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It does make me wonder why BandLab didn't do this in the first place. I suspect some of the sounds may have been using libraries that were licensed to Cakewalk Inc. and there were reasons why those weren't part of the BandLab acquisition. A paid version of RapturePro however, could probably cover the cost of renewing any licenses. Just speculating tho...

If you're using your internal sound card, you probably want it set to WASAPI, with the option to share the device selected. MME is really only there for really old sound cards for compatibility, and its performance is nowhere near as good as WASAPI or ASIO.

The 688 was great as it had the MTC encoder/decoder built in, so you could stripe your timecode on to a track and use the MIDI out directly. I used the Yamaha MT8X which didn't have this facility, so I used a Philip Rees PPS100 for striping tracks/syncing to MIDI. I found for small projects or things like automation using Cakewalk was fine, but for projects with a lot of MIDI information, Cakewalk struggled to keep up - especially if starting mid way through a song. I think in those days I still ran a Cirrus P166 which probably explains this! To solve this I recorded the whole MIDI song to a Alesis DataDisk. On playback this received MTC/SongPointer information from the PPS100 (with the timecode coming from track 8 of my MTX8) and played my sound modules in time with the audio. I also used this method in the studio when working with an ADAT/BRC : the BRC would send the sync information to the DataDisk and everything would play in time, regardless of where I started in a song. So what I ended up with was the melodic MIDI information being played by the DataDisk, automation of my Fostex DCM100/MixTab mixer being controlled by Cakewalk and the PPS100 acting as the master clock. As the MIDI instruments were basically live, I then had 7 tracks left on my MT8X for audio. The 7 audio tracks, and sound module output were fed into my DCM100 so I could automate my final mix.

I've excluded all my plugin folders, audio folders and sample folders from Windows Defender. This has sped up my VST scans considerably.

Probably the easiest way to make the templates available to CbB, is to copy the SONAR templates into your CbB templates folder. I'd recommend renaming them first (maybe append _sonar to the end) so they don't clash with the CbB equivalents and potentially get overwritten by an upgrade. Maybe I'm misunderstanding this, but AFAIK all a drum map defines is which notes trigger which drums. This has nothing to do with the panning or outputs of a AD2 instance. To do what you want, you'll need to configure an instance of AD2 to provide the mono outputs as required and either: Save this as a track template, which can be inserted into any project; or Make sure your templates have an instance of AD2 in them with these settings applied. [edit] - Another, perhaps easier route would be to simply save a preset within AD2 with your settings applied.

I use Alter-Ego if I've got an idea for lyrics & a melody, and I'm not able to record my voice (either on the move on my laptop, or in the evening when I'd wake everyone up). It's a great way of getting ideas down. Nata's great as a female voice. Bones is better at male vocal ranges.

I've got over 250, but a lot of them are only 8 to 16 bars. Sometimes I'll finish a verse, then think, "hey I think I wrote something way back that would fit as a chorus here" - it's at that point I'd like to open the browser and go through my previous projects. If I find one I like, I can just drag it into my current project and move the clips over. As a workaround I used the new export function to go through each project and save an mp3 of each one in a separate folder. It took a whole weekend. Now I can go through my preview folder and preview the mp3's, then go back to the project folder, pick the project with the same name and drag it in. But it means me manually doing an export every time I save a project. It would be much easier if it was done automatically. In any case, just about everything else can be previewed on the media browser - why not projects?

You can't drag projects from the start screen though. And the start menu only shows the last 100 most recent projects - not all of them.

Yeah, that would work... as long as I don't have to continue doing it manually (and remembering to keep updating them). I guess the cwp could hold a reference to the preview file (like it does for the other audio data).

Another I found helps, is unplugging your audio interface (assuming it's external). Cakewalk might recognise this and come back to life. If this does the trick, then it might be an audio interface issue rather than a plugin issue (actually, it could be the issue even if Cakewalk doesn't come back to life). The following might solve it: 1. Reboot your machine 2. Re-install your audio drivers (not always necessary, but might help) 3. Delete AUD.INI 4. Start Cakewalk

I'm sure most of the power users here know about this, but for those who don't, here's a way of using any VST as if it was a ProChannel module. Here's how I put my Scheps-73 in the ProChannel: An here's a demo on how quick it is to do it: Obviously it's got it's limitations: You're limited to 6 buttons & 6 knobs You only see percentages on the knob display as you turn it, not the actual value. But it's a convenient way to put your VST anywhere in your ProChannel chain, whilst being able to tweak the most used settings.

