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Transform tool for Automation nodes (like there is for Controller lanes) Keybindings possible to PRV Transform tool functions. Automation nodes to follow horizontal scaling of MIDI and Audio clips (When pressing SHIFT + CTRL) Automation clips Ability to rename controller lanes from within PRV - especially when in Single Lane Controller view.

HI:) Some wishes for Shortcuts which would make it easier and faster to work: 1. Possibility to type in a number of the track and it is focused, similar to the "," but with giving just a number and focus it. With CAL I can use "TrackSelect", but then it's not focused! Much faster than to use Up and Down with many tracks. 2. Possibility to just select audio and increment or decrement it by an amount. For sure I can keybind GAIN, but if I often use 1,2 or 3 dB it is too slow. I have an Autohotkey Shortcut for these changes, but implemented in CbB would be better. Here the Autohotkey (Ctrl+7,8,9,0 for -3-1+1+3 dB inc/dec) (F4 is bound to GAIN) ============================= ^7:: Send {F4}{Tab}-3{Tab 7}-3{Tab 2}{Enter} Return ^8:: Send {F4}{Tab}-1{Tab 7}-1{Tab 2}{Enter} Return ^9:: Send {F4}{Tab}1{Tab 7}1{Tab 2}{Enter} Return ^0:: Send {F4}{Tab}3{Tab 7}3{Tab 2}{Enter} Return ============================= 3. Possibility to open Prochannel in Console with Hotkey from Track View like in Inspector. With hands on Keyboard it's nice to open it with Ctrl+I, but then the focus now is in the Inspector and you can't select any other track with the keyboard until you click with the mouse in the track view. (Shift Down and Up helps to focus back to track window) I have an Autohotkey for that, first I have to focus a track and then the hotkey opens the Prochannel in the multidock console. Involve in CbB would be much better! CtrlAlt+ Up for Opening, Ctrl+Alt+Down for closing Prochannel. Now I can work in PC with Midi Controller and "NOT" Mouse. (I don't like mouse) Ctrl+NUMPAD Enter is bound to open PC Module. ============================ ^!Up:: Send, , Send, {Ctrl down}{Shift down}{Left}{Shift up}{Ctrl up} Send, {Ctrl down}{Shift down}{right}{Shift up}{Ctrl up} Send, {Ctrl down}{Enter}{Ctrl up} Return ^!Down:: Send, {Ctrl down}{Enter}{Ctrl up} Send, {Ctrl down}{TAB}{Ctrl up} Return =========================== 4. Possibility to open PluginWindows or SynthWindows on selected tracks and posssibility to switch between them. (Switch between the Plugins and the Synth) (Maybe switch through all plugins and synths) I have this with AZController, working perfect with Plugins but not with Synthtracks. Integrated in CbB it would be very fast to work with ACT. 5. Possibility to open Flyout Window of PC EQ. Have an Autohotkey for that (mouseclick), but doesn't work always for the modules changes sometimes and with that the mouseclick positions. With normal PC it works fine ============= ^j:: Click 135,310,1 Send, {PgUp}{PgUp} Click 165,450,1 Return ============== 6. Possibility to transpose selected notes per octave down and up. Very often I do change notes per octave especially for the right chord position in the mix for laydowns and synths, piano a.s.o. Often have to change the lowest note up or the highest note down. With Transpose you always have to type in 12 or -12, very nervy! I have made a CAL for that and keybound it to Ctrl+NUMPAD 8 and 2, like 8 and 2 changes the notes 1 up and down. Would be better without CAL. 7. Possibility to change the velocity with Shortcuts. Have CAL scripts for that and bound to Ctrl+(+/-)+/-1 and Ctrl+Shift+(+/-)+/- 3, same as the other shortcuts, better integrated in CbB. 8. Especially for me would be a possibility to give in notes in the PRV like in a staff program, choose the note with keyboard (c,d,e,f,g,a,b,), the duration with Numpad, 3,4,5,6,7 for sixteenth to half notes and after giving all in it steps further like in steprecord, but with the PC Keyboard. (For sure, better staffview were much better) That's what I remember for the moment, I think there will be more wishes in future.... Thanks;) Bassman Velocity +1.cal TrackSelect.cal Transpose -12.cal Transpose +12.cal Velocity +3.cal Velocity -3.cal Velocity -1.cal

