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This contradicts what you are saying about modern computers. Why do we need to save 80% of space?? Storage is cheap and plentiful. A Wave 48/ 24 file is now the standard format. Even for uploading files to distribution services are asking for this format now. Mp3 and FLAC are not needed in this day and age. And your claim about almost zero CPU. That needs to be qualified with facts.

My statement is what we were told by Staff. And I just confirmed that by Google. It say when asked if DX is still supported- No So tell me who just is it that is supposed to be supporting them? Developers? Microsoft? Steinberg? Cakewalk? In my case I have Vegas and Magix, Then Band in a Box, Sonar and Im told FL Studio and Reaper ?? And it looks like someday down the road Sonar will also ditch it. So it’s a bit foolish to include DX plugins in new projects knowing that in the future they won’t work. And it won’t be Cakewalks choice it is going to be due to a Windows update that will break it. Ya I know, just like people desperately still hanging on to 32 bit and using W7, it will still have a tiny fan base and a wrapper but we have so many other choices now that I don’t think it will be missed by most users.

And I’ll add that Daw’s that do not convert on import apparently will use real time conversion as the audio is played. This uses extra CPU. If that’s what you want then good luck with larger projects that contain a lot of audio that is not the same. I learned this in the Cakewalk Next user guide.

Yes the Sonitus VST3 plugins are included. The original Sonitus that where included since the beginning of time were DX format which is unsupported. You might want to read the official announcements from staff that are posted here Look for Core Plugins.

It really depends on the capabilities of your audio interface or system. My interface has loopback so I can hear anything my computer is playing.

This. I generally don’t change a lot of the defaults and have never had issues with saving files. One of the few changes that I make is I set my pathways in Preferences/ Files to my Data drive for the Projects and the Audio and video etc. I actually have a Folder in D drive labeled Sonar Audio. It’s always been empty but at least I know where to look if something does disappear.

99 % of what you say is a bug is just pilot error.

I Googled it-Heres AI explains FBX is a proprietary file format (.fbx) developed by Autodesk for 3D content creation software. It is used to exchange data between different digital content creation (DCC) applications and is commonly used in game development, film, and general 3D production. While Cakewalk is primarily an audio and MIDI software, the context of an "FBX" file within it would likely relate to importing or exporting data that links with visual or game development elements (like 3D models or animation data) that use the FBX format. For example, a user might work with video within Cakewalk and need to ensure the project can be synced with assets in a 3D program.

Ya good question. For me coming from the Atari and DrT KCS and the original Atari Cubase I was used to entering that information in the Event List. When the Atari finally died in 2003 I was forced to go with a PC. I just so happened to have a copy of Cakewalk Guitar Studio. I found out the event list really sucked and couldn’t figure out how to edit or enter PG changes. That took 20 years to figure out. I gave up. If a download midi file had a PG or CC 7 event it drove me crazy. I found a free simple midi sequencing app and had no problem opening the file and editing it in that. I eventually learned that the track header was what overrides this data as well as if I deleted the empty space at the beginning of the track I regained control. But yes I too think that the Event list should be like it was in 1985 and should show all midi data, not just some. The Tempo isn’t even listed? They won’t be improving the event list, the Staff Veiw or the Playlist. The user base has changed. It’s all drag and drop pre made music now.

I think that’s just it. I do believe that the group of us who have Sonar Platinum which we always install first to get a that stuff we paid for. People who started out with the free Cakewalk didn’t have a lot of things we got from the Legacy versions. And it’s a long list of things that I definitely need and want. With the release of new Sonar they are now slowly offering some of that content from the Legacy series but only if you subscribe. So that is why you see that option in the Product Centre. It is for the users who only used Cakewalk or are brand new to Sonar. I sure hope that we will have access to the Command Centre in the future. They really don’t need to make it available. It’s a good thing Cakewalk staff are still working for us. I think without them we would have lost that in 2018.

Another example was Addictive Drums. When they released the VST 3 version none of my presets showed. I have at least 30. It was blank. But it did seem to load up projects with all the correct settings and kit pieces. I had to manually re save them which was becoming a PITB so I just reverted back to the VST 2 version. Last night I upgraded to the paid version of Steven Slate drums for only $50 Black Friday deals. I’ve lost interest in Addictive Drums. this situation the OP is in has happened a few times to me so I am in the habit of freezing all my synths and using save as to store them in a safe place. That’s the way to make sure your sounds are future proof. Ad then keep the old version installed and what you can do is put it on the excluded list. Then if you open a project that used it just re include it.

A few years ago I made a tutorial on this very topic that shows how you can have all sorts of different views and that most are all independently floating and then there’s different docking options as shown in @Glenn Stanton example. Then the shortcuts make all this work very easily. My understanding of how to use all the various view features makes it easier to use only one monitor. The blue highlighted docking options are important as you float the view. Some things that are in the Browser can be put in the multi dock. That way all you need are the tabs at the bottom to get at just about everything. And did you know that the track pane is the only view that you can’t hide or float. You can only shrink it by dragging the dividers. Any how that video only got under 100 views so I removed it Seems learning about views in Cakewalk was not a hot topic. Bottom line is it was all very customizable in Cakewalk. If you are using the free version I am finding that this sort of stuff doesn’t work like it used to. It’s the ghost living in the new graphics.

Yep First thing I do. I don’t like the new version at all. Im using Platinum now and it has a wonderful start screen that works as it should. And it doesn’t interfere with using the file menu or even opening from the browser. It just politely closes if you click anything else.

