Amberwolf

So Bandlab over here: https://www.bandlab.com/download can open Cakewalk files? 😕 AFAIK Bandlab is a completely separate thing from Cakewalk by Bandlab (CbB), and the OP simply said Bandlab in the post I replied to, so I distinguished between the two of them in my post to see which they were referring to and make sure they use the right one.

How about we just go back to the simple serial number thing. Type it in from your box or purchase email, and off you go, never to worry again. No internet needed, no oops the server is down so I can't do my work that doesn't actualy need internet, no oops the ocmpany went out of business so now my thousands of dollars of software/synths/soundsets/plugins/etc. is garbage and i'm out of luck.... Anyone that actually wants to pirate something is going to do it, any group that wants to release pirate versions is going to do it, and the only ones that are stopped by any of this nonsense are the legitimate users.

What do other programs look like when you open them? Also, keep in mind that Bandlab is a completely different thing than any Cakewalk product, and probalby doesn't open any of your files. You could try Cakewalk by Bandlab (CbB), whcih is the successor to what you have there, and should open your files, but since your graphics zoom settings are part of Windows itself (or your video card's control panel software), it's probably going to have the same issue with any program you use on there until it's changed back to normal. I don't know if you ever use it, but Windows10 (and up?) have the magnifier tool, which you can engage with the windows logo key and + or -. If you accidentally held these down or hte keys are stuck on the keyboard, or you have a helpful cat or dog like I do then you could try these to unmagnify it.

Sounds like the driver for your audio device has a problem of some type. Most built in soundcards have a control panel to turn various options on or off, including things like auto-level or surround sound or extra bass or other assorted options. These usually show you the status of the jack(s), if they are connected to anything, etc. Some that have only one jack can use it for headphones or a tiny headset-type microphone, but this has to be switched in that control panel as it doesn't always (sometimes never ) autodetect the change. What driver are you using in Cakewalk? This is in your audio settings; I don't know the specific menu you'll need to go into to see this, but there are various threads about drivers (ASIO, WASAPI, etc) with screenshots and such to show you what the page looks like. If you're not sure what to look for, you can screenshot what you see in your settings by holding your Alt key and pressing PrtSc (printscreen), and then coming directly to your post here and holding Ctrl key and pressing V to paste. If you can't fit everything on one screen, you can do this as many times as needed.

FWIW, the logo is clear and simple...but all I can see in it is bV I don't see any "s" or "S". If I *really* stretch it, I could imagine someone might see 5V Then again, i'm autistic so I don't see what normal people see (or hear, feel, think, etc) anyway.

Are your headphones USB, with their own driver? Or are they standard headphones that plug in to an audio device with a 1/4" or other type of standard TRS plug?

Which website is it from? If it's something from the manufacturer site, it would probably have sent you an email with the link to the file and any info necessary to install it.

THanks! THough at this point it *is* just about all atmosphere and sound effects. :lol: Ya know, I tried to use that as the category to put it in but it wasn't in the dropdown... It wasn't too loud, or bassy, this time? A slightly remixed version 052325 000001 000073u is here: https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=15023945 BTW, this (Pre-Cast Shadows) is it's companion track, still very much a WIP more even than Aftermath of Sunlight: https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=15023943 It's built on hte percussive section from Aftermath of Sunlight; so far only has the first minute or so of what will be something longer. Most likely these will become a "single track' at some point, or a matched set, or something...whatever they call it in real music when there's several related pieces of music that go together but can be listend to separately. Movements?

What does your version use for Offset Mode?

I sympathize. My guts have become allergic to wheat (but it isn't celiac, I passed their blood tests with zero reaction). You don't realize how many many many many things have wheat in them until you can't eat them anymore. "gluten-free" or non-wheat alternatives to most of them are unnacceptable, either in taste, texture, cost, or some other "feature" of them. I've been learning to make my own bread, but so far there have been zero versions of even that that are anything like wheat bread. Noodles...none of them are like actual noodles, *especially* ramen. Biscuits for sausage and gravy...(the gravy can be made with the glutenfree flours and it's acceptable, but even that is not the same). Did you know they put wheat in campbells tomato soup? No reason for it...they just do. So many things.....

Keep in mind it doesn't *just* move one meausre. The first keystroke moves *to* the next or previous measure, and *then* it moves by a measure after that, to the next or previous measure boundary. If you need it to move *by* a measure...it doesn't do that. Just in case it makes a difference to what you want it to do.

I don't think you need to delete your songs, just close the project window for each one. Deleting seems pretty drastic, since you'd have to close them first anyway in most cases (otherwise the OS will generally refuse to delete them because they're open in a program). There are at least two ways to switch to and close windows you're not using. Ctrl-tab cycles between windows within a program, so you can use ctrl-tab and ctrl-F4 closes the active window. If you have plugin windows open it will switch between those, too, though. Or Alt-W and the number shown next to the project you want to switch to in the dropdown that appears. Probably others I can't recall.