I'm going to try to be as clear as I can with this. I have one monitor with no room for two. When I undock the PRV for example, and wish to move it up in front of my face, there is that annoying non-optional venus fly trap hot spot that thou mustn't slide your undocked window near or shlooop! into the dock it goes again. It occupies a good third of the interface and I just hate it. Frankly I'm annoyed with skylight but we're not getting the pre X1 MDI back so I don't beat that drum. PLEASE, PLEASE let us turn off that capture hot spot. I hate fighting an interface that supposed to be on our side.

Currently, the only aftertouch events that are visible in the Piano Roll View is Channel aftertouch. While Cakewalk does support the entry of Key aftertouch events in Event List- editing them is tedious I have made a CAL script that when you have a note selected along with Channel aftertouch Events, the script will convert those Channel aftertouch Events to KEY aftertouch Events that affects the selected note. However, the only way to edit the resultant events is via the Event list - very tedious. Can we please have Key aftertouch events selectable as MIDI Event Types to edit in the controller lane in the PRV. In the MIDI Event Type dialog box, the value field could define the note of the KEY aftertouch Events

HI:) I have Screenset 1 set to a large Track View over 2 monitors with the same resolution and the only way to do that is to enlarge the program window ober both monitors. For the next screenset I have Track View on monitor 1 and Console View or PRV or Synth Rack a.s.o on monitor 2 With non Fullscreen you can save the workspace, but now I make multidock full screen... And it is invisible, I can't save it in this multidock position.... A Shortcut would help to save it.... Thanks;) Bassman.

A little Googling suggests the A-800Pro should support the continuous output of the DP-10. But whatever synth you're using also needs to support continuous/intermediate sustain message values. You can check the pedal/keyboard functionality by recording pedal movements, and verifying you get intermedate controller values in the PRV Controller pane and/or Event List views.

A few months ago (as a plain old user who likes to explore possibilities such as this), I played with some of the color settings for the PRV using the Theme Editor. If the ability to alternate colors from measure to measure exists, I didn't stumble onto it. I encourage you to check out Colin Nicholls' Theme Editing Guide-in-Progress as a start and the Theme Editor as a follow up.

Actually, I did read the post fairly thoroughly, and your suggested changes to PRV tools are exactly what I was referring to. I don't have the time and patience to respond to everything at once, especially knowing that I might have misunderstood some of them, but here are a few quick examples: Screensets, Workspaces and the Multidock have already been mentioned as solutions to getting persistent and desired window layouts, and will also likely account for Control Bar and Autozoom persistence issues. As you may know, holding Ctrl while changing a control in one of two or more selected tracks change all of them; this is Quick Grouping. It works with I/O assignments as well. That should already be happening. Make a separate post to troubleshoot. Cakewalk deliberately differentiates between selection (the source of a copy), and focus (the target of a copy). This facilitates all kinds of track-to-track and lane-to-lane editing that wouldn't be possible if clicking in a lane moved both selection and focus. What might work would be to have clicking in an empty part of a lane move just the focus there, but the possible consequences to other workflows would need to be considered.

Screw that list. I want MY list implemented. 1) Quit making Velocity the default event in the PRV controller pane.

