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Be REALLY careful with these upgrade codes. You can only apply one at a time, so you can upgrade one product at a time. I've just tried to upgrade to Shreddage 3 using my upgrade coupons. I initially added Shreddage Jupiter, applying the code jupiter code. I then added Shreddage Serpent using the codes serpent code which had the effect of cancelling the original coupon. Realising I could only use one at a time, I removed Shreddage Jupiter and continued to purchase Serpent. I then made a separate purchase of Rogue using the rogue coupon. However when I tried to order Jupiter using the original jupiter code, it told my I'd used up all my coupons. What's worse, is that the contact form constantly returns an error, so I can't even contact them. I've sent an email in the hope it gets through... but let's hope no-one here makes the same mistake I did.

Take a look at this: https://www.ghacks.net/2012/12/27/remap-your-mouse-buttons-on-windows/ From what I can tell, it lets you assign hotkeys to load different mouse profiles. So you could map (for example) CTRL + ":" set the buttons to left handed, and CTRL + SHIFT + ":" to swap them back to right handed. Note: There may be better programs out there - this is just one that I found in a Google search.

@scook - I stand corrected... I did a clean install of CbB on my work laptop back in January - it would have been the 1st 2019.01 release. I updated it to both the 2nd 2019.01 release and today's 2019.03 release. Sonitus Gate wasn't installed - however the DLL is there. So I manually ran regsvr32 C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Plugins\SonitusFXGate.dll in a cmd window and it now appears. I guess it could have been an install glitch. Has anyone else noticed it missing from a clean install?

As far as I can see, this isn't included as part of CbB:

Does this happen even after importing into a new project? It sounds to me like something else is "touching" the files whilst you're using them. I had exactly this issue with Microsoft OneDrive, but any cloud sync service (OneDrive, Mega etc), as well as virus scanners could cause Cakewalk to crash if it's accessing files that Cakewalk is using. Make sure you have explicitly excluded both your Projects folder and your Global Audio Folder from any of these sorts of programs.

Yeah, there was a discussion about this a few weeks ago. An other option is: 1. Hold SHIFT whilst loading the old project, which will load it in safe mode to avoid any crashes on load 2. Select ALL the tracks, and save as a track template. This will preserve your VST's & ProChannel settings. 3. On the new project, import the track template 4. CTRL+C / CTRL+V your old tracks onto the new tracks

MAutoPitch is a free auto-tune type plugin that comes with the MFreeFXBundle - it also contains MFlanger if you specifically want a flange effect.

Have you tried dragging the old project into a new one from the Media browser?

I agree. I could do with this one, along with the PC4K S-Type Channel compressor. In the meantime though, the Gater style dial is quite usable. There's also TH3.

Have you checked your master output?

Sorry, I wasn't clear. There shouldn't be one. My thoughts were that there might have been one that was using up your MIDI IN. Anyhow, make sure your MIDI track is set with the following:

Anything on this screen? It has a nasty habit of "stealing" MIDI devices when the original ones aren't plugged in.

Can you confirm if you've got any control surfaces set up?

They're stored in ctrlsurface.dat which is located in %APPDATA%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core

@Southpaw3473 - Have they fixed the bucket assignment issue with CbB yet? I've been holding off buying it until it works properly with CbB,

Mine shows everything from Sonar 1.x.x XL onwards. The only things that are missing are Cakewalk Pro Audio 7, Pro Audio 9, and the MP3 Encoder. @Trevor - all you need is your password for www.cakewalk.com. Both your serial number & registration code should be there as Wookie says.

This has caught me out many a time. Now it's the first thing I look at when I'm getting no sound from my keyboard.

It might be possible to wrap something like Lilypond or MuseScore inside a MIDI VST FX. This would remove the integration issues with the existing code, as all you would need to do is: Select the MIDI clips you want to edit Right click->Process Effect->MIDI Effects->[score editor plugin] Score editor pops up, then you do you edits in the score editor The score editor would then have to save the extra non-note information in some other file, and apply the note changes to the MIDI track Issues might be: Changing the code to work within a DLL rather than its own application Handling clips over multiple tracks. ...but it should be technically possible.

I don't think you'll be able to activate anything as far back as Sonar 6, even if you did have a working Cakewalk Inc account. Just install the latest Cakewalk. It should load your most of Sonar 6 projects fine. I've managed to load projects as far back as Sonar 3. If you do have any issues, I've found creating a new project, and dragging the old one in from the Media Browser usually helps.

Yeah, passive mixers aren't the best. My DIY mixer was fine with one or two inputs, but as I scaled it up the noise floor increased. That's why I resurrected my DCM100 for keyboard mixing duties.

This is a commercial 4 channel mono passive mixer: https://www.amazon.com/ART-SPLITMix-Channel-Passive-Splitter/dp/B002VX0DCE/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=SPLITMix4&qid=1552857101&s=gateway&sr=8-1 A bit overpriced if you ask me, seeing you can build one for less than $10, but it'll do the job I guess.

I use a Fostex DCM100 & MixTab as my synth module mixer: The MixTab is just a MIDI controller - the DCM100 rack unit is the actual mixer. Prior to that, I built a passive mixer using RCA sockets and a bunch of 4.7K resistors:

There's no offline help for CbB. If you've got SONAR Platinum, what you can do is copy SONAR.CHM from C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\SONAR Platinum to C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core. It's a bit out of date, but not so significantly that it'll cause too much of an issue. A few users have asked for offline help - I believe it's under consideration.

You could try switching to the Mercury theme:

I've got CbB firewalled, so it's not phoning home directly. I think its communicating with the iLok License Manager service locally on your machine. So it's iLok License Manager that is actually phoning home and checking to see if you're still connected.