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@jimlynch22 - FYI It's fixed for the next release.

No - this setting should be True for almost everyone, except for people using a Digidesign audio interface.

Establish what as the default setting?

After digging into this a bit further. I think it probably is... it seems restricted to lasso select within the clips view. I'll get it added to the bug queue.

@Bob Ouellette - can you confirm whether you're using actual MIDI tracks on their own, or whether you're using any software synths? You mention you're hearing samples/synths ok - are these separate hardware devices, or from within Cakewalk ?

Sounds like you've set Cakewalk to run as administrator. You shouldn't need to do this, except in some rare circumstances (such as the first run of Dimension pro), but even then it's only ever needed once - not every time.

In that case, your clock source should be set to audio, but check your timing master within Preferences->Audio->Driver Settings->Record Timing Master.

IIRC when recording with JUST midi and no audio at all (i.e. you've no audio tracks and you're not using any software synths either), you have to change your Source setting within Preferences->Project->Clock to Internal. By default this is set to Audio, which is what it should be if any audio is being produced, as is the case with using software synths and/or audio tracks - but if all you have is MIDI, then there's no audio to sync the clock to. Alternatively, you can just add an empty audio track.

@sjoens / @Promidi FYI - I checked this on SONAR Platinum on Windows 7, and it has the same issue. I tried it with SONAR X1, and it was fine... however the naming convention is different. It prepends the project/track-name. Interestingly enough, changing the naming convention to ensure unique clip names fixes it for CbB. I'll need to discuss this one with the team, as this change was done way before my time. I need to understand why the naming convention for clips with no names was changed.

FWIW - In my experience WD HDD's have been the most reliable for me in the past. I've usually got close to 10+ years life out of them (depending on use), and even then, it's usually the USB enclosure that goes way before the drive itself - in which case, I just put it in another enclosure.

Append Instrument Track will take the next highest MIDI channel / synth audio output available. If it's greyed out, then it's either run out of MIDI channels or Synth Audio Outputs. I posted a fuller explanation as to what is going on here:

In this case you should use Copy Special / Cut Special / Paste Special , and ensure tempos, markers and key/meters are checked. Ripple Edit All causes everything in the project (including other clips) to move along with the thing you're moving. In the case of Ripple Edit All Delete, everything in the project in that time range will be deleted, and the gap it would have left is closed up.

I regularly switch between my RME and my Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, and also occasionally my Yamaha 01X. The way I do it is by making a backup copy of the following in %APPDATA%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core : AUD.INI Cakewalk.ini ctrlsurface.dat INSTRMAP.INI TTSSEQ.INI I've got a set of backups of these files from when Cakewalk was configured for each interface. When I want to switch, I close down Cakewalk, copy the relevant backup back to %APPDATA%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core , then restart Cakewalk. You could easily make batch files and put them on your desktop to do this for you.

The Export Audio dialog respects selection, so if you've only got the end fade out selected, that's all it'll export. For a complete song export, either select nothing (CTRL + SHIFT + A), or select everything ( CTRL + A) before opening the Export Dialog. Personally, I prefer to go with no selection when using the Export Audio dialog.

Do this: Select all the clips you want to delete automation from From the main menu: Edit -> Delete Special Uncheck everything apart from clip automation Click OK.

Articulations are not sent 'on the fly' every time the now time is moved. This is intentional so as not to flood the MIDI queue with events during editing. Articulation events are only sent if the transport is engaged (i.e. playing/recording/scrubbing), or when you click on an articulation section. If you want an articulation event to be sent when editing, click on that articulation section in the PRV.

Yes, something definitely up here. We'll look into it. In the meantime, a workaround is to ensure you give each clip a unique name in the clip inspector.

Thanks for reporting this @Toy - we've identified the cause of this issue, and it's been fixed for the next release.

You're better opening the project directly within Cakewalk, by selecting "Browser BandLab Projects" from the File menu.

@jkoseattle - I'll do my best to explain... As you know there are 3 types of tracks within Cakewalk: - Audio Tracks - MIDI Tracks - Instrument Tracks An instrument track is actually just a combination of a MIDI track and an Audio track, where the clips view shows the MIDI part, and the track view shows the Audio part. The inspector shows an Audio/MIDI tab so you can get more granular control, but behind the scenes there is actually two separate tracks. A Simple Instrument Track is an instrument track whose MIDI channel is set to Omni (i.e. all MIDI channels). A Per-Output Instrument track is an instrument track with the MIDI channel set to a specific channel. Other than that, they are exactly the same. What Append Instrument Track does, is take the next highest available MIDI channel and the next highest available Audio Output of the current synth, and assign them to the new instrument track. So if your existing instrument track is set to MIDI Channel 1, and is getting its audio from Synth Audio Output 1 L&R, appending an instrument track will create a new instrument track wired to the same synth instance, but set to MIDI Channel 2 and sourced from Synth Audio Output 2 L&R. You can keep on going until you run out of MIDI channels or available synth audio outputs. TIP: Although you can use Append Instrument Track on an existing Simple Instrument Track, it's usually inadvisable, unless you first change the MIDI Channel of the existing simple instrument track to Channel 1. You can do that in the inspector, when the tab is set to MIDI. That way, the MIDI channel / Synth Audio Port assignment will match up as you continue to append tracks. You can also fix-up the MIDI Channels afterwards if you forget. When using Append Instrument Track on an existing split instrument track, it does the same, except you get a separate Audio / MIDI track created. But the same thing happens: the MIDI track gets the next highest available MIDI channel, and the Audio Track gets its source from the highest available synth Audio Output. Of course, as I mentioned in an earlier post - you still have to map MIDI channels to audio outputs internally within the plugin itself. For synths such as Kontakt, you may also have to create the audio outputs within the plugin. Append Instrument Track is greyed out if you've run out of MIDI channels or you've run out of synth spare synth audio outputs.

This sounds like a mismatch between the Windows Sound sample rate and Cakewalk's sample rate, when using the same audio interface for both Cakewalk and Windows Sound. Windows has a nasty habit of forcing the sample rate back to 48KHz. Either make sure the sample rate matches by changing your Windows Sound sample rate to match Cakewalk's, or use a different audio interface for Cakewalk if you have one.

@jkoseattle - the console issue is not something we've seen before. Is it possible you're running out of memory? The East West libraries can be pretty big if you use a lot of them. Could you post your current machine specs, i.e. RAM, CPU + speed ? The other thing that could cause this might be a MIDI feedback issue if you're using any loop back devices?

It depends... if your pedal has a line level input, then you don't need a re-amp box. If it's just got a HiZ guitar input, then you will need one. Most of the time you can get away with a passive DI box rather than a dedicated re-amp box. You should be able to get a passive DI box for around €15 - €20.

PluginBoutique has been selling Melda stuff for years FWIW.

I've seen a few of these, as we worked with BablyonWaves to help them get these out, and a lot of work has gone into these. Some of the more complex libraries have far more than just simple key-switches.