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I used to have the option to select the general Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth as a MIDI device for the few years I used Cakewalk by BandLab (on Windows 10). Recently, this option disappeared and I thought it was of my own doing because of some audio driver troubles. I have since resolved the audio driver issue and I also have added Cakewalk to another computer entirely (running Windows 11), and in both cases, the GS MIDI just will not appear. Was this phased out or am I doing something wrong? I would like to use it for certain projects. Thank you.

What is the output of these MIDI tracks set to? A hardware device like a MIDI keyboard or sound module? Or the Microsoft GS Wavetable synth on your sound card? Or a software synthesizer?

First off, don't judge me for using it, but I was using the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth as an instrument on my laptop as a quick and oh-so-dirty way of prototyping songs. Now, for some reason, after the last upgrade it disappeared - I don't know if CbB is to blame, or if the recent installation of Dorico or NotePerformer is to blame. Anyway, not the point. I need a GM-compatible, down-to-the-bones replacement for it. Preferably something that's *really* plug and play, but wouldn't interfere with Dorico's *ahem* Generic ASIO driver. Would someone please recommend a fast replacement? I would be most grateful. Thank you!

NEVERMIND NEVERMIND NEVERMIND NEVERMIND I JUST UPDATED AND IT CUTS MIDI OUT CABLE WHICH CONNECTED TO THE VIRTUALMIDISYNTH AND MICROSOFT GS WAVETABLE SYNTH.

import mido # Define MIDI port name (adjust as necessary) port_name = 'Digital Piano 1' # Open MIDI output port output_port = mido.open_output(port_name) # Define MIDI channel (1-16) channel = 0 # Note: MIDI channels are zero-indexed, so channel 1 corresponds to index 0 # Define Control Change message for volume (CC #7) volume_cc = 7 # Define volume value (0-127) volume_value = 1 # Adjust as needed print("Available MIDI output ports:") for port_name in mido.get_output_names(): print(port_name) # Create Control Change message for volume on the specified channel volume_message = mido.Message('control_change', channel=channel, control=volume_cc, value=volume_value) # Send the Control Change message output_port.send(volume_message) # Close MIDI output port output_port.close() OUTPUT: PS C:\Users\P125ab> python main.py Available MIDI output ports: Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth 0 Digital Piano 1 When I executed above code and pressed Yamaha digital piano P125ab keys, master volume wasn't changed at all. The same thing I can do if I connect Smart Pianist App. Open Balance Window at the bottom and move slider up and down to change master volume in android app. If I press any digital piano keys, as per fader the sound will come from digital piano. Is above code enough to test master volume? Or what else should be done to achieve the same functionality. Thanks, Indrajeet Raval

Today I installed the recommended last no-cost CbB update (2023.09). It seems to have disconnected my Microsoft GM driver. Can anyone help me get it back? Minutes prior to installing 2023.09, I was listening to a project in which all tracks output to Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth. After installing, I restarted CbB and reloaded the same project. The Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth was missing and output was sent to a different audio output. I've always taken it for granted the the MS GM driver is loaded. Now I don't know how to recover it. I have ASIO mode selected. Please help! - John Speth

There have been several threads about this. Some of them should come up if you type "Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth" into the forum search box (with the quotation marks so it looks for the phrase, not all the individual words. Let me see if I can find them. Update: Try this search link. I forgot to mention, if the search just does the current topic, switch it to "Everywhere" or "The whole forum," or however its worded.

