John Vere

Wasn’t Sound Center only 32bit?

If you go to the top of this web page Look for "Cakewalk" then "Support Center" at the top of that web page look for "submit a request" that will take you to the page where you can submit the bug report. Make sure to choose the version of Cakewalk product you are using.

Next has crash dumps just like all Cakewalk products. So steps in video still apply. When you submit you choose Next from the list. No they don’t have a proper forum, they use a playground called Discord. My 16 year old Granddaughter is a typical user of it. It’s really bad. I hadn’t logged in for a few months and my question from December was still on the main page. Unanswered. I reported a few major bugs in November and no answer and still no fix. I re submitted again in February. I had to give up on it and waiting until they get back to me it’s not the same team as Sonar. So actually asking questions here is a better option because a DAW is a DAW. The few people who do use Discord are of little help. At first the developers would answer questions but I didn’t see any signs of that. The user base is all Bandlab app people and many use Macs.

This is sort of confusing You realize his is the Cakewalk forum not BIAB. They have a user forum too. You will need to supply a lot more detail when you post there. It’s a good forum with helpful people.

Those are audio effects not midi. You can use them in the instrument tracks effects bin but midi data is not audio.

You sound like you need to sort out the basics. And my guess is that mixer didn’t come with an ASIO audio driver which is the reason why nothing is going well. It might not even work with WASAPI modes as not all devices support that. So Behringer for interfaces that didn’t come with ASIO drivers they offer Asio4all which is known to not work with Cakewalk. This is why it is not recommended to purchase those interfaces. They work great with Max OS , not PC. This is an overview of 2x2 interfaces https://youtu.be/YcDGKuBJ2VI?si=gjiDpxCoJTyHxyvx This is my older video about audio set up https://youtu.be/opDwsC4_llg?si=zN74UhJUQCVtzik6

Actually I’m very optimistic

Recording levels are 100% set by the audio interface. You could turn the gain and fader right off and the audio will be recorded at the level set by the gain on the interface. Focusrite adds a layer of confusion by using a software mixer. I found when things were not working then I would reset it to factory defaults and that would fix it.

This is what I’ve noticed. You update and then it needs re activation. I’ve just seen a lot of posts from people complaining about CbB needing activation every few weeks. I think they are also offline. Oh well such is the life of using free stuff. Im pretty confident that once Sonar is purchased we will see the end of the activation process.

What are you hearing in the headphones? And what do the meters on the Scarlett show? can you put them in the Red? And in the Software mixer make sure the Line/Mic swicth didn't get moved. It's one of my big beefs with the Software mixer, You can't look at the interface to check settings.

Seems a lot of people who are still using Cakewalk are being bombarded with re activation notices. I haven't seen one for CbB for a couple of months since the last update. I have it still installed on 3 different computers. All also have Sonar and therefore have been activated via Backstage Pass, I was wondering, is it only people who don't have the Backstage Pass that are experiencing this? Sonar has tossed a few activations at me after updates and it's a simple one click deal. So wondering if that also has activated CbB as well?

I see nothing wrong with the tracks. They are both going o the master bus. You don’t need input echo to playback midi. Did you open the GUI for the strings and check that it’s volume control is turned up? Did you try playing the built in keyboard to see if it is making sound? If it is then something is wrong with your midi data. Is the velocity normal? Check the event list for data that might cause problems. If it isn’t making sound then something is wrong with the audio routing.

Some of the word definitions are interesting. Jiber- Taunting or Leer Jibe - to change direction ( sailing)

It depends on how many changes were made since the last time you saved. Like lots of midi editing and changing settings. All that will add to slow saving time. So best to keep saving as you work. Other things that I’ve noticed are leaving regional effects un rendered and audio snap.

I use track templates one click, actually 2.

This is normal. Example. The open project has the Master bus but the template it is worded master with a lower case M. You will get 2 buses. I cover how to prevent this here

I have a whole series of tutorials that cover all this. I see you are using the Behringer UMC22 which doesn't come with an ASIO driver ( asio4all is not an ASIO driver) so that can cause some issues with audio. It it therefore not a recommended interface for Cakewalk products. But that's another topic, but you need to be aware of its limitations as an interface. And yes it is only a 2x2 interface. This video has lots of info about signal flow and mixing. You might want to watch the others too.

This is typical of a lot of free software. It’s up to you. I myself always proceed but I test free stuff on a old computer first to avoid unwanted files on my main DAW.

In Canada 42 units = 12 polars.

What is not clear from your replies. Did you follow the instructions in the video including downloading and installing the driver? Have you opened the Zoom control panel? Have you set up a sample rate? Is the mixer in Interfaces mode? I think yours has a switch on the back. Did you remove all other drivers other than the Zoom in the Reg Edit as showing in the video? Did you re boot the computer? And did you know you can take screenshots using the Windows/PrntScrn keyboard shortcuts it will go to the screenshot folder in pictures.

Are you sure that is a VST? I have the Blackstar Insider and it is a stand alone app only. It’s for control and saving pre sets. There is a USB connection but it doesn’t work very well for audio , noisy, but it’s great for setting up the amp and picking pre sets at a gig or in the studio. I bought the foot controller and it broke after a year. Great sounding amps. But very poorly built tech.

Funny this topic came up because I’m not liking the new layout at all. It never puts the last projects in the cue. I’ve ended up opening back up versions by mistake. I can’t put my finger on what it is that has made this worse than the Cakewalk version and I’m one to slowly get used to new things but it’s been over a month and I’m still hating this thing. The start screen and the inability to make the PRV background white are my only 2 complaints so far.

I cannot comment on the ASIO driver that is supplied for the L -20 as obviously it will be different. Did you watch the above video about using the L8 as a interface? That goes through all the important details of accessing all 12 channels of the L8. Possibly it might be the same for thr L20. You don't use asio4all with Cakewalk. It doesn't get along with it we are told by the developers. To get the Zoom ASIO driver to work properly you might even have top totally remove asio4all as I demonstrate I had to do with a Tascam driver in my situation. The Zoom driver was a bit fussy about just the Tascam ASIO driver possibly because it is very old. So I removed it. But defiantly get rid of all other ASIO driver in the Reg Edit app first. So follow the video and report back and even post a screen shot of your audio setting.