Bill Phillips

Am I missing something? I have "Hide Related VST2 Plugins" under VST3 Migration Settings checked. But Related VST2 plugins still shown in Browser. See Screenshots.

I don't think so. The message is for the AMD graphics card HDMI audio. My ASUS motherboard has Realtek drivers.

I've clicked "Yes", "No", the "X" to close and always continue on with Cakewalk. Cakewalk seems to be unaffected because it's not using that device. I see. I'd missed that. I thought that the device was no longer available . I think I've tried skipping the audio drivers in the graphics card install but something happened that convinced me to include them.

Thanks. I thought I had it disabled but didn't and haven't had any problems. I just disabled it. Thanks again. My understanding that disabling fast boot is a good idea because the data saved by Windows to support fast boot may in some cases be corrupted and can trash your system.

Thanks. So the message is inconsequential and suppressing it is ok? I didn't any AMD references in aud.ini. None of the audio devices are disabled in Device Manager but all except for the Focusrite USB are either disabled or not plugged in Sound settings. (see screenshots) Is that not enough?

I change display power settings (form Never to 10-min) when I walk away from my DAW for a while but don't want to shut down. I do this just to give the display a rest. When I come back I see the Audio Device disconnection message in one of the screenshot attachments. I can't understand why. I also included sound device settings screenshot attachments to show that all are disabled except for the Focusrite USB audio interface. I also verified that the Focusrite audio interface is the only one listed in Cakewalk audio device settings. So why does Cakewalk display this message?

Thanks Klaus. I'm glad I asked. This solution is much better than the one I'd found googling.😀

How does the "Convert to mono" function in the audio clip context menu work? I see it bounces the clip to a new mono clip. But how does it do it? I'm guessing it sums the two tracks which would incorporate any phase cancellations. Is it affected by the Pan control? What I'd like is a "Separate stereo track into two mono tracks" function, but I haven't found a way to do that.

If you're using CbB, crashing and popping are most likely caused by plugin, computer, audio interface or other hardware problems. I haven't had any significant problems with CbB.

Wow! I'm going to bookmark that for future reference.

Yeah! 😊 Think he's been around that block a few times. Thank goodness for that. 😃

Nope. It's gone.

Not really. This a new project. Started with the empty project template, added a single track, copied six clips (events no markers), right clicked in the empty track clip, Edit > Paste Special starting at track 2 at 1:01:000. Then deleted the empty track 1 and metronome bus. That's when I saw the zoom pointer. I did all that in the last hour. So my memory is pretty fresh. It repeats. It still pops up. I can send you the project. If you need the audio tracks, just need you to delete them when you're done troubleshooting.

For 2019.07 Build 79, when I right click over a track in the track pane, the arrow that pops up for making a selection in the context menu is the timeline zoom arrow with the magnifying glass. I don't think that's intentional. I haven't yet had any unexpected arrow icons pop up anywhere else. https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ag9MrIdQMNIZn3K5Bc-hty7hBEOT?e=h1C2Tz

Thanks. For now, I'm happy with having my Focusrite 18i8 USB audio interface as the only enabled audio interface.

Is "That utility" the Radeon AMD graphic card settings app? If yes, I agree and plan to do as you suggested since I've resolved the system failure notifications.

Having separate speakers probably eliminates competition for the audio interface, but, it does require a second audio driver which is competing for CPU resources which might increase latency.

It's not the RX 580 because I had the same problem with the R7 250. Maybe it's my ASUS X99 DELUXE II motherboard or its chipset. Also, both the RX 580 and motherboard have HD audio interfaces but all are disabled except the Focusrite. Maybe if I left one enabled, which I don't want to do because of associated latency, I wouldn't get the error because there would be an available audio interface. I hadn't thought of this before. Also, when I do use the motherboard HD audio output, I use the SPDIF output to my monitor controller which is also powered down on startup.

If you experience unexplained error notifications from your display adapter software shortly after startup, try powering up your audio interface before you power up your PC. For me if I don't power up my Focusrite 18i8 USB audio interface before restart or power up of my PC, I receive the notification shown in the attached screenshot. To avoid surges and hardware damage, I've always powered up my audio hardware starting with the audio output source and working through to the speakers (PC > Audio Interface > Monitor Controller > Monitors). But, now I power up the Audio Interface before the PC to avoid the Radeon notification shown in the attachment. My display adapter is a AMD RX 580. I had the same problem with my earlier AMD R7 250. I'm posting this thinking that I'm not the only person with this problem and that I've picked a title and tags that will allow others with the same problem to find it.

@Craig Anderton I routinely search through your Cakewalk articles in SoS for ideas/help with Cakewalk. I've been glad to see that continuing.

That's true. I hadn't thought about it in that way. I was thinking that over the last year, the Cakewalk "Bakers" at Bandlab have done a good job of maintaining and incrementally improving one of the best and most comprehensive DAWs available. And it's free.

What does it take to get Sound on Sound to review Cakewalk? I've always put a lot of faith in their reviews and believe that the magazine and website are well respected in the music production industry. The routinely provide detailed technical reviews of DAWs. The last Cakewalk review was for SONAR Platinum in 2015.

Thanks I'd missed that too. Thanks for the reminder. I took a look at the extensive new features section. Makes me wish that I'd saved all the previous versions. Also, now I'm not so interested in bookmarks since I can't transport them from one version to the next.

Jim, The Table Of Contents does have links to listed content. Click on any line to go to that page and content. Having the same in the Glossary would be nice.

For me Bookmarks, Search, ability to go to a page, and both Contents and Index link list are the most important. I just started using free foxit PDF reader because it has those things. I like the idea of going to the open-source EPUB format as long as I can find a, preferably free, reader that has the important features listed above. A quick in the Microsoft Store turned up freda as a possible good fit. Anybody using freda?