What do you have to do to make use of the Microsoft GS Wavetable synth? If I open a *.mid file and set the outputs to this instrument, the file will play but there is no sound from the speakers. If I : 1. Open a blank project and add a TTS-1 track 2. Then add an instrument track 3. Then import the same midi file it still will not play with the outputs set for the GS Wavetable Synth 4. BUT if I set the outputs to the TTS-1, THEN it will play. What am I missing? File is attached. gentlywp.mid

Hey all, I'm pretty new to music production and recently splurged on a MiniLab to do music for a video game I'm working on. I started out with Ableton but found Cakewalk much easier for me to use, especially since it has vst-2 compatibility. I'm currently experiencing some problems in my playback with my MIDI, especially with my Arturia synth VSTs, where the MIDI will buzz and crackle on playback unless the volume is ungodly low. Not all the synths do this, but the more aggressive/dark sounding synths do, which limits my instrument usage a lot. Playing the VST live has no issues beyond the occasional glitch, so I'm unsure why playback is only being affected. I tend to experience some buzzing when the project file is using around 4 synths at once, but this particular project only one synth is buzzing. I've glanced at looking into the issue, but I'm mostly seeing this issue for recorded audio rather than audio and MIDI, and my mic-recorded clips appear to playback just fine. I've messed around with buffer sizes and different audio drivers but nothing seems to lessen the buzzing. I'm operating a Windows 10 with around 16G of RAM, and my CPU tends to run fine most of the time. If you guys would like to see my CPU info let me know. I do want to see if I can't fix or manage the issue without getting new equipment if possible. I do plan on upgrading my PC however that's a long-term project that I wont be able to work on for a few months. Any advice is greatly appreciated! I only know so much about the technical side of music production since I'm really new to it. Here's my settings as of current: Current Version: build 28.11.0.021 Audio Driver Settings Audio Driver Bit-Depth: 16-bit (increasing this too much does actually completely cut audio for me) 64-bit precision is checked Stereo Panning Law: 0dB center, constant power, sin/cos taper Sampling Rate: 48000 on my current project, Ableton and new Cakewalk projects are set to 44100 Buffers in Playback Queue: 4 Buffer Size: 30.0 msec 1323 samples (Increasing this much more makes the buzzing worse, somehow) Audio Playback Settings Driver Mode: MME (32-Bit) (Im aware WASAPI and ASIO are better, but ASIO cuts my audio and cakewalk thinks my headset is unavailable for WASAPI, it's a headache I know) Dithering: None Command Audition Length: 3s Record Pre-Allocate File: 0s Fade on start: 0ms Fade on stop: 0ms MIDI Device Settings Inputs: Arturia MiniLab mkII Outputs: Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth (this is the only option besides the MiniLab that is provided) MIDI Playback and Recording Settings Driver Mode: MME (ASIO and WASAPI are unavailable here) Number of Buffers: 128, Echo System Exclusive is unchecked MIDI Sysx Echo Ports: Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth Playback; Prepare Using: 200 ms buffers, Always echo current MIDI track is checked

Those issues are beyond the scope the last drop. Its goal was to address relevant issues that people had run into that were related to the initial 2023.09 release. There were no changes to the Staff View since 2022.11. The Microsoft GS Wavetable synth issue is not internal to Cakewalk. It's an unreliable method for trying to get MIDI playback and not recommended for that reason. As for garbled audio with the TTS-1, what is the audio configuration for both playback and the project sample rate? There haven't been any changes that would impact TTS-1's performance, and we're unable to reproduce this issue on our end at a standard 44.1 KHz sample rate.

One of the problems I'm facing with the last release - it doesn't see any MIDI soft synths installed in the system (most notably, the pre-installed Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth). The MIDI devices in Preferences is just empty. in this release. Never happened with previous releases.

Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth is no longer supported in the latest Cakewalk 2023.09 Have you tried TTS-1 instead? It's GM2 compatible.

As demanded; a new thread. "In Cakewalk's Preferences > MIDI > Devices, do you see your TD-17 listed as an Input and Output device, and does it have a check mark in it?" Yes, Check marked on both input and output. Under "Outputs", Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth, which I understand is some relevant aspect of my PCs soundcard, is NOT checked. Inserting a new MIDI track, arming for recording and recording a series of snare-hits produces a recording that plays that back. The track itself under "In/Out" shows "All Inputs" for Inputs and "1-TD-17" for the Output.

