It would be great to get a thread rolling with peoples' personal workflow/usability tips for Cakewalk. This could be anything: external controllers you use, special settings or features in Cakewalk that you use in a special way, a favorite pet that somehow enhances your inspiration (ok, maybe not that one.... then we'd all have to get a hamster?) or something else. I'm sure there are a lot of great ideas out there! 😃
My personal two workflow staples are:
Custom keyboard binding: ALT + X for "Start/stop audio engine"
I run CPU heavy projects all the time and I don't want my CPU to max out during all the breaks when the project is not running. I use this constantly.
Custom keyboard bindings: numbers 1-7 for setting snap grid size to whole note, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 and 1/64 note
Also a complete life saver for all audio and MIDI editing. Also onstantly in use for me.
I could fill a whole topic of my custom keyboard shortcuts... 😂