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    Turn Local back ON when exit Cakewalk

    in Feedback Loop

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    9 hours ago, JoseC said:

    In the meantime, you can do this: create a short midi clip, open the Event View and place a single event (cc 122 val 127) in it. Place copies of it in the Matrix view stacked in the same column, make them One Shot, and point each cell to a midi track that goes to a different synth. This way you just need to click the column header to send Local On to all your synths at the same time. It is still a manual solution, but it just takes a second. 

    Good idea indeed. 😊  Actually I made a simple project file contains only the CC122 messages value 127 on the first measure, and copy it to several MIDI tracks pointing to different MIDI outputs. Every time I'm done working with Cakewalk, I open that project, and play it before I close Cakewalk. It works like your suggested way in different fashion.

    However, I sometime forget to do so.  If I'm lucky to remember (that I didn't turn the local back on), it's a bit too late, I already turned off the PC, leaving me manually turning them local back on one by one 😙. That's why I thought automatic option in preferences would be great.

    The other way I have tried was by running my own (poorly) written CAL at the end of the session. However it didn't work as expected. If any of you could help me to see what is wrong with this CAL I made, I would be very happy, since I'm not that good at programming code.

     

     

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    Big Crash issue

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

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    Hi there! Welcome to the forum.

    Before trying to give an answer to your problem, its better to include more detailed info about your system (what Windows? PC general spec? is it 32 bit or 64bit? etc).
    As you stated "Sonar" , I presume you mean Sonar Platinum? Have you try Cakewalk by Bandlab ?

    Those informations can help us narrow the problem and make easier to find solution.

    Regards,
    Jaymz

    Turn Local back ON when exit Cakewalk

    in Feedback Loop

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    Since it's first DOS release, -when we open the application- Cakewalk always send "turn Local OFF" message (MIDI message CC 122, value = 0) to any connected MIDI device. It's totally fine, considering -when opened- Cakewalk will act as MIDI "soft thru" , bridging the keyboard part and the tone generator part of our synthesizer. Almost every MIDI sequencer software will do the same thing.

    However, after years of using Cakewalk, I'm a bit tired of having to manually turn the Local ON after closing Cakewalk. Specially when we have many synthesizer connected to the system like I do. FYI, I use my keyboards not only to work in my studio, but also to do gig every now and then in a week. I can not remember how many times I forget to turn the local ON , and the keyboards didn't make any sound on stage 😅 . When the band started playing, and I kept messing with the cables & PA system figuring out what went wrong. Sometime it takes few minutes to reach that moment of "aaah, I forget the Local ON". 😙

    So, my request will be, is there any chance to add an option in Preferences that make Cakewalk send "Local ON" message automatically on exit? I asume it wont be that difficult to program the feature (like automatically sending MIDI CC122 value 127 to every connected synthesizer) on exit. I would be very thankful if it can happen.

    Regards,
    James Argo

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    Demo Mode??

    in Q&A

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    After you successfully install the latest BandLab Assistant (v 5.0.6), run it as administrator. Then launch Cakewalk  from BandLab Assistant --> Apps . Once you launch Cakewalk through BandLab Assistant, Cakewalk will be activated. You can launch Cakewalk without BL Assistant for next 6 months.

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    Forum members /home country ?

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

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    On 8/23/2019 at 8:06 AM, mark skinner said:

     Hello to everyone.   I posted this  aiming at the administrators of this forum .  I really didn't expect everyone to respond like this. Great surprise !     Thank you all.        mark

    We all think we are administrators... 😀

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    TruePiano or Free Piano that sounds good

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    My favorite piano Vsti for years. For me, the Diamond module alone is worth the price. Light weight, zero problem with Cakey, and it sounds expressively awesome responding to your play! If I can only have 1 piano vst in my system, it would be TuePiano. I even thought of buying it's Lite version for V-Machine to play live on stage (unfortunately I don't have v-Machine). I think the discount will still apply if you contact their customer support.

    Tools module icons change after 2019.07 [SOLVED]

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

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    9 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

    I think Steve may have updated that one with the new buttons, give it a look.

    They've been giving the themesmiths a good workout with the Ripple indicator, the note length buttons in the PRV, and now these Smart Tool changes.

    You're in luck, Mercury Light Green is one of the ones he's updated.

