John Vere

@DescendingIntoVertigo

I think a lot of Cakewalk users will totally agree with your evaluation of the new releases. And yes it’s mostly the unfinished product that is missing a way to customize the graphics. 
 

I think Next was created specifically to finally have a cross platform Cakewalk product. I think it was targeted at the Bandlab App users. Judging by the almost zero activity on the sub forum seems like a bit of a looser in the Daw community. 
 It almost seems like only one person is in its development. It has a potential but there’s way too many other Daw’s that are either free or low cost. 
Removing the instruments from the free version made no sense to me. I won’t bother installing it again. Sad because I like it in strange way. 

I wish them luck. 
 

Sonar was not quickly adopted by Cakewalk users and now they have to decide whether they want to stay on the bus.  

I would imagine that Sonar stores the video in a folder? I’ve never worked with video in Sonar so not sure. 
But if so then you should have access to both the video file and the audio files. 
This might then be easier to fix using a professional video editing software. 
 

The big question is when you say it is only out of sync with the export? In other words it played in sync inside Sonar?

So it would seem to me you have the option of dropping the video with out the audio into video editing software and then only export the audio mix down from Sonar and then drop that into the video editor as well. 
 

Another option is open the project in the new Sonar and see if that works better. 

12 minutes ago, pingcat said:

When I export a wav file an underscore is being added.

test.wav becomes test_.wav

This thread provides details and a video. . .

 

In your screenshot l see you have added an underscore after the brackets (project name)

That would explain why 

The best practices for Cakewalk products has always been installing the oldest version first and go from oldest to the newest. 

My routine after I re installed Windows 11 is 8.5, X3 then running CCC to install the goodie’s and Splat. No point in installing CbB for me I just installed Free Sonar.
I might install Free Next but don’t see much point because it doesn’t have any instruments which is why I kinda like it. 
Audacity has the best stem separation tool out of all the free software I tried. 

In my experience vst 64 go to the Program Files vst folder and 32 bit go to the x86  folder. So I never scan that folder. 
When I run the installers using the CCC it always asks me what version I want to install. &nbsp
I have those plug ins and they work perfectly fine for me in Sonar. 

Heads up. A while back I was having Sonar crashes when opening projects. Windbg pointed at Sonar. Exe. 
Safe mode revealed it was a bunch of Pro Channel modules. 
Support always tells you to perform a clean install because they don’t have a solution. 
It never worked for me. And in the end I lost all my personal data from the last 5 years. 
 

So personally I’m not a big fan of the clean install. 

Interesting. The OP came back 24 hours after posting but didn’t respond. . 

Seems simple. 
Just open each of the accounts and see which one shows you have a membership active. 
It would seem you successfully changed your password to one of them. 
 

I had two accounts for a couple of years and I had no problem logging into each one. 
But only one had the membership. 
 

Don’t let Google auto fill the log in. 

Which audio modes did you try? 
Creative labs has a long history of producing an ASIO driver that doesn’t pass the Steinberg specifications. 

2 hours ago, Kamikaze said:

When you exclude a plug in in Plug In Manger, it just removes it from the menus, but it's still there. So if you exclude a plug for a newer version and open the old project, the original plug in is in the project, just not the menu. 

Yes and then I simply use Replace and then add the VST3 version. I personally have no issues with VST 3 versions of my collection. 
 

My method keeps the menu clean. 

The instructions for the clean install is a starting point but in my case it didn’t resolve my issue.  

I simply use plug in manager an exclude the unwanted version. 

First uninstalling Product Centre will not have any effect whatsoever on Sonar or Cakewalk. 
 

It is simply an alternative way to install and update Cakewalk products. It doesn’t seem to be inclusive.  
 

You can install Cakewalk, Next and Sonar simply by using the download links on the web pages. 
 

Not sure what issue you’re trying to solve by uninstalling Sonar. Re installing with out obliterating all traces which involves editing the register rarely solves software issues. 

If you simply use the latest version installer you will find in your downloads folder that will be the same as attempting to delete it . It should repair or replace the original. 

 

Best practices. 
Download and install the latest Drivers from the manufacturer website.
Important- Follow the instructions! Make sure the version says that it supports your current OS. 
Connect the interface when instructed to. 
Look in Windows settings/ Sound and confirm that the device is the default. 
Disable all other audio devices especially HDMI. 
Set Windows to the same sample rate you want to use in your Daw. 
Now open your Daw and set the driver to ASIO. 
 

Cakewalk/ Sonar will have an issue if there’s any Generic audio drivers present on your system. They should be removed completely from the apps list and in the register. 

16 minutes ago, Bristol_Jonesey said:

I've just got Splat & Sonar installed, didn't really feel the need to install CbB

Same here. Mine seems fine. It seems that people are reporting random graphic glitches in Sonar. Do you have a second computer to test this? 

1 hour ago, Bristol_Jonesey said:

For the proper answers, always come here

This! I cringe when I visit the Facebook pages. They will even recommend asio4all!

When you say clean install did you reformat the drive? That’s the ultimate clean install. 

 

Yep. X3 works great. In my opinion X1 was the most bug infested version ever. I stayed away from it until X3 came out. 
Old dogs can learn new tricks. Give your self a few days and you’ll soon forget X1 even existed. 
As said not much in the general interface has really changed that much. 

If you choose to waist a lot of time trying to get X1 working that time is probably best spent just learning how New Sonar works. 

Im not so worried because I do still have 8.5, X3 and Splat installed. But opening CbB projects in those quickly reveals how far we have come since 2017. 
I have been impressed with how quickly Noel has been fixing things for users finding glitches. 
 

I think what we are now seeing is thousands of users switching to Sonar and therefore finding minor glitches that the much smaller user base of the last year didn’t notice. 

Yes the PC -2A is a great option but you can’t use it in any other Daw. 
 

There’s a few free ones.  I like the LA-LA I think it’s available from plugins 4 free. 
Im not near my computer but I believe I have at least 3 others. 

I don’t understand why it would matter. You just start using Sonar. Why would you hold off? 
At least it would give you time to decide if you are going to stay with it or switch. 

23 hours ago, pedwal wally wally wha said:

it's very useful for traveling with a laptop, for example, without having a "proper" external audio device handy

/ymmv

You don’t need it anymore. Windows audio works better with out bloatware Ike asio4all . It’s a holdover from W7 days and obsolete on modern machines. 
It does seem to only be Cakewalk/Sonar that have issues with generic drivers. 

That’s the top screen showing the recently used list. You obviously click on the category to select the next menu. 

Please take the time to read the current collection of posts here that clearly explain the current situation with Cakewalk. 
Simple answer is Cakewalk is discontinued and you have 4 options. 
1- Use Sonar FreeTier

2- buy a membership and use the full version of Sonar 

3- Switch to another Daw

4- Use a legacy version of Sonar like Platinum 

This video explains how to download and install the Free Version