Hi, everyone, I’m a relatively new Cakewalk user, switching from Reason. I love Cakewalk, the sound, the options, the features (I found the Pro Channel awesome), the graphic interface, the modularity, and the countless options. The sound of the embedded tools, to me, is light years ahead of my experience with Reason, and the modularity opens up a lot of versatility in terms of the sound you can achieve. I've found there are, however, a few workflow improvements that can be made, in my opinion, to make working in Cakewalk almost reflex, without having to think, and allow you to focus exclusively on the sound, instead of procedures and workarounds - things that you would intuitively do, but aren't available, things that can replace more complicated operations and looking through menus, mass inserts and adjustments of modules, replicating settings, etc. So I put together a list of suggestions, a few weeks ago. It's around 75 items, and it covers everything from glitches to appearance, but mainly workflow improvements. I'd like to see how many of you guys would like to see them implemented, too, and hope to see as many of them in future releases. I’ve grouped them into three categories, one about necessary fixes, which refer mainly to stability, the ability to remember settings, etc. The second one refers to improvements in the workflow, which could see a better, streamlined processes, some inspired from my experience with Reason, most just by working, and recording my go to reflexes or natural wishes. The third one is a list of personal wishes, that would make Cakewalk like a present box – kind of the cherry on top - and complete in every aspect, at least, to my personal subjective wishes. So here they go. Hope you find them desirable. Cheers and happy holidays! PS> Any idea that you think is useful, and you would like to see implemented, you can select individually and then click on the "quote selection" pop-up, to add in your reply. With enough support, maybe we can see them in the future. Improvements A. Instrument Tracks “Assign to track” option in the instrument/soft synth creation dialog, in the rack, which replace instrument in Instrument Tracks and convert MIDI track to Instrument track, if synth is assigned to a MIDI track. All the in/out associations and conversion of MIDI track to Instrument track be done automatically on “assigning to track”, or menu selection. Allow the Synth Rack and browser windows to be opened in the Console View (both docked and undocked mode). Drag and drop soft synth in the free space (Track and Console View) creates Instrument Track (plus right click insert option in the Console View). Drag and drop soft synth on track (other than in the FX box) (Track and Console View) replaces soft synth in Instrument Track. Drag and drop instrument/synth on MIDI track automatically converts to Instrument Track – in both Track and Console view. Open instruments/synths, in the Console View, on double click on the track icon, instead of opening the icon menu. To open the icon menu, right click. Being able to open instrument/soft synth in the Console view is very important during the mixing process, as there is often need to adjust parameters – output volume, reverb, EQ or compression adjustments in light of any PC adjustments and blending you need to do – for the instruments that allow internal FX options, etc. As of now you need you need a few clicks, and flipping through the windows, to do that. “Replace Synth” option in the Console view, on right click on the instrument icon of Track, same as in the Track View. B. Undo Make Undo operate for all actions performed in the DAW, including PC module/VST plugin parameter variations. C. MIDI Editing Workflow (Track View) Double click in free area writes default length note in PRV, just like now. Double click and drag writes variable length note, instead of single click and drag, like now. Select area/note in PRV with left click – instead of right click, which is counter intuitive. Same for automation nodes, etc. Double click on note deletes it, exactly the opposite of writing it, instead of right click, which is counter intuitive. Provides symmetrical and reflex write/delete, with the same operation. Right click on note/note selection opens up processing FX menu, with Transpose, Quantize, and other usual note editing options available directly in the menu. Quantize, Transpose, Time Stretch, and Velocity be available as direct options on the right-click-on-clip menu, instead of being found in the FX tree submenu, like know – that unnecessarily complicates access. The other, less usual FX stay in the sub tree menu, under “Other FX”. This simplifies access to the most usual operations. Double click on empty lane of Instrument/MIDI track, in Clip Mode, creates clip to default size. Double click and drag creates clip to drag size. Double click on title bar of clip opens PRV, in Notes mode, just as in Clip mode. Also consistent with the usual navigation behavior in all software, where double clicking on item opens it. Resize clip, Fade In/Fade Out available in Notes Mode, just as in Clip mode. This provides consistent behavior between Notes/Clip visualizations, and allows for quick access to PRV, without having to check or toggle the visualization in the track properties. Double click on wave clip opens Clip Editing View (Auto Zoom In), where you can micro cut, delete, move audio to grid, etc. Clicking on