This! I have always had the 2 monitors so my default was the Multi Dock floated to second monitor. But sometimes when working with Melodyne I wanted the Multi Dock view of Melodyne editor open below the track I was working on. That’s why I loved it when they introduced Workspaces. I could now set that up and save it. Over time I have abandoned using the second monitor for the Multi Dock in favour of using the one screen and toggling using D to open the multi dock 3/4 screen. I need my second monitor more for doing other things. The Browser and Inspector are mostly hidden. You get very used to using the shortcuts I - D and B. I know a lot of people don’t use Workspaces but I sure did. I said did because I don’t have them anymore due to using Platinum. And I guess they are also missing from the free version. Im back to putting up with the stupid mindless screen-sets. I hate them.

That’s the multi dock open full screen. it will be hidden behind that view. Float it. Now as you drag it down the bottom will turn blue to show you where it is legal to dock. As you move it up and down you will see that in the upper area the inspector and the browser are not blocked off but if you move it down the blue bar will go full screen and you won’t see the inspector. I thought you were not seeing it in the track view.

Good to know. But Studio one, Mixcraft and a few others I have demoed don’t. Yes custom keybindings are very important but I have yet to use a Daw that doesn’t have that. I immediately change the rewind button to W! I found it interesting that Vegas used that same keyboard shortcut. The other one is the R shortcut. It’s muscle memory. That great that you are immersing yourself in music no matter what style. Keeps the old brain going.

When you try other Daw’s you will see that Cakewalk and Cubase have been around since day one in using midi. They seem to me to have the very best capabilities for all these different use cases for midi hardware and software. And there are more than you can imagine. Go see if you can do something easy like assign a different patch and bank in all those other Daw’s. It’s not there! Nobody else has an event list. I have never used it but I would hope Ableton live has strong mid routing capabilities as it seems popular with hardware enthusiasts. It seems most daw’s now are focusing on drag and drop creators. Cakewalks Next is a good example. A lot of midi hardware that was designed for routing midi seems to have disappeared from the market. Like my Roland A880 midi patch bay. That was a lifesaver in my days of live midi performance. I set it to channel 16. It could reroute 8 inputs and 8 outputs. A lot of my old midi files still have the channel 16 patches in them. I should have never sold it. I see some on EBay and Reverb. Tempted. And if you owned it then your problem would be solved. Oh, I forgot, it’s not USB.

There have been several graphic related glitches in the new Sonar Ive both seen reported here as well as I have a few myself. So possibly this is yet another example. Take screenshots and open a ticket with support. Post the screenshot here too as we might spot something. One thing I can think of is if at some point the project was saved when floating. I have the free version myself and due to the lack of workspace s it’s a royal pain. Every project opens weird and I have to manually move stuff around. My latest graphic glitch is If I open the Browser in existing projects the instrument tab is highlighted but it’s showing the list of effects. It doesn’t do this with new projects. I wrote it off as happening just because I probably saved my workspace in Cakewalk and the instrument tab was my default. I think the effects tab is the default. The other one was in the export dialogue but they fixed it after being reported. So that is why I recommend reporting directly to support and not just here.

@Byron Dickens I was just in the process of redoing my back up Laptop so I did fresh installation of Band in a Box and Sonar Platinum. The VST SynthFont did not show up in Sonar just as expected. And ya the plug in is most certainly hidden deep in the bowels of the BB folder. I had to use Search to find it. So I copied and then pasted it into the Steinberg VST folder. So there’s still the original where BB wants it to be. Sonar found it and it opens and yes it is showing a Trial 15 day period.But then I found out I had not authorized BiaB. So I registered BiaB and now the VST synthfont is not in demo mode.

I explained how to prevent this by using midi channels. As I said I used Sonar Live and had no problem playing the synth I needed. I see no issue with using 2 controllers either. You just choose the channel you want to use. To here the sound input Echo has to be on and you can set it to be Globally on for all instruments. I don't know how many people have explained what input echo is for but somehow your not understanding that. Its a simple matter of not desiring how you think it should work it's a matter of understanding how it does work and learn that so you can take control.

Actually I have Steinberg Wave Lab 12 set up in the tools. But honestly over time I rarely use it because I use Melodyne for surgery on my audio tracks. Clicks and pops are pretty obvious.

And this is the simple solution to your request. If it was of importance possibly one could create a keyboard shortcut that ran one of those macros that opened the dialogue. Otherwise what you want is that that dialogue was accessible from the main work area, example if I click on the metronome icon it opens the settings. So that would be a feature request. I personally would vote for this as I often need to access the midi outputs. But it really takes a few seconds to get there and it stays on that tab each time I open preferences during that days sessions. If we request a midi devices icon they will make it so small we would not find it anyhow 😐

@Byron Dickens I’ll contact Kenneth the developer and ask about this. They might have recently locked it to BiaB. In the past it just showed up in Cakewalk. Coyote definitely is working but it is free. I have the 14.90 Euro version of VST SynthFont because I wanted the VST 3 version. I also like supporting these small developers. Kenneth has been working with me to sort out a few issues I had with the Midi Sound Synth. Midi files saved from Sonar are not working properly.

I haven’t heard of this happening for years. What OS are you using and what are you using for your audio playback? If you don’t have an audio interface it’s common to have different audio issues using any Daw. And then make sure you go into Windows sound settings and choose a default sample rate that matches what you use in Sonar. If you watch a lot of videos then 48 is probably best. Also if you don’t have any interface set Sonar to use WASAPI shared mode and use your computers sound card not HDMI or any other 3rd party driver. Do not try and use ASIO unless you do have an interface.