John Vere

Just wondering? Why do people still call them sound cards? A sound card is something you put in a PCI slot. You guys are old

I found only one plug in so far that doesn't work. Tue Piano's Cakewalk. It flashes a toast about being for only Cakewalk. I have to have 8.5 installed to get it in my case. Bummer as I use it on just about every project. oh well, there's no shortage of pianos. I wonder if Lexicon Pantheon Reverb is also locked. You can't even purchase it anymore and it was another favorite from 8.5 days. Once again, lots of alternatives. This is how I've always done it without issue.

Absolutely, But myself I would have made a backup copy of the original first. therefore no issue with deleting. You start doing stuff like this it's best to have back up versions in the different states and store them using "save as" in a new folder. You never know. Storage is cheap, your time hopefully isn't.

Thanks once again @Tom B I had a look in my old notepad serial number document and there is was the serial numbers for Lounge Lizard, Strum Session and Ultra Analog. I also logged in to AAS and those products are are listed under my account. I see there's even a few upgrade offers I might look at latter. And a big thanks as well for mentioning that. I had it in my head that Rapture was just a sample based synth engine for weird sounds. I don't think I've opened it for a long, long time. Too many plug ins not enough time! Now the next project is see if I can use SI instruments which I'm pretty sure works. It would seem that the only thing you cannot use is Pro Channel modules. Not a problem as every DAW has that sort of stuff built in anyway.

Wow, I forgot all about that! This is totally something I did back then. So somewhere I have an account and full licences to those. I remember AAS and Overloud took pity on all of us and made this offer. Thank you for posting this. I really like both those vendors and use those plug ins a lot. And the good news is I still can't get Dim Pro To show, but then after people mentioned Rapture I found that on the lists and bingo! it works like a charm. I have not opened this for ages I've sort of stuck with Dim Pro for some dumb reason. This is a game changer for sure. Goodbye Dim Pro - Hello Rapture! Here it is in all it's glory in Mixcraft 10. I just totally swapped one of my originals over to Mixcraft with out a hitch. Note: I also got it to work in Luna, But Luna sort of sucks at first try out. No ARA! ( Mixcraft uses ARA) and it's like 100% sort of on line in a big way. It kept opening web pages trying to sell me plug ins?? And people are complaining about CbB nagging them! I think it might be a good DAW for people using all their stuff and interfaces. And the demos of a few took like 10 minutes to download and are huge files!! yicks!

The track manager is what you use to manage hidden tracks. There’s lots of ways to consolidate tracks. For me the easiest is simply open the export dialogue and choose the pre set at the bottom “Tracks through entire mix”. And just select the tracks you want and export them as 48 or 44.1/ 32 bit Wave files /no dithering. When the export finishes open the folder and now drag them to your project. You can delete or archive the originals. You can use the bounce function but I find I have more control over what happens this way.

I just made a video about opening crash dumps using Windbg and how to report them to the staff

It might see a return as an option for Sonar. They sort of hinted at re introduction of those old freebies that came back in old Sonar days. What would be very cool is that these will be transferred to the new system so we will no longer need to run CCC anymore to install them. They would appear in the new Cakewalk Product Manager.

I think it’s pretty safe to just say Sonar or Cakewalk. It took a while for us to transform from Splat to CbB. I mostly called it Cakewalk in all my tutorials and now I just say Sonar. Sonar is a short word so really doesn’t lend itself to an abbreviation. I guess you could take the NuSonar and shorten it to NuS ?

The UM2 is not recommended for use with PC based DAW’s. It doesn’t have a ASIO driver so audio will be out of sync with the tracks. This is probably why you are having a problem and I didn’t. ASIO is important for syncing audio.