    I saw the update, but I was too lazy to update... 🤪 The star looks smarter for smart tool to me 😁

    OK, I'll update the theme and work on the star icon.

    Thanks bro! 😊👍

    Tools module icons change after 2019.07 [SOLVED]

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    24 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

    The latest build, with either Mercury or Tungsten theme, should show the Arrow icon on the Smart Tool button and the I-beam on the Select Tool button.

    Thanks! This is the answer... Never thought the icons were part of the customizable theme.  Yes, I use @scook 's Mercury Light Green theme  in my primary DAW. That's why it has star icon.

    24 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

    The fact that your Tools module says "SONAR" on it indicates that you were using a custom theme. If you switch to either of the standard themes or to a theme where the theme's author has updated the Tools Module to reflect the changes, your Tools Module should show the correct graphics.

    It has SONAR label coz it is default themed Sonar Plat installed side by side with CbB in my secondary DAW. I took the screenshot out of Splat just to show how the icons look like, so I don't have to switch DAW just to make the screenshot (I posted from my secondary DAW).. :)

    Thanks for the info bro!

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    Cakewalk / Cakewalk Sonar PSR 975 question

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

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    On 8/5/2019 at 8:55 AM, Perry Kappetein said:

    Hi,

    I am new to this, and was playing with the Free Cakewalk.
    Since I don't have any midi adapters yet for my laptop,  is it possible to setup cakewalk, that it know what sounds a Yamaha PSR 970/975 has?
    I don't know if it's possible, or if that's how it works.

    currently I am just opening a midi file.  Edit it, and save it back,  and the sound is always different.

     

    Any help is appreciated :)

     

    You don't need any additional MIDI adapter to connect PSRS970/S975 to Cakewalk. Yamaha PSRS970/S975 has built in MIDI adapter for you to connect to your PC using USB cable. Just get the proper USB cable, connect to your PC, and Windows will automatically install the generic driver to use. Or better yet, download the Yamaha driver (I think it's better than generic Windows driver).

    https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/keyboards/arranger_workstations/psr-s970/downloads.html

    Once you install it, the device will show in Cakewalk's preferences MIDI device. There you can then define / import the ins file.

    Cakewalk / Cakewalk Sonar PSR 975 question

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    On 8/5/2019 at 11:47 AM, Perry Kappetein said:

    The Define button is greyed out, nor can I select anything else on that screen. ?

    You can import and use instrument definition file (ins) only if you have have at least 1 MIDI Out port installed and activated in preferences --> MIDI --> Devices.

    Since you said you don't have MIDI adapter, I assume all this time you transfer MIDI files (in standard midi file extension .mid )  using flash disk (USB drive) between CbB and your Yamaha PSR975.

     

    2 audio interfaces

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    14 minutes ago, Branko said:

    I have tried to run:

    https://www.presonus.com/products/AudioBox-USB-96

    and

    https://www.steinberg.net/en/products/audio_interfaces/ur_series/models/ur22mkii.html

    so I can record 4 audio channels and installed ASIO drivers for both.

    It seems that Cakewalk can only take one device at the time since the first one installed is immediately grayed out and disabled in Preferences as soon as the second one is installed. Then only the second device is available in preferences.

    Is there a way to run 2 audio devices in Cakewalk?

    Thank you

    ASIO mode will not let you run more than 1 instance of audio driver at the same time. That means if you run in ASIO mode, you can only run 1 audio driver to use with your audio application.

    If your audio driver allows running 2 cards at the same time (for example, my PC has 2 MAudio Delta 1010LTs running 1 driver), then I can use both cards in Cakewalk.

    I guess it will not happen if you run 2 different cards from different manufacturer, unless you run Cakewalk with WDM, WASAPI or MME mode.

    Preferences --> Audio --> Playback and Recording --> Driver Mode.

     

     

    2019.07 Feedback

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    Just reminding, we have this bug introduced in 07. @Ben Staton  said it was fixed and will be in next release. Looks like the problem  is still there even after installing the hot fix. Please also read my reply in the bottom of the thread.

    Thank you guys! You all are hot and cool at the same time!!!

    Delete markers ?

    in Q&A

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, scook said:

    This is what @James Argo is describing

    FxZwu3C.gif

    When the cursor changes hold down the right mouse button and hit the delete key

     

    Awesome! Thanks Scook! Now you tell me how to capture that moving screenshot with cursor 😀

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