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One thing I know that can cause problems with the built-in ProChannel modules is if the directory is compressed. Check if C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Utilities\Internal is compressed or not, and if it is mark it as uncompressed, ensuring it also applies to the subfolders.

This tutorial is very good:

The only time I've seen this happen is when using a project with only MIDI tracks that are exclusively using hardware MIDI outs - i.e. no soft synths or audio at all. By default, the clock timing is derived from the Audio source: However, if you've no audio tracks / soft-synths, there's no audio to sync, to which causes the timing issues. There are two ways of solving this: 1. Simply insert an empty audio track 2. Change the Source to Internal. Personally, I prefer inserting an audio track as you will get timing issues if you subsequently add an audio track or soft-synth and you forget the timing is still set to internal.

Re-install the Microsoft VC++ redistributables:

If it's good enough to tap along to, consider using "Fit Improvisation". To do this: 1. Insert a MIDI track and make sure it's the only track armed. 2. Start recording and tap a single note to each beat of the song until the end. 3. Select the MIDI track, then Process->Fit Improvisation. Cakewalk will create a tempo map based on what you tapped in.

BandLab Mix Editor( the web based DAW), and Cakewalk by BandLab (CbB) are two completely different products. CbB is a continuation of the SONAR product line, and is based on the same code base as SONAR. Although there is the capability to publish / download projects from the BandLab community, the vast majority of CbB users do not use this integration. CbB is the equivalent of Platinum/Producer version of SONAR plus over 3000 bug fixes and new features. The only thing you don't get with CbB is the third party plugins bundled with SONAR Platinum - although there are exceptions such as Overloud TH3 which is included in CbB. I've PM'd you a link to the Sonar X3e Studio patch.

I tried it on a selection of audio tracks, and it's working fine for me.

Look at Customization->Keyboard Shortcuts in preferences. There you can bind any MIDI note or CC to a command, or get it to run a CAL script.

First of all, the neural network technology currently in use was developed around 50 years ago. I remember studying it at university (and that was a long time ago too!). It's only now however, that computers are fast enough to leverage it effectively (apart from maybe applications such as AutoRoute which have been using it for decades). But the requirement for speed is especially the case in deep learning, where the AI solution is left to work it out for itself rather than giving it pre-labelled data. ChatGPT is designed as a chat application. It is not a catch-all AI app that does everything you need. Fine if you're feeling lonely in the middle of a mixing session and fancy a chat, but not so useful for musical applications. All it will ever give you is an amalgamation of things it's scraped from the internet (and we all know how contradictory that can be), and the things it's learned from experts correcting the answers it gives. The results from ChatGPT may look impressive, but are suspect when looking at the detail. I had a lengthy "chat" with ChatGPT on a chord transformation algorithm, and the answers were best described as naive. There were way too many assumptions regarding implementation details (e.g. how to distinguish between the fundamental pitch of a quieter sound and the harmonics of a louder sound), and when pushed further, I basically got "There's been lots of research on this but I don't know the answer". I ended up suggesting a possible algorithm, and even then the results were flawed. In general, there are three types of AI applications for audio: 1. Classification - this is by far the most prevalent, and includes genre classification (as used by Spotify), or chord/key recognition. 2. Transformation - where you give it audio, and it does something to it rather like a VST effect. Izotope Nectar 3 or their mastering suite is a good example here, as well as the stem separation utilities. 3. Generation - where you give it something basic, be it a melody or just some descriptions, and it generates music (either MIDI or audio) based on the input. None of these applications are suitable for ChatGPT, and all of them need a vast amount of training data to be effective.

The biggest issue with AI is the amount of data that is needed for it to be effective, and more importantly the fact that the results are so incredibly skewed to the data that you give it... which of course means, a lot more data, and a lot more varied data. Personally I think AI in music has huge potential, but as far as the Cakewalk team is concerned I'm almost certain we couldn't spare the resources to collect enough quality data to get anything useable (well, not unless you'd all be happy to sacrifice any Cakewalk updates for a year or two). And even if you consider BandLab as a whole, who you could argue has access to a lot of material to use as source material for learning, is it varied enough to become usable in all genres? Here's a good example of not only how AI works, but also how inaccurate it can be - even when given 1000's of examples. BTW - if you're into AI in music, or even basic music DSP, this guy really does know his stuff - it's worth watching the whole series. But having watched hours of these videos, it's clear that you can get impressive results, but in order to do so you need a vast amount of good quality, and preferable pre-labelled data.

You can reset Cakewalk to it's default settings by holding down CTRL while opening Cakewalk.

If at any time you want to see all of the projects that are loaded, choose "Tile in Columns" from the main "Window Menu" You can tell Cakewalk to only allow one project at a time by checking "Allow Only One Open Project at a Time" within File->Advanced in preferences.

No, because they're running as different processes... but they could be running on the same core.

You should be able to force Cakewalk to use the Intel graphics instead. That's what I did on my gaming laptop, as there were a few plugins that weren't compatible with the its NVIDIA card:

You can create as many arranger tracks as you need. Right clicking on the time ruler will allow you to create arranger sections from markers and vice versa. If you're not using the arranger track for moving around events, I recommend unchecking "Select Events with Sections". This will stop you accidently moving around parts of your project by accident.

@Dan Laskowski - what edition of X3 do you have - Sonar X3, Sonar X3 Studio or Sonar X3 Producer? The update has to match the version you have. Let me know and I'll PM you a download link for the X3e update.

The first core is almost certainly the UI thread, which explains why it's the most busy. This thread is responsible for all UI updates and the majority of notifications. The fact that you do have activity in the other threads would indicate the effects are being load balanced.

There is no need to double click - a single click is enough. What I suspect is happening, is you are moving the mouse slightly between the two clicks and depending on your snap settings, it's creating two nodes on a different snap point.

Also check your network activity... I've been caught out on at least 3 occasions in my studio, wasting an hour or so trying to troubleshoot drop-out issues only to find that Windows was downloading an update in the background.

Delete hole will only delete a hole in what is selected. Track 15 has nothing selected, so nothing from it gets deleted. You're better off turning on ripple edit all, then deleting the selection.

An easier way to switch between hardware profiles is in the works. It probably won't make the next release (which should be out later this month), but hopefully the following one.

I believe Sonar 2.2 was the first version to announce ASIO support: https://www.cakewalk.com/Press/Release/1004/01-16-03-SONAR22.

The laptop I used was a Dell Vostro 1500 (I also used a Vostro 1700, which is the 17" version) - however IIRC, the Vostro 1500 is basically a budget version of the Inspiron 1545. AFAIK the only difference is the Vostro is missing the docking port. I swapped the drives in both laptops with SSD's. The Vostro has a Ricoh firewire port, which works fine with mLAN for the 01X/i88x on Vista/Win 7 32bit, but crashes on shutdown with Win 10 64 bit. The wireless LAN had to be disabled in the BIOS to get any sort of performance.

What can cause issues is installing older software that forces an install of earlier versions of the Visual C++ runtime libraries. It amazes me that some software vendors are still releasing software and distributing VC++ runtimes as far back as 2013. Installing these earlier versions can upset more recent versions. The first thing I do whenever I get an mfc related error that I wasn't getting before is re-install the latest VC++ runtimes. 9/10 this fixes the issue.

From the screenshot, it looks very much like this issue. I've had the same issue myself with modulation wheels. Sometimes you can get away with just cleaning it or opening it up and re-seating the potentiometer (it can slip, so the wheel never reaches zero). As a last resort you could disconnect it completely.... or just get a new keyboard... but try cleaning or reseating it first.