How to Diagnose a Missing Feature: Step 1: Check Workspaces

[User 905133]

NOTE: Since Cakewalk by Bandlab (CbB) and now Cakewalk Sonar has a history of on-going changes (improvements, bug fixes, etc.)  some of the details related to this thread might change.  For example: If at one point the CbB supplied Basic Workspace excluded the Event List and then an update fixed that omission, references in this thread to Event List as missing only apply to prior versions of CbB.

UPDATE [2025-07-01]: So far as I have seen the basic methods for diagnosing a missing feature in Cakewalk Sonar (including the free tier) still work; however, as a labor of love I plan to update screenshots if needed.   

By missing features I mean functionality that from one day to the next just seems to have disappeared from an individual's setup, not functionality that is a Feature Request.  

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Different Workspaces can have different features enabled or disabled.  For example, if Video or Event List or Markers is missing from the menu system, we do not have access to those features until we either (1) choose a different Workspace (including "None") or (2) tweak the current Workspace (either by creating a new one or resaving the tweaked one).  

     

Edited July 1 by User 905133
(6) Update added re: Cakewalk Sonar; (5) edited a note using "Event List" functionality as an example; (4) added "(including 'None')" as an option; (3) to reduce the footprint of this post; (2) to update links; (1) to simplify this writeup