Colin Nicholls

I've done this for certain selected CDs, and even written about the process. I've had mixed results to be honest.

If you've performed your own comparisons between Sonar and CbB, on two different machines (with the same hardware config settings for each app of course), then you have the best data you could possibly get for your situation. My experience differs: Sonar is equally as performant as CbB, if not "better". I use quotes because it is a subjective take. It requires a lot of effort to obtain hard data for definitive comparisons and honestly, I've never felt the need to put that effort in. I'm not even sure I'd be able to. I'm not doubting your experience, but be prepared to have answers to questions like "how are you measuring CPU use" etc.

Time to bump this. Obviously I'm not a fan of the default colors in the palette, and the ability to customize it would be awesome. I don't need multiple presets; I would just like to be able to modify the existing one.

Off-topic, @Astraios, but damn your color choices make Sonar look pretty good. Also, is that the Classic Royale Windows theme?

I have one of those - i9-12900K - and it is plenty enough machine for anything I can throw at it. I don't think you''ll be disappointed.

Windows User Interface Guidelines has entered the chat

It's not a mystery. I've written about this. Reading this thread makes me wonder if an update for that article is in order. I realize it kind of proves your point, in that the goal of the article is to say, "Yes, Drum Maps are a little tricky, and here's why", and it is not intended to be "here's how to use a Drum Map effectively with the smallest headache possible". So perhaps it is a separate article. Things get even worse when you've customized AD2's keyboard mapping to your own personal key/drum controller preferences, and you need to build your own drum map and not just pull one off the Internet...

The only tempo possible is synchronized to your heart beat, I would have thought. Ok, sorry! I'll stop

We totally need an ignition key graphic on that feature. Never realized I needed it, but now... I want it.

Try the "Feedback Loop" forum; might get more traction there

Put me down on the side of liking the new UI.

Never mind. As you were

Ha! I noticed this too, but didn't realize it was related to the drum pane. Good catch on noticing that expanding the piano roll pane, even a little, prevents the issue.

Are you using 125% or 150% display zoom in Windows ? Do you see the effect if you temporarily change to 100% in Windows Display Preferences? ... just trying to narrow down the cause

Okay the last time I encountered something like this, it turned out to be a plugin that wasn't registered properly. Double-check all the VSTs in your project are authorized, authenticated, licensed-ok'd, whatever they need. Do you see this issue with a new empty project with JUST the Vocoder V loaded? Try loading each VST separately in a new project. Does the problem suddenly show up with a specific plugin? I can't remember the VST that caused the issue but it might not be an Arturia one. And I remember that it wasn't obvious and I thought it was already registered and couldn't possibly be the culprit.

Yes they are a business, but we got 5 years of Cakewalk by Bandlab free. Additionally, I also think you should get over project5.

No evidence for that. They have said authentication will continue, and have no plans to disable it. Given Cakewalk's loyalty to their customer base, this is more trustworthy than most players in the software business.

I assume your theme file is located in C:\Cakewalk Content\Cakewalk Themes, or similar. Try copying and renaming an existing theme in that folder, then close/reopen Cakewalk and see if the "new" theme shows up. Try renaming your custom theme and see if it shows up. I can create a text file called "TestTheme.sth" containing "THIS IS NOT A THEME FILE" and if it is located in that directory, Cakewalk will offer it up as a choice in the Theme drop-down (Obviously i don't try to select it; just proving that corrupt theme files will probably still show up in the list). EDIT I maybe over-thinking this. What is your custom theme file called? Where is it located? You know you have to copy over your custom theme files, they aren't stored in the cloud or anything.

Well, it's under a group called "Cakewalk Products", so... but it probably doesn't matter that much

EDIT: Duplicate. Good grief I'm having a bad forum day.

Perhaps it is just me and my system, but I had an experience last night I thought I'd share: I opened one of my older, completed projects to do some testing and I noticed a horrible delay between pressing a key on my MIDI controller and hearing the note from the currently selected instrument track. This is MIDI latency, even when playback was halted. Just auditioning the instrument tracks after opening the project, I could hear the problem. The project was fairly dense with tracks and FX VSTs but I finally isolated the problem to an audio track in a different folder, a guitar lead that I'd experimented with Izotope's Vocal Doubler to make the lead "stand out". This is a pretty common trick, works well. Not sure why I settled on Vocal Doubler but it did the job well. I knew the latency was FX related because activating "Bypass FX" on the mix module cleared the problem up instantly. After methodically working through tracks and busses, disableing FX bins, I finally isolated the problem to Izotope Vocal Doubler. It took a little extra time to verify because the latency would hang around for a while until I toggled the Audio Engine button in the transport. It seems odd that an FX on a completely separate audio track would be the source of MIDI latency, even when playback is halted. Solution: Replace Izotope Vocal Doubler with an instance of Sonitus Delay (~30 ms slapback panned 75% right at 40% volume) and frankly, it sounds just as good. No MIDI controller latency. Job done. Posting here in case it helps someone else. EDIT: I just realized this forum is for Cakewalk Instruments and FX... um... perhaps this post should be moved to, um, well I suppose the Sonar or Cakewalk general forums would work.

I love love love V-Vocal but never gelled with Melodyne. I do recommend SyncroArt's RePitch, it works very similarly to V-Vocal and I find it comfortable.

...AND HERE'S WHY: It helps to turn on power to the Arturia Keylab before opening Cakewalk By Bandlab. Cakewalk sees it just fine. I, however, am an idiot. PREVIOUSLY ON PEBKAC: Is there a setting in Cakewalk By Bandlab I need to enable in order for the Preferences/MIDI Devices to see the Keylab MkII as a MIDI source? Sonar seems to just "see" it automatically. Perhaps this is a new feature in Sonar that Cakewalk doesn't have? Any advice gratefully received.

My opinion is that 1 and 2 are none of our business, and 3, honestly, if the appearance of a new Mac compatible DAW from the folks who brought you SONAR doesn't excite you, then I can't help you.

3 golden internet points to anyone who can find how much "BandLab Membership" costs on the Bandlab web site