King Burton

Did the DREADED and SEVERELY DESPISED Cakewalk update and now Toontrack (EZD 2 & SD2) drums stopped working. Uninstalled Cakewalk and Toontrack, fresh re-install. Same issue. What I see is a routing issue. Cakewalk track route choices show 1L or 1R or 1L/R. etc. and so on for each. However, Drum prog channel route shows Channel 1, Channel 2, etc.

Clearly no one is talking together.

Dug thu preferences and all is correct. Scan/re-scan VST ~20 times.

This UPGRADE feature has costed me a week of no production. Anybody have an idea how to fix?

Win11   i9-1100K   64G   1T  Presonus 8-chan Firestudio

So, all my softsynths give a midi track that communicates to an audio track that then reports to whatever your choice of output is. Am I unique?

Did.  Explained what I had tried so far. They recommended doing it again. sigh. No uninstall option so had to brute force delete, scrub registry, then re-install. Still acting quirky. Shows all my vsts instruments. Midi track shows active but not sending to the audio track. So no sound.

I guess it's a special feature.

Found the answer. You have to start a project first. Then the grey options become available.

I have a Control Bar question.  Had to do a total re-install. Trying to set up Control Bar. I can make changes but the Save and Manage choices are greyed out. Is there a trick I should know about?

OK. So all this was a terrible plan. Created junction ok. Updated and everything crashed so bad I had to do a system restore. Could not uninstall. Hardway to delete and clean registry. Now I am ready to reinstall.

I am left with one junction:   mklink /j "C:\Program Files\Cakewalk" "F:\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Content"

Directory on C:\   has:        01/14/2022  03:04 PM    <JUNCTION>     Documents and Settings [C:\Users]

How do you delete this link?

(Win 11)

Just updated Cakewalk to latest version. Went to > Help > Refresh Registration and successful.

Five minutes I have to do it again. Am I overlooking something?

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After further review, clicking on the refresh tab gives activated notice, HOWEVER it doesn't actually activate. Did the offline process but no luck there either.

David - YOU ROCK!!!

I knew it had to be something simple.

Thank you so much.

King

Fascinated by this but want to clarify. Let's say Cakewalk installed to C/: I want to move everything to X/:  So:

1. Move everything to X:  2. Make a Directory Junction C to X. (Google search says OS kinda see this DJ as a shortcut.)  Will this process include all subfolders and files?

And I think you are saying any updates from now on look at the C; drive and relocates the update physically to the X: Drive.

Is it really that SIMPLE??

This is obviously a very powerful tool that many are not aware of. Be cool to have a detailed discription of the process detailing what it will do, what it won't do, and its limitations.

OK Scook last question. About to try this. Let's assume I have some custom files in say Cakewalk Core - Plugin Menu Layouts titled King's Plugins.

Does this process just update specific files inside the folder and leave the others untouched or will I lose King's Plugins. Can't afford to damage what I have.

Wonder if directory junction would fix metronome issue. Curious. Will have to try this.

And the metronome thing is interesting. Older versions never used a separate bus. You just turned it on or off on the tool bar. Or at least that's what I did.

Yeah. I certainly don't mess with registry. Not necessary. But like to keep as much music production off the OS drive as possible.  Usually VST locations, Core, and Content.

Teah I just found that and need to learn how to use. So, is this a onetime thing that becomes automatic, or something I need to do every time I update? and thank you for your responses.

Thank you Scook. I moved most of files to a different drive location from OS - that file being one of them. AND it looks like you can't point Cakewalk to that location in Preferences.

sigh.

Michael - you are correct. The disconnect people have is a misunderstanding of what your RIGHTS really are. You have the right to do ANYTHING you want - but understand that that extraordinary right only extends to the tip of your nose - and no further.

That right ends there because you then intrude on others, and that is NOT your right.

I have a completely separate drive for my music business away from my OS drive. Since Cakewalk does not give an option to change install locations, so it installs files everywhere except where I need them. Updates are a chore to locate the new files, relocate, and determine what is different.

Wouldn't it be a nice feature to install updates to where my files are located?

I no longer have metronome sound. Switches on the tool bar operate. In preferences, toggled between audio and midi and nothing. In the audio dropdown there are no choices - blank.

Thought: Is it now required to have a metronome bus?

Thanks

Hey guys - should be the simplest of all things. But midi is not my strong suite. Track will not display velocity no matter what I try. I can hover the mouse over the note and get the icon to adjust but does not display the perpendicular line to see what I am doing.

Also weird - notes have always been blue. Now they are green. Is that a clue, maybe?

Copied to a separate midi track and they are brown. Plays but no way to adjust velocity.

Don't know what I hit but suddenly cannot do ANYTHING to midi track.  Clue: there is a speaker icon displayed with the cursor. Any ideas what I hit? What is that function used for?

Thanks in advance

Building up a dedicated computer for a friend. Mostly done. Installed the drum progs & put maps in the Drum Maps Folder. I don't know the proper terminology, but now time to "assign" cakewalk to the drum prog mapping. Opened a project, went to drum midi track. I see the "drum map" button but drop down not available.

Is it possible that an interface connection is required before you can edit/assign?

Thanks in advance

King

11th gen i9 128gb mem 1T storage

Sory M.

Audio guy. Idiot with video.

User since Sonar4. Kinda thought anyone who uses CW would understand moving tracks/folders. Not sure how to better describe better. I simply cannot move a track or folder without it going into another folder. The Drag/Slide doesn't do anything. Only drag & drop up/down. Have to use "Remove from folder" to remove out of folder. Dragging just adds it to another folder.

My current solution - remove all tracks and delete all folders. Awkward using 7 softsynths, drums, and 9 vox tracks. 

I wonder how deep I can go with sub sub sub sub folders. If it is only one sub level, can I make one folder & put the entire project inside?

Whatever the algorythm used, it's too sensitive

Yeah, still having issues trying to move/ reorder folders. "Sliding/ dragging" doesn't do anything on my daw. Years using the "line" to tell where to drop location. Now it doesn't matter what the "line" - it only goes to the nearest folder.

I have six folders and cannot reorder them. Movement only adds to the nearest folder in the location I want to move to. I literally have no ability to relocate a folder or track.

Three months ago I thought this would be a cool feature. It only made the workflow more difficult.

Would love to be able to turn off feature.

YESS - Your correct sir!!!

Presonus is a little persnikity.

New firewire card. MUST load drivers without unit plugged in first or you get that special feature: IT DOSN'T WORK!!! 

sigh.

Thank you.