existing note in Piano Roll View (PRV) plays instrument note. Copying (CTRL+C) of clip automatically positions the cursor at the end of clip. Stretch/length note adjustment menu on right click menu, on note selection/clip. D. Audio & Track Management (Track View) Selecting track + DEL deletes track (with/without confirmation dialog), and not the last selected clips in track - change selection focus to track on track select (also see Console View DEL track). Selecting FX module + DEL deletes module (also see Console View DEL track). Audio clip copy and paste to take place in the track lane where mouse cursor was last clicked (clicking/cursor in a track lane automatically selects that track for pasting). Drag and drop (import) audio over MIDI track automatically opens Extract MIDI dialog. Moving cursor on upper ruler bar takes into account the current Snap To setting. Closing any open Region FX window reverts to the previous active View, not to automatically to the Console View, as it does now. Export Audio Clip option on right click menu – export directly “as is” without any processing. Adjust amplitude of audio clips with on-clip Volume knob (Audition style). E. Pro Channel Module Options, Mix Tracks (Console View) (Double) click on EQ graph window in Track to open full EQ window, not only in PC, like now. Eliminates unnecessary clicking and scrolling. Allow EQ window to be freely repositioned on the screen. CTRL + Mouse adjustment adjusts any parameter of any PC module (including menu choice for reverb types in REmatrix) across all tracks containing that module, without having to select any tracks. When you select specific tracks, the adjustment only applies to selected tracks. Right now, that option is only available for Power On/Power Off, and for selected tracks only. CTRL + Insert PC Module on a Pro Channel automatically inserts that module on all tracks. If specific tracks are selected, the insert is made on all selected tracks. Copy/Paste function for PC Modules across tracks. The pasted PC Module retains all the settings of the original, copied one. Patch/Setting copy/paste function for PC Modules across tracks. Same as above, but referring exclusively to copying settings from one module to the other. Drag and Drop PC Module from on track to another, same way as for FXs (again, consistent, intuitive behavior throughout). If the target track doesn’t contain the respective PC module, drop inserts PC Module, with the original settings. If the PC Module is already inserted, drag and drop on it copies the settings. Mass insert/changes settings of PC Modules: CTRL + Drag and Drop PC Module on any of the tracks of a selection automatically inserts/changes settings of the corresponding PC Module on all selected tracks. Mass duplicate FX modules: CTRL + Drag and Drop FX plugin on any track of a selection automatically inserts that FX plugin on all selected tracks (same as above). Mass track reroute (Select tracks + select route menu option in any of the selected tracks) (implemented). Track focus change when clicking on track, instead of only on the track number, like now. Makes it easier and faster to select, without having to think where to click. "Duplicate Track" option in the Console View, in the right click menu, same as in the Track View. Moving/reordering tracks by click (in any area without commands, including icon area) and drop, in Console view, without pressing ALT, like now. That seems unnecessary. The exact same way it now happens in the Track View, where ALT is not needed - have the exact procedure for the same thing, across the different views, for consistent behavior. That complicates things unnecessarily, and makes you need to remember different procedures for the exact thing, instead of just being immersed, and performing tasks on reflex. Selecting track/FX plugin/PC Module + DEL deletes track/FX plugin/PC Module (with/without confirmation dialog). Right now, when you select a track/FX module, and press DEL, in Console View, it deletes any previously selected audio/note clips in the Sequencer, which is strange. In Console View, make the Module Menu available as a graphic section with toggle buttons (maybe on the docking bar) for opening or collapsing any of the sections of the Console (for instance “Sends”, and any other module existing in the Module Menu), instead of opening/collapsing it from the View menu. New Open Bus Section toggle button to fully expand the Master/Buses section of the Console View, to the right, to full view (taking into account their current visualization settings – collapsed, PC open, etc.) the same the PC/Properties section does, to the left; then resume previous position on reclick of toggle button. Stereo/Mono toggle button on Instrument tracks, same as on Audio tracks. It could work by enforcing mono/stereo mode on source VSTs, same as the check option available in the VST Properties/shell (implemented). Solo override Mute – on Soloing a muted track, play solo track(s) as if it/they weren’t muted. Allow renaming of FX modules. F. Song Playing/Navigation On activating Play In Loop, Punch In Recording, etc., automatically use current selection to, without having to additionally click on "set selection to", first. That seems unnecessary. Allow cursor to play outside the loop, even with "Loop" button on, after stop and replay, if you set it to a position outside the loop, and only play within the loop if placed anywhere