I had to step away for a time to do things like eat, shave, feed a cat, etc. I hadn't done any of those things for days. I used to record audio tracks on CbB with my band remotely, and the drum room in the basement was filled with thunderous, joyful rock and roll that often shook the entire house. Since Saturday last though, there's been silence as this grim, rumpled madman sits chugging coffee and reading endlessly and viewing endlessly and muttering vile obscenities, all the while wondering why he's never paid any attention to MIDI technologies, and has only recorded live performances with an ancient Mackie four-track, instead of using a proper virtual studio. You all are Good Eggs. Truly. I will try my best to "un-stupid" myself going forward. "In Cakewalk's Preferences > MIDI > Devices, do you see your TD-17 listed as an Input and Output device, and does it have a check mark in it?" Yes, Check marked on both input and output. Under "Outputs", Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth, which I understand is some relevant aspect of my PCs soundcard, is NOT checked. Inserting a new MIDI track, arming for recording and recording a series of snare-hits produces a recording that plays that back. The track itself under "In/Out" shows "All Inputs" for Inputs and "1-TD-17" for the Output.

Hello community, As a newbie I use a USB midi (Casio CTK 6200) without any audio interface. While recording I get a lot of latency. On the track that I record, MIDI notes are off-grid. The first note is almost on the second note grid. So, I'm stuck. I've a few queries. I'm giving the details below. Please help me. MY DEVICE AND WINDOWS SPPECIFICATIONS A. I'm working on an Asus Tuf Dash F15 gaming laptop with Windows 11. B. Its Device Specifications are given below: Device name: LAPTOP-H6RQDLVH Processo: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11300H @ 3.10GHz 3.11 GHz Installed RAM: 8.00 GB (7.68 GB usable) System type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor C. My Windows Specifications are here: Edition: Windows 11 Home Single Language Version: 22H2 Installed on: 12/‎21/‎2022 OS build: 22621.1555 Experience: Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22640.1000.0 D. Let me now inform you about my laptop's Storage situation with the screenshot below: E. My laptop's Audio Input and Output Devices are shown in the screenshot below: F. Besides these devices, my laptop's Sound, Video and Game Controllers are shown in another screenshot below. MY QUERIES ABOUT CAKEWALK PREFERENCES: 1. The Audio -- Devices section in my Cakewalk's Preferences show my Realtek (r) Audio in a dimmed manner. It doesn't let me select them. On the other hand, it shows only the Asus Utility with check marks ON which are not dimmed. These are shown in the screenshot below. Are these settings okay for me? 2. Next thing is about Audio -- Driver Settings. It only shows Asus Utility, not the Realtek (R) Audio. Please see the screenshot below. I've done nothing here. All the setting are automatically selected. Are these settings okay for me? 3. The next big thing is about setting proper Driver Mode in my Cakewalk's Audio Playback and Recording Settings. I selected WASAPI Shared as the Driver Mode. Please see the attached screenshot below. Are all the settings okay here? 4. Now about MIDI Input and Output Devices settings. Please see the screenshot below. Here, Casio USB -MIDI is the midi I'm using. It's connected to my laptop while I use Cakewalk. I've checked them to ON status as my MIDI Input and Output Devices. I've also checked Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth. Should have I done this or should I uncheck it? 5. The next question is about MIDI Playback and Recording settings. Please see the screenshot below. The Driver Mode is set up to MME automatically. Should I change it to UWP? What about the other settings here? Are they okay for me? Please help me regarding the settings, and suggest me how I could get rid of the Latency Issue while recording from my Casio USB-MIDI. Thank you.