My set up with Win Amp I can easily navigate the playlist as well as drag songs around on the fly. With the foot controller I can skip songs as well as jump up or down all while I’m taking between songs or tuning up. The audience is oblivious to this. If someone requests a song not on the playlist it takes 10 seconds to drag it from the folders. I have often had different versions of a lot of my songs. I just name them accordingly. “Proud MaryG” I have versions with no keyboards or no bass for when I play with those musicians. I also often use split tracks with the Bass on the Left and drums and keys on right. I run the bass into a bass amp and then I might play real bass on a few songs I just use channel mutes to swap over. I was hoping to use the Cakewalk playlist but for me it was going to be a lot of extra work. Not being able to skip songs easily with the foot controller was the deal breaker.

Thanks everyone. I have all this stuff from x3 then I bought Sonar Professional and lastly paid the good old lifetime license for Plat. I install all of these from CCC. Dim Pro always needs the run as administrator to activate. I don’t have Studio one anymore the demo expired. I was trying it in Waveform and Mixcraft. I just installed Luna last night and was going to try it as well. I even tried adding the exact folder it’s in to the plug in manager of each. It’s a no show. Il check out the licenses for Lizard etc .

I was looking and only answers were on old Sonar Gibson forum from 2015. A lot of my projects use Dim Pro for the acoustic bass. I have tried to open it in 2 other DAW's and it doesn't seem to scan up. Has anybody ever used it elsewhere? Same for Lounge LIzard and Strum Session. They load but don't play sound. Bummer. Might have to buy them, but you cannot buy Dim Pro. Thanks

My question would be why on earth don’t you just export the songs once they sound good to you as Wave files and play them back like that. I’ve been doing stereo files since they invented the mini disk player in the 90’s. I later switched to a basic laptop. I still use a 2008 W7 laptop using Win Amp or Foobar for playback which I control with a USB foot switch. In all those years I’ve never had anything fail , crash or not work. I always have a backup as well. I found the Cakewalk Playlist was slow and way too much work to manage. And I would never allow a GM player in my band. I use proper sample based instruments. GM sound like 1987 to me. But to each there own. I still have sound modules like the Sound Canvas but I sure don’t miss that messy set up.

To continue using the TTS-1 you will need a game plan. Watch the videos I made on the topic. It has been removed from the forthcoming Sonar as well as the last version of CbB. But, if you install any older versions of CbB or Sonar you will still be able to use it. Instructions are in the videos. Yes Sonar has the playlist. It is more or less the same as Sonar Plat and CbB. No TTS_1 , No Problem - https://youtu.be/kF3tEttGdIQ How I saved the TTS-1 from death by Sonar- https://youtu.be/gDm9AhrTbfk Goodbye TTS-1- https://youtu.be/Zw-UqrMmF0A But you should seriously look at replacing the TTS_1 as it is DX format and has not been supported for a long time. It can defiantly crash Sonar. If you wish to continue using it you are better off keeping a time machine going like a laptop with W7 and running a Pre Bandlab version of Sonar.

I downloaded and messed around with Drum pro, Seems like a usable freebie. I had no issues with timing. But! There is a Attack control that will defiantly delay the sounds if turned up to max.

Above is a easy way that I have used for a long time . The meter will hold the highest reading until you re start playback. But this involves playing in real time. What I now do is with the paid version of You Lean Loudness Meter you can drag and drop any audio ( or video) to the GUI and in seconds you not only have the max true peak level you have the much more important LUFS. This tool pays for itself shortly as it can save a lot of time. It is indispensable for Mastering. A track could be very quiet but have a couple of loud peaks so peak level is only useful for steady sustained material. It’s useless on things like drums , guitar and piano. Well worth the $50

All your midi should be on the grid unless you desire things to be otherwise. So start by quantize the midi to the correct timing. If you freeze the synth and zoom in on the waveform is it still on the grid? If you are using you computer audio and don’t have an audio interface WASAPI is the correct driver to use. It’s only drawback is you can’t record audio properly but midi should be rock solid.

You need to be aware that CbB will soon be de-activated as Sonar is replacing it. None of the CbB versions from the last 7 years can be activated anymore. Only the last sunset version from this year can be activated. Sonar will not run on W7. So as said above you would need to use Sonar from pre Bandlab ownership to use it on W7. I also have a 2008 Sony laptop that I have used for recording live bands using W7 and CbB. That’s the end of that. But I also have Sonar Home Studio on it.

