John Vere

I am sort of a 20 watt guy. And 20 Lbs. The whole idea behind this modelling stuff is to do away with a guitar amp. I think it sort of works better for people who use a lot of distortion and effects. The tones that always miss the mark are the Tube Overdrive as used in the Blues. Basically any older Fender tube Amp cranked to 11. It's not a distorted overdrive it's just fat and smooth. Smaller amps work the best as that lowers the stage level . Funny you mentioned Laney because I traded my Laney 100 watt head for my G&L Tribute Astat. It was from 1994 all tube. Made a great Bass amp too.

Use the Playlist feature. It will load as many project one at a time as you like. You start a playlist from the File Menu choose New and this dialogue will open. You see it is the second on the list. Open and add your projects to the list and save it. It was designed for live performance but can also be used to pre view a collection of projects for say an album. Just don't move the projects.

There are lots of free reverbs. This shows 8 pages in a simple search. https://plugins4free.com/search?term=reverb This has been my go to for a long time now. As you say reverb is not a critical part of a Rock song. This one does the job and it's free. Very low CPU. You got to like the interface. https://acondigital.com/products/verberate-basic/

You might have the BASIC workspace selected which hides those dialogue boxes. Choose the Advanced Workspace or None. It's gotta be the craziest plan someone ever came up with. Oh Lets make the default for our software hide most of the features so pour little Johnny won't be overwhelmed by all those boxes. Little Johnny has to go on the Forum and ask why everything is missing. I sure hope they fix this with the new Sonar. Make the Default "None" simple.

The installer is stored in your download folder. Just go to the web site and re download.

+1 to what @Bristol_Joneseysaid that was my first thought when I read this. I always mute the Master bus and you’ll be surprised how many times I found something still playing. Also solo your vocal bus. You mentioned having your vocals going to multiple buses? Another long shot would be the reverb is receiving automation or a midi Learn function.

With the old export I always used “Select None” before choosing to export. CTRL-Shift-A What I like about the new dialogue is that Right hand select box that shows you at a glance if there’s a track selected and you can uncheck it with out having to close the export dialogue. I shouldn’t have called the Task option buggy.It just makes extra work for most export options. I can see using it to export a project in multiple formats with one click but that’s not something many people would do. I find if I use 48/24 that covers everything these days. Even the upload sites like Sound Cloud except that format. And if I do burn a CD Nero converts it to 44.1/16 automatically. The internet has come a long way and MP3 are now obsolete. 44.1 is also obsolete. I’m not even sure why new DAWs continue to have it as an option for recording?

I have a Blackstar amp that has a lot of stuff built in. I use a little laptop to control it using the Insider software. It's cool. Sounds great in the studio.. But then I go and do a gig I always end up using my stomp boxes because they are so bullet proof and the Blackstar does not cut it for some reason. I put my pedal board up on a my table I use and that way I can dial in the changes on the fly. It put it where my right hand can reach and smash the on /off buttons. I use the Blacksatr as the Amp right now because my 68 Fender Princeton needs an overhaul. But Every time I've tried to use anything else it always flops on it's face. I think it's the Latency of digital. A Tube amp responds to your pick attack immediately. The formula that works is Humbuckers- Basic stop boxes - Tube Amp- Mike into PA. I'm sure a Kemper would be good but I'm not paid that much.

What is windows 11? I'm on 13!

I found Tasks sort of buggy so stopped using them, Instead I just created pre sets for for different scenarios. It always works now. It's like in the old dialogue if you select none it always was more dependable than selecting all. So I make sure all is actually not checked before I export.

That is an interesting thought. I think it was shortly before Gibson dumped us Thayer was this free version of Home Studio available through a magazine . I remember grabbing it as well as posting the links in the old Forum. I still have that file in my collection of Cakewalk files. Now you got me thinking it might be as you say. This is all just a backup plan to if things go wrong with this new development. Like most here I will most likely anti up and pay for Sonar. As Jesse just said it’s way to early to get our shorts in a knot about it.

The copy of the download folder not only backs up all of the plug ins and software it makes reinstalling to a new computer super fast. Run the Command Center install and then don’t install anything. Now copy the content of the backup file to the new download folder. Now everything goes fast.

Just click on the name field and rename them. If you are asking if you can bulk rename- no.

If you read my post you will see I said “ Other than Splat “ Sonar Platinum , Splat, was the first version to require servers. And once activated never needs the server again until you install it to a new machine or change your C drive. X3 and backwards as well as Most of the add ins came with there own installers and serial numbers. Worst case scenario for me would be returning to using X3. I’ll do that before I change DAWs.

What I'm not understanding is the worrying about the Gibson activations?? Other than Splat, all old Sonar version do not need the internet or any on line activations. As well as all the add on's. I can install any of that old stuff off line from my back up copies of all the software and plug ins. I have all my serial numbers and registration codes. I have all the installers. If you haven't backed all your stuff up from your account I have no pity for you on the day the Music Dies. So don't complain about servers anymore, you don't need them. Store it locally. The big question still unanswered is the same as for Splat, will they unlock CbB so those who don't wish to upgrade can carry on.

It’s actually a viable survey but gathering data from a handful of mostly loyal users doesn’t mean much . You intentions were good. Cakewalk could send out a proper survey to their entire user base which I believe is very large now. My guess is 80 % of those people only have Cakewalk because it was free. A lot of them probably never turn it on. Out of the rest most will be long time users who will either pay what ever the price is or continue using CbB. A few will leave as well .

