Desert Hermit

I'm trying update to the latest version of Bandlab (Cakewalk_by_BandLab_Update_Setup_27.04.0.144). It opens and unpacks ok but then hangs up on the installation. I've tried a couple of different methods but it still stalls at the same place. I have let it go for up to 30 minutes before killing the process with Task Manager. Is there a work-around or does this require an uninstall followed by a fresh install? My current working version is 2021.01 (Build 098, 64 bit)

This is why I love the Sonar/Cakewalk/Bandlab forums and have made it my daily read for many years. I recently upgraded to a new Dell 8930 with 64 MB RAM and SSD drive. Faster than anything I've ever seen and therefore should be immune to drop-outs, but I was getting drop-outs about every 20 minutes. I figured it was something in microsloth 10 and was actively looking for a solution when I came across this thread. After turning off that "helper" Service, I worked on a project and had it open for most of the evening with zero drop-outs!! Thank you, Tez!!

I responded again to the reply I received.

I will try that again.

After upgrading from Sonar to Bandlab, I cannot authorize my version CA-2A. My Cakewalk account is locked and I cannot create a new one. I have a ton of recordings that use this plug-in and I'd really like to avoid having to find an alternative. Any ideas?

Thank you!

I'm attempting to login to My Account and I get the message that an email was sent to me, but I never received the email and it's not in my SPAM folder. How do I contact an admin to push that email along or grant access?

It seems my authorization for the account was sent but I never received it. I don't want to create a new account so how do I get the system to send another authorization email?

PC2A does not show up in that path. In fact, I could not find the dll or any other related files for PC2A, but when I installed CA-2A, the module showed up in my existing projects as PC2A. Since it appears CA-2A needs authorization, how is that accomplished? btw, thanks for all your help!

Found it. It's the PC2A I talked about being missing in another thread a few days ago. Per your suggestion, I went to my old Sonar account and grabbed CA-2A, since PC2A didn't show up anymore. When I opened an existing project (I use that plug-in on the ProChannel of every track!!) PC2A was there, at least it showed up as working where before it just displayed the title bar. So, if I shut off that module in every ProChannel my project plays fine. Now the issue will be getting CA-2A to work in place of the older PC2A module.

That's an interesting take. I did have some issues re-loading some of my old plug-ins... B4II for example, but I just tried a song that did not have Organ on it and still had the same behavior. However, I do think you are on to something. Is there a way to identify any unauthorized plug-ins, other than removing them and reloading until I find the culprit?

I don't get a drop out notification like that. The "drop-out" I'm describing is a quick drop on a single track. For instance, a guitar will be be playing and then go quiet for a half second. The audio loss is also not consistent. I can play the track section repeatedly and the drop will not necessarily happen in the same place. In fact, to prove that I played a verse section with only the lead vocal solo'd. The drops happened in different places each time.

After many years of recording on my tried and true 2010 Dell with Windows 7 (16MB RAM), Sonar X3, M-Audio 2626 Firewire ASIO setup, I decided to upgrade to a new Dell 9830 with Windows 10 (64 MB RAM), Cakewalk by Bandlab (latest version), and existing M-Audio 2626. During playback I was getting dropouts so I tried a bunch of different settings in CbB and the 2626 interface. Still had the dropouts so I figured my days with the firewire interface were over and bought a Presonus 192, figuring my problems would be solved. No such luck since I'm still getting the dropouts no matter how I set the buffers. Note that I've tried projects recorded on the old system a few weeks ago to projects recorded in Sonar 15 years ago on an even older system. Same dropouts in all cases. However, if I play a CbB sample project it plays fine. My projects are all recorded at a Sample Rate of 48K and an Audio Driver Bit Depth of 24 (with 64 bit checked). I've been a member of the Sonar/Cakewalk forums for a very long time and know the smartest guys are here so I'm hoping somebody can help me solve this issue. Thanks, Desert Hermit

Thank you. I think it's downloaded and working now.

I just upgraded from Sonar X3 to CbB. I did it as a fresh install on a new computer. I have been able to duplicate my old setup except for two things -- reauthorizing my CD copy of NI B4II, which I'm still trying to deal with since NI discontinued it, and missing the ProChannel plug-in PC2A, which is used in all of my projects. Can anyone help me get PC2A installed? Thanks in advance!