msmcleod

There is always the workaround of putting your synth in the track's effects bin. This was the legacy way of doing things though, and I'm not sure how long this will be supported in CbB.

You can download it from Cakewalk's github site: https://github.com/Cakewalk/Cakewalk-Control-Surface-SDK/blob/master/Bin/x64/VS700.dll You'll need to: 1. Copy it to C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Surfaces\ 2. If running Windows 10, it may block it since you downloaded it from the internet. Right click->properties on the DLL and select "Unblock" at the bottom 3. Open up a command prompt, and type: regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Surfaces\VS700.dll"

One thing I'd love to see is an "Add Instrument" option to synths on the synth-rack. So say you've got Kontakt added as an instrument track. Currently you're fixed to 2 outputs. What would be great would be able to right click on the synth, and add another instrument track which would be assigned to outputs 3 & 4. Doing it again, would assign to 5 + 6 etc... until you've run out of outputs, at which point the option would be greyed out. I find its very convenient having the MIDI / Audio combined into one track, but it would be great to do this with multiple outputs without having to have loads of separate MIDI / Audio tracks just to make use of the extra outputs.

You can kind of do this already by selecting the folder, then using groups: Now moving any of the faders or pans, will move the others relative to your movement. If you want to adjust one in isolation, just hold down the CTRL key while your doing it.

There was a post on the old forum related to the QCON, which I suspect has a similar handshaking protocol: http://forum.cakewalk.com/Custom-Version-of-Mackie-Control-Surface-Plugin-to-use-the-QCON-m3092979.aspx#3092979 It mentions needing to send a SYSEX message to the control surface to kick off the handshake. Unfortunately, the download link on the post no longer works, else I'd have incorporated the fix into my version of the MackieControl. You may want to try out my version anyhow, which has a "disable handshake" option on it: http://msmcleod.co.uk/cakewalk/MMcLMackieControlSetup.zip Please let me know if enabling the "disable handshake" works or not - if it doesn't, I'll try to do a bit more digging to get the relevant SYSEX messages added to my version. [Edit] - After a bit more research, it looks like the sysex is not being returned from the Icon to cakewalk during the handshake. Apparently, the Mackie Control protocol was updated at some point to remove this from the handshake, and Cakewalk's DLL was never updated. So using the disable handshake option should actually work.

You're better setting up Platform-M as a Mackie Control rather than using ACT, unless you're using it for something other than transport/fader etc control?

For me the 6 minute time limit is a major restriction... @Starise, @Blades - how are you finding this restriction for prog rock? Is it an issue, or do you split parts over different songs?

+1 Same here.

That is strange. I'm glad its all sorted for you though!

Try: Fire up the BandLab assistant Click on the settings icon on the top left Click Sign Out Log back in Go to the Apps tab and Click Open to start CbB

Yes, do this: 1. Adjust the size of selected track to the size you want the "selected zoomed" track to be 2. Press SHIFT + Z to enable "Auto Track Zoom" mode 3. Adjust the size of the other tracks to suit, e.g.:

I came from the Amiga as well. Music-X was my tool of choice. Over 250 tracks, a patch librarian, PRV, Staff Editor, Event List, a MIDI filter/mapper, and even a 4 channel sample player. I *think* you could do rudimentary hard-disk recording, but it's so far back I can't remember... maybe you had to record it as a sample first in a separate program. SOS did a review back in '89: http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/music-x/5672 Here's a cool video @rasure uploaded to YouTube:

You've not mentioned anything about your setup, so assuming you're PC is a half decent spec... I find JBridge works far better than BitBridge for most 32 bit plugins, it's only It's only €14.99, and has far more options for tweaking: https://jstuff.wordpress.com/jbridge/ Once you've installed it, the easiest way to use it is to enable the "Use JBridge Wrapper" option within the plugin properties within Cakewalk.