Plug in demo mode will cause this.

I will be doing just that but the timing of all this is bad. I have 4 gigs lined up so my focus is on practicing and fine tuning some backing tracks. I also just redid my computer with 3 new SSD drives and upgraded from 10 GB to 32 GB of RAM. I just don’t have time possibly until later this Summer. Thanks for your support.

@User 905133 where did you find this quote. I'm looking for clarification regarding the removal of the Activation time out?

When I read through Jesse's announcement https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/58304-introducing-cakewalk-next-and-our-new-brand-identity/ My first thoughts were " I saw this coming a few years ago" I mentioned the whole idea of them sitting around after Gibson gave the boot and some smart thinkers said " This is software with huge potential if given some bug fixes, but it's not cross platform and it has only a small loyal following. It seems to have some stigma attached to it in the recording community. What can we do to save it? It seems a waist to just toss it out. Why not fix the bugs, and then make it free for a few years to build up a much bigger loyal following? Then when we get the numbers up we can revisit charging for it again." I was bashed for even thinking this way. Anyways this is great news for all us long time fans of anything Cakewalk offers. And we will have 3 choices. That's going to make a big difference for many. This so much reminds me of the change to X1 from 8.5. We will most certainly hear the same rants and babble about the new Sonar etc. etc. Already people are freaking out. Why? If you don't like it you can do just like the handful of people who didn't like X series ( they are still around ya know) did and stay with the unsupported version of CbB forever. Yes forever. They have said that there will be one more update to CbB and in that I predict they will finally remove the activation time out. Why not. It would not be cool to kill CbB. That's why I'm confident they won't. It will become like 8.5, and the X series which all still have a fan club of users who thing CbB sucks. I use other software I never updated which is from around 2014 now. They have CbB in excellent shape right now so it will be a great DAW for years to come and probably a huge fan base that might still be using it 10 years from now, 8.5 still runs on W 10 ( 11?) so CbB could possibly run on W 21 It will probably become a sub forum. This is good news that they also decided to completely re vamp Sonar. Long overdue since X1. But it seems they are just re vamping and not ditching the original foundation. My concern is that they will not remove the clutter as in the 9 ways to insert a instrument track. Looking forward to getting a Beta version of Sonar so I can start making tutorials about it. Oh, yes the main reason I started this thread. You will notice I reverted to my old forum ID. I also had to take down all my Videos. Legal reasons with using the name Cactus Music. I own the name only in Canada. So that happening and the fact that Cakewalk will change anyhow. in the mean time you just need to use the Documentation which has all you need to know. https://bandlab.github.io/cakewalk/docs/Cakewalk Reference Guide.pdf

People will never get this right so I've stopped even talking about it. But in a nutshell Working with Cakewalk and on board audio= WASAPI Working with Cakewalk and a proper audio interface = ASIO. Nothing else to know. Only ASIO can be in sync when overdubbing audio. So if you are using WASAPI you can fix it with a loopback test and adjusting the timing offset. My office computer does not have an interface connected so I use the Realtek and WASAPI shared. It's connected to a pair of Mackie powered Monitors. I call it Studio B. I have never noticed any difference in running projects this way but I am not recording audio, just trying and testing plug ins and working things out while typing my narrations for videos. I read these old threads and realize how much I've learned since then.

It was not exactly stated but the quote most certainly reads that way to me. It makes perfect sense. Why pyzz off thousands of users when it would cost you nothing to do this. They said the only reason for the activation was to keep track of how many people were using the software. They no longer will need that info. It will also keep the pirates away.

Reading Jesse’s and Noel’s posts it sounds like the current version of CbB will get one more bug fix and then be left available for free forever. They never said anything about removing it. It will be the 3rd version. It will be the same version of Cakewalk as what we have right now for as long as you can run it on a current Windows system. I think that is a very cool offer for most of us who are just fine with what we have. They don’t have to do that. There’s no users agreement saying they can’t just pull the plug and when your activation runs out in 6 months you would be forced to pony up. They aren’t doing that at all. So we will get one last bug fix and they said they are removing the activation time out with that update. So be sure and update when offered. This CbB version of Cakewalk will still work for a long time yet. For me that can be at least 10 more years. I still run it on W7 on a backup computer. I have lots of 10 year old software that works just fine. Really the bottom line is what we now have will no longer be supported so if you have any issues don’t complain. But they are not demanding money from you for continuing to use their software. They are simply offering a new DAW based on Cakewalk that will be supported and will open your old projects. So I really don’t understand people already worrying about what it will cost? It’s still free. It’s as solid as a rock right now and let’s see what the bug fixes are. I look at this as an offer to upgrade if I so choose so.

This is not a Cakewalk problem the answer is in the user manual for your audio interface. Most also have Videos with tutorials on the web site. I will assume you have plugged your desktop speakers into the audio interface. When you use an interface it handles all audio. Every audio interface I’ve ever used has a level control for the headphones and a main volume for the speakers. You simply turn up or down the playback system you want to listen on.

I’ll repeat this again. There is a lot of value in what we got with Sonar. When Gibson walked away anyone with any sense backed up everything to do with Sonar in at least 3 or more safe locations. This includes the Command Center Download folder. All the registration codes and install files, backed up and safe. To depend on a web site for valuable software you own and paid for is asking for eventually loosing it all. If and when you do get access to it Back it up! They have been very good about bailing people out but that could change. It’s not their problem really, it is Gibsons.