Michael Vogel

Pardon my ignorance - clearly I’m missing something as I’ve been focussing on watching for a release announcement but have either missed it or misunderstand what all the discussion is about. Do I need a Bandlab Backstage Pass to access Next and/or Sonar? Is that the full release of those products or are they still in beta levels of development with a release announcement yet to be made? Or is there a yet to be announced alternative way to purchase Sonar?

Cal files complete set this is a folder of Cal files I’ve accumulated over decades. No guarantees as to their viability but I have used many of them over the years. There are files included about the actual language used to write the CAL scripts as well. The link is good for a week from now. All the best

It’s spam mayhem upstairs at the moment so I’m down here slumming it with the real people.

I’ve been using a Waves DIGIGRID system for about 7 years now. Audio or MIDI in and everything interconnected with 1gb Ethernet. Still using an 8700k i7 processor. Haven’t found an upper limit yet. See my signature for details running Win 11 pro.

Pg 1889 of the Cakewalk Reference Guide lists numerous pages where Keyboard Shortcuts can be found, The shortcuts are sorted according to the various windows opened by menu commands. There is also a comprehensive section that explains how to create keybindings of your own choosing. A link to the reference guide can be found in a thread near the top of this page.

The Sonar that will be released is the CbB that existed 12 months ago plus all the development not invested into CbB for this past year. You’ll note this latest 23/09 release of CbB hasn’t included any new features, only bug fixes and stability over last year’s last release. The last 12 months has all gone into making the Sonar that will be released a far superior product than what we get for free now with CbB.

While I’m online at times, I only use the pc for music so never visit any dodgy sites. I don’t use the pc for emails so no bad links to click. I have an MS wireless keyboard and mouse combo as well as a wireless trackball. I get the flickering cursor in the exact same spot when it happens the bottom centre of screen. I have the latest drivers for the trackball and whatever the most recent graphics drivers though it’s onboard graphic with my mobo. its not predictable either. I’m thinking the only solution might be a complete rebuild but it seems so much overkill. Unless it fixes the problem of course. I’ll explore the malware possibility. Thanks for the suggestions thus far.

I think the reason they answered earlier than might have been otherwise reasonable was because of all the comments about the long time between updates. So, they told us the truth. New programs in the pipeline, on release they will continue to have CbB available free with one last release. That release will coexist with Sonar for a time to let you compare the 2 programs. At some point CbB will be no more and only a paid for version of Sonar will be available. As well as NEXT. I too have been around since 12Tone days and 5 years of a fully supported DAW for free has been a remarkable gift from Bandlab. Truly an unexpected surprise back in 2018, Very soon it will be time to pay the piper if you want to use the software. I have no insider knowledge, but I think I have very good comprehension of the written word and can repeat what the Bakers have written in these pages.

While 23.09.xxx will likely be the release number, .062 is not the final release. We will be notified when the final release is available. The current version has been released under the Early Access program. The final release of CbB will coexist in the market after the release of Sonar giving users an opportunity to make comparisons. Thats a distillation of my understanding of the numerous and pertinent posts by the Bakers.

Randomly (on my Win 11 pro PC, specs in signature) my mouse cursor starts to flicker at the bottom centre of the screen and becomes immovable by any means. I have to turn off the PC to clear it, on reboot all is fine until the next time. I’ve tried updating graphics drivers, mouse drivers, though it doesn’t seem to matter whether I use any of 2 different mice or a trackball. All drivers updated but nothing seems to prevent this weird flickering from occurring. There’s no overheating involved. I’ve tried changing out ram sticks but nothing I’ve done eliminates the problem, as eventually sometime during a session, the cursor will just start to flicker. Before I upgraded to Win 11 Pro x64 this happened on the same machine running Win 10 Pro x64. Any ideas I could explore?

Those saying they won’t update if this or that doesn’t work any longer are forgetting that any CbB version apart from the latest version, soon won’t work anymore. Only the last version will be able to be activated and then only for a yet to be announced time.

Will there be an update to the Reference Guide to include any changes and updates since the 2022 release of the guide?

Let’s go back to 4 tracks of magnetic tape and splicing, bouncing down tracks to get another track for recording, reduced SNR, head realignment. Yeh it was exciting and what we had to do to get the best sound possible at that time. You had to re-record as there was no practical alternative. Digital technology has opened the door to creativity, making it available to more people who don’t have to be electronics technicians to operate the equipment. Access to technology doesn’t make them better musicians but owning a 4 track didn’t make you a star either. In the end, good music will find a way to be heard. There was always bad music too. Mozart was a genius in his time but I bet there were others we’ve never heard of simply because they didn’t get the opportunities or their music stank.

Cakewalk (under Gibson) were actually involved in developing the ARA protocol along with Celemony and Presonus. Lots of collaboration among developers where Cakewalk gets little recognition. Noel in particular has worked very closely with companies like Microsoft on audio aspects of the OS.

Scook has a number of utilities recently updated. Beat me to it. Use the link “here” in the referenced link.