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I can only offer 2 possible determining factors that would contribute to long Export times.. An old Plug in or your Soundcard (which you didn't list above). I have an Intel I7 8200 and my Export times are around 60 seconds. that's for 30-40 tracks, 4 min song, up to 3 plug ins each track, editing, automation, the house. But a 45 min song, that's going to take time. So I would look at those 2 things first.

Im really sorry to hear this Ken. Thinking about you and your family and hoping the best

Im going to be totally honest with you @ckacres ......I've done it before too . I forgot to turn it off and within a few minutes my project was deep sixed (Thank god for Undo). Cakewalk added a Ripple edit indicator light as part of an update/new feature several months ago. Because users were forgetting to turn it off. So you and I are not alone . A lot of us have done it.

Did you try Ripple editing ?

This sounds like a classic case of... "Ripple editing" may have been left ON by accident.

Im sorry Craig, It was filtered by the site. The link might have been flagged/put on the "do not allow" list. Have fun.

When Cakewalk was first revived by Bandlab one of their first updates was to make a darker PRV. I didn't really like it. I enjoy cakewalks dark stock theme but not the dark PRV so I created one using the stock theme but changed the PRV back to white. I can share it with you if you wish.

do a search in the preferences/colors and look for NowTime. The PRV lines are called "Justify" lines I believe. It will take some experimenting.

Which keys are you pressing to perform this zoom ?

No shortcut that I know of to move all tracks down the Timeline unless you plan on using the nudge keys, which is not really practical for moving a whole project 1 measure. I use ripple edit. It was made for things like this.

If your going to be recording any over dubs with Audio, you'll want to do as @msmcleod suggested and get a good driver like ASIO4ALL. (cant believe I just called ASIO4ALL a "good driver"

This thread is smothered in old pros giving awesome advise (even giving away their secrets). We each have our own way of doing things so this can a subjective topic, but there are basic principles to follow. 1- I personally wouldn't use reverb or delay on my master bus. I typically use a Bus and throw a Send from the track to the bus. However, I know a lot of people choose to juice 100% mix on the bus and use send level to add the effect but I tend to back off from 100% because it can be too much. that's not saying others might be wrong or right for doing it that way, its just simply the way I get more control and less drowning Reverbs/Delays. As far as sub mixing your BU VOX, yes I would send all BU tracks to a bus called BU VOX. Then individually create sends for each track. Sometimes one harmony might be over powering the others and become too focused in the mix if you send all BU VOX to the same reverb at the same time That harmony is going to catch the repeats too hard (no matter how much you back off the fader/tweak EQ. Another important thing to look at is try using a Some Delay for LEAD VOX(go easy on Reverb). This changes the sound up and can work to your advantage by making it stand out more than the BU VOX.

Your input was one of the reasons I got a Mackie control surface and I must say its been thee best improvement to my studio to use with Bandlab/Sonar. a ton of options for foot controls, buttons.

You can pick up an old Mackie Control unit used from guitar center for 200 bucks. I've seen them lower because of the units age, but they work great with Sonar/Bandlab. As @John mentioned the jog wheel, this is critical for navigating the Timeline.

I build a new PC every 2 years or so to keep things stable and new. I know this might not be practical for everyone because of costs, but my last build was back in May of 2016. Only reason I haven't built another is because this particular build has been rock solid. Apple make great products no doubt and I've wanted to get a MAC to try out logic myself. Im just having great results using a PC, so why fix what is not broke. that's my 2 cents anyway.

Some would think so.. but I don't. See your device controls latency, buffer and playback sound. If that driver is crashing/failing then there is nothing Cakewalk can do about it except go along for the ride. I used to have a device that I would literally have to kill Sonar with task manager everytime there was a freeze up with that device. What ever it is, keep us posted after trying the Behringer. If that doesn't solve it, it might be a bug in Sonar and I can try to rerpo complete steps with you.

You've updated Microsoft Visual Studio to the latest version ?

Great idea @cclarry. I've asked for this in the past myself.

I would love to see a Rollback feature. Im just not sure Cakewalk wants us to have that option. If they did the installer wouldn't be deleted after install.

This doesn't sound like a bug as much as probably a system specific issue. Can you list out your full specs ? Could be a driver for a device freezing up.

The word Beeping instantly sounds like "demo mode" to me. I don't know, its only my experiences. Did you get the Unlocked VST version of TH3 from Overloud when Sonar Platinum ended production with Gibson ?

Good choice, I love my Rokit 5's. Durable too, had them over 7 years now and never one problem.

Is there a good reason you are freezing midi tracks ? Are you low on CPU ? The shift you are seeing is due to the way your soundcard Freezes/bounces data. In other words, its Latency. Unless you have a decent soundcard, freezing and unfreezing is going to be slightly off and not practical..

I also like this idea. It does kind of water down the seasoned composer a bit, but it would be fun to use and also like you said, bridge the gap between novice and pro. Bring in more new users.

Fair enough. Which plug in are you using ?