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Since the release of 2022.06 there has been an option to use local help in conjunction/addition to the standard <Help><Documentation> menu item in the program.

Local help is a preference function here:

The only reason to really go to the legacy help system is if you need to compare/contrast some ancient function with what is current in the latest/last version of the program.
The online help accessed from inside CbB <Help><Documentation> is actually as up to date as possible.

There is also the PDF manual available (which is about 99% up to date) here:

Personally I prefer to use CTRL-F to search the PDF, seems it's faster to get to the items that I want.

YMMV

3 hours ago, Mr No Name said:

... It has been said that the default position of the "input echo" button is ON, 

This is true. 

However; over the past few years, when I installed a program update, I would occasionally incur an anomaly that changed some minor function in my application preferences that was difficult to find, troubleshoot and remedy even with nearly 3 decades of using the software. It was well documented on my end, but not reproducible elsewhere. I started to save screenshots of all the pages of my preferences for comparison, since there is no direct way to backup just the prefs.

I sorta just blame the Sun for bombarding my hard drive with excess nutrinos at the exact moment of writing the update data.

That's my Occam's Razor justification, and I'm stickin' with it. 😁

This link works for me in 3 browsers on 2 different machines using the same logon as this forum:
https://help.cakewalk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Here's what I get when I click on "Submit a Request":

Maybe you should flush the cache from your browser.

13 minutes ago, Dreamer said:

I want to streamline my projects. I have my favorite plugins and was wondering if I could save the templet with all the parameters to include the plugin?

I have a ton of Track templates built, from a VSTi bass with FX applied. to full String Sections and Busses, along with my favorite drum kits all broken out into separate outputs, all available to insert with a couple of clicks.
Once you get the hang of assembling a project this way, you'll rarely go back.

I will first admit that, although I'm a channel subscriber, I'm not the worlds biggest fan of Rick Beato... I think that his 'abundance' of confidence of his abilities and opinions has a tendency to rub me the wrong way sometimes... but that is not to take away from his knowledge and intellect.

That said, I found this interview with Andy Summers (The Police) to be really casual and funny. Kinda like having your grandpa sit on the porch in a rocking chair telling war stories.

At the risk of being too 'highbrow', I'd like to put in a plug for an excellent podcast on this subject.

I listen to this on long drives, in the hot tub, or doing yardwork, and have found it to be absolutely fascinating for anyone that desires to know where the genre comes from. Andrew Hickey covers all the bases.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-history-of-rock-music-in-500-songs/id1437402802

But wait... isn't the bass your virtuoso instrument of choice? 🤔

Years ago I bought his "Humbucker", which had a reasonable sound but marginal use in detailed work.

Then I discovered Indiginus and Impact Soundworks, and I've never looked back.

Andrea is a great guy to talk to though!

Chopping dialog with Remove Silence is very difficult. 

The split options are to keep left/right/both/none, so I'm not sure what "the middle" would be...🤔

On the studio version (Village Recorders, LA), with Beckers rhythm guitar part in the left channel, they gated that thing so hard that you can hear it pumping.

Scuttlebutt was that Jeff Katz had the engineer daisychain two Kepexes on it. (can't prove it tho) 😝

You can choose to keep the left or right in <Preferences><Customization><Editing (Advanced)> Clips

14 minutes ago, Kevin Walsh said:

Is that a xylophone? 😮 Would you call this a shuffle?

It's a vibraphone (many times underappreciated).[I'm a big Lionel Hampton fan!]

And the progression is based on a Django Reinhardt swing shuffle standard from the 1930's. 

8 minutes ago, jack c. said:

what is the harmonica?jack c

There's no harmonica on this... that's a muted coronet.

7 minutes ago, jngnz said:

Was getting worried there for a second when I saw your post, but thankfully it sounds just as MIDI as any other big band / horns / jazz / whatever library.

Well, yeah... they are far more accu-perfect than most horn sections, always available when you need 'em, and don't get nearly as drunk after the gig.

1 hour ago, El Diablo said:

Got any demonstrations from the swing library?

https://youtu.be/lOAsHFUs3ko?si=Mwqb6odUbYh0O9YS

https://youtu.be/bN0PVfVCRy8?si=zr3zXb9z37iZ1N6v

https://youtu.be/dWpYsqXb1LI?si=t30gv_n4TcfI_kTF

...amongst others out there.

I modified & layered some stuff up in this track: 

Not that I have ever discovered.
Any track that inhabits approximately less than half of the Track View will be on a collapsing scale of 0-127, any size more than half of Track View will be showing a keyboard.
To my knowledge there is no way to set a 'fit content' default for either that section of a track in TV, or in the PRV, other than playing with Track Templates in conjunction with Workspaces.

56 minutes ago, GoncaloL said:

Is Symphobia still worth it?

IMO: Cost/Benefit ratio is just slightly better than Spitfire & VSL, much better than E/W (altho the latter are impeccable string libraries).
And nobody that I've found can even come close to touching the "Swing!" big band libraries.

Does it show if search indexing or virus scan is running in BG?

You have a ton of processes in TM. Anything you can dump? My list is ⅓ of that.

1 hour ago, John Vere said:

That is if you can find anything in the 1,954 pages.

I have a link to the PDF in my Win Menu. CTRL-F allows me to chase down any thing I need in less than 10 seconds.

Found just below the left end of the time display [audio & midi].

Have you tried running the Web Installer in ADMIN mode?

@Istvan Karsai In the instance that you posted (screenshot) above, I found a couple of issues that are tricky with Kontakt that may help. [If you use Komplete Kontrol as a Kontakt wrapper, there are similar issues... but let's get this working first]

First, in your Kontakt instrument you need to go to the <Instrument Options><Engine><Send MIDI to outside world><Chose Options>

Remove the tick from <Script generated notes> (if exists), insert a check in <Incoming notes> and then close. (DO NOT SAVE the instrument when it prompts you later!)

Then, using the routing previously discussed [Kontakt instance in MIDI OUT mode, MIDI track #2 driving INST track #1, MIDI track #4 driving INST track #3, MIDI track #4 INPUT receiving from the Kontakt output, ch1] as follows;

...then setting Echo In and Record on track #4 should allow you to see incoming notes from track #2 on track #4.

Notice that; here, I'm using the INTERNAL Arpeggiator to drive Kontakt (Factory patch) Grand Piano and can then record the arpeggiated notes directly into track #4 driving the Bass.
NOTE: (!) that the internal arp will miss the first note of the sequence if you try to start recording the arp sequence exactly at Bar 1/Beat 1, which is why I have shown the example starting at Bar 2, which is a good idea anyway with all projects IMO. Place the playback head (vertical cursor) at Bar 1, start record, and you should get results similar to mine above.

There are too many quirks with Kontakt and the Internal Arp for me to cover here, but this should work.
Driving from another instrument may be similar, but YMMV.