whistlekiller

Thanks for the replies. It seems to have stopped on its own accord following the last Windows update. Sorry to have bothered you all! 😀

Apologies if it's been posted before, but is anybody else getting this on start up in place of the Start Screen (along with a browser window opening with this link: https://cakewalk.bandlab.com/update-banner.html). If not, any idea what setting I may have changed by accident?

On 3/11/2021 at 7:28 PM, Heinz Hupfer said:

Hi:)

You can , depending on the function you use, automatically get the lights on when Mute or solo is pressed and you chooese those tracks. 

You can switch them on and off by programming them in AZController Software,normally as  Midi Feedback. 

http://Www.azslow.com

I do switch them by a sysex: F0 00 20 29 02 11 78 00 3c f7 for light green for example. Must be written in the programmers handbook for that controller.

https://resource.novationmusic.com/support/product-downloads?product=Launch+Control

I've written an AZController Preset for the Launch Control 2 XL which you can see here:

So I'm pretty sure I can help you with this Controller 😀

Bassman

 

Thanks for the response Heinz. 😀

I have an old Novation Launch Control that I use in Cakewalk by Bandlab (v 2021.01 Build 098 64 bit) for triggering Matrix samples and other things but I can't for the life of me manage to get any of the lights on the buttons to work (apart from the 'User' one you see here). I know they're OK in themselves as they cycle through red/green/yellow when I boot the PC up but they just don't work with the DAW. It's not the end of the world here but it would make things a bit easier if I could see some visual indication of what I'm doing instead of relying on the Matrix view itself. It's bound to be something obvious I've overlooked. For info, all Novation legacy firmware and Editor software is up to date.

Cheers in advance

Rich'

12 hours ago, smoddelm said:

It's the only project with the issue. And it works fine in SPLAT, just not Bandlab Cakewalk, so how could the problem be project corruption?

Corruption could be a strong word but if it's  the only project with an issue, I can't see how it can be anything other than a problem within the project itself rather than Cakewalk. Have you tried isolating any possible glitches in the project? For example, it may be a plug-in or plug-in setting that's causing the problem. Go through the tracks archiving them one at a time to see if this cures it.

5 hours ago, Chuck E Baby said:

and named it ?

Exactly. I've never seen a file saved by accident.

On 2/10/2019 at 9:52 AM, Chuck E Baby said:

That should not happen, when you exit Cakewalk, the project file should no longer exist.

He must have clicked 'save' somewhere along the line for that to happen......

I currently have two largish monitors running off a graphics card, an iPad running via the 'Duet' USB interface and am planning to use the onboard graphics to run a fourth monitor (just a 17" square one) in the near future. The Windows 10 (1809) system doesn't seem to have any undue problems managing this set-up. Multiple monitors are extremely helpful and make life a lot easier for me with Cakewalk.

1 minute ago, paulo said:

 

Fishing makes your computer work better?

That's me screwed then. I told Mrs Paulo to shoot me if I ever come home with a fishing rod.

It’s worse than that Paulo, Mrs Whistlekiller is an accomplished angler as well. #AllYearRoundTan

8 minutes ago, Mandolin Picker said:

And herein is the core issue. I have an older laptop (about 10-years old; AMD dual core with 2GB of RAM) that runs Windows Vista 32-bit and the last version of SONAR Home Studio. There is no internet connection on the laptop, so I am not worried about viruses, etc. I still use this laptop when I want to record a track or two. Then I transfer it to Cakewalk and mix, etc. Even though its an old laptop it still runs well and does what I need it to do. The Home Studio version also runs well and does what I need it to do.

Now here is the rub. If Home Studio was under the new 'lease' option, six months after the last install it stops working. Not because anything is wrong with the software, or hardware, or anything else. It stops working simply because it runs past a particular date.

That is planned obsolescence, and we are seeing it more and more (not just Cakewalk, so I don't want to seem like I am picking on them). If I have something that works regardless of whether it was given to me free of charge, or if I had to pay for it, I should expect to be able to use it for as long as I can keep it working. Do I expect the manufacturer (or developer) to support it forever? No. I don't expect Ford to support a 58 Edsel, but others may (and do). As long as I can keep it running, why shouldn't I be allowed to.

If no one owns anything anymore, then we are always beholden to somebody.

We are all beholden in life. Before software was a glint in somebody’s eye we were beholden to employers not going to the wall, beholden to landlords not putting up the rent, beholden to partners not asking for a divorce, beholden to political leaders starting wars in which we could all be killed.......if you have the means and inclination to control these important things, a bit of a software ownership problem is small beer.

38 minutes ago, backwoods said:

I like win 10 but not as much as 7 or xp. There are just too many layers now IMO.

I’ve never noticed backwoods. I’m a firm believer in leaving well alone without too much digging. Something I picked up from my years in the IT industry talking to very clever technicians. I think Windows 10 is fantastic and it does everything I need it to do better than its predecessors. Can’t ask for more.

On 1/17/2019 at 5:03 AM, Dreamer said:

I'm an IT graduate and I know enough to say that windows 8 is the last of the non service oriented OS.  Windows 10 is an atrocious piece of garbage. 

Nowadays I have the advantage of being a professional angler and because of this my computer has worked perfectly with this ‘atrocious piece of garbage’ from the moment it was built....😎. The most stable and simple to understand OS I’ve ever used and believe me, I’ve used a few. Furthermore, Cakewalk has never run better either, on anything. 😉

How about trying to limit what stuff you shove though a DAW. Some of the best music was created  with a minimum number of tracks and effects. 😀

One of the new forum features as opposed to the old place is the 'Like' button (the heart shaped icon at the bottom right of each post) which replaces the need to quote and reply with "+1" when you like something. Keeps forum clutter down. 

4 hours ago, mdiemer said:

Thanks, but can I download an earlier version of CbB? That's the question.

As far as I'm aware, no you can't, 

I haven't experienced any issues at all with Windows 10 since migrating from 7 several years ago despite all the naysayers saying it was a disaster. Cakewalk by BandLab runs perfectly with it, as does my old VS-100, possibly due to me not tinkering with anything. Always online and only using Microsoft inbuilt AV. Nothing to worry about.

Evening and Merry Christmas everybody. I've been a long time Cakewalk user and an interested participant in the old forum. Nice to see yet another promise fulfilled by BandLab with this new forum. Looks a lot leaner than its predecessor. 👍