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Hi all, Firstly I want to apologise for my lack of knowledge on this and the subsequent muddiness of terms I use to describe things, I am quite new to this.. I recently just got a MIDI cable to record my keyboard into Cakewalk, but have encountered some issues. I would like to add an organ into my song, but am only able to use the MIDI to control the piano, drum, string and bass presets. Based on other videos I have watched while trying to fix this issue (linked below) it appears there is possibly something glitched out on my Cakewalk.. For me, there are very different options showing up for me than in this video.. I have no 'default TTS-1' available. Furthermore, where this YT video displays many differing patches, mine only display numbers, which I went through and all produced the exact same electric piano effect. Moreover, I am wondering if it is possible to simply record the audio I am producing with my keyboard onto Cakewalk using MIDI, rather than just using it as a controller for a virtual instrument. Perhaps that would be an easier solution to my problem.. If anyone could instruct me on how to fix this, and even show me how to get an organ specifically that would be very appreciated!! VIDEO:

This track was created with ISW Shreddage 3 Serpent library. Since many developers have announced their Guitar instruments/libraries summer sale, I decided to give it a try, using what I already got. Let me know what you think about it. Does it sound natural to you? Would you listen to this if you liked the tune, or would you rather look for real instrument performance?

Reflekt Audio has published DFR-76 The DFR-76 is a vst plug-in for windows and mac that contains vintage type sounds ranging from keys, plucks, bass and more! https://reflektaudio.com/dfr-76/ You can hear the sounds of this virtual synthesizer

My Launchkey Mini controller keyboard plays included Vsti instruments in Cakewalk OK, but when I click record and play, nothing gets recorded on the track where I put the instrument? Help please?

Made another full MIDI song. This time I work a bit more on trying to get the guitars to sound more realistic. Still pretty new to this but hope you like it. Any feedback or critique are appreciated.

what do you recommend making trap beats, fx, 808 bass, virtual instruments, and anything like that for free. not into loops at the moment unless you highly recommend them for a noob.

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I tried to install the LANDR FX Electric plugin (VST3). It is a sound module with guitar sounds. However, after install it is only recognized in the Browser as Audio FX - it should be listed under Instruments. I recently installed the MODO BASE 2 and had no problems. How do I get Cakewalk to recognize it as an instrument? It is installed in the following folders: Program Files/Common Files/VST3/LANDR - this is the only folder with a file with a vst3 extension Program Files/Cakewalk/Vstplugins/LANDR Program Files (x86)/LANDR I noticed that there isn't a dll file extension in any of the folders. Thanks, Dev

Im fairly new to cakewalk and I have my midi keyboard set up and i can hear it with the input echo, but when i go to use the piano roll or step sequencer and try to make music, or even trying to record with my midi keyboard, it only gets 1 beat from one measure and then completely stops playing, and everything i recorded with my midi keyboard is compiled into one measure. It does the same thing if i try to use a sample track as well. I can record audio with my microphone just fine and hear the playback exactly as it was, but for some reason with the virtual instruments I only get the one beat.

Hi, CakeWalk works properly and the instruments work properly, but CakeWalk does not charge the instrument from the old files, how can I solve the problem?

Cannot manage to record a track from a digital piano connected to Cakewalk. I created a TTS instrument track that’s working normally: i.e. I can input notes to it manually (e.g. in Piano Roll), and these notes are heard if I play back the track. A digital piano is connected as the input for the track, and it also seems to work: if I press any keys on the physical piano keyboard, these keys become highlighted in Piano Roll, and the meters it the track’s header display the level (see the attached screenshot). The track is aimed for recording, and I double-checked all relevant settings. After I press Record and start playing, however, the metronome is clicking, and the playhead is moving forward, but no music is being actually recorded. In addition, the Record button in the toolbar doesn’t turn red. What am I doing wrong?

Whenever I stop and start the full playback after a certain amount of times I notice that vital voices gets set to 1 and then the cents end up being set to -100. Is there anyway to fix this?