https://www.steinberg.net/cubase/release-notes/12/ What’s new? March 30, 2023 – The Cubase 12.0.60 maintenance update is now available, and we are happy to improve Cubase in several important areas in both functionality and stability. We worked intensively with our partners to improve the performance with Audio Extensions and there are some significant improvements and fixes for MIDI Remote, audio export and MIDI recording. Please find all details below. The update is immediately available for download via the Steinberg Download Assistant. We have improved the following features and functionalities Audio Extensions We resolved an issue when bouncing tracks with audio extensions on tracks applied. The reference track is now visible in SynchroArts Revoice when used as an audio extension. Undo and redo operations are now applied correctly in Melodyne extensions. The Antares Auto Tune extension will now open automatically in a separate window instead of the lower zone. Export We improved the latency compensation when exporting audio in projects with external hardware routings. We have improved the performance when using “Export Selected Tracks“ or „Import Track Archive“ in projects containing a large number of hitpoints. Exported Broadcast Wave files now contain the correct channel description iXML metadata. Surround channels are now exported correctly when using Anymix Pro for upmixing for all supported buffer sizes. MIDI Remote We have added a new MIDI Remote factory script for the HXW Avatar EMK-25 MIDI keyboard. The MIDI Remote API documentation is now available online via Github. Focus Quick Controls now continue to work for plug-ins which have been moved to another channel. The MIDI Remote Surface Editor now supports multiple 14 bit/14 bit NRPN controls with different CC numbers. We have resolved an issue where specific OS language settings could lead to parameter mappings shown as "Missing" in the Mapping Assistant when using the context menu function "Pick for MIDI Remote Mapping" in the plug-in interface. Changing mappings in the Mapping Assistant now works as expected in the mappings list. We resolved an issue where the setup of a Mixer Bank Zone involving multiple MIDI remote devices lead to lost parameter assignments. Miscellaneous Recording over existing MIDI parts in Linear/Replace mode and active Pre-Roll no longer plays the first note event. Short MIDI parts can be now properly selected after recording. Audio objects are now still connected to the Renderer for Dolby Atmos after re-assigning their source tracks. When starting the application for the first time on macOS systems, the built-in audio device is now selected automatically. We resolved an issue where the Edit menu could not been accessed when "Rename First Selected Track" was added in a macro command. Quick Controls now continue to work when plug-ins are loaded by FX Chain preset. Quick Controls now work as expected on duplicated tracks. The octave parameter value range in the Pitch section of the Sampler Control is now set to +/-5. Due to technical reasons the "Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth" MIDI Port provided by the operating system is no longer listed in the MIDI Port section of the Studio Setup and cannot be selected as MIDI output for tracks anymore. In case the "Missing Ports" window appears when loading projects, consider to re-map this port to another one. Plug-ins We resolved an issue in REVerence with locating impulse response files. We resolved an issue with MixConvert settings not being stored with the project. We resolved an issue with Tube Compressor creating noise when being rendered including the full signal path. Stability We have improved the stability and performance in the following use cases: When entering specific special characters in the marker window. When selecting an Embody Immerse profile in the AmbiDecoder plug-in running natively on Apple silicon computers. When using the Anymix Pro panner in projects with a 96 kHz sample rate. When using Antares Auto Tune 10 as an ARA extension. When exporting audio in projects with SuperVision used in the Control Room. When changing VariAudio parameters on shared copies of Audio Events.

As of this morning, when I open any stand alone MIDI file in Cakewalk, instead of it playing through my Focusrite 2i2 it plays through the computer soundcard and speakers. This was working just fine yesterday when I was working on a MIDI file. Under Preferences it does show the device as Focusrite. The thing that escapes me is that when I open up a project I've been working that contains both .wav and .mid files they play just fine through my Focusrite as expected. Also, when I go into Windows Sound and tell it to use the Focusrite, when I play a MIDI file it does indeed play through the Focusrite however, instead of playing instruments through Cakewalk TTS, it plays through MIcrosoft GS Wavetable Synth. I'm stumpted... Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

