Colin Nicholls

>> are you still running Windows 2000 or XP ? @Steev, as per my signature, I'm running Windows 10 1803. Until 1903 I never had any issues with the Echo Layla drivers on Windows 10. I don't even know that I'd have problems with the latest Windows (2004?), but I just got frustrated with the shitty disruptive update process and froze my system at 1803. Prior to the ECHO Layla3G, I had M-Audio Delta 66. Another very nice interface in its day, for the $$.

Alt+MouseWheel zoom in Track View isn't working consistently for me. I have the options set to "Zoom Horizontal At Cursor" but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Of course, having written this out and gone back to Cakewalk to make sure I can reproduce, well, now it's working as expected. But i know as soon as I post this and go back to actual work in the Track View, it will happen again. I will report back here if it does.

Ah, I see. Independent from theming but still customizable. Thanks, @scook. I recommend taking a break from reading the docs and go for a walk outside or something like that ?

I don't think the background of the FX Chain window or the background of the FX Chain name (similar to the Synth Rack Name Bezel) can be changed by a theme. Any themer out there managed to figure this out? I'm stumped.

I assume you are talking about the clips? There are reasons why they are colored dark by default, but you have the ability to change these yourself.

Yup it happened to me again and this was totally it. Thanks.

I have GR5 and the upgrade price to GR6 for me appears to be $99 which seems a little steep. I'll wait for a deal later in the year.

I may have resolved the issue. In the Device Manager, I have two (!) "High Definition Audio Device" entries, enabled, under "Sound, video and game controllers". Now, I DO make use of the internal on-board audio with a pair of lightweight 'phones for YouTube and other computer audio, independent from my DAW/Echo3G configuration. It works very well, and I know that one of those HDADs represented that audio endpoint. The other one is a mystery. (I think it showed up when I last upgraded my NVIDIA drivers...) Anyway. Having reviewed the Property Details for each node, and comparing the Device IDs with those of the nodes under "Audio inputs and outputs" (specifically "Headphones (High Definition Audio Device)", I could tell which one of these HDADs might be disabled safely (see yellow highlight on the disabled node). So far, I haven't seen the "disconnect" dialog. But I guess it is early days.

Well, even after 25 years you can learn something new. Thanks for explaining. I'd never seen or used the Event Filter before. I see you have to select the clips in the track before the option is even enabled, just like you said. Features like the Event Filter remind us that Cakewalk was a very strong MIDI sequencer long before Audio was added to the feature set.

Uh... this is embarrassing but I don't know what you mean by "Event Filter". What "none" button? In the Event List? I only know of the View dropdown menu or the Event Manager.

Doesn't seem to make a difference. Not sure where that "114 events shown" is coming from... HEY WOAH Okay I closed and re-opened the Event List view and now it works as expected, both with Event Manager and just using the menu. Hmmm. Okay I'll have to come up with steps to repro. Thanks for giving it a shot, User906133.

I'm having difficulty filtering events to show controller events only. The following GIF should show what I'm talking about: It's a little quick at the beginning but if you let it loop it should show: All events in Track 14 I click on [X] Controller to clear/remove Controller events from the list (Works as expected!) I restore it, and click on [X] Note to remove Note events from the list (ALSO REMOVES CONTROLLER EVENTS! What?) Am I missing something or is this a bug?

1.6 Track Header Buttons (add/duplicate/filter) cosmetic change Now Marker (Stop/Play/Pause) now white instead of black, for clarity Console View and Track View "selected track" colors now match. Minor cosmetic change to transport background Show/Hide Bus Pane button reverted to default 1.7 Now time slider looks more like console slider Changed color of "selected track" to make it more distinct from "Mute" button 1.8 ProChannel Inspector module Preset Background tweaks to match theme Slightly warmer grey for skylight window frame/background Inspector frames flattened to match UI PRV Grid/snap button 3D effect Collapsed Inspector tab buttons 3D effect Browser collapsed tab buttons 3D and slimmed to remove overlap

Link points to v.1.5 Includes revised VST3 FX icon for Plug-in Browser Tree View; Control Bar Transport Now Time seek controls.

If I were looking to replace my venerable PCI ECHO Layla 3G, then I would probably be looking at the Presonus Quantum 2626 I would also need a good PCIe thunderbolt card.

I have just uploaded v.2020.09.30 of the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer on Creating Cakewalk Themes. See URL link in the top post. I updated to LibreOffice 7.0 and did some visual tweaking, but in the process also added a new Case Study, and made the cross-reference links bi-directional. So now, if you're working in a particular feature and you want to see what else might use this specific color or image, you are both notified that dependencies exist, and you can also quickly find out what they are.

Okay, I didn't realize this was a thing. Interesting. I'll play with that. I'll let my enhancement request stand, though, if you would be so kind ? Thanks Mark

@Will_Kaydo, no, that's not really what I'm looking for. I understand what you're saying.

Yeah this is pretty much what I was thinking. I was hoping there was a viable limited enhancement that got us 80% of the way there, hence my simplified request. I was wondering if we could avoid overloading Arranger Track sections with additional metadata. This does make sense, though. I LOVE Studio One's project page but there is nothing that couldn't be achieved in Cakewalk with a bit of additional work.

Option 1. I would expect that each exported file would be named after the Section only, and not incorporate the Track name. In my use-case, the tracks are irrelevant (except for applying specific processing to specific parts of the project. EDIT: I realize I shot myself in the foot in my screenshot by naming each section "Track 1", "Track 2", etc without realizing the confusion that would lead to with Cakewalk's project tracks. I'll update my screenshot in the first post.

I use Studio One for album mastering but I'd love to be able to stay in Cakewalk. One feature that seems like a no-brainer now that we have the Arranger lane is multi-track export. I would love to see the EXPORT module allow me to save a project out as a series of named FLAC files (or even burn to CD!) using the sections defined in the Arrangement: The goal is to export a stereo mix out to a series of separate files, named after the Section that defined their Start/Duration times. I would not expect the file names to include the Cakewalk Track name in this use-case. The actual tracks are not important here (other than hosting the raw audio and for applying specific processing to specific parts of the project). For example, in this image above, I have recorded a tape cassette that I am restoring for a friend, and I have defined the song/track breaks using the Arranger Track; set up stereo adjustment on each recording run; I have mastering effects in the Master bus (not shown), and at this point I have done everything I need to the audio. I just need to GET IT OUT of the project, as separate files in MP3, FLAC, or WAV, or similar format. Or even straight burn to CD. (Cakewalk has CD Burning ability but it requires mixed and rendered WAV files on disk and, dammit, everything I need is right here in the project. Including album/artist information in the Project Info dialogs...) Being able to set up an alternative track sequence (using Arrangements) and burn a test mix to CD to listen in the car would be cool. Please consider adding this feature to the development hopper.

Well... um... okay then. I'll alter the top post. I'm sorry about the confusion regarding "updated for 2020.09" but I just meant that the latest version of the theme was updated at that time, not that it necessarily accommodated additional changes in Cakewalk 2020.09.

Arghh, don't make me definitively list the eight standard changes I do in each theme because I'm bound to forget some and also I'm not consistent. But one of theme is definitely swapping the Instrument and Synth Track/Header icons, for the reasons you cited. Another is to alter the Pre/Post buttons so that they SAY "Pre" and "Post" but i stole that from Steve C in the original Polar Blue.

Would you like to rephrase your question?

Link now points to v.1.4 Includes Control Bar module value text backgrounds, and transport text color