Mark Morgon-Shaw

Not sure if this is already a thing that can be done but if more than one clip is selected I would have expected to be able to apply multiple clip gains at the same time but it only works on the one you have your mouse over. Which means you can only do one at a time which seems a bit restrictive.

I thought the Sonar 8.5 interface was the best. It was more compact but easier to read I think part of the reason was there's a bit of pseudo 3D depth which looks clearer than the 2D flat interface we have now.

I think this is the simplest and most easy to understand method of stacking VSTi's , and whilst it would be cool if CBB had this built in , you can do it easily with a 3rd party plugins such as Bluecats Patchwork or if you want something more advanced Akai VIP 3 ...Years ago whilst still on Sonar 8.5 I had another plugin that did it too and if I recall it was free but I stopped using it at some point when I got Patchwork and don't recall what it's called now. I use VIP these days which came free with an M-Audio keyboard but you can stack 8 instruments with 4 FX sends and it allows you to transpose each one as well as control the more usual vol - pan etc. The patch browser combines all your VSTi's into one database so you don't need to open them individually although not every instrument has a map available.

It's designed as a sub bass synth for Hip Hop...apart from kicks there's no other kit sounds

There's many ways but changing the sample you have probably isn't the best way. You could layer a sine wave underneath from another plugin/synth and add the sub element. But like the other guys have said there are loads of other samples or 808 plugins floating around you could use. My own favourite is 808 Studio II which isn't free but sounds great and is very flexible with many flavours of 808 built into it's presets.

Folders still seem to be automatically expanding even after I have deselected the option Or have I misunderstood perhaps ? When I put in a FR I meant when I drag/drop that I don't want it to open ...maybe you have have only changed the right click 'move to ' option ? Can it not apply to both ?

Yeah it's your lucky day. You can have the latest greatest version of what was Sonar , now called Cakewalk by Bandlab completely free with no strings attached.

Any chance you could look into changing the default behaviour when a track is dragged into a collapsed folder ? Currently it expands the Folder - this is a nightmare when trying to tidy up a session. Folders expanding all over the place when all I'm trying to do is just drop every track into it's correct folder, it's like folder whack a mole when you've got 50 - 60 tracks to sort out. Thanks

Yes I have noticed and mentioned that this release seems to crash a lot more when moving midi around generally. I can't say I've tied it down to once specific action or had anything repeatable but having made a bunch of tracks since it came out it's the least stable it's been in a good while so I suspect something is up somewhere. Hopefully they'll find it.

Yeah I find it odd that after being bought by the company that has highly popular music making App , this is still the state of affairs. I thought they would be all over that stuff. We don't even get a regular column in SOS magazine any more despite the author being a regular around these forums. Whilst "lesser" more niche DAWs seem to. I've been bangin' on about this ever since Cakewalk got rescued, whilst I love and understand it pretty intimately this is not the case for the younger generation of music makers. The way people make music has changed. They want fast and easy ways to make Trap and Hip Hop beats and manipulate sample packs for starters. Give them that and they'll probably stay around but as it stands other platforms took the lead years ago and it's as though Cakewalk don't even want to cater for them. As it stands I think professional users look down upon Cakewalk ( wrongly IMHO ) and the younger generation haven't been given the tools they need so it's stuck in this kind of nowhere mans land in the middle full of balding middle aged guys making terrible prog in their spare rooms just to get away from the wife. It's not just about marketing, it's about fulfilling the need of the end user. You have to work out who that is first.

I have already reported point 2 on the thread for the latest release ...maybe go to the thread and reiterate this bug On point 1 are you sure you are not accidently telling CBB to put it in there I've not come across 3 as yet.

Real time feedback whilst moving the quatanise sliders - I would also include humanise too...being able to see what it is doing to the notes in real time is a huge benefit

I disagree , I use multiple folders on every project and rarely have every track in a Folder routed to the same bus. It's actually one of the benfits of using folders that it allows you to group simlar tracks together that are routed to disparate buses. This is key for printing stems if you have that requirement in your deliverables. Making a Folder a bus would ruin it. They have different uses.

I think I am doing the same actions as you said but it didn't crash. Maybe if you can post a GIF it would help - but the issue sounds like it could be related to mine.

I have had similar but I couldn't nail it down to a particular set of circumstances so I thought it might just be me or a rogue plugin. But certainly since the new update I've noticed quite a few crashes whilst editing midi ...moving or transposing groups of notes around en masse. It's not repeatable though - the same action doesn't make it happen again.

Good man. One other thing I find a bit annoying - especially now we have subfolders, is the auto opening of Folder tracks when you deposit something into them. This can be particularly annyong when you're having a bit of a tidy up after a writing session and moving all the tracks into your folders and subfolders. When you have a project with lots of tracks and folders it's a PITA that they just pop open by themselves and you have to repeatedly close them in quick succession. I don't know if there is a neater solution but my thought process is if I want it opened , I'd much rather click it myself than have CBB do it automatically for me as 80% of the time I need it to stay closed.

You can kinda do this with the midiFX quantize plugin , but it would be cool to have it built in and visible on each track There is space...here..

I just run everything through Systemwide. Although really and truly I would like a hardware solution - they're expensive though ( stuff like Trinnov )

Also. Whilst I am thinking about it. What is the number string shown next to the "Vox " folder ? It's the parent folder that contains the "Lead Vox " and " Bvs " Subfolder

I think this may be a minor bug. When selecting the entire project , Folders containing SubFolders don't seem to show in the selection ( turn grey ) but they are in fact selected as any subsequent action does include them i.e. Moving , Exporting etc. If you open & close the folder it then turns grey like the rest of them. Strange,

And let us change the font size Please

A high end phone is not needed. You can get an unlocked BLU J6 for like $69.99 on Amazon. I've bought cables that cost more.

+1 This would be helpful, I think ther are other threads asking for it here

I don't think I know anyone without a smartphone or tablet except one very elderly relative in his 90's but they are very cheap now so there's no excuse.

Yes I understand , although this thread was meant for very popular requests that had been repeated multiple times - I don't think I have seen this one before. Personally I have never seen signal flow diagrams in a DAW ( maybe in some modular type synth plugins ) and I doubt I would find them useful for me or my workflow as I find the existing labels are good enough, but maybe start a new thread and see what others think.