JonD

Focusrite interfaces are probably the #1 best-selling unit in he world -- certainly in North America.  It's extremely unlikely the problem is an incompatibility with CbB and Focusrite HW or drivers, unless there's something wrong with your particular unit.

You should be using ASIO and the latest drivers with your Focusrite - forget the other protocols.   My guess is the problem lies with your USB port.  Most modern PC boards come only with USB3 ports... Your 18i20 is a USB2 unit.  While USB3 ports are supposed to be backwards-compatible, this is often hit and miss.

Things to try:

- Use a USB2 port if available.  Try all of the USB2 ports if you are still having issues.  USB ports are grouped on different controllers, and so can exhibit different behaviors.

- Try a different USB cable.

- If you must use a USB3 port, again, try different ones -- for the reasons explained earlier. 

- If all of the above fails, Byron's suggestion to optimize your system is your next step (or do it first if you like).

Good luck, and let us know if you resolve your problems.

4 hours ago, Colin Nicholls said:

Are you mistaking "Next" for the new "Sonar" ? They are two different products. Next looks quite different from Sonar, which is much more of a gentle evolution from Cakewalk By Bandlab.

No, I'm aware of the differences. 

Admittedly I'm mostly going by early user reviews from YouTube (and the screenshots from them).  They did not look like the Sonar I'm used to.   One user even referred to the new look as flat or two dimensional compared to the current version.  The comments here make it sounds like there's hardly any differences, so I apologize if I'm coming off as someone completely misinformed, but all I'm hearing are opinions that frankly, are all over the place. 

I haven't downloaded the early access version, so I can only go by third-party reviews and screenshots -- and the ones I've seen do not look like the Sonar of the past decade.  To add to the confusion, the website dedicated to the new versions is not yet live, and still show screenshots of what looks like the current CbB. 

I'm going to check out the thread recommended by billp, and maybe that will answer some of my questions.

7 hours ago, billp said:

You might find this topic of interest:

 

This might be what I was looking for.  Thanks, Bill.

7 hours ago, mark skinner said:

Did you look on "this" page ??

Um, what page is that?

I've always loved the GUI of Sonar Xx and CbB, and I have to admit it's one of the main factors that's kept me loyal.

My understanding of Sonar's next incarnation (No pun intended) is that not only has the look been altered dramatically, but I haven't seen where we have the option to switch back to the GUI we have been accustomed to since basically Sonar X1. 

Can someone please verify yay or nay:  Is the "classic" GUI an option in the new version?  Or, if I've missed the forum thread that has already hashed this out, I'd appreciate a link...

5 hours ago, jesse g said:

I DON"T WANT TO HERE IT JON D!    LOL, LOL.  😁😁😁😁😁   

🤐    😛   👍

13 minutes ago, jesse g said:

OK All, read my initial post.

I have cancelled my order with Walmart and have now purchased at Rode NT1 Signature Series Condenser Microphone Kit  from Walmart  Just kidding.  I ordered the Rode NT1 signature series from Sweetwater

Did ya hear me, I said Sweetwater!   LOL  

That's good news, Jesse.  You can't go wrong with Sweetwater.  Let us know how you like the mic!

Just now, jesse g said:

Well, I guess we have to wait and see, but then I have 30 days to return it.  So if it's legit, I keep it and if it's not after I inspect it, I'll send it back to Walmart and lot loose a thing but some time.  😁

I'd check it out thoroughly and return it sooner than later (In the details, it implies that for electronics, it's 14 days, not 30).

Also, be aware you will have to return to "The Shure Store", not Walmart.

Best of luck to you.

Again, I hope you got a legit deal....

But here's the info about the "Shure Store":

Business Name: House of Savoy

(501) 551-5465

2745 W Logan Blvd

Suite G

Chicago, IL 60647, US

Nothing there suggests they're a proper rep of the Shure Company. (Oddly, the 501 area code is in Arkansas).

Also, I guess we're supposed to ignore the two customer reviews claiming they got fakes from that individual....

1 minute ago, jesse g said:

When I purchased it, it showed the the seller and shipper as being Sure. 

Hopefully it was spelled Shure, not Sure.  😉

And who knows?  Maybe Shure is selling refurbs through Walmart... but of course, one would hope that they are advertising them that way (as refurbished or Open Box items, and not "Brand New").

I would be VERY wary of any Shure or Sennheiser mics being sold at a "too good to be true" price.  A quick search at Amazon and Ebay shows DOZENS of popular mics being sold for a third to half of their normal street price.  It seems obvious that there is at least one Chinese factory that has dedicated itself to making Shure and Sennheiser (There may be other makers, but these are the names I see most often) quality knockoffs that are so good cosmetically, it's often difficult to tell from the real thing.

Consequently, there are now many resellers in the states (and I would imagine elsewhere) helping to pawn these off to buyers thinking they got the deal of a lifetime.

Walmart uses resellers too.  So, just because these mics are being sold by Walmart, doesn't mean Shure has made them an authorized dealer (In fact, I'm pretty sure they haven't). 

Bottom line, the sheer number of "brand new" or "mint condition" mics of popular makes/models being sold by resellers for half the normal street price makes it pretty clear what is going on.