Good question and I'm pretty confident I won't need it, But I have a massive Plan B! I already have purchased Mixcraft 10 Pro Studio. I liked it enough to get it on sale dirt cheap. I also am using Pro Tools First because I have other people I sometimes work with who are Pro Fools. Bummer is the inability to use some of my favourite Plug ins. I don't think I would ever pay for the full version. Out of my league. I can also upgrade my Cubase Elements 7 for around $250. I prefer Cubase over Studio one for midi editing. I tested all of them and those were my short list. I can never get my head around Reaper so off my list. I like Harrison Mixbus but like many, it's weak at Midi editing. I tried the newest versions demo and I own Version 4. I have various older version of Sonar that I could use if I needed to open older projects. I would never return to actually recording with them. Seems stupid to step back 10 years. I am in the process of backing everything up to Midi and Wave stem files so all my important stuff is future proof. I've finished and published all my originals up to date. I don't have anything that is unfinished other than a few song ideas that were obviously bad song ideas! Then I have hundreds of backing track projects that are 100% midi so they already open and play in all other DAW's. I'm not dependant on things like the Pro Channel. I generally don't use many plug ins so swapping over is not as complicated for me as it would be for those crazy guys with 700 plug ins on a project. I also own 2 digital multi track recorders one which can do Midi sync as well as a bunch of Hardware. I could almost stay out of the box. I have a neighbour who owned a small studio back in the 80's and has a bunch of old semi pro studio Reel To Reel 2 tracks and I think even a 16 track 1/2" he offered I could borrow. But I can't afford the Tape and I lost my razor blades and white lead in tape. So I'm not overly concerned about what Bandlab does. I would like to carry on with Sonar and feel that is all that will happen and it will be business as usual COMING SOON I HOPE! June 6th is fast approaching! Geez.

It actually seems like a very small group that are complaining still. I think the majority are following along with Choices 1&2 from my list above. I really like Sonar and totally got used to the new GUI. I uninstalled CbB. I have no nag screens. It’s not very expensive for now, but still will only purchase, not continue to rent. The bonus has been getting Cakewalk Next as well. It a great little DAW for quick song ideas. Super fast to load and get going.

It's not clear but are you saying that it is only Audacity? There's lots of things involved in sharing the audio system on a PC. First go to windows sound settings, this is W10. Set your sample rate here. And uncheck the exclusive control box. This is important. This is W11 - It's a terribly configured system I do not like. -Focusrite Control panel set your rate here as well. Open a Cakewalk project. What shows in the transport? Open Preferences and make sure this is unchecked Export the project as a Wave file at your default sample rate. and play in Media Player. In the lower right is 3 dots and you'll find "properties" This will confirm that your file is indeed the correct sample rate, 2304 = 48/24 wave file. ( my default) - open the file in Audacity . Check does it show that the file you are playing is the correct sample rate? Take note Audacity doesn’t use ASIO drivers. This is why I don't use it. I use Wave Lab or Gold Wave.

Look at my above post. It’s simple. You have choices so no point complaining about stuff nobody here can fix. Note- Reaper is not actually free unless you choose to not participate in the concept .

Next does not have ARA you cannot convert Audio to Midi. It is a very basic DAW. But it is well executed and very good DAW for beginners looking to start out with something that is not overwhelming to learn. Compare 270 page users guide to Cakewalks 1942 pages. All clips dragged to project will attempt top match the projects tempo. But they need to be groove clips or what ever loops are. And best to see what the original tempo was as listed below each loop in the loop browser. You want to stay close as you can to avoid artifacts.

Doubt if they have a budget for that. It’s been a long time wait for Midi 2.0 to become the standard. It mostly only benefits Hardware users which is important to at least one style of modern music. It seems it will almost eliminate midi latency of gear but the rest was over my head.