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On 4/3/2022 at 6:31 AM, Agent Phil said:

Once the image is there, you need to load and re-save the Template (overwriting the existing file).
The image then appears in the Start Screen

The image then becomes embedded into the template file and you can delete the image.

Of course,  this will be a moot point in short order unless you use Sonar Platinum.

I noticed the Preferences header text right off the bat.  In some, if not all, areas they've changed font faces, size, and the way fonts are displayed.

At 1920x1080 @100% zoom, CbB Header text is much more readable.  Sonar Header text looks like it's having trouble adjusting to standard resolutions.

At 4K 3840x2160 @150% zoom on a 17" laptop, Sonar text looks cleaner than CbB text but would be easier to read if it wasn't bold.
Even tho the views below look bigger than the views above, they're much smaller on the 4K 17" screen.

At 4K 3840x2160 @100% zoom, Sonar text still looks cleaner than CbB text but tends to become misaligned, or the boxes aren't resizing to fit it causing it to be shorter in height.  Again the views are smaller on the laptop.

Is it a true update?  Do I need it if I already have SD3 from X1?

Nice.  Actually... all 4 corners are beveled on a groove clip.

When I signed in thru CbB, I checked the Bandlab websites and neither one said I was logged in there.  Does that mean they are separate or unrelated sign ins?  I don't know.

1 & 2.  My settings were maintained.  No issue here.

3. I've noted the CV text in another thread.

Logging into BandLab is straight forward when done thru CbB's menu.  Seems people here either have this issue or don't and won't be able to help.

Only other thing that may not have been mentioned yet is to run CbB as administrator before logging into BL.

Otherwise I would contact BandLab https://help.bandlab.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404926548121-How-do-I-contact-BandLab

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Options:

1. Right-click the clip and select Groove-Clip Looping (this also checks the Inspector box shown in Glenn's post).  Once you see the corners turn beveled you can drag the clip out as far as you want.

2. Click the Draw Tool dropdown and select Pattern. Now left-click the clip to select it and hold the cursor at the end of the clip until it turns into a paint roller.  Now click and drag as far as you want.

Changing text and line colors can add a lot to the readability and contrast of a UI.  This should be fairly easy to do with Sonar as was done in the pre-X series Sonar 4 thru 8.5... (edit): in Preferences>Customization>Colors.

13 hours ago, Promidi said:

Trouble with things like this is you never really know who to contact. 

Exactly.  It just came on that day and didn't happen the day before or since... so far.  But when I said:  "without loading a thing"  I mean no template, no plugins, no nuthin', so I'm inclined to think there is/was something else going on under the OS hood that Sonar/Cakewalk is sensitive to.

Since I have been using the same plugin set forever, I'm not so inclined to blame one of them each time it happens, especially when none are involved.

Before re-installing Windows, older Dimension versions (1.2 & 1.3) were notorious for crashing Sonar/Cakewalk for no understandable reason.  After reinstalling Windows and everything else, the projects will open but Dimension gets listed as "missing" when in fact it is available. (Maybe because the registry is misreporting the dll's actual location - I hope I can fix that) 

Older BREVERB also used to crash CbB  instantly.  After a fresh Windows reinstall for some reason it just creates a repeating beep like it's in demo mode.  This IS understandable as Overloud disabled it and released a different version when Gibson pulled the plug (pun?), then rereleased another one when BandLab took over.  Using the latest versions of these plugins solves the problem.

Just a note that although many sf2's can be converted to sfz's without incident, they are two different formats and some sf2's WILL not convert accurately or 100% so they may not sound quite the same as the original sf2.  It really depends on how complex the sf2 is.

There are sf2 players out there if the format needs to be preserved.

I believe it was an older version of BREVERB2 that was decommissioned by Overloud... so it might be in permanent demo mode.  Reinstalling the latest version thru CbB fixed it.

+1.  Same goes for Inspector & Browser.  What would they use, tho?

Expand  <>,  could be  >>  or  |>  for Inspector  &  <<  or  <|  for Browser.
Collapse  ><,  could be  <<  or  <|  for Inspector  & >>  or  |>  for Browser.  

20 minutes ago, Sal Sorice said:

I was using non-activated version

Me 2

So... all my Sonitus plugins are dated 2/15/2016.  Is that the latest offering?

Works fine here in 2024.03 b381 with TTS-1 as default or selected otherwise.  # of reported outputs is also correct in Sonar but not the latest CbB (see screenshot above).

3 hours ago, norfolkmastering said:

Different font with more padding.  This and some text is smaller than CbB text.

Your screenshot makes the new buttons look smaller but they're the same size.

I'd like to see Less Padding - More Words!

Thanks Promidi, looks tempting.

ATM but I'll be weaning away from it this year as I clear out all the older projects. Then I'll consider upgrading. Thanks.

Misspoke, I have Editor, not Studio, which is $99.

3 minutes ago, Promidi said:

Maybe try to 30 day trial of 5 Studio.  Just hope it does not bork your Installation of 4 Studio.

It will.  Melodyne is not tandem version friendly.  One replaces the other and I passed on the $25 upgrade cause v5 has no 32 bit.  Mistake I'm sure.  Curious if the requirement is listed somewhere as I haven't been able to find it.

v4.  Do I need v5?

Yes.  It works fine in CbB, just not at all in Sonar.

I'm seeing no minidumps for Sonar either.

Composite theme-shot:  Right-click and open in new tab then magnify.