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As a follow-up to my earlier post about running Linux apps on a Chromebook, you might want to check these out if your Chromebook is up to it. What are the best DAWs for Linux? https://www.slant.co/topics/6067/~daws-for-linux

Cakewalk is Windows only. Not cross-platform, and has always been that way since the original Cakewalk days and throughout the Sonar years. There was an attempt to make a Mac crossover back when the product was still in Gibson's hands, but that never got past an alpha test version.

I agree. The workflow just seems so much more intuitive in P5. The Groove Matrix was added to P5 v2. https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/cakewalk-project-5-v2 The Matrix View was Cakewalk's attempt at migrating the P5 Groove Matrix to Sonar after they killed P5. It first appeared in Sonar 8.5. https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/cakewalk-sonar-8-5-unveiled-220001 Here are a couple of Matrix View articles from SOS written by Craig Anderton: https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/sonar-matrix-magic https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/sonar-matrix-reloaded

For info only, because the Cakewalk license does not permit resale, but I believe that the Sonar X1-X3 series was download only. Only earlier versions were shipped on disk.

Impact XT/SampleOne XT are locked to Studio One, so even if you have that program they are not VSTs that you can use elsewhere, such as in Cakewalk. But that seems to be the trend with integrated sampling in other DAWs as well, so there must be an advantage to integrating the sampling with the DAW, rather than as a VST plugin. The ease of live sampling your real or virtual instrument tracks comes to mind. Studio One also beefed up their pattern/step sequencer as well. https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/patterns-impact-xt-studio-one-4 It would be cool if Cakewalk could update/replace the Matrix View with something more functional.

In short, images are usually best for your Windows system drive. The time saved in rebuilding Windows from scratch, installing and authorizing all of your programs and plugins, etc. is priceless!!! Data file and folder backups are probably easier to manage your secondary drives with.

Maybe the first thing to try would be to go here and get the latest ASIO compatible Windows drivers for that unit (UMC Driver 4.59.0 for Windows 7 to 10): https://www.behringer.com/Categories/Behringer/Computer-Audio/Interfaces/UMC1820/p/P0B2J/Downloads#googtrans(en|en) P.S. it's Cakewalk by BandLab, not Bandcamp!

This is a great suggestion! If you are still using the same email address that you used at the time of purchase, and you have the purchase receipt, you might be successful pleading your case with support. Also, if you have an old copy of Sonar Producer 8/8.5 it was shipped on disk with a copy of the Dimension Pro installer. The D-Pro installer is about 3GB in size for the download only version supplied with the Sonar X series.

And I also noticed that Loom II replaced the original Loom after the next plugin scan ran. I presume that it uses the same VST ID as the original.

I have most of the AIR instruments, and the best recipe for installation success is to always authorize them in iLok BEFORE installing the plugins. Never had any issues doing it that way over many instruments and two computers.

Just an observation here, but I think the term "sampler" means different things to different folks, as it appears to often be a used in a rather broad context. This seems to sometimes result in a rather polarized discussion where both viewpoints can be correct, but are actually referring to different objects. To the folks that consider a sampler as something to load in a ready made instrument library and play back those sounds (aka as a ROMpler), or something to painstakingly build an instrument library up one multi-sample at a time, I totally agree that we don't need yet another one of those. But to those who actually prefer to sample (record) sounds within their projects, and like to manipulate them as melodic or percussive instrument parts in their creative song writing process, that can be a different animal. And I don't think this is genre specific in any way, but is a new type of workflow enabled by working in the modern DAW. There are a few existing DAWs that have successfully integrated some built-in basic sampling tools to improve the workflow for those who choose to use sampling that way. I can see that Studio One Pro, Cubase Pro, Ableton Live, Bitwig Studio, Reason, Traction Waveform, and possibly others already offer integrated sampling. I don't think that having an integrated sampling tool available would get in the way of those not interested in it, so it really all would come down to development priorities. But adding this one feature would up the game for Cakewalk, and maybe even interest those existing users who have never tried it, but may be seeking some new creative juice. And quite possibly bring more users into Cakewalk.

I like and use Macrium Reflect Free to run a scheduled daily full system drive image. I also have FreeFileSync set up to do a quick one click backup of certain specific folders, as desired, in between images.

Learning how to make system images can remove the fear from your life of trying new things on the computer. No more risk! Don't like it??? Roll back in minutes!!! Priceless!!!