Only "now"? When did it change?

A quick websearch finds you can do this with a CAL too http://forum.cakewalk.com/Controlling-the-position-of-the-playhead-in-Sonar-with-keys-m2838517.aspx but I've never tested that.

The only key shortcuts I know (and use all the time) for jumping around in small incremetns are Ctrl+PageUp moves nowtime back to the previous measure start. Ctrl+PageDown moves nowtime ahead to the next measure start. Without doing anything to the default keybindings, it works great if you have a full keyboard, but if you have a limited keyboard with no cursorpad and the ins/home/pu/del/end/pd keys as a set between the numpad and hte main keyboard, you have to use the numpad keys for this (or edit the keybindings to use some other keys). However, if you have to use the numpad, it only works with numlock *off* on the numpad (nudge requires numlock on).

This track is still experimental, but completed enough to put up on the experiments page (in case I never get further with it): Aftermath of Sunlight https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=15023531 060125: 052325 000001 000072t -- first public version A slightly remixed version 052325 000001 000073u is here: https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=15023945 Added to Bandcamp page https://amberwolf.bandcamp.com/track/aftermath-of-sunlight Most of the "percussion" is assorted mangled sounds from the misuse of a broken piano, a cello, and other semi-musical-instrument-like things, mostly from a copmany called Sampletraxx. Some of them are from a free decentsampler instrument Squidpipes but I didn't use the instrument, just mangled some of the individual raw samples as percussive elements. The kick drum is presently the only actual percussion instrument in there, and that will be replaced with another one as soon as I create it (it's tough to get that just right). The vocal pieces are assorted mangled and modified bits from a few different orchestral bundles, and some raw samples from a children's choir insturment. Some of the strings sounds are also from the same bundles, cut up and modified as needed. The background synth is Z3TA2+, and the bassline stuff later in the song is another few different modified and mangled sounds from various bundles. The piano is the TruePianos Amber module. There are a few other bits and pieces I don't recall the sources of, out of my folders of sounds. (I think there is at least half a terabyte of stuff to choose from at this point).

And why is it 89.95.....

If a synth (VST, etc) responds to CC7, then moving the volume slider in the MIDI track feeding that synth will tell the synth to change volume. If a synth does not respond to CC7, moving the volume slider in the MIDI track will not do anything. If the synth has an onscreen volume control, and that control responds to CC7, then it should move along with the MIDI track's volume control. Some don't, because of the way the plugin is designed, where you can use the control to change volume but it doesn't update the onscreen control from external changes even though the synth itself does actually change volume. (other controls may also work the same way...or not). that's all up to the synth designer (though for a correctly designed UI it should always update the onscreen controls to match actual internal states, regardless of data source). Actual implementations vary a lot; only thing you can do about it is request a change from the synth maker. If you have the option "zero controllers...." turned on, in your CW midi settings, then it will send out a controller reset on every channel / port whenever you do something that triggers that function. If you are using hte volume controls on an audio track, even the one the synth is hosted in, then it doesn't send any data to the synth (it just modifies the ouptut of that audio track to whatever bus it feeds) so there's nothing for the synth to respond to.

I was going to check out the page to see what was changed from the previous version, but it doesn't say...so I then tried to use their forums link (same one on various parts of their webpages) https://www.plogue.com/plgfrms/ but it appears to no longer exist. Seems like a tragic loss of information. I sent them a message to ask about it, I'll post back here with the reply.

Midi setting where? In what program or plugin? (remember that when troubleshooting problems, providing more detail, more explanation, is always better, to help those trying to help you figure out a solution...without all the info, most of what people can do is guess) If it's settings within SWAM, you'd have to talk to those developers about why that might happen to see if it's a system issue or a SWAM code issue.

teeny tiny timey wimey whiny bugs

Could you post a thread here https://discuss.cakewalk.com/forum/35-tutorials/ with that method?

Windows updates often include or force hardware driver updates, or trigger reinstallation/repair of drivers that you have previously uninstalled that left bits behind. If you use Nvidia video hardware, they have not-infrequent compatibility issues with various softwrae, where reverting to previous versions of the driver (wehre possible, someitmes previous versions can't be used with newer OS updates). Other hardware / drivers can have the same problems. If there were any "unreal" ASIO drivers, such as asio4all, steinberg, magix, you might check if those "came back".

What MIDI instrumetn are you using the piano roll (midi) notes to play sound with? They have no sound of their own, so you must connect an external MIDI instrumetn setup to play teh sound you want, or you must use a virtual instrumetn (VST, etc) in an instrument or synth track within the software, etc. If it works in one program but not the ohter, you would need to setup the one that doesn't work the same way you setup the one that does, so that it plays the same sounds for you.