More than one customer review left on the ad you listed pretty much make the same claim.  I really hope that in this case I'm wrong about this -- but with the marketplace being flooded with these knockoffs, I wouldn't count on this sale being the exception...

I didn't see this posted, so sorry if it has been...

This listing is for NI Kontakt 7 (Which I was waiting for), but the sale might be for other NI products as well.

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/pricing/kontakt-7/?sscid=b1k7_hnc41

On 9/9/2023 at 10:39 AM, Bass Guitar said:

This is why I just export all my songs as wave files and I do a batch conversion in a ( free) Wave editor called Gold Wave.

http://www.goldwave.ca/

....

Maybe at one time it was free.... but now the license for one year is $25 (and $69 for a lifetime license).

1 hour ago, Glenn Stanton said:

so if you start a blank project and set this up, it still doesn't work?

This.   Need to rule out project corruption.

Sold together and listed as "New Old Stock".  Boxes appear to be in sealed plastic.  Seller is asking just over $50 (incl shipping) for the pair. 

BTW, I'm not the seller.  I just happened to be browsing the site, and it showed up in my Recommended section. 

As always, Buyer Beware and Do Your Research beforehand (Translated: Don't blame me for any problems).! 😉

The Sonitus plugins were offered as VST back when they were owned by a company called Ultrafunk .

I know because I paid $300 for the bunch about a year before Cakewalk bundled them free with an early version of Sonar (I still cry about that one).

If you google "ultrafunk and VST" there are a bunch of references to the plugins (some of them in the old CW discussion groups)!

I've got the exact same unit -- still working 11 and a half years after purchase!  Saw it on a Circuit City clearance rack (No box) with a price tag of $89... According to the manager it had been hooked up to their home theater system for at least a year.  The store was now about 98% empty of stock as it was closing its doors for good the next day.  I almost bought the unit right then, but decided to risk waiting until the next day, hoping that the manager would be more desperate to get rid of it being the last day.

The gamble paid off.  The next morning I walked out of there with the 3500,  having paid $70 plus tax.  I was just proud of myself for getting such a great deal, and really didn't expect to get much benefit from it -- but was shocked at how it cleaned up the power in my old apartment building!  Before that, I was used to constant dropouts and static in the audio, which all went away after I plugged in the 3500!  Too bad the company went belly up.  Can't say I'm surprised when they marketed $100 HDMI cables, but from my experience with their power conditioner, they certainly were capable of making quality products.

From the MOTU website:

"You can even take the UltraLite-mk4 on the go as a mobile mixer, controlling everything wirelessly from innovative web app software running on your iPad™, iPhone™, tablet, smartphone and laptop".

I don't know if it can be run in complete standalone mode. The user manual seems to suggest it can't (But I'd double check to be sure, as I only skimmed through it quickly).

Works fine here as well.

Maybe you got a corrupt download?   Try downloading it again.

Are you saying a factory reset is not possible? 

Otherwise, here ya go:

https://soundprogramming.net/synthesizers/e-mu/e-mu-proteus-fx/

On 3/21/2021 at 11:37 AM, TracingArcs said:

.... I have a M Audio Fast Track Pro which has given no trouble for 10 years. Now however I have dropouts, sputtering, etc not only in Cakewalk, but in Soundforge, TRacks 5.... I therefore think my M Audio has had its day.Its drivers are from 2015 and worked no problem on W10 until the h/ware upgrade (unless you know of some miracle cure)...

If you were on Win10 before with no problems, then the Fast Track drivers should not be suddenly misbehaving with the same O.S.   Something else on your new system (not related to your interface drivers) is conflicting with something else. 

Try these for starters:

Disable power mgmt stuff in the BIOS (If you're comfortable navigating the BIOS).

New systems have a lot of crap pre-installed.  In startup, disable everything you don't recognize (Nothing here is critical, you can easily undo them).

Temporarily disable wi-fi and anti-virus.

Run latencymon to identify any background tasks that are taking up lots of resources. 

Connect your interface to a different USB port.  The Fast Track is USB2, so stick with that over USB3.

Let us know how it goes!

On 3/12/2021 at 5:09 PM, Wei Liang Yap said:

Hi - this is probably much more than I would ever need (in terms of I/O and routing), but I am wondering if anyone has experience of using this as a USB audio interface with Cakewalk.  Any issues with its ASIO drivers? 

Here are a couple of YouTube vids on using the Behringer x32 with CbB:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aWlqEXRYW8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYdPXoNCA7U

On 3/25/2021 at 6:41 PM, sreams said:

....  Ryzen 5900HX laptop with dual graphics (integrated AMD Radeon graphics and discrete NVidia 3070).

This problem is only appearing on the laptop, but is very consistent....

 

Have you tried switching to the other graphics option to see if you get the same behavior?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTGP4NFb7FU

Su

29 minutes ago, bdickens said:

🤝

Shake hands?

Sure thing!  (Insert clever hand-shaking emoticon). 

BTW, you go me seriously thinking about the PW manager.  Well, there goes my weekend! Lol.

Cheers!