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Greetings all. I searched the forums, and didn't find any instances for this issue. Using Cakewalk Version 2021.06 (Build 058, 64 bit), and Kontact Version 6.6.0 (R133). I've added a Kontact Simple Instrument Track, and armed the track, at which time, the "Record" indicator in the track lights up, and also the "Arm/Disarm All Tracks" indicator in the Mix Module at the top of the window. I successfully record a passage, and then disarm record in the track. HOWEVER, the "Arm/Disarm All Tracks" indicator in the Mix Module will not disarm, as if Cakewalk thinks a track is still armed. In this condition, any other attempt at recording, effectively doubles on top of the previously recoded passage. I've been using Cakewalk for a great while, but I am VERY new to Kontact. Am I screwing something up, or is my instance of cakewalk flaky? Has anyone experienced this? Any and all suggestions, are welcomed, and appreciated.

I have imported a song in midi. when i press play the instruments are displayed in the tracks. i want to change an instrument in one of the tracks (ex, standard set drums to power set drums). I read a lot of different posts and i still cannot do it where it saves the newer instrument. can someone help me - in a step-by-step way. so i can change and save the new preferred instrument. thank you Bill bpompliano@gmail.com

Feature request — Multi-instrument tracks Something I really miss in Cakewalk by BandLab is a way to have a single MIDI track to control more than one VSTi instrument. If there is already a simple way to do that, I'm not aware of it. I need this a lot, because my instruments are usually made of more than a single VSTi (composite instruments) and, most of the time, I even need to play some of these instruments one or two octaves lower or higher than the others. How do other DAWs solve this? Usually, what I see most DAWs doing to solve this is through having built-in plug-in chains. For example, I like the Studio One instrument chain, however it poses problems for me when freezing and unfreezing these tracks, and it gets messy with relation to the mixer tracks involved. I also like FL Studio's Patcher, but it is limited in the sense that its audio output goes to a single audio track, requiring the "FL Send" built-in plug-in to route each VSTi instrument to its own audio track. Bitwig Studio has the most powerful implementation of this, in my opinion, as any MIDI or any audio can be manipulated along its route by design, being however a bit too complex sometimes. How could Cakewalk By BandLab solve this? The way Cakewalk By BandLab tracks and routing works is really one of the things I prefer over most DAWs. You can take advantage of this to solve this problem without needing any plug-in chains or similar. I suggest adding a way to add more than one output to MIDI tracks, so we can make a MIDI track to output to a Piano and to a String simultaneously, for instance. MIDI effects could then be added to the inputs of the instrument tracks. An alternative to multiple MIDI outputs is to have MIDI sends — the ability to add one or more sends on a MIDI track that sends its MIDI signal to a VSTi track, just like the audio sends. If possible, it would be nice that each of these MIDI sends could have its own MIDI effects chain. Other way that may not be so pretty is the ability to add "send plug-ins" on the track effects panel (MIDI or audio tracks). These could work for audio and for MIDI. These "send plug-ins" would send their audio or MIDI output to another track, which would have the advantage of the audio or MIDI being preprocessed before being sent. But, honestly, I would prefer the solution 1 or 2. Conclusion I know you guys work very hard to constantly improve this amazing (and unbelievable free!) software. If you find this feature could add important value to Cakewalk By BandLab and deserve your development time, it would make my day. I'm sure there are lots of other users who would also need this feature as well. Keep up the good work!

I have a particular use case and I'll do my best to explain it. I'm working on synthestration and my track structure looks as such: a Track folder with a bunch of instrument tracks in it Track folders labeled with a "version" of the score I'm working on. within these version folders are MIDI tracks that correspond to the available instrument tracks in the "instruments" folder. I make big changes to the score periodically and I essentially just duplicate the "version folder" which contains the midi tracks and continue from there. Yes, I could keep these version iterations in their own project files, but I like to have quick access to the previous versions. Loading in a ton of sample libraries in/out just to hear previous version, is not ideal. Also, I like being able to compare notes and harmonic structures, all in the same project. And midi data is small. This shouldn't be a big deal at all. The Challenge I'm constantly soloing out different groups of midi tracks in order to hear how they're playing with each other. When I solo a midi track(s), it works exactly as you'd expect. But when I unsolo the midi tracks, I get no sound, because the source Instrument track remains solo'd, but there are no corresponding midi tracks to feed the instrument track. I have to go to the console bar and click the solo button to un-solo everything and now I'm back to normal. This is unideal. What I'd like is that if you solo a midi track or group of midi tracks that feed an instrument track, upon un-soloing the last midi track that feeds the instrument track, both the last midi track AND the instrument are no longer solo'd. This would have a much more pleasant work flow. Here is a clip to show the issue directly: clip.MP4

