Ross Smithe

You don’t need to remove them, you can disable them and see if that helps your situation. Navigate on your computer to Device Manager, then open the “Sound, video, and game controller”drop down. You should see a list of the sound devices that are installed on your computer. You can right click on various ones and disable them. If you do that and it doesn’t help, removing them completely won’t make any difference either. Troubleshoot it this way, but I have a feeling you’re going to continue to have problems with this until you invest in a dedicated audio interface. Cakewalk is a professional level DAW, and works best with optimized and dedicated ASIO sound drivers. Also, an external interface running the sound will free up your system resources and help with latency. You can get a basic interface like a Presonus Audiobox for $100.

With the set up I was describing, he would only need one of these cords for the PSR keyboard. The other two newer keyboards (Motif, Tyros) would do their MIDI in/out through USB. He would then select whichever one he wants on each MIDI track.

Honestly this seems like an unnecessary over complication of the situation. Why don’t you just connect the two newer keyboards, the Motif and the Tyros, directly to your PC through USB MIDI (just have to download the USB drivers). Then use something like a Roland UM-ONE-MK2 (see pic) to connect the older PSR keyboard. I know for certain that the Motif has a virtual editor that you can also utilize if you go in through USB, not sure about the Tyros. If you just do standard midi cables, thru a hub or whatever, you won’t be able to utilize that tool.

Do you have multiple takes on your midi track? Have you checked your take lanes? If you’re in comp mode, it could be causing that. If it’s sending properly when you’re in piano roll, it most likely has something to do with your clips.

I recently completed this cover of Pink Floyd’s Nobody Home from The Wall. All done from scratch in Cakewalk by Bandlab, except for the background sounds at the beginning. Wanted to see how close I could get to the original, just for fun! Thanks for listening/commenting, feedback always welcome!