Craig Anderton

And the latest update gives yet another option: the duplicate command. Here are some of the things it can do. Select the clip, and type CTRL+D. If you want to keep adding repeats, just keep typing CTRL+D. You can select multiple clips and duplicate them. Select all, drag across the timeline, and type CTRL+D to duplicate a complete musical section (chorus, verse, whatever). It's a pretty cool new addition.

No. FWIW, I use the TTS-1 in both CbB and Studio One (with a DX wrapper). Maybe try a DX wrapper that fools CbB into thinking it's a VST? But don't give up - it can work in new projects, and still has some pretty effing cool sounds.

There's an article about this on my craiganderton.org educational web site: Should EQ Go Before or After Compression? You might also enjoy the article 5 "Wrong" Effects Orders. It talks about how sometimes, not following the "default" effects order is the best way to go.

I immediately got into the Smart Tool when X1 came out. My impression was that you could do common operations much more quickly, once you understood that the functionality was position-sensitive within the clip. For the less-common functions, like time-stretching, I learned the modifier keys. There were many objections to the X1 workflow at first but I think time has shown that CW made the right decisions. There are always tradeoffs involved, but as long as the benefits outweigh the drawbacks, I'm okay with that.

Aren't those reversed? I think it should be C:\program files (x86)\cakewalk\vstplugins for a 32-bit OS, or C:\program files\cakewalk\vstplugins for a 64-bit OS.

Wow, that's a lot of changes! The codes for dropouts should be really helpful for people. I'm also glad to see the VST3 program change support and take lane improvements.

Any program will find the VSTs that it installs. If other VSTs are installed in the same folder, they'll be recognized as well. Fortunately, most programs give you the option to specify where you want to install plug-ins, but many don't. It can take a little sleuthing to find out that, for example, Native Instruments installs plug-ins to C:\Program Files\Native Instruments\VSTPlugins 64 bit. These days more companies are opting to install plug-ins in the Common Files folder, so when I have the option, I install plug-ins there. However, there are still "outliers," so you need to include where they're installed in your scan path.

There's also the Nudge command. It's highly underrated IMHO.

I seem to remember something involving Windows 10 and Firewire about needing to use a legacy firewire driver or something along those lines. Anyone know the details, or was I imagining something?

I'm pretty sure QuickTime was always optional, and needed only for certain non-mainstream functions.

I concur 100% with all the advice here. Save as per-project folders, and back up the folder. However, note there's more than one way to back up, and two of these options can save a considerable amount of space - like backing up only the audio that's used in clips, or only the complete audio file from which sections are used. It's often possible to shave a 1 - 3 GB file to 500 MB or so, and you don't lose anything you might need. For more details, please see pages 46 and 47 in The Huge Book of Cakewalk by BandLab Tips, which also includes info on file consolidation prior to saving.

What happens at the output bus meter if create a new project, add a mono track, and pan it right or left?

Do you have any effects in the master bus?

Is there a chance the Kontakt script changes it automatically if there's a different range of input notes? I doubt it, but you never know...

It's really up to the singer to employ good mic technique. I often recommend k.d. lang videos, she plays the mic like a slide trombone. Try making the meters as large as possible in CbB, then have the singer sing while looking at them. Hopefully the end result will be learning to correlate distance from mic with volume.

That can't be said enough! Glad you were able to hunt down the bug and squash it.

But it's also timeless! I love that plug-in.

Well, I think both you and Colin are right. There's no technical reason why the VX64 (one of my go-to plugs) should become obsolete - it's VST2, and that spec is etched in stone. It's also highly unlikely that Cakewalk, or other programs, will stop supporting VST2. In that respect, it's timeless. However, it hasn't been updated to VST3, so it can't take advantage of the features that spec offers (e.g., shutting off when not passing audio). So in that respect, it's dated. Think of it like Jimi Hendrix's music...it's dated to the psychedelic era, but it's timeless

Not that I've noticed...but most of the time, I just use the wireless keyboard if I'm within reach, and use shortcuts.

Did you take advantage of the offer to get a version that wasn't locked to Cakewalk after Gibson closed the company's doors? If so, un-install and then re-install using that authorization.

TeamViewer does the job, and it's free. It's a little crowded on a smart phone ( a stylus helps), but tablets are good.

Had it happen to me, too. My first thought was to re-download it because there had been one of the dreaded Windows update (which blue screened my computer, thank God for System Restore and the ability to postpone updates), and as mentioned, downloading the new version fixed the issue.

Forgive the obvious question, but why not just use the DX version? Cakewalk by BandLab supports DX - seems like the path of least resistance and best results. I don't see Cakewalk abandoning DX support any time soon - it works, and the Sonitus effects are cool. FWIW the Sonitus plug-ins do work with DX-to-VST wrappers. However, you lose the sidechain functionality , and 32-bit DX plug-ins will not work in a 64-bit environment.

I second the checking of fans. Also wipe down the blades, which often attract dust. On a related topic, last night the fan on the NUC in my office was going non-stop. I had Studio One, LibreOffice, and Edge running. That wouldn't seem so terrible, right? First I closed Studio One, figuring that was probably taxing the CPU the heaviest. But it was having multiple docs open in LibreOffice, and multiple tabs on Edge, that were the culprits. I could hear the fan throttle down every time I closed another Edge tab or LibreOffice document. In Task Manager, I was pretty surprised by how heavily Edge taxed the system, but then again, so does Chrome...whacha gonna do...

I can't speak for the companies involved, but I can speculate I don't think Presonus has much incentive to go really deep into customizing the Faderport for Cakewalk beyond the Mackie compatibility, and Cakewalk has bigger fish to fry...besides, then there would likely be customer pressure on Cakewalk to start creating templates for other controllers. The only way I see a dedicated Cakewalk controller happening is if BandLab itself decides to make one, or if they "anoint" a hardware controller made by some other company as the "official" controller, and concentrate on making a Cakewalk-specific template (which would likely require a commitment to updates as well). If they chose the latter route, though, the Faderport would be a good choice.