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Release notes said VST3 Text is now changeable in TE so how do I get the latest TE to do that?

BA has it pre-checked & grayed out so I can't get it from there.

Do I need to install one of the other add ons to get it?

Current TE dated 4/26/18

3 hours ago, CJ Jacobson said:

MIDI tacks are just data. The MIDI tracks are always associated with an audio track that outputs the sound. Otherwise, you get no sound. 

And yet there is. So the question remains.

This is the only track behaving this way, so it could be a corrupt MID track.

Or maybe another incident of editing a project started in an earlier version of Sonar. Seems this always brings on weird behavior for me.

CbB 2019.01

Never seen this one before.

1. Project has 10 MIDI, 10 Synth, & 3 Audio tracks.

2. One MIDI track outputs to a Synth track with either Acoustica Instruments or CW TTS-1.

3. If I SOLO another track and hit PLAY, the above MIDI track will also play sound unless I MUTE it.

4. Muting  the MIDI track's Synth track does not silence it. (How can a synth produce sound if it's MUTED?)

5. This MIDI track plays sound no-matter-what if output to Acoustica Instruments or CW TTS-1.

6. Does not happen if Synth is Dimension, SI, or others.

2nd CbB strange behavior in a month. 1st one was certain faders reverting to half volume when hitting STOP in 2018.09.

I updated to 2019.01 but the Add on TE selection is grayed out (tho checked).

Do I have to install one of the other listed items (SI Suite, Drum Replacer, Melodyne) to get it?

Currently TE only has VST2 Text.

Updated to 2019.01 and issue seems to be gone.

Maybe aside from reverting to DEMO mode, things like this are set to go wanky if you don't log in or update.

Seems to be growing. Now it also affects certain MIDI tracks, moving them to 64 on STOP.

Interestingly, -8.7 & 64 are the fader's mid points.

Virus? Worm? Malware?

Today I have to relog in if I log out but still without the Cake logo screen (nice).

No & no. To my knowledge Mains can't have automation. I've never seen this behavior in 18 years of using Cakewalk.

To recap: Only the left Main fader of output 1 and the track faders of certain instruments are affected.

It's the STOP button that triggers the faders to move to -8.7, so something went screwy inside the box.

What was I doing when it happened 1st? Working on a new theme - switching themes back an forth as I went.

No ideas?? It's driving me nuts.

Today I'm logging in without the Cakewalk logo screen showing. One less click.

Also, I can log out and later back in without entering name & password as long as IE stays open.

Request to lighten the default unchanged item label text when in Dark view. Gray on gray makes it almost impossible to see.

No way to do that yet.

Clicking a piano key will select all the notes in that row. Clicking one note should only select that one note.

FWIW, you can change note properties in the Control bar Event module. Handy when changing muliple notes simultaniously.

I didn't know this, but why the different procedure? Make more sense if they were the same.

No one knows or they don't want me to know?!

Not size but color.

See this: 

Either way - Preferences or TE - tho sometimes Preferences seems to override TE changes.

Background, fonts, and ruler marks can all be changed.

Is Browser text the only thing added or is there more?

These are the smallest fonts in the entire GUI. A bigger font would make them easier to see. And maybe BOLD too.

1 or 2 points bigger would do it.

Also make the Track View track numbers BOLD.

64 is actually up (OFF)...

1. Staff View - Click Pedal button, click ON and OFF points in the white box. (seems sketchy but works with some fiddling)

2. PRV - Controller Pane: click "+", enter "64 Pedal (sustain)", pick Draw tool, click ON points at 127 and OFF points at 0.  (65-127=ON; 0-64=OFF)

3. Evernt List - Click time position where you want the event, click "+" at top left, double click Kind, select "Controller" & OK, double click Data, type "64" & ENTER.    In the next column type 65-127=ON or 0-64=OFF.

4. Use outboard synth pedal to record ON & OFF points in real time.

How do some make their own tags?

Why are some tags in the title and red?

Do so at your own risk and always make a backup of anything changed.

TA - If you don't know how to do it, you probably won't. 

TA - It's really quite easy and straight forward.

FWIW - Mixcraft, Samplitude, DP, and many other DAWs have open folders for their GUI files. No "hacking" required.

I have 2 interface outputs. CbB shows 2 MAIN fader strips in CV. Regardless of which output I use, MAIN1 fader's Left side reverts to -8.7 when I hit STOP. Locking L&R reverts both faders to -8.7. Moving it back & saving project doesn't fix.  Also happens to certain VST instrument track faders. 

This affects the last 2 projects I'm working on and every new one I create.

Thanks Matthew. I had tried that one earlier but it didn't work. Does now. No hope for the 'Slider Background' tho.

If only they'd replace the nonfunctioning entries (all the gray CV backgrounds became defunct when colored tracks were reintroduced) with the missing entries, we'd be good.

EDIT- Didn't work because it requires a reboot (close/reopen) of CbB to take affect.

They seem  too big for the small windows,  and too white for darker themes.

Please make them thinner and add to Theme Editor so they can be made darker.