I think I may have asked for this before in the previous forum, but I've had more thoughts on it so here goes... I've got loads of unfinished projects, most of which are just 8 - 16 bar sketches. Their names aren't particularly helpful (because they're so unfinished), and going through to review them at a later date is time consuming: i.e. I have to open up each project one by one. I find the browser great, because I can drag a project into an existing one and use the extra tracks right away. Nine times out of ten however, I've forgotten what each project sounds like. What I'd really like is to be able to play a preview of them within the browser. My thoughts are: Within the "Save As" dialog, two new options would be available: A "Save Project Preview" checkbox A "Preview Length (secs)" edit box (perhaps with an additional "whole project" checkbox) The idea would be that if you chose to save a project preview, it would use the new export module to generate a export of your mix based on the options above, which would be stored inside the cwp file. This could default to mp3 to keep cwp files smaller, but perhaps an option to make it a wav might be desirable. Selecting a project within the browser and clicking play (or CTRL+SPACE) would play that preview. If the default preview length was small, e.g. 10 to 15 seconds, it would minimise the extra time required to save a project, whilst presenting a reasonable amount of audio to identify it.

This has only happened to me once, and I solved it by running/logging in to Native Access. I'm assuming that maybe it had to refresh its authorisation, but Native Access also needed an update as well, so that could be related.

Task Manager usually works for me. If Task Manager isn't working for you, then it might be a 32 bit plugin causing the issue. In which case you'll need to also kill BitBridge (comes up as TeleportServer in Task Manager) or JBridge if you use that.

Bear in mind that numpad keys have a lot of special functions when working with clips. AltGr may be ok, as technically it's different from the standard Alt - but be aware of this if you're thinking of overriding them with anything.

Looks like they've got one US layout refurbished model in stock for £39.99 - that's around $50 US. Presumably you get another 10% off with the discount code. I'd recommend reading any small print about shipping & import taxes though, unless you're in the UK of course. There's not a huge amount of difference between the US & UK layouts in any case. The main difference is that @ and " are the other way around (there are other slight differences, but those are the ones that get me because they're more commonly used). I'd love to get one of these, but I'd want two and there's only one available at that price.

From wikipedia... "The Orville is available in the United States on the Fox Broadcasting Company website as well as the Hulu and Amazon Prime streaming platforms. In the United Kingdom, the series is available on Fox UK's streaming service. In Australia, The Orville is available on the television channel SBS Viceland and streams on SBS on Demand. In New Zealand, the series is available on the free TVNZ OnDemand streaming service" AFAIK StarTrek Discovery is streaming only: CBS All Access in the US, and Netflix is most other countries. In Canada, it's on Space,Z and Crave.

CbB = Cakewalk by BandLab

This doesn't sound right at all. If what you say is correct, then this might be a bug.

I quite like Star Trek Discovery, but it's a very different format to all the rest of the shows. It's very dark. Seth MacFarlane's "The Orville" is far closer to the TNG format, and is hilarious.

One of the coolest things I got just before I went in the box, was the Fostex DCM100 / MixTab: I'd take the individual track outputs from my MT-8X into this, run the MIDI sync I'd recorded back through my PPS100 and I could record my mix automation in Cakewalk. Everything was automated on this: pan, volume, gain, mute, EQ, aux sends etc. It wasn't motorised, but had LED indicators to help you set up the MixTab to match any saved scenes. The whole mixer section was cleverly based around 8 x I2C controlled car stereo chips, which is what kept the cost down. Nowadays, I use this as a sub mixer for all my racked MIDI modules.

This is exactly why I stopped doing gig's as a duo (and later as a solo). I played bass & lead vocals with a guitarist in a duo, and as solo lead vocals & guitar. I did all my own backing for bass/drums/keys. It would take on average between 4-8 hours per song to do a backing track, plus all the practice on top. Unfortunately I found audiences appreciated what I did no more than the guys who'd turn up with karaoke backing tracks and sang along.

It's an option. In Preferences, If you uncheck "Recycle Plugin Windows" in the VST Settings section, you can open as many as you like.

Personally, I use Process->Transpose if I want the key change permanent, or the Key+ slider in the track inspector. But the OP asked about CAL, so I answered about CAL. I figured he had a reason for wanting to use CAL (e.g. binding a key map or something). Anyhow, loads of options here, PVR, MIDI FX etc.

I always thought Patrick Stewart stood out as the great actor in Star Trek TNG, but after watching re-runs for me it's Brent Spiner. The humour he shows as Data is subtle but ingenious.