msmcleod

Quick grouping works for freeze/unfreeze - select the tracks you want to freeze / unfreeze then hold down CTRL when you click the freeze button.

@RexRed - have you tried what Noel suggested and turning the audio engine off within cakewalk before inserting the tracks? I found it was significantly quicker to turn it off, insert the tracks, then turn it back on again afterwards than it was to add the tracks when the engine is running.

Yes, and set it up as a Mackie Control in Preferences / Control Surfaces. There's also some key combinations that were added specifically for the nanoKONTROL 2 and nanoKONTROL Studio, using the Cycle key on the nanoKONTROL 2 or the Scrub key on the nanoKONTROL Studio ( for the various plugin modes, the pan controls change the values ) :

@bdickens - FWIW, I have my nanoKONTROL Studio plugged into a hub, and I've got no issues with it. My nanoKONTROL 2 isn't plugged into a hub, but I can give it a try... of course USB cables can be problematic too, so it's worth trying another cable if possible.

There's a story in our backlog to replace it, but it's been postponed largely down to resources. I'm not sure what the status is at present.

TTS-1 was written by Roland a long time ago. They were kind enough to allow it to be included in the sale of Cakewalk to Gibson, and was included as part of the asset transfer when BandLab took over. From what I understand, the TTS-1 is internally emulating a sound canvas (i.e. it's got an internal virtual machine running the original sound canvas code). Although the TTS-1 plugin itself is 64 bit, I suspect parts of the emulator are still effectively 32 bit... which may explain why it tends to work if it's loaded first, as there's less chance of addresses overflowing any 32 bit address variables. I stress however, this is my suspicion - we've not got the TTS-1 code, so there's no way of verifying this, or fixing it either. FWIW - the Roland Sound Canvas VA has exactly the same sounds as the TTS-1, and is available on Roland Cloud. Alternatively, you can get a hardware Sound Canvas... there's plenty available on eBay ranging from the bare basics SC7 / CM300 right up to the MGS-64 and SC8820 / SC88 Pro. They all have essentially the same sound ROM.

The single ASIO audio device limitation in Windows was imposed by Steinberg, not Windows itself. In the past, I used to switch to WDM to record on multiple audio devices. On Windows 10, WASAPI Exclusive mode will also allow you to select more than one device, and also has the advantage of being low latency. You do however have the issue of sync'ing the word clock - I was lucky in this respect that one of my sound devices had a word clock out, and the others either a word clock input, or the ability to receive one through ADAT or SPDIF. Not being word-clock sync'd may not be a huge issue for recording (it's really not a lot different from different mic placements when recording a band), but be aware that using multiple interfaces can result in the tracks recorded from different devices being slightly misaligned. The differences aren't usually enough to hear as such, but could potentially introduce phase issues.

@Starship Krupa - have you installed the very latest Korg USB drivers? The drivers have broken at least twice over the years due to Windows updates, and Korg have normally released a new version a few months later. Personally, I've just uninstalled the Korg drivers altogether and use the nanoKONTROL 2 as a class compliant device. This has solved the issue for me, however it does mean I cannot use the KORG CONTROL Editor ( not a problem for me as I'm using it in Mackie mode ). The latest drivers should be ok though - just uninstall the old ones first before installing the new ones.

The Space bar starts playback, and stops both playback and recording. The "R" key records. So if you're going through line by line, simply press "R" to record, space bar to stop, then "R" to continue recording. You probably want to uncheck "On Stop, Rewind to Now Marker", so the now time marker stays where it is when you stop. You can also punch in recording during playback by starting playback using spacebar to listen to what you've done before, and punch-in recording by pressing "R" at the appropriate moment.

You need to create an instrument definition for your PSR-SQ16. This can be done from within preferences. It might be worth doing a search on the internet though, as someone may have already created one.

The only way to do this at the moment is with track templates.

The other thing that can stop Cakewalk starting is a corrupt ctrlsurface.dat file. It's located in %APPDATA%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core\ You could try deleting that to see if it helps.

Check that you've not got any .zip files on your desktop. If you have, move them to a different folder.

Are you definitely on the latest version ( 2022.02 build 39 ) ? This was previously an issue in the 2021.12 release.

Only the export filename, location and audio export settings are saved with your project. The following are not: 1. Any specific items checked in "What to Export" 2. Your selection / selection range. If you need those to be saved too, save your export as a task.

Have you tried checking "Disable Handshake" in the Mackie Control Surface dialog within Cakewalk? You can get to this dialog from the Utilities menu.

Ok, tracked down the issue - if "Select Events with Sections" is turned off in the select module, commit arrangement doesn't work properly - this is the cause of everything being off by 1 tick. I'll fix the commit arrangement command for the next release to ensure this is switched on for the duration of the commit command, but in the meantime, please ensure this is switched on before committing an arrangement:

That is strange, because I tried that setting too and still couldn't reproduce. I'm sure there is something else at play here, because even with that setting it shouldn't be shifting things they way they were for you.

@musekamp - I can't reproduce this issue using the steps provided. Can you post two copies of the project where this is happening ( before & after the issue ) so we can look into it?

I'd go as far to say as it's required for DAW's... unless you're just doing hours of PRV editing on a train or something.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think all that switching off auto-updates does is tell it not to install the updates, I don't think it stops Windows from downloading them for you.

@winkpain - any recent graphics driver updates? You could also try running Cakewalk using the internal Intel graphics card to see if its any different. FWIW, I've got Cakewalk running on an 3rd gen i7 and 3rd gen i5, both running at 3.4GHz, and both using the onboard graphics, and have no issues with either, hence my suggestion.

Whenever this has happened to me, it's been Windows Update downloading stuff in the background, or Windows Defender deciding to do a scan. I'm normally pretty pro-active about manually checking for updates and installing them when they appear, so I don't often get this issue. But if I forget for a few days, this comes up every now and then.

@Christopher Russell - can you confirm whether you're using a track template or a project template?

If you mean BandLab assistant, the easiest way to get around this message is to download it again from the bandlab website (i.e. not via an update in the app itself), and re-install it. FWIW, unless you're using the BandLab loops, there's no reason to ever run BandLab assistant or even have it installed. Apart from the loops, everything else it does for Cakewalk can be done within Cakewalk itself.