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CbB has a virtual MIDI controller It is also possible to directly enter MIDI data in the Piano Roll View, Staff View and Step Sequencer View. Instrument and MIDI tracks in the track view also have an inline Piano Roll View.

All three track types are in the menu. "Insert Instrument" was added around Feb. 2016.

The "X" in Windows decorations closes the UI but does not shut down BA. This is common for programs that run in the background like BA that have user interfaces. Check out the other programs in the notification area.

Merged OP with a second thread on a similar subject by the same user Both the start screen and BA are chrome based apps

This is how chrome based apps work. Signing out does not shut down the program. To shut down BA use the Quit bottom on the same screen as the sign out button.

Get the latest version of BA using the direct download link https://www.bandlab.com/download/assistant/windows

The suggestion to use an external virtual keyboard and MIDI cable was for driving the Matrix view. It could work as a virtual controller for soft synth like SI-Electric-Piano but the built-in virtual controller in CbB works too. Unfortunately, the built-in controller does not work with the Matrix view. As a rule, the keyboards on synths like SI-Electric Piano are intended to audition the synth. It is not possible to record MIDI data from the SI-Electric Piano using its keyboard but it is possible to record the synths audio. To do so instrument tracks must be split into their audio and MIDI tracks.

My guess is messing with the DP engine the way the OP reset it. I was not going to follow up with the OP. I can understand running 8.5 but ignoring the free updates to DP and just now having issues with a 9 year old synth seems odd.

That do not run at 88kHz

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Track View - View Menu > Auto Track Zoom shortcut SHIFT+Z

This and tempo map creation will kill a CbB project dead without first setting the algorithm.

It may be a big deal if one forgets to perform the requisite workaround and the project hangs with unsaved changes.

The only time I know Cakewalk sfz synths go silent is when they receive unexpected MIDI data usually from 3rd party MIDI files. Once silenced the project must be restarted to get the synth back. The fix is either clean up the data or enable "Do Not Intercept NRPNs"

is a program loaded in the synth?

CbB includes these plug-ins but can use any 64bit plug-ins bundled with SONAR. Can't tell from if you have Platinum, Professional or Artist. If Platinum or Professional, the only thing that could be missing when opening a CbB project in SONAR may be zplane Elastique. IIRC, this is mentioned in the warning message when opening the project. Any CbB project containing patch points or aux tracks will not open in Artist. For Pentagon issue see this thread

CbB started out as an unreleased version of Platinum. It uses essentially the same project format as Platinum. When opening CbB projects in SONAR there will be a warning about the project being created with a newer DAW and some features may be unavailable as a result. Which version of SONAR are you planning to use?

The media browser in CbB will display anything the OS permits. Because there are no predefined links in the media browser to where ever these samples are stored, it is necessary to navigate to the folder using a combination of the Up one level button (G in the image) to move up the directory tree and click folder names in the browser to go into a directory. To add to the Content Location menu (C in the image), click the Save Content Location icon (L in the image). The media browser usually only shows file types recognized by CbB. It is possible to see all files and folders by select the option under Views on the Browser menu (B in the image) For more info on the media browser see http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Browser.03.html

Uploading images to the forum get reduced in size. There is also a 50MB quota. To avoid these limitations I use imgur.com and post links to images. These to not get resized or affect the image quota. I took a snapshot of how the image appears in the browser and posted it to imgur.com then posted a link to the image here so you can see we. I will let you decide how legible it is. I am sure you can see all the clips in the take lanes have menus and that clips overlap when the lanes are collapsed. doubling the size of image - here are the places where clips overlap in the image

Or select the clip without a menu. The entire clip should appear Or move the second clip to the right and see if it is hiding anything

The image is too small and the Event list does not show clip boundaries. Try opening the track lanes. Its the button in the lower left of track 2's header. The clips are in different lanes slightly overlapping.

The track icons tell the story. There are two ways to add soft synths to a project with an instrument track or with at least one audio and MIDI track. Either way is OK. The image above shows a MIDI track then an audio track. It is possible to convert the pair of track shown in the image above into an instrument track by right-clicking in the track header and selecting "Make Instrument Track." Conversely, instrument tracks may be broken out into audio and MIDI tracks by right-clicking and selecting "Split Instrument Track." By default the Add Track menu creates instrument tracks. Every other method uses the Insert Soft Synth options dialog. Here are the instructions for using this dialog to create an instrument track. To add synths using audio+MIDI tracks using the Add Track menu, click H then J. To put the audio and MIDI tracks in a folder, click I too. To add synths using audio+MIDI tracks using the Insert Soft Synth Options dialog select MIDI Source and one of the three audio options below the Synth Track Folder option. If you have messed up the defaults and unticked the "Ask This Every Time" at the bottom of the Insert Soft Synth Options dialog, click icon E in this image of the synth rack to bring up the dialog

Are Windows and CbB set to the same sample rate?

AFAIK, every clip has a menu. I suspect the OP will return and confirm your answer.