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Managed on a PC, thanks! On another note... Might anyone be able to advise on the best way of replicating instrument sounds that were standard issue with sound cards such as Soundblaster and Soundblaster Pro from the mid-1990s? Would the specific midi instrument sounds be related to a soundbank (SBK) file or to the hardware? When I take old WRK files (now converted to MID) into Garage Band, the names of the original instruments still show up but the tracks link to different Garage Band instruments - and the available Garage Band instrument files are very different from the ones I remember using all that time ago... Basically wondering if the correct procedure is to import a SBK file that would have come with the original Soundblaster cards and then to relink tracks to sounds there? If so, does anyone have information on where one might be able to download such files?
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4 hours ago, StudioNSFW said:
You can run Windows OS inside a Mac as a virtual machine. On my (several) Macs, there are a couple of tools that are strictly windows only and so I have a special VM named "Toolbelt"
VMWare Fusion is the best platform for this.
I haven't tried virtualizing a Windows machine for CbB, but come to think of it, it would be a good way to test fly the VS-700 driver hack for Windows 10 without committing my rock-solid Win7 system irreversibly. I would think the virtualization layer would introduce just enough additional latency to make it wonky for day to day use in live tracking, but for a file conversion that does not matter.
Keep in mind your Mac needs to have enough Oomph to run both OSX and Win-doze at the same time. An old Mac Book Air just weeps uncontrollably when I try to use Fusion in it.
thank you
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Thanks again scook. I will try to find someone with a PC who can then hopefully transfer files for me.
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58 minutes ago, scook said:
**Instructions for installing BandLab Assistant (the tool needed to download, install and activate CbB) and CbB are here http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Introduction.30.html
Thank you for the advice. I downloaded the BandLab Assistant (for Mac) as advised at the above web address - but when I open the app, the "Apps" tab as advised (where one is meant to be able to download Cakewalk) does not appear. The only tabs that appear are "Library" and "Sounds". This seems to be a variation on an earlier process I tried to follow via Google Play Store on my cell phone. Might there be another step I should be following? Or might there be a direct download available without BandLab Assistant?
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I used to work on Cakewalk and Cakewalk Pro many years ago and am trying to access the .WRK files I still have from the time, for use on Garage Band, MusePro etc. I have tried to download and/or purchase various versions of Sonar, Cakewalk etc without any luck so far - new purchases no longer seem possible, and I also saw a message saying that software development has been discontinued. Does anyone have any simple suggestions as to how to transfer a .WRK file to a .MID one? Advice much appreciated!
Using old .wrk files - help please!
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thanks for the inputs!
and thanks also!