If you want remote control from a phone/tablet, then I'd consider VNC. It's pretty handy if you're on your own in a vocal booth and want to control your DAW from there. However, if you want something more responsive, then TouchDAW might be a better option (but obviously you won't get to see your screen)

Here's one way of doing it:

So it looks like there is a way to get ASIOLink to combine more than one ASIO interface into one: Open one instance of ASIOLink, and set the ASIO driver to be your second ASIO interface, setting the output to Network (just use the local network IP) & enable network. Open a second instance of ASIOLink, set the ASIO driver to be your primary ASIO interface, set the output to ASIOLink's ASIO driver and enable network input using your local network IP. Observations: You'll still need to ensure that both interfaces are word-clock sync'd, either via ADAT / SPDIF, or a standard BNC wordclock cable. There is a slight increase in latency in the interface going over the internal network, hence the reason why I say make second ASIO interface you have over the network. To get your latency back to normal, just disable the network input on the ASIOLink instance when you're not using your second interface. You're limited to 16 audio tracks over the network, so bear this in mind when choosing your primary/secondary interfaces. For me, this means sacrificing 16 of my mLAN inputs. You might find that using the WDM drivers on the 2nd interface gives better latency than using the network (and the setup is much simpler, because you're only using one ASIOLink instance).

They normally come with a bracket to make them slightly bigger. In saying that, mine are just resting within the drive bay. It's not as if I move the PC much at all.

Speaking of the tools not being perfect, I was messing around with tempo detection at the weekend. I took a song I did with my daughter, which was originally done in Band in a Box (using RealDrums / RealTracks for drums & guitar, but MIDI for piano, organ & bass), and dragged in to Cakewalk for recording the vocals. It was recorded at 120bpm. I took the stereo mix, and dragged it to the top of the track view - Melodyne detected a constant tempo of 60bpm. However, using audio-snap to derive a tempo map showed the tempo fluctuating between 118 and 123 bpm constantly throughout the song. So the tools are definitely far from perfect.

Yeah, the gamer keyboards with real key switches are awesome.

Check your Preferences under File->Audio The default is C:\Cakewalk Projects\Audio Data You probably want to copy over the picture folder too: C:\Cakewalk Projects\Picture Cache

Bet sure to copy your Global Audio Folder over too, as some older projects may have their project audio stored there from when before the "Copy all audio with project" option came about (or maybe wasn't checked when you saved). What I did recently, is go through all my old projects (some as far back as Cakewalk ProAudio 7) and save them all again as CbB projects. I kept a copy of the old projects as they were, but only the converted projects are now in my main project directory. I found a far more reliable way of loading old projects was to create a new project (based on the "Basic" template), drag the old project in from the media browser, and then save it with a new name. Dragging in from the media browser has a number of advantages: It's more tolerant of any issues with out of date/missing plugins etc The master bus, preview bus & metronome are present as with any normal CbB project The ProChannel is enabled and available on all audio tracks

I don't think there's any ARP editor in Cakewalk. From what I gather, the .ptn files are rhythm only versions of .arp files. There's some more discussion on the old forum, along with some links to tools that will allow you to create your own ARP's: http://forum.cakewalk.com/Importing-ARP-patterns-m2716317.aspx

I think I spent maybe £7 ($9 US) on my studio PC keyboard. I wanted one that was narrow, but had all the keys, and I wanted more traditional (electric typewriter) shaped keys rather than the button style keys many laptops have nowadays. It just happened to be £7. I got two of them: one for my bedroom PC, and one for the studio. Don't get me wrong, I like/use a decent quality keyboard when I'm coding - but for the studio, the one I have is more than adequate. If you're using your PC for stuff other than just music, then I fully understand getting something more high-end. But if it's just for Cakewalk, and hitting the odd keys (which for 90% of the time for me are limited to R, W, Spacebar, CTRL +Z and CTRL+S), then I don't think it justifies paying more than $25 for one. FWIW I've never had a keyboard go wrong on me due to normal wear & tear (with the exception of the membrane keyboard on my old Sinclair ZX81). Coffee & Coca Cola have been the death of a couple though.

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If you install this: https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=midireroute , along with two MIDI loopBack ports (https://www.tobias-erichsen.de/software/loopmidi.html or https://www.nerds.de/en/loopbe30.html) You can use this to route your USB MIDI IN to two loopBack OUT's. You'd then set loopBack MIDI IN 1 to be your MIDI IN in Cakewalk, and loopBack MIDI IN 2 to be your MIDI IN on Finale.