that unworthy? Ohh well. There are surely other venues I can spend my free time on. P.S. It better have full classic mercury skin

I had a powerful computer at the time of release of Nectar 3: i7 /12 core/32 ram blah blah. I really liked Nectar 2, so jumped on Nectar 3 vagon as soon as it was released. It was a nightmare... The amount of time I spent trying to tune PC and Cakewalk to make it work was ridiculous. All other heavy duty plugins worked fine. Time came to upgrade Hard Drive and original was swapped to Samsung 980 PRO. So I tried Nectar 4 thinking that faster hardware and new released N4 addressed issues. Same deal. Audio engine would stop every 3-5 seconds. I gave up. Finally upgraded my 5 y.o. computer. Still i7 (not i9) Specs are better, but it's not a gaming machine. I had Nektar 4 on hand, as it came in a bundle that I have. I tried it, and it worked without any hiccups. So, for laughs and giggles I added another instance, and computer pulled it off. My conclusion is that plugin fails on certain computer hardware or cpu architecture, speed is minimal factor.

Mark, BIAB is a creative tool. It is what it is. Some people that I know use it only to map out chord structure, some use it to teach kids music theory, some sketch out backing tracks to practice to, there is also a community of vision impaired folks who compose their tunes with BIAB, some do sketches for the bands, to re-record live. Hundreds of musicians from all over the world recorded Real and Midi tracks for BIAB program. Some are great, some are not. Just as everything in life. Could it be better? Sure! But I am happy it exists. Ok, back to topic. Chord track linked to existing arranger in Cakewalk->Sonar :)

Missing which point exactly? You are talking riddles. Anyways, I thought that my Bandlab is connected to this forum ID, I guess not. here you go: https://www.bandlab.com/bluebeat13 Tunes I make are ~1/2 BIAB. Before you go bashing my stuff.... I am immune to "quality control" remarks, my stuff is mainly for friends and family. But I 've met enough people who (unlike me) produce radio quality commercial stuff in good part using BIAB., and I would pick their music to roughly half of musical "content" pumped on local stations.

"in the world of production music, having a taste that resonates with an audience isn't just a preference" Well and here is your answer. Unlike you, I don't "work" for or try to "satisfy" particular strata of audience. I tinker with music because it brings me joy. Like hiking, reading, etc. BIAB has a lot of genre material that is close to my taste / that I can relate to. Likely not your "type of music". "I've never heard any of your music" Is that kind of statement: "My mic is bigger than yours"? If you are that curious, I post things on Bandlab from time to time for friends and family, you are welcome to to take a peak.

The: "I hear", is exactly what makes this an item of "taste". I am certain, many will politely or impolitely disagree with you

Mark, That is an opinion or taste choice. BIAB is much more than that Because it's not very intuitive some folks give up easily. But things do change for the better. Since you have your mind set, I find it strange trying to convince you to see something beyond your formed opinions. But... Speaking of EzKeys and Ezbass and going back to initial request. If Cakewalk had a chord track that would properly re-harmonize MIDI sections, loops, riffs + Arranger that would work in tandem and a media bay that would have certain features for easy browsing/auditioning I would never look at EZ stuff. P.S. BTW. I do have EZkeys2. Yes, it is a good tool to have in a toolbox. Funny thing, I have not bought a single pack from them, because I am finding better and cheaper content from 3rd parties.

msmcleod, Well said!

"This just says 1990s music trade show to me," Xoo, you missed the point I was trying to make, attacking the software you never used.

Johnny, If you didn't see difference between 2004 and 2015 versions, perhaps you were not using it right? That happens sometimes... Here is a vid of a guy making a backing track to practice to: BIAB is amazing for making these type of practice tracks & fast sketches. If you give it enough time, you can compose pretty advanced stuff, as you are not limited to the styles they are offering as examples or starting points. You can assemble your own "style" in a matter of minutes from thousands of Real Tracks. Most of people who compose with BIAB that I know usually use between 1-5 tracks from the software and record other instruments / vocals themselves.

User 905133, Sorry, never had a Roland arranger.

Mark, have different opinions on many things and that is perfectly fine. "some of the more modern styles are laughable once it goes outside it's lane" Perhaps it is not designed for Hip Hop / electronic music (yet). That is true. But traditional styles like Folk, Rock, Country, Jazz, Blues and Pop (in traditional meaning) are well represented and that is pretty much my boat. You don't have to use pre-made styles (I never do) You can assemble your own "band" and have a humble Irish harp player jam with hard rocker and add your favorite Kontakt synth to play along. BIAB is a very special software that has many purposes, besides playing demos "Cool but that's not what you originally said" The core of the request is a chord track+arranger. Combined, that will pretty much do what I am talking about. MIDI sequencing, reharmonizing performances / phrases regardless of the key they were initially written in. Styles are just set of MIDI files. It would be nice if Sonar could slice them properly, but that should be pretty easy to do manually. P.S. QY100 is a MIDI sequencer (with cheezy sound chip, yes) that reharmonizes MIDI phrases based on live or programmed chord progressions and other parts. That doesn't make it less than a MIDI sequencer.

Mark, back 13 years ago Band In A Box was a mainly smart MIDI sequencer. Since then, they adopted Real Tracks, performed by real studio musicians from all over the world on real instruments of all kind of genres from Rock to Bossa Nova. Not loopy loops, but entire performances. They recorded thousands of hours of these Real Tracks and Real Drums. Perhaps, you should re-discover BIAB. Pre-baked arranger... In my opinion modern styles are very usable. They are as good as they were programmed or recorded. I have heard amazing stuff done on Tyros / Genos. Obviously they were modified for particular tune. --------- Again, the core of my request is a Chord Track that would be linked to current arranger track , where you can drag in MIDI phrases (loops) or short MIDI performances and automatically re-harmonize them based on the chords typed in that Chord Track. A real world scenario is this: you assemble your midi phrases on a regular Sonar MIDI track(s), check tick "follow chord track" on individual MIDI track.

Mark, "Everything I've ever heard made with Bland In A Box sounds cheesy and terrible." I don't know what you "heard" and "where" you heard it, but I respectfully disagree. I don't follow your "something from a 90s home keyboard" comment. Midi segments are Midi segments. If they were played / programmed well, they will sound good 100 years from now. They are just instructions, just as with gazillion EZ keys MIDI "packs", that people can't stop buying, which are essentially melodic (or rhythmic) MIDI snips.