inside it. Allow the Now Slider in the Control Bar to readjust cursor position while playing. On “Stop Rewind Marker To Now Position” selected in Track View/Options, Stop button leaves cursor in current playing position. Pressing stop again moves cursor to Now position. Repeated Stop button pressing toggles between the two. This way that setting can be eliminated altogether. Pressing Stop once leaves cursor where in current position. Pressing Stop twice goes to Now position. Simple to use. Both options are available at all times without setting modifications, and the behavior keeps consistent on all projects. Allow navigator to be repositioned at the bottom of screen, above the control bar, in track view. Allow to make that default for all projects, and also remember position automatically for each project. Moving VSTs into different categories, in the browser, by drag and drop into folder, same as in Windows Explorer. Aim Assist for position cursor on Time Ruler be placed above/under the Time Ruler, without hindering viewing of cursor on the ruler. Mouse Scroll wheel moves slider on both scroll bars (vertical and horizontal scrolling), on placing cursor over them - in all Workspaces. G. Saving Saving project automatically resets autosave counters to zero. No need for autosave to kick in only seconds after the project has been manually saved. Disable automatic autosave after each undo. Let autosave work according to the setting in preferences without additional interventions. Unnecessary autosave takes time and interrupts flow. H. Appearance Add transparency slider for background (native theme) colors, in the track color change dialog (and only for the colored track areas). This will allow track colors to be less affected by the native theme (dark/light/etc.) and display closer to their natural hue (implemented). Allow marker/song sections in the Track View, which can be selected as blocks/chunks, to be assigned individual colors - will affect the background of the section, and not the clip colors - this will help easily visualizing song sections in one glance. Necessary fixes I. Crashing Fixing crashing on VST conflicts – why not just isolate the conflicting VST, and close it, instead of letting it crash the DAW (with maybe an explicit message as to what the problem is). I get crashes when clicking on the stereo/mono toggle button on the Master fader, when I try to reorder tracks in the Track View, when I bulk adjust PC modules pots in the Console view, and in all kinds or random situations. It’s either VSTs that crash the program, or even PC modules. That’s a big issue. J. Remember Project settings (these are on my machine, I don't know if everybody has them, it might vary from one person to the next) Fixing irregular behavior where the Control bar setup is not remembered, on project open. Fixing irregular behavior where mass variation of the REmatrix across several selected tracks (CTRL + mouse adjustment) during playback causes the knobs to be varied by different amounts. Fixing irregular behavior where VSTs that use crosstalk among tracks reset their settings to the default values, under various circumstances. Remember the open/collapsed status of one knob plugin windows, in the Pro Channel of Instrument tracks, on project open (Console View). They always start up as open, on project reload, and need to be reclosed individually, which is really annoying. Remember the order of the Browser, Synth Rack and Help windows, in the right side dock, which always resets on project re-open. Remember the Track View>MIDI/Show Velocity in MIDI clips visualization setting for projects. Remember the Track View>VIEW/Auto Track Zoom setting for projects. Remember the PRV controller pane parameter choice. K. Drivers Recognize 24 bit ASIO drivers, instead of 16 bit, on some soundcards (for instance SB Audigy series). On engine dropouts, don’t stop playing, reset the engine, and keep playing (implemented in the 2019.11 release). Allow projects to work with no MIDI out selection in Preferences/Drivers, or provide a "No MIDI out" check option, instead of allowing the lack of selection of a midi out to cause all synths loaded to automatically be assigned as midi out destination for all midi tracks, which causes the project to behave erratically. Awesome L. Add the SSL 4K channel compressor (complete with Autogain and Peak attack mode, just as the original – I know this may be too much to ask, but those features are magical in the SSL channel compressor - autogain basically tells you what the best compression setting is, and the peak mode allows for tracks to be sent back in the mix without audibly impacting the attack), as third Pro Channel compressor option. Add the CA-2A compressor to the Pro Channel, and as insert FX. I think Cakewalk's is one of the best emulations in the business (have it as a free RE in Reason) (implemented with PC2A, in 2021.04). New Wow/Flutter knob in the Tape Emulator. Maybe review the high/mid-high freq softening in the Tape Emulator. Separate one knob modules in the Pro Channels for Harshness, separate for guitars, and Drums/vocals. The general one available now, is a great idea, and I love it, and use it, but it’s kind of in the middle. HP + LP filters added to the REMatrix Solo, on the wet signal, and integrated within the PC interface. Pro Channel modules available as insert FXs. Fully programmable shortcuts, without limitations (implemented).