(edit: if you want to skip reading the thread and go directly to info and download links go to > http://musictop69.wixsite.com/orchestools There will be a number of new instruments released next few months. Will use this thread to post them as they get published. The first bunch is set to be released on January 3rd. Starting with ORCHESTOOLS PIANO S | more than a piano rompler with tools to model your unique piano sounds and more. Free and Open Source

hi i have done everything i can to get the virtual instraments working but they just dont show up only cakewalk tts-1 comes up can you please help me

So I was searching for free VST plugins when I found Native Instruments. This is what I have installed (I have installed all in my :D, not :C and in the Cakewalk VST folder - if this should matter): Blocks Base, Controller Editor, Expansions Selection, Guitar 6 Player, Kinetic Treats, Komplete Kontrol, Kontakt 6 Player, Kontakt Factory Selection, Mikro Prism, Play Series Selection, Reaktor 6 Player, Reaktor Factory Selection R2, Supercharger, Traktor DJ, Traktor DJ2, TRK-01 Bass. (Phew turned out to be longer list than I first thought lol). I have seen Guy Michelmore using Kontakt as an instrument track, similar to Spitfire LABS. What I understand is, Kontakt is basically where you can put all your VST plugins, and then you can put Kontakt in the DAW and use several instruments from only one instance. It is basically a manager so you don't have to look for each VST separately. Correct? Like similar to LABS - there is only ONE synth "LABS" but inside the LABS are various installed instruments. I also understand that before Cakewalk recognizing these, they have to be run separately first, which I did. But what I don't understand is how to add Kontakt and basically just like how to use Native Instruments for Cakewalk it is so confusing!!? I saw several videos saying you add it through the synth rack, but when I press the add button it does not say "Kontakt" anywhere in the dropdown! I am confused please help... Thanks in Advance.

Hello guys. I'm trying the latest release and here the QUICK GROUPS (CTRL+"Parameter click") are behaving kind of weird for me. Here are some of the problems I can see (have not been able yet to reproduce 100% of the time, but still... ) I've seen these "problems" while testing ADDICTIVE DRUMS2. I've inserted 2 instances in my project. One using the "old" multi-out instrument insert method and the other using the "newer" INSTRUMENT PER TRACK OUTPUT method. (So, both instances are MULTI-OUT PRE FADER from the instrument). I'm playing the VM using only its internal pattern play button. So far, I thought I could notice a different behaviour based on how I inserted the 2 instruments. Not so sure now. Here what is happening on my end CONSOLE VIEW - Input gain knobs Parameters not always updating accordingly After some other tweaks with other parameters (not grouped), Input gain knobs values seems to changes randomly. Also, I'm even starting to wonder if there is not some kind of bug with the input gain know itself. Sometimes, my tracks / Buses in Cakewalk are clipping. So, I'm tweaking to correct using the GAIN knobs... Sometimes I am cutting as much as -18 DB and the readings on the meters are just slightly impacted. (Both for tracks and buses)... I'm going crazy or what? Project on my OneDrive: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AomdelJR9b9HjGbELCZm5J5v9plJ?e=rV8JN8

In this tutorial I go over how to use chord generators in Cakewalk by Bandlab. In this video you will see how I use Reason Scales and Chords | InstaChord | Chordz to make chords. I will show step by step how to set it up in cakewalk so that you can make chords faster and easier.

Anyone please tell me how to install EastWest play in cakewalk by bandlab. I am using a windows 10 laptop with latest version of cakewalk

When I select a MIDI output (Coolsoft VirtualMIDISynth) in Cakewalk by Bandlab, this error message pops up. CPU: Intel Core i3 - 4005U @1.7 GHz 4 GB RAM Realtek audio I don't use any MIDI controllers or speakers. Sorry for the noob-ish question, cuz ya know I am a noob and a newbie with limited knowledge in MIDI

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