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Sure, but the answer depends on what you mean.

If you want to play sounds that comes with a plugin or other sound generating software installed on your computer, then you do it the way Will said, using a MIDI (DIN) or USB cable, depending on available outputs or your keyboard.

If you, on the other hand, want to record sounds that are generated inside your keyboard, then you must connect your keyboard to your computer using audio cables.

7 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

Anyone else have a pedal they'd recommend?

I’ve had a Roland DP-10 sustain pedal for years (in fact, I’ve got two). One great thing about it, besides from being rock solid, is that it has a rubber foldout on which you place your heel. That makes it possible to use the pedal even on slippery floors and carpets without it sliding away. Just fold the plate back when you don’t need it.

28 minutes ago, bubuta said:

There are too many bugs. There are too many punks. Is saving often the only way to deal with it? [Yup, Google Translate]

A bug is when something doesn’t work as documented, not when something doesn’t work the way you personally would expect it to. As you registered on this forum about an hour ago, and hence probably doesn't have much previous experience with Cakewalk, I would assume that what you regard as bugs instead are mostly, or more likely completely, caused by lack of knowledge. Some would just say RTFM, but I'll be polite and only refer you to the tutorials sub-forum as a good starting point.

As to your question, saving your work often is always a good habit, and that's regardless application. But it's not a panacea for lack of knowledge.

Finally, if you indeed would like to have help with some problem, you'll likely find it here. But you must be much, MUCH, more specific.

Well, I can’t recreate that but I’ve only been testing some twenty minutes. Once a pattern has been dragged onto a track of the DAW and expanded into MIDI notes, only the individual drum hits (and not the pattern keys) will light up during playback. However, that’s exactly what I would expect. Also, I have no problems dragging and dropping additional patterns into CbB later on, but given my short, random tests, the results are indecisive. Maybe those problems indeed have been fixed, or maybe they are still there. I don't know.

5 hours ago, paulo said:

FWIW in my experience Ujam Heavy 2 ( and I guess their other drum V2 versions given that they have the same UI ) has a Ujam acknowledged problem for  Cakewalk users ( UI partially stops working). Might have been fixed now, but at the time I tried it (whenever it came out) their workaround was to delete and then undo the delete of the VST track (which worked only until it crashed again) and their idea of fixing the problem permanently was to use a different DAW .

Do you remember exactly how this issue was triggered? I bought Heavy 2 (and Solid 2) earlier today, but I can’t get the GUI to not respond, using the 2023.09 version of CbB. So far every button and knob I’ve tested in Heavy 2 reacts to mouse input as I would expect, and the UI keys reacts to my MIDI keyboard without a hitch.

30 minutes ago, simon said:

NA v1 worked great for so many years as well.....sigh

I'm still running Native Access 1.14.1 on Windows 10. After having had multiple problems with NA2 when it was first released, I decided to roll back. I have never looked back. Besides, version 1.14.1 never forces me to update, probably because it’s the only version that still supports Windows 7 and 8. I have K14U installed and there haven’t been any problems with installation and updates using v 1.14.1.

As far as I know, the main differences are better search and filter functionality in later versions, as well as support for Komplete Now subscriptions. As if I cared.

Not saying that you should, but you can, at your own peril: https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/4748946468497

One workaround would be to stand on your head when this happens.

38 minutes ago, JohnnyV said:

The other long time contributor I haven’t seen for a while is Mr Cook. Shows you how connected we all become here. 

Yes, that's the elephant in the room. He hasn't been logged on for a month. Whatever the reason, I just hope he's well.

Having a packet sniffer running on my computer, created by some random guy on the internet, would really make me feel safe and secure.

Lord Tim, who's been the early morning janitor, hasn’t been logged on for almost two weeks. I hope he’s okay.

I don’t have anything from IKM, but I do have a lot of things from UVI. They have the same bad habit of not signing their Windows installers. I get a feeling Windows is almost an afterthought for many plugin manufacturers.

"Yeah, right. What’s it called? Windows? I guess we have to make an installer for that as well. Oh, putain! I have to catch the bus in ten minutes, but I’ll try to squeeze it in! Isn’t there a Windows computer somewhere down in the basement?"

