JoeGBradford

Got the free version - quite pleasant but very limited (which is fair enough as paid version is cheap anyway)

Thanks Simeon - great walkthrough! Your passion for sharing music at the end was very moving (though I have had a little red wine 😉 )  I'll have to see if I can get the free version of Halion working as this seems worth the investment!

Thanks that was interesting - I haven't explored the Matrix View yet!

Another appreciation for Pete here. IK can be frustrating but Pete ( and Ryan for that matter) are always very helpful

Strange - I've just got it with no problems a few minutes ago

Hi Ricky

I use an Apro 800 with CbB and previously Sonar Home Studio) and it generally works ok - though for reasons beyond me it occasionally loses connection!

In the dropdown do you get a device just names Apro? - if so that is the one you need

Once you get set up you'll find that knobs and faders are allocated to specific controls in CbB and softsynths - for the soft synths you can change the assignments - not sure about in CbB itself as I have never tried to change anything

I'm on 1903 but still got the problem - I think caused by a security update to 1903/9

I'd manually installed 4.1.2 last nighas well so manually installed 4.1.3 today. Let's hope everything is fixed now!

2 hours ago, Peter - IK Multimedia said:

If anybody having problems is on Windows 10, it likely has to do with something tickled by the update released just before IK Product Manager was out.  There is a workaround posted at https://www.ikmultimedia.com/faq/index.php?id=1393

Thanks Peter - good work support - I had just installed that update so almost certainly explains my issues. As I installed the updates manually in the end I'll await the Product Manager update which will hopefully resolve the issue

Just now, Peter - IK Multimedia said:

Right.  That's because you're installing manually, not with IK Product Manager and Authorization Manager is not discontinued and is part of the manual installation process.  You might want to work with IK Support and get IK Product Manager working and you won't need to use Authorization Manager at all.

Our posts are crossing Peter - I thought that might be the case re AM - as I say hopefully all will be resolved by the time I need any more updates. Once it works it will be a great step forward

I can understand that 😉   

Just now, Peter - IK Multimedia said:

To follow up on that first part of my last post, and one of the main points of why IK Product Manager exists (finally) is... The rate of support requests for SampleTank 4 on opening day is not something we want to repeat.  Welcome to IK Product Manager. 

Manual workaround worked fine for me - hopefully all will be sorted by the next time I need to do an update 🙂

Sooo....I found where the Product Manager had installed the updates and ran them manually - now updated but the installation also wanted to install Authorisation Manager - that needs attention Peter!

Ah well - too good to be true - I've just installed the Product Manager and tried to update 4 programmes including ST4 - all seem to be downloading ok though the installation seems suspiciously quick - the menu still shows 'Update' opposite each item and, sure enough on checking ST4 in CbB  it shows the earlier version is still installed 😞

That's good to hear - would have really appreciated it when I installed the Total Max 2 bundle earlier this year! Hope everyone gets it to work ok!

41 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

I'm just glad I could help clear things up for anyone who may have thought that Theme Editor was for film scoring.

If only 😉

On 8/8/2020 at 7:57 PM, Jonathan Sasor said:

check your download folder for the correct file, hold the Windows key and press "r" to bring up the Run prompt. Type: %appdata%\bandlab-assistant\Downloads. If you do not see 26.08.0.100 in the installer file, delete what you currently have here. Then Exit out of BandLab Assistant, reopen/log in, then try the install again.

Try this (worked for me) or try updating your Bandlab installer

I had the same problem and followed instructions in the thread on the new release to find the .exe file. Worked fine when I double clicked on that. Might also be worth checking if your Bandlab installer needs updating as that seems to have worked for others

I had the Bandlab Assistant hanging problem for the first time with this update. Thanks to Jonathan for pointing to the folder for the installation file!

Also can I ask that you don't bite the hand that feeds you. You have access to an amazing programme,which as i say above is being constantly updated, at no cost - what is not to like?! 🙂

Hi Ken - I understand your suspicions and concerns but don't worry - as far as I know after a couple of years of using CbB all that there is to downloading and installing CbB and it's associate files is a brilliant DAW experience and one that is constantly being updated. Welcome to the club - you'll find lots of people here willing to give advice and help when it's needed - and have the occasional bit of fun along the way! 

7 hours ago, JoeGBradford said:

Hi Jason - is there an update for the Luthier classical too?

Answered my own question - went into my account and found a recent update for AGL and a May one for AGSC

Oddly CbB hung in the start screen after updating these but a PC restart solved that. Maybe just coincidence?

Hi Jason - is there an update for the Luthier classical too?

I think I got Z3ta via Computer Music magazine IIRC

yeah just found that too once I remembered to use the find command!

Just Home Studio - I think I tried a reinstall of Z3ta but might be worth trying again. Not the end of the world if I can't get it working

Thanks for the help though - much appreciated again!

Ah found this in the sandbox log file for the effect - presumably I'll find the same for the instrument

LogFile: C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Logs\VstScanSandbox.log
Saturday, 01 Aug 2020, 16:29:12 
Opened Log File -----------------------------
Command line: /VSTRegPerUser/VSTRegKey:"Software\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Cakewalk VST X64"/Background/NoRescanning/SONARHWND:264430/ScanVst:"f:\vstplugins\z3ta+\z3ta+_fx2.dll"/ToastGuid:{CC4602E0-171B-477A-BE90-C6C2E73C2339}
Flag: VSTRegPerUser
Flag: VSTRegKey:"Software\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Cakewalk VST X64"
Flag: Background
Flag: NoRescanning
Flag: SONARHWND:264430
Flag: ScanVst:"f:\vstplugins\z3ta+\z3ta+_fx2.dll"
VST to scan - f:\vstplugins\z3ta+\z3ta+_fx2.dll
Flag: ToastGuid:{CC4602E0-171B-477A-BE90-C6C2E73C2339}
VSTSCAN: ******* Analyzing VST plugins...
VSTSCAN: ---- 1: f:\vstplugins\z3ta+\z3ta+_fx2.dll ----
VSTSCAN: [ShortPath] f:\VSTPLU~2\Z3TA_~1\Z3TA__~2.DLL
VSTSCAN: [RegKey] Software\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Cakewalk VST X64\Inventory\f:/vstplugins/z3ta+/z3ta+_fx2.dll
VSTSCAN: ---- Loading VST plugin f:\vstplugins\z3ta+\z3ta+_fx2.dll ----
VSTSCAN: Normal DLL load failed, attempting to load with BitBridge...
VSTSCAN: Load BitBridge.DLL...
VSTSCAN: Load failed with BitBridge...
VSTSCAN: Failed to create VST plugin instance...
VSTSCAN: Unloading VST dll...
VSTSCAN: NOT a VST plugin
VSTSCAN: WRITE VST DATA...
VSTSCAN: WRITE VST DATA - successfully updated VST plugin inventory record...
VSTSCAN: Finished analyzing VST plugins - 0 of 0 VST plugins were scanned in this run
Closing log file
Saturday, 01 Aug 2020, 16:29:12