Colin Nicholls

Okay, I don't use the arpeggiator funtion but is it possible on playback you're hearing both the recorded previous take, plus a new arp performance, conflicting and overlaying?

BUMP for Tempo Track Because I really want this, it would make my life so much easier this week.

You can always rename the clip if it's a problem...

I just set up these keybindings PgUp/PgDown and, for me, they are working in both Track View and PRV, both when the PRV is multi-docked, and when it is floating. So it isn't something fundamentally broken in the latest version. What Workspace do you have selected? Any chance that this is affecting keybindings? Try un-binding and then binding again? As for not being able to re-dock the PRV, I don't know what that could be. The option is available in the menu, right, as shown in the screenshot?

Should you need to revert to the 2020.11 release, you can download the Cakewalk 2020.11 Rollback installer.

Turn it into a groove clip and then stretch it out. Make sure your original clip is aligned to measure/beat bounderies.

Someone ratted on us, boys!

Um. I don't normally use Scrub, so I tried some tests and I can reliably "White-Screen" Cakewalk just by enabling the audio engine and attempting to scrub some audio. Or MIDI. Hmm.

Is there a way to switch between Arranger, Track Properties, Clip Properties, etc in the Inspector using the keyboard? I haven't found any key bindings available for this. Justification: Since the Arranger view was shoehorned into the Inspector (personally I don't believe it belongs there, should be a seperate thing) I find myself switching between Arranger and Track Props, a lot. Hitting those small tabs with the mouse is getting to be tedious. A keypress would be much preferable.

Does the track play when you engage the transport normally? Muted Clip? Muted Track? Muted Bus?

I'm getting this all the time, now, when I activate the Cakewalk window after, say, closing a browser window. Tiresome. I guess I'll try reinstalling some drivers.

Very nice. I'll be adding this to my "select choice" list of themes I alternative with. I do think you maybe went a little to far with the Performance Module, though.

"Formant", not "Format". Yes. It alters the formant of the audio. Try it and see what results you get! Woweee!

Yeah, we're going to need more detail in order to be able to comment, I think.

This isn't really a Cakewalk problem. MDI applications in Windows pretty much have to deal the hand that Windows deals them with respect to non-client areas.

@Teegarden, thanks! In some ways this could have made a good video tutorial, but personally I also like the animated GIF + text as a tutorial format. Yes, that's all my music. Thanks for the kind words. I play all instruments and vocals. I just released my second album last year. Cakewalk is a big part of making it possible.

Bill, I remember seeing your post earlier, and nearly commented to the effect of, "I don't think so, but I also don't think you're imagining things. I feel that over the last couple of updates, it has been harder to drag-widen a track string from minimized; but I never was able to nail down exactly why. It was as though the mouse pointer would change to indicate we could resize the track, but it wouldn't "take"". So... no I don't think it is a theme glitch. I also don't think it is a 2021.01 issue. But I also don't think it isn't real.

I deliberately side-stepped the question of "how else can we create envelopes" i.e. automation lanes precisely because it gets confusing fast, and, yes, I think it helps to think of them as separate things... and then sometimes an automation lane will turn into an envelope in the track... and it is very difficult to say "yeah well it's working as designed" ? I like the way you describe them differently. Thanks.

Here's a tutorial on automation envelopes, and the uses of Offset Mode, including tips and warnings. Cakewalk Automation: Envelopes and Offset Mode

There are many VST plugins that do this for you, find one and stick it on the master bus and keep it open.

Interesting... I just did something similar last week. Installed Superior Drummer 2.0 and I found that the mapping tool in SD was so easy to do, I just remapped it to match my Addictive Drums existing mapping. 5, 10 minute job, max. I wish there was an affordable upgrade path to SD3 *sigh*

Your best course of action is probably to install the new Cakewalk By Bandlab, which is an actual supported product.

To be fair, the NOW time line is a light tone with dark borders , so it's never going to be 100% invisible on any background.

Here: The Young Lady's Illustrated Primer to Creating Cakewalk Themes, Chapter 3.8

Thanks, @scook, I missed the new medium background on my first review. All my themes have now been updated for 2021.01, because the theme changes seem to be backward-compatible, yay.