I'm trying to make a MIDI track output either to the master or my Scarlet 4i4 headphone output, but I can't. I'm using ASIO as it's the only one that works for me with low enough latency on Cakewalk. The only outputs are "Digital Piano", which just outputs to the keyboard I'm using, "Microsoft GS Wavetable synth", which only outputs to my Realtek speakers (which would be fine, but those only work on non-ASIO, which makes the latency too high to record audio along to a MIDI track), and "Focusrite USB MIDI" which doesn't seem to output anywhere I can find. No problems at all on audio tracks, they output to the master which outputs into my Scarlet headphone output. I'm a total idiot with this stuff so any help is appreciated!

The Nektar, being a controller, makes no sound of its own, so the signal must go through some other synthesizer, such as the Microsoft GS Wavetable synth in many computer sound cards, or a software synth. The soft synth's output will be audio and go through the interface.

Dear Members, I have some problem with SCVA in CbB, please, do read it below: Symptome: in case of Roland Cloud Sound Canvas VA version 1.1.6 (hereafter: SVCA) VSTi in Cakewalk by Bandlab version 2020.11, build 099, the MIDI Pitch Bend Sensitivity XXX (i.e. RPN 0 XXX) messages do not modify the sensitivity range, but set the MIDI Channel Volume according to the value of MSB part of XXX, instead. My question: what settings are needed for the proper operation of "Pitch Bend Sensitivity" MIDI messages in case of SVCA VSTi in CbB? The story and the circumstances: At the end of December of 2020, I purchased an SVCA software synth via Roland Cloud Manager. After the payment was completed, I was able to initiate the installation of SVCA from Roland Could Manager by a single click into my PC (CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.2GHz; RAM: 8 GB) having Microsoft Windows 10 Home version 2004 operating system. The installation seemed to be taken place without any problem. I set the path to SVCA files for the Cakewalk, the Cakewalk recognized it as a VSTi successfully, so I immediately started learning about the SVCA. I was able to play different MIDI files through the SVCA with quite good sounding, so I was really satisfied with the first results. Until I met that problem related to setting the pitch bend range, which one I mentioned in the Symptome above. The reproduction of the symptome: I created a simple test file, see the enclosed file "svca-test-pitch-bend-range.mid". It contains only 6 consecutive C5 notes in the first MIDI channel. Then I have inserted MIDI Pitch Bend Sensitivity XXX messages just before the note message, where the values denoted by XXX were 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048 and 3072 in order to specify 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and 24 semitones as limits of the expected bending range. When the Output was set to Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth in the Cakewalk, the playing back of this file resulted the six consecutive C5 notes, with bending up to 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and 24 semitones at their ends, according to the MIDI Pitch Bend Sensitivity (RPN 0) messages, i.e. everything seemed to be OK. Reproduction of the problem: when I changed Output to the SOUND Canvas VA from the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth, the playing back the test file resulted almost no audible sound during its about first half - and only a very slowly intensifying but quite still silent sound during the second half, while the bending ranges were limited to only 2 semitones, for all the notes. Even, in window of SCVA, the Volume Slider of Channel 1 jumped suddenly to value 1 (i.e. almost its leftmost position) as the playing back reached the first note, then changed at the begin of each next note to 2, 4, 8 and 16, and when the last note were reached and exceeded, the Volume Slider got its final position: 24, as it can be seen in the enclosed picture "svca-volume-level-changed-instead-of-pitch-bend-range-setting.jpg". In this time, during this reproduction of the problem, I used the SCVA by the following way for the playing back the test file : 1) I inserted the SCVA from the main menu by clicking on the items: Insert > Soft Synth > Sound Canvas VA. 2) I put tickmarks to the checkboxes: All Synth Audio Outputs: Stereo, Synth Property Page, Synth Rack View in the dialog box titled as Insert Soft Synth Option, then I clicked on button "OK". 3) I selected Track 1, clicked to "O" (Output) and clicked on the menuitem 2-SOUND Canvas VA in the list. Then I inserted Control 7-Volume 100 MIDI messages between the Pitch Bend Sensitivity XXX MIDI messages and Note C5 MIDI messages. During the playing back of the test file modified by these -volume setting messages, the volume of the resulted sound were recovered to 100, but the bending range still remained to be limited to 2 semitones. Or, in other words, the default pitch bending range, which is 2 semitones only, were applied since the beginning to the end, despite the presence of Pitch Bend Sensitivity MIDI messages having different range values. So I concluded roughly this: the Pitch Bend Sensitivity XXX MIDI messages were interpreted as Control 7-Volume MSB-of-XXX messages in my SCVA-CbB configuration. Thanks for any recommendation to overcome this strange behaviour, in advance! (Sorry for my poor English, if I were not so clear.) scva-pitch-band-range-test.mid