I couldn't pass up the cheap upgrade to Loom II. 500 new patches, including some great new sounds from Richard Devine. https://www.emusician.com/gear/air-music-technology-loom-ii-modular-additive-synthesizer-defies-the-limits

I bought Waveform 8 basic a couple of years ago when I was looking for something with creative MIDI tools that did not exist in Sonar. I had loaded up demos of Cubase Elements, FL Studio, and Waveform. FL Studio turned me off right away, and so I uninstalled it. Then I struggled with the learning curve of Cubase just to access the chord track and the circle of fifths assistance. Then I tried the demo of Waveform, and in 30 minutes I had a jamming multi-track project that I was having fun with. Disclaimer: I just use Waveform for MIDI, so the mixing workflow is not something I am interested in. Waveform is pretty much self contained, and doesn't install a bunch of crap like Steinberg has a habit of doing. The uninstaller is very clean. So not much risk in that regard, and it is also light on the system. The brains behind Waveform is Julian Storer, the original Tracktion developer and also creator of the JUCE framework that Tracktion software is based on. He is also a software architect at ROLI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JUCE

That is Waveform 8 (no chord track existed in Waveform until version 9). The track you see named "Chord" in the video is just Track 1 that he labeled "Chord", to contain his chord pattern MIDI clips. Later in the video you will notice that he has done the same with the "Bass" and "Melody" tracks after he inserts the MIDI clips. He uses a different pattern generator (i.e. Chords, Bass, Melody) with each of these clips, and has named the tracks accordingly. I have Waveform 8 and 9, but not this free version, and I would assume the pattern generator works the same in the free version if they bothered to include it. Yes, you can export your MIDI tracks as MIDI files from Waveform. Since that is a core function of the DAW, it would not make any sense to limit that. If this interests you, it is free to try, so why not grab it? The Waveform installer itself should be rather small without all of the bundled content of the full version. My "Waveform 9 (64-bit).exe" installed program is only 66MB.

I have P5 v2.5 installed in my Win 10 Pro x64 PC. It's amazing that P5 still installs and runs on this OS, and since my current computer is much better than the old P4 x86 that I used to run it on, so performance is not an issue! And I still love the UI. It's relatively simple layout still looks relevant. And with everything right there, it is very inviting to dive into exploring and creating with it. The only real drawbacks now are that it is 32-bit only (so each 32-bit process is limited to 2 GB RAM), and single threaded. This could be an issue when using large virtual instrument plugins such as samplers. If they don't plan to ever update the program, it would be cool if Cakewalk could design a skin for CbB to emulate the look and workflow of P5, while using CbB "under the hood".

You can't do this in CbB. This is included in Waveform.

I would get it just for the MIDI clip pattern generator! From another post over at KVR:

Those freebies from Ample Sound are excellent!

Just FYI if you are Windows 10, the updates are all rolled up, and you cannot pick and choose the individual patches you want or don't want, like with Windows 7. Rolled up means when you install the latest one, it contains all of the previously released or revised Win 10 security and quality patches and updates for your version of Win 10. So your choices now come down to how long you want to defer them, or perhaps never update ever. The two main types of Win 10 updates are (1) quality and security (combined); and (2) feature updates (Win 10 version upgrades). Feature updates are the major ones that come along twice a year or so, and they are essentially a Windows upgrade that puts a new version of Windows 10 (1709, 1803, 1809, etc) on your PC. Those updates sometimes cause trouble with certain hardware configurations, that are possibly not discovered until the early adopters install them. A reasonable strategy is to install the feature updates eventually, but wait until the dust has settled and MS has fixes for any widespread errors. That way you are only following others pain, and hopefully not reacting to your own pain. The downside to never installing the feature updates is that MS will eventually cut off your security updates. I believe that these are only issued for the 3 latest Win 10 versions. MS put 1709 into end-of-life earlier this year. https://www.computerworld.com/article/3386163/end-of-support-looms-for-windows-10-versions-1607-and-1709.html A good site to follow for info on precautions to updating, and fallout from Windows updates is: https://www.askwoody.com/ Woody also writes a blog for Computer World, called "Woody on Windows". https://www.computerworld.com/blog/woody-on-windows/

I think the only limitation to the old account is that you need to have created a Cakewalk single sign on account in 2014. The really old Cakewalk store accounts prior to that were migrated to the Cakewalk single sign on system. That is when the Cakewalk store, the Cakewalk Command Center, and the forum began using a single userid and password.

I hope they are not going 100% subscription like Adobe did. I will never give another penny to any company that refuses to offer me a perpetual license to the version of their product that I have paid for! If you stop paying for an Adobe subscription, your product reverts to demo mode.

Once you have purchased Fathom Pro, all upgrades to that edition are free, with an optional purchase (donation) to support the project. The developer, Everett, has indicated that he has plans to release premium editions other than Pro, which may require purchase, but upgrades to Pro will always be free to existing owners.

I think that the example posted above by Canopus clearly shows the Cakewalk MIDI track and Kontakt channel assignments needed to make the two instruments respond on separate channels.