Bass Guitar

Freeze it. Hold Ctrl/shift drag to a new track.

I used Sonar all last year. If I opened a midi file the TTS-1 loaded and played the file with no problems. I would mostly replace the instruments but sometimes keep a few tracks using the TTS-1. But often I would open older projects and they would crash. The dump report would point at the TTS-1. I submitted these to support and they would only say don’t use it. They would also crash Cakewalk. I would take same project and open it in Platinum with no issues. These projects never crashed in the 5 years I used Cakewalk up until sometime in 2023. I had to redo my computer and reinstall the OS so I was starting from scratch. I started with Sonar 8.5 and that has TTS-1 True Piano and few other goodies. Then X3 then I run the new version of CCC and install a few plugins as well as Platinum. I don’t use Sonar anymore so I was set to just use Platinum as a way to open old files. Never any issues other than warning about the file from a new version. Now we have the free version I was at first real excited about using this instead of Platinum. But alas it is crashing again when I try to open most of my projects. So Im back to using Platinum. Im glad they wouldn’t let me get the discount on the membership. Saved my self $200.

From the Manual • XLR-1/4-inch combo jacks allow direct connection of any sound source. We’ve loaded the H4n with a versatile array of input options to accommodate a variety of recording sources. Any type of microphone (including condensers), electric instrument (guitar, bass, keyboard) or line level source can be connected to the H4n. • It can be used as an Audio Interface/SD card reader for a computer. An onboard USB 2.0 Hi-Speed jack allows direct connection to a computer. You can use it as an audio interface with built-in effects (sampling rate 44.1 kHz). • Record one track at a time and then combine them. • Overdubbing. • Record using effects • Mixing track levels after recording. • Indoor or outdoor rehearsals. Page 72- Mono recording-Engaging blends the left and right signals down to mono then records dual-mono to each left and right channel. 2 Only thing is the manual doesn't mention the ASIO driver. So there's a possibility that came along later therefore why you need to do the firmware update as well.

The Zoom H4 has a pair of mono inputs which I am assuming is what the OP meant by saying they are using a cable. So those are recorded as a stereo pair. There might be a setting that can change that and reading the manual would shed some light on that. Read my post regarding the Tascam recorder. It can do that and you can even use it as a multi track recording device to overdub separate takes to the 4 channels. But they will still show as stereo pairs. The Zoom might be different. = read manual. So we will assume all that is happening here is the OP is dragging the stereo files from the SD card into Cakewalk which will create a stereo track. Easy to fix as I keep saying. But I’m also saying forget the stupid SD card and use it as an interface. It will probably show up in a Daw under ASIO as track inputs Ch1/2 stereo Ch 1 mono Ch 2 mono Ch3/4 stereo Ch 3 mono Ch 4 mono

This is not necessary. Simply pan any stereo track to the side you want and bounce to clip/ mono

The way my Tascam DR 40 records to the SD card is there’s 2 Stereo Wave files. They will have a date stamp so usually look something like 2025-8-6-001-1/2 =the stereo mikes 2025-8-6-001-3/4 =the Combi jacks I have recorded most of my live shows this way. It is clamped to my Mike stand pointing at an angle so I can read the screen and operate it. So the mikes more or less hear what I hear. The Combi jacks 3&4 are fed with aux sends that are my vocals in 3 and my guitar in 4. The mikes are just for reference but it’s a pretty good mix. To separate the 3/4 vocals and guitar from the stereo track is simple. The vocals are the left and guitar is the right. Copy the stereo track. Pan one to left one to right bounce to clip choose mono. now I have the vocals and guitar on their own mono tracks. I can delete the stereo tracks. But there’s no need to use the SD card when as far as I can tell the device is a good quality audio interface.

It seems that the ZoomH4n has an ASIO driver. I have a Q2 camera and a Zoom L8 mixer/ interface. I also have a Tascam DR40 which I think is identical in design. But it doesn’t have the driver. Zoom makes good stuff. And the ASIO driver is top quality. First stop would be go to the Zoom support page and download the Driver and latest firmware update. Also grab the manual if you don’t already have it. If the ASIO driver works you might have yourself a cool 4 x2 audio interface with built in mikes and XLR / Combi jacks.

So you think that the AI is bored so to kill time it is digging up Zombie threads? Sad reading this as you see all of the old forum members who are now found on other daw forums.

Because of the phone home activation system that Bandlab uses they now only have the most current version available for activation. This it would seem is necessary to maintain control of the licensing. If you look inside your download folder you should see a folder called Cakewalk. In mine there is all the older version installers. They will work but you can’t activate them. They will simply tell you to update. As it is now you have only one current version of Sonar that you can legally use free or by membership. Prior to that you have Sonar Platinum and backwards.

It works great on my W10 laptop . It’s a DGX620 that Costco used to sell and someone gave it to me because their kids had dumped Rootbeer in the keyboard. 78 screws to take it apart and I managed to clean it. But the display screen is not working properly you can just see 1/2 of it. No problem I don’t use any of the fancy stuff. I mostly use it when I want a good piano feel under my fingers. Another person just gave me a Roland EM09. It only has Din midi. It has built in speakers and sounds terrible but I noticed that the power supply is wrong. Way under the amperage needed. So I think it’s going to be fine. Trouble is now I think my MotuM4 just went south! ( is that a Canadian term?) It has never worked properly since day one. Im now using the SSL2 but it doesn’t have midi ports. Then I also have a Zoom L8 which doesn’t have midi. I still have a Tascam 1641 and an old 1st generation Scarlett 6i6. So the plan is to set up the W10 laptop as a midi hardware workstation. The Tascam is from 2008 but works 100% on W10 still. And it has 14 inputs.

