Tom Riggs

The program loads in 10 seconds for me but I have the startup screen disabled.

The time to open a project depends on the size of the progect and the number and type of Vst effects and instruments being loaded.  FOr me the average is 20-30 seconds to load a project.

14 hours ago, Al H said:

Hi, all,  I tried to install the 2020 08 update.   All went well until I looked at the version number in "About Cakewalk"  it shows version 2020 05.  HTH Al H

You may need to update the bandlab assistant first before getting the 08 update.

On 4/20/2020 at 4:16 PM, msmcleod said:

@Tom Riggs - are you sure you can't slip edit after committing your arrangement? It seems to be working fine for me:

I see. I was working with midi not audio. I will check again on the audio. 

I have used the arranger on one new project and after some time getting used to it it performed great.  I applied the arrangement to my project and saved with a new name so I could go back if needed. 

There is one thing I noticed that I think that could be a useful option.  Once the Arrangement is applied all the clips are trimmed so that slip editing the beginning or end of a clip no longer has the full clip data.  I think it could be useful to have the option to retain the original clip data after the arrangement is applied.  This could be a global option or a clip property to retain the data.

Just a thought.

All in all the arranger is something I think will really speed up my process.

thanks to Noel and the team for all the hard work.

33 minutes ago, martsave martin s said:

if you export to mp3 you can write this info..

Use the Browser to edit the properties on the project.  Then when you choose to export the id3 info it will fill in automatically.  I'm not sure how to get each field though. Perhaps there are some tags that need to be used. 

there are 2 types of vibrato for most wind instruments. Breath vibrato and pitch vibrato.  To mimic breath vibrato you would control with volume or expression. To mimic pitch vibrato you would do it with pitch bend.

Instruments like flute can only do breath vibrato. Reed instruments can do both types.

No issues for me.

On 10/16/2019 at 7:47 PM, Noel Borthwick said:

There are no plans for BandLab to charge for the core application. Meng has said on many occasions that BandLab believes in removing barriers to music creation.
We may charge for add on's at some point.

I would love to see some additional prochannel modules or synth updates but for now the core improvements are great.  

11 hours ago, Craig Anderton said:

Of all the ways to deal with software, this strikes me as one of the least intrusive. No dongle, no freakouts if your hard drive changes, no having to keep track of how many computers you've authorized. If all I need to do is let BandLab know from time to time that I still exist, that's okay with me.

I agree on most points but not as un-intrusive as a serial/key entered once and registered permently.  I'm just sayin'...

All in all it makes me think that at some point Bandlab may begin to charge for activation.  I'm not completely opposed to that after all I paid for yearly updates for more than 15 years. 

1 minute ago, Noel Borthwick said:

I'm a bit confused.  BandLab assistant doesn't show a demo mode error.  It is a standalone web app that needs to be periodically updated independently of Cakewalk since the back end changes. So the error you are referring to above is the fact that BA's automatic update failed for some reason.

Did you get a demo mode error (toast notification) within Cakewalk itself or was this exclusively in BA?

Cakewalk displayed the demo mode.  The Assistant said there was an error instead of the normal screen after it connects and said I needed to update manually.

14 minutes ago, Noel Borthwick said:

That is very strange if you had 2019.07 since that shouldn't have timed out. You sure it was 2019.07 and not something from earlier this year?Did you see the message AFTER you ran BandLab assistant or did you launch Cakewalk first, see the message and then launch BandLab Assistant?

The only other thing I can think of is something changed your system in a way that confused the activation. Did you happen to save a screenshot? It would have listed an error code which will tell us why it displayed that message. That code would also be in the about box. Of course now that you installed again its fixed. Please note that if it happens again.

 

Pretty sure it was 2019.7 but it could have been one version earlier.

I ran Cakewalk first before starting the Bandlab assistant.  Then closed Cakewalk and ran the assistant.  The assistant was the one that warned me there was an error and I had to manually update it (the assistant). 

I do not have the assistant run at startup.

1 hour ago, Noel Borthwick said:

You likely are running a very old version of CbB if it prompted you. Periodic online activation is a requirement to use the software (as is the case with most other products). Its a small price to pay to get a full blown DAW with no restrictions. The newest update will give you advance notice when activation is required and won't block you ever while you are in a session, in the unlikely event that the rime rolls over.  You also need to periodically update BandLab assistant which is the delivery mechanism.

Its also in most users best interests to update the software periodically since we are constantly making the software better.

I think I was running 2019.7

I was preparing to update Cakewalk and just for grins I started the program before doing it.  I was immediately warned that I was in demo mode.   Ok, no worries I closed Cakewalk and started the   Bandlab Assistant and it had and error and said I needed to install from the website.  I downloaded and installed the newest bandlab assistant and after logging in and waiting a few minutes Cakewalk was no longer in demo mode.  I went ahead and installed the newest update and so far no problems.

what concerns me in this is there needs to be a cleaner way to recover from this without having to download an update.  

I believe that Bandlab has no intentions to cut me/us off from the software but it just leaves me feeling a bit unsettled. 

sorry just needed to vent a little about this.

1 minute ago, Noel Borthwick said:

It is. very soon.

thanks

So did I understand Noel correctly?  Is there a hotfix coming for the 2019.09 update?

I'm in.

Negros Island Philippines.  when I first started using cakewalk software I was in Wichita Kansas USA.

7 minutes ago, James Argo said:

If you use soft synth, you can select the MIDI clip and the soft synth's track where the MIDI track is routed, then select "Tracks --> Bounce to track(s)..." from the Track View menu, and select Create new track as destination. Make sure you add some empty space at the end of the clip so the decay / sustain (if any) wont be cut.

All the above responses will work but James has given you the one that most closely matches your question.

OK I solved it. The culprit was Cakewalk analytics.

Once I turned it off no more problems exiting the program.

For the record my ISP sucks. I suppose it could also be a firewall thing but I'm done looking for now just glad to have it sorted.

Yes I'm pretty sure I tried that before but I just tried again anyway and it still hangs.

I have not been able to get the newest update to download successfully yet so I will try again once I get 2019-1 installed.

Midi perhaps but the only midi device is an sl-990 keyboard. Also the last version of SPLAT behaves perfectly still.

I'll keep looking.

edit: I turned off the mid controller and tried again... same result. Cakewalk.exe hangs on exit every time. Even if a project is not opened.

Thanks Mark. Yes it happens every time even without opening a project. I think I have the latest RME drivers but I will check.

Hi. I'm a long time user of Sonar and  recently installed the CWb program on my computer. It seems to be running ok except that when I close the program the Cakewalk.exe programs remains running. So if I try to start the program it will not run again until I end task in the task manager.

I'm running windows 10 and as far as I know all the current updates to both windows and CWb are installed.

Not a show stopper but a bit of an annoyance. Has anyone else been seeing this?

Haha! You guys are just trying to get your post could up while Bapu is busy sleeping.

Muahahahaha!

I just signed in for the first time here.

Looks good and it's good to see some familiar faces.