If you're using the Smart Tool, you can CTRL Click to adjust the gain envelope for that clip. The ProChannel has always had the option to save/load presets. You can use CTRL + Shift to do this in the PRV now.

Like for example, you have clip A which have notes at the low end of the PRV, clip B which has arpeggiation all over the keyboard range, and then clip C which has chords in the mid range, right? Put them in the folder, and when it's collapsed, the clip pane would show data from all 3 clips in one pane. In a similar example with audio files, it will show the waveform preview of all the summed up audio clips in the folder pane. In the case where you have MIDI and Audio data, you could have the MIDI data display, super imposed over the waveform preview.

However, when I am editing a track in the PRV (which I do a lot) , I always have the controller pane visible. This controller pane is in single lane controller view. If a track has controller events where those events themselves are set to different channels, there would be several lanes to select. Doing the rechannel of the controller events puts all those controllers that are the same CC number on the same lane. In a nutshell, it's mainly for display purposes. For example, I prefer all the expression events (CC11) on their own lane, all the release events (CC72) on their own lane, and etc. rechannelMIDI = 1 on bounce achieves this. As you can probably work out by now, I use heaps of controller events per track. This helps me keep track (no pun intended) of them all.

Not sure what you mean by this. If you make only one track at a time editable in the PRV tracks pane, you can't see or write controllers on another track. Those two statements are contradictory, and the first one is correct in my view. If you write channel 1 controller events to the channel 4 track, they'll be forced to that channel on playback along with note events, and if you save as a MIDI file, Cakewalk will re-write all the events on the track to channel 4. This happens with Save As .MID regardless of whether rechannelMIDI is enabled in Cakewalk.ini. Knowing you have a lot of experience, I think I must be missing something about your workflow.

Say I have a track selected. If I add events in the PRV, and I forget to set the channel to the correct track, the events go to the wrong track. And sometimes, I am looking at a track and seeing events the belong to a different track! What good is that? It could be much better.

Suggestion: When viewing controllers on a track in the PRV, when you go to add another (by clicking the + in the lower left corner) it would be very helpful if the channel defaulted to the current channel instead of always being Channel 1.

Hi, I'm trying to create a drum map for IK Modo Bass so I can have the keyswitches named as well as having the standard playable midi notes. Man, what a massive pain to set this up. That drum-map editor is out of the ark. I'm wondering if there's any plans on the horizon to either: 1) Support adding named keyswitches to PRV 2) Improve the editing of the drum map process - perhaps based upon XML so I can edit in my own editor Here's hoping! Mike

As per title.... Can we please have the ability to set key bindings for the various Transform tool functions in the PRV? Ideally, these would be available under the area Piano Roll View in the Key Binding settings.

Does this happen even if "follow snap settings" are enabled in PRV settings ?

True. But I'm talking about the PRV and moving or stretching notes. I always want them to snap to a grid line.

I just grokked the smart grid feature! If you watch the Note Duration in the snap-to-grid panel, you can see it change as you zoom in and out of the PRV. I suggest one more option. Snap to Grid Lines. It seems much more intuitive...isn't that what the lines are there for?

Probably wasting my time, but that Studio One screenshot looks a lot like an Inline PRV with automation lanes under it:

the PRV Show note name is a great start! Now Let's Color code and write custom names on the Piano keys directly OR Anything to make MIDI key-switching less tedious. THIS built into Cbb would be great: https://www.syntheticorchestra.com/articulate/ also, ...where is the feature request page?

Rather than using the PRV, have you tried using the automation lanes on the MIDI track itself? Selecting MIDI from the dropdown brings up a dialog allowing you to select any MIDI CC you want, and you can then draw your envelopes in the same way that you can with automation on audio tracks.

This ??? Pressing "T" gets you the smart tool. Also using the function keys (F5 through F11) will allow you to toggle through the smart tool functionality. I use the PRV all the time for editing and rearranging. This keeps things simple and straightforward. Sure I can double click (or Alt+click), but understanding what the smart tool has to offer speeds things up a bit.