Ya the cool thing about hardware with 5 pin midi ports is it always works! It could give a rats ***** about operating systems and drivers. Hopefully Audio interface manufacturers will continue to offer midi ports. I have an older Yamaha piano that only has a USB midi port and now W11 won’t talk to it.

Be aware that if you don’t have the Membership then Next will not have the instruments. They are only available in the full version. You can demo SynthFont for free to see if it’s something you’d want. First go to preferences/ midi/ devices and uncheck all the output boxes. open the midi file which will create a new project with all the correct midi tracks and info. But it will be silent because there is no instrument to play it. Then simply insert SynthFont as an instrument track. The midi tracks will be automatically assigned to the instrument. If you’re midi files used GM patch and banks it should play correctly.

Because Ripchord is an "effect" and does not generate any sound it is put in a Midi instruments tracks Effects bin. I don't have Next installed but it works perfectly fine in the free version of Waveform. You need to first insert an instrument track, Choose a synth it will play and go from there.

Yep. W7 holdouts are now left behind. Not much will work anymore. I have a 2008 Sony laptop with W7. It only works with hardware and software that was produced 10 or more years ago. The good news is Sonar Platinum will run just fine.

They are probably still there and hidden behind the view you put in focus. That’s how Windows works. You will have to float the view in the second monitor and resize it. My solution is I only use the second monitor for the plugins and other stuff. I use the D shortcut to flip between Track view and Console / PVR or Melodyne on my main screen.

I think very few Cakewalk/ Sonar users are aware that the TTS-1 was removed because until you do a clean install or new build you will still have it. And even then the trick is simply to have kept an old CbB full installer from before November 2023. You can’t activate it anymore anyway. That would still include the TTS-1. of course you would want to install that version first and then install Sonar. I have lots of options for GM . Synthfont64, Coyote , Korg o5/rw, Roland SD55, GR50 and a Keyboard,, 2 Yamaha keyboards, Windows Media Player, Studio 1, Mixcraft and Band in a Box. If I open a project that is using the TTS-1 I freeze the tracks.

This is it. TTS-1 has been unstable for a few years now. It will work fine if it was the very first thing you inserted in the project. As in opening a midi file. But adding it to a project later will often cause Sonar to crash. Checking the mini dump will verify this. So I switched to using either SynthFont 64 or Coyote a few years ago. They came free with Band in a Box but SynthFont Is dirt cheap to purchase. The TTS-1 was included with Cakewalk up until the fall of 2023. That was when Roland asked them to remove it from future installations. What was weird was that they also removed the link to use the MS Wavetable Synth at the same time. At least it doesn’t crash.

All the current themes are a total compromise. And it’s not just the colour. It’s the microscopic check marks and icons.

Did you actually download and install Sonar? It sounds like you are using Cakewalk. Easy way is to install the Cakewalk Product Manager and it will show you what you need. It sucks that this software has the worst customer experience ever now.

This problem is due to the fact that Sonar had to discontinue the TTS-1 General Midi synth back in the Fall of 2023 at the request of Roland who owns the software rights to the synth. They never replaced it so as a result opening a midi file results in there being nothing to play the sounds. Oddly enough Cakewalk Next paid version does include GM midi instruments. Sonar now only includes I think 4 instruments with the SI instrument collection. But that is very limited to just Drums, Bass, Strings and Electric Piano. For more sounds you require further 3rd party instruments. SynthFont 64 is an inexpensive GM midi synth that will play any GM midi files. It has a stand alone version and the VST version which will work with any Daw.

For a new computer what I have done is use a storage device that is big enough to copy my old computers Program, Program Data and Documents folders onto. If you had own Legacy versions make sure you have the download folder for the Command Centre. This way you can easily access a lot of your personal settings. Also a lot of plug ins might not use installers so just copy them over. I am also in the habit of save a lot of stuff that was in my download folder. But best to see if a plug in was updated. For me Google is another lifesaver for a new computer. Just install Chrome and then log in. All your saved passwords and bookmarks are there. Before you turf the old computer make sure you de authorize any plug ins that were tied to that machine.

Im using 4 other Daw’s and I have absolutely never paid attention to the graphics. I just open them and get to work. The new Sonar has me squinting to find things I used to have no problem with before. I keep making mistakes when working because even the mouse doesn’t respond accurately.

To tell the truth I don’t remember getting any notifications from Bandlab? Possibly I might have them turned off? I would think that if you set it up to automatically renew then you’ll be charged on your credit card automatically at the full price. I find this frustrating as example I use Vegas and they just emailed me an offer with a big discount to upgrade. Cubase has huge discounts for upgrades. Every single software I use has always been this way. This membership system seems like it will be more expensive than any other software I use over time. I think this is how most people feel about it. A year went by for me and now I have no more full version to use.

If what you’re saying is that you are only seeing one send and there are actually two, then you need to drag the dividers to reveal what is hidden. It’s a bad design

Other option is entering the value in the event list. Doesn’t get any flatter than that! Then when you get to the point where it stops enter 0. Or ?