EDIT: Selecting WASAPI accordingly and using the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth, I seem to have hit a snag. In the song in question (in which there are five TTS-1 instrument tracks), Cakewalk is playing the Distortion Guitar track as a piano, and the other tracks are not being played at all. EDIT 2: After exiting Cakewalk and reloading the project, confirmed WASAPI and Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth are still active. It seems every TTS-1 track is "playing" (volume meter is active), but no instruments are heard. (Additional detail: I currently do not use a soundcard, I use onboard audio.) Why am I getting no playback on the Microsoft Synth? Any ideas? Thanks. 😊

I am having a problem with certain MIDI preferences not persisting between CbB sessions. Specifically, my MIDI/Devices setting is not persisting. I have a USB MIDI interface with 4 out of 5 ports active. I've tried to activate the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth in addition permanently, but the activation won't stick. When I exit CbB, I lose the setting. I have to reactivate the preference before I load up any song in which I want to use that device. Another preference that won't stick is the MIDI/Playback and Recording/Playback setting for "Prepare using: xxx millisecond buffers." That is set at 200 by default. I want to change the default to 400 due to some stuttering, but again this change has to be done every time I start up CbB. I have tried editing a template at Bob Bergen's suggestion on Facebook, and new files created using that template do appear using the edited preferences. However, when you save/close the newly created .CWP files, exit CbB, restart CbB, and reload the .CWP files, the preferences revert back to the original non-template settings. This is most definitely a bug and needs to be addressed. Please help, and thank you. EDIT TO ABOVE PARAGRAPH: The edited template was used without doing the exit/restart procedure. When I exited, restarted, and then tried to use the edited template, the preferences in the edited template had reverted - no Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth, no 400 millisecond buffers. The bug is not fixed by editing a template.

I'm pretty sure the first bank of TTS-1 sounds are exactly the same as the old 24 note poly Roland GM synths at the time, but it sounds like you're talking about Microsoft's internal GM synth? As far as I know, there's not been any changes to the Microsoft GM sounds either. To use them though, you'll need to ensure you're running in WASAPI mode for Audio, and set your MIDI output to "Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth". If you were using a 3rd party sound card at the time, it could be that you had the Yamaha XG sound set, which does sound different. You can download an XG VSTi synth here: https://veg.by/en/projects/syxg50/ It's 32 bit, but it should work with BitBridge. I personally use JBridge, but can't recall any issues with BitBridge when I last used it.

If you're using Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth for your sound, this is treated by Cakewalk as an external MIDI device (in exactly the same way as an external hardware sound module). You have two choices: First record the output of the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth on to an audio track, then do your export; or Do as @Kalle Rantaaho suggests and use TTS-1 as your synth instead of the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth.

I'm pretty sure it's the channel assignments. The default patch is piano. If no channel or patch is selected, you would hear piano in a MIDI file, regardless of the soft synth you used while recording. And as mentioned above, the MIDI file doesn't remember what soft synth you used when recording, so will default to a General MIDI synth such as your computer's Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth on playback. Welcome to the forum.