Sustain pedal only works in the preferecnce menu?
I'm very new to cakewalk but i think it has a lot of potential so i want to get to use it. I have a midi keyboard with a brand new sustain pedal however, when i push down the pedal it stops new midi notes from sounding, after looking in the forums a but i saw a post telling me to untick a box that says zero instrument something or other. it worked for a solid 20 minutes and then it stopped. the only time the sustain pedal functions properly with no problems is when the preference menu is open, o
Have you accidentally enabled a MIDI key-switch in Keyboard Shortcuts?
If it looks like this, that could be your problem:
The above sets the sustain pedal to be your SHIFT key.
Make sure the "Enabled" checkbox is unchecked. For good measure, set the controller to something you'll never use (I've set mine to "breath"). This will stop this happening again if you do decide to enabled MIDI shortcuts e.g.:
