John Vere

Yes after you update CbB you can remove the Assistant. But you will need it installed next time you update. Even though we now update from CbB the Assistant needs to be there still

Ya hope that works. As I said I’d save them as midi files because those can be opened by any DAW. That will give you the tempo and possibly other midi instruments. You should be able to Open them on your Mac Daw and drop the audio in there to re build

I made it for our good buddy Michael. Look for the misbehaving midi thread

I do believe that the Mac version was a total flop. People use something called boot camp to run Cakewalk on Macs. You should be able to open WRK and Bun files in CbB and then from that you can save the files as midi or CWP Bun files are often reported to become corrupted and not a safe way to archive projects. https://help.cakewalk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035040954-Cannot-Open-a-Project#:~:text=Cakewalk by BandLab can open Cakewalk Project Files (.&text=bun)%2C and even pre-,a few things to consider.

What reverb plug in as this is obviously the issue. Don't use it. If you want a good freebie try Acon Digital Verberate. https://acondigital.com/products/verberate/ If Cakewalk freezes up 99% of the time it's a 3rd party plug in.

First the obvious. Make sure the track is not muted. Make sure the meters are set for 60db See my screenshot- Make sure ALL is checked Turn up the faders. Are the waveforms showing in the track pane?

I basically suck at video production. I plan on getting better at this and it's sort of a fun project. I just started a year ago and haven't had much time to learn Vegas like I know Cakewalk. I was just trying the fast forward trick as I see this often in tutorials to shorten the length. But mine isn't really working the way I hoped. I'm better off just stopping and restarting after those boring parts where I'm doing the obvious. But then you never know some of the actions we think are obvious are the exact thing a new comer was looking for. It was over 24 minutes originally. I will try and cut some stuff out as I agree 17 min is still long for a tutorial. I think I'll cut it into 2 parts. The Multi channel and then the Drums. If anyone has info on proper fast motion in Vegas( Movie Studio Platinum 17 ) It would be nice. The videos I found looked old. I actually learn something about Cakewalk every time I make a video as I explore the options from a new comers perspective. And much easier to point someone at a video than explaining the same things over and over on the forum.

You don't need asio4all anymore. WASAPI does a great job without being invasive like asio4all is. It's not so bad if you don't use a proper interface but if like me you might need to switch between using an ASIO interface and onboard sound sometimes, asio4all will mess things up big time. W10 and WASAPI is real stable. Warning- do not use anything but a proper interface and ASIO for recording audio overdubs. Your sync/timing will be off. Asio4all is obsolete.

Good Call and good eyesight @Steev I didn't catch that one regarding the projects sample rate. And notice the 16 bit too. So lot's of issues going on here. I think the best corse of action is for the OP to dig in and do a little tutorial watching. First on how to set up a DAW properly with your audio interface and second an Ez drummer video. This old thread has a few links to tutorials plus other info. https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+use+ezdrummer+in+cakewalk&rlz=1C1UEAD_enCA936CA936&oq=using+ezdrummer+in+Cakewa&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0i22i30j0i390l5.21434j1j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_PYIZYJXpOcTY-wT42a3YBA16

Removed for updating sorry for the inconvenience.

Your using ASIO 4 all?? I wouldn't expect studio quality sound from that. Are you not using an audio interface? Your workflow seems very strange? The midi file plays the vst drums. The VST instrument is in a audio track , There is no reason to "record" the VST. Nobody needs to bounce instruments anymore unless your computer is 10 years old or something. When you export a song the audio output from any VST instrument is treated exactly the same as a audio track of a guitar or vocals. Why are you using a ridiculously high sample rate? That's asking for trouble too. 48 is all anybody really needs but if you think your fans will notice while listening to the MP3 on $10 ear buds-- then 96 is more or less way out there. But I wouldn't attempt that on a system without a good interface and ASIO driver. Asio4all is not really ASIO, it just pretends to be. Its a wrapper for WDM mode.

I find it best to work with short clips. max 4 bars long. Then everything fits the screen and my CPU doesn't freak out. I edit and then render immediately. The original un edited clips are safe in a second safety track.

What happens when you delete that Normal from the event list. My guess is it will now work. I've never used that event. You set the Bank to NONE in the inspector. Choose a patch and it should work. Works for me on Yamaha, Roland and Korg outboard synths.

I think he made this mistake by shopping for a mobo with the pci slot. They are hard to find But at least it’s a fresh clean install and overall will run faster with the SSD drive alone Michael one small word of advice if I may Do not install any 3rd party plug ins until the day you need them I just redid 2 computers and life is so much better on a clean machine you’re going to enjoy your new ride . When I find I need the VST I can pull it in a few seconds from my backup files or for some I go directly to the web site to grab updates And for the most part avoid installing any 32 bit version of any plug in I uncheck all but the 64 VST versions

Just looking at your screen shot Is it the vibraphone patch you wanted? And what does the “normal “ patch mean. It should be a number did you type that in? So what I’m seeing is 2 conflicting PG messages.

@Kurre Told you this in his 1. reply. That’s why it’s called the plug in manager Cakewalk has confused the interface by making you use 2 places now Most tasks can be done in preferences but a few things still are easier done in the manager

Another possibility is that midi output is enabled from another track

The Zoom driver might not have been updated to work with W10. I don't think they were great drivers to begin with. Too bad because those built in mikes are very nice.

Every time I install Xpand the installer is fine but when you first try and use it it say's can't find Xpand big. Even though it's right where the installer put it. Above mess is why I always try out free ( and some paid) VST's on my other computer. The VSt count on my main DAW is around 100. I don't use half of that but not much you can do about bundled packages like Blue Tube. But I could move some of it to the folder that is not scanned. If it is not in the scan path it won't appear in Cakewalk. If it is appearing in Cakewalk then you haven't removed the folder from the scan path. A dll. sitting in an unused folder is not going to have any bearing on your computer performance. It was great to re build that 2nd computer which was running slow and glitching. Over time when you treat something that way it really bogs it down. New SSD drive and fresh install and it's incredible how perky and fast it is now. It's a few hours work but well worth the time if your feel your machine is not up to snuff.

In the Process tab- Length- But be careful as stretching audio will leave artifacts sometimes. Only do this to a copy of your original. If the piano is midi you can just slow the tempo down.

Look in the plug in manager at what pathways you have used. Go to those locations and clean out you junk. I use the VST folder for unused Plug ins that I might want someday. I then removed it from the scan path. I put all my 3rd party stuff in the stienberg VST folder. I don't normally allow installs to the Cakewalk plug in folder but some VST's like Air won't work otherwise.

No unless things have changed. I looked into this years ago when I worked in a Care Home. Before I came along they had been forking over a lot of money for these real bad Karaoke CD's. I thought I could make my own. I looked into this and the software was terrible and often $$$ . I think it was a popular thing in the 90's but left in the dust now. You best bet is to google 10 best free Karaoke creation software. The way it worked before was you export a WAVE file, not a midi and then the software was to add movies, pictures and the lyrics. Hmm, that,s not what you need. So forget it. Did you try googling imbedding Chords in midi data? Might just be a midi plug in??

Not sure if anything midi has changed since S7. I don’t think so. But two places to look are the events list. And for sure the midi track header. the track header midi bank and patch dialogue boxes are ultimately what happens. They override all other data

I have never had to render midi to audio unless I was collaborating with someone who might not have the same VST’s. All my mixing / panning is done with the instrument track unless it’s a multi channel VST like Xpand2 then I have to pan in the GUI But this is why I do not like to bounce or commit tracks. I will need to be able to make changes during mixing