Unfortunately, same problem. As you can see from the linked article, Windows 8 and 8.1 are also affected.

1 hour ago, paulo said:

TBH I'm thinking that I had probably already installed the one in the link as I have a d/load of that dated 8/6/23 and I cant think of a reason why I would have d/loaded it and then not installed it, but anyway, yes I have tried uninstall/reinstall and it still won't open. Tried run as admin too and that makes no difference.

Are you still running Windows 7? If so,

<UTTER_SPECULATION>CCC 1.1.8.1 might be using Microsoft WebView2 to communicate over the internet with the back-end server. Edge version 109 and WebView2 Runtime version 109 were the last versions to support Windows 7. If the latest version of CCC is created using WebView2 SDK 1.0.1519.0 or higher, it will, according to Microsoft, not work with Windows 7. But, of course, I'm only guessing here.</UTTER_SPECULATION>

3 hours ago, dee said:

nothing special as expected just 50% off

It varies. Some deals are less than 50% and some are more than 50%. For instance, I bought Tines with a 60% discount for $9.99.

16 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

The sale is at Sweetwater https://www.sweetwater.com/store/manufacturer/Klevgrand

I think that Sweetwater has jumped the gun; the link and image in the OP are definitely targeting Klevgränd. But the prices at Sweetwater do give an indication of the deals to be at Klevgränd as well.

C’mon Klevgränd! Where are the deals? It’s been Tuesday for more than eleven hours here in Europe! And in Tokyo it’s 18:20 (that’s 6:20 pm for those of you that only can count to twelve).

Have a look at Synthesia. You can feed it with MIDI or you can play it yourself. Test it for free, unlock it for $29. All future upgrades are free once purchased, as far as I know.

Here’s an example from YouTube by the composer Johannes Bornlöf: Twinkle of the Lights

And another one by the same composer: Wolfpack

If Tines comes at a big discount, I just might make an exception to my never-buy-another-plugin-ever-again---and-that's-final policy.

5 hours ago, Bud Brown said:

so I could use some suggestions to move beyond this mess...

In short: I don’t think Cakewalk is the root of your problems.

34 minutes ago, Jonathan Sasor said:

All of the old auth systems for SONAR should still be valid. Just make sure you grab the updated version of command center for legacy content 

Thanks, I didn’t know there was an updated Command Center, but now I’ve updated my Command Center 1.1.7.1 from 2016 to version 1.1.8.1 from June 2023. After that, the SONAR Platinum activation worked perfectly.

And for anyone who needs to know, here’s a download link to the updated Command Center: https://taylor.cakewalk.com/Command-Center

PS. I don’t know who Taylor is, but he must be a pretty, pretty important guy over at BandLab, having his own subdomain and all.

I suddenly realized that although I installed SONAR Platinum on my most recent laptop some two years ago, I have never opened it – I’ve only used CbB. So, I started SONAR Platinum and was (not surprisingly) met by a message saying that I needed to activate it. When trying to do just that, Command Center told me that it can’t get in contact with the Cakewalk server. And, of course, I understand that’s due to the changes being made to the activation back-end server earlier this month.

So, is it even possible to activate SONAR Platinum on this laptop? Perhaps by sending an offline activation request file to Cakewalk support and get a response file in return? Or, is activation of legacy products simply impossible from now on any computer?

I’m not using Camtasia for video editing, but for screen capture with the possibility to add things like annotations, transitions and mouse effects. Or at times to simply extract the sound from say a YouTube clip to be used as a reference track in Cakewalk. For things like that it’s absolutely perfect.

Even with a 25% discount, Camtasia is pretty expensive. When Camtasia 9 turned up on Humble Bundle back in 2018, I actually bought two licenses for $20 each. Sure, it was the next to latest version, but still. Guess we’ll never see such prices from TechSmith again.

But a $121 upgrade, including a free upgrade to the next version, seems almost reasonable.

42 minutes ago, Bud Brown said:

Here it is almost end 2023 and no simple resolve... when updating software it would be relatively easy to code to save a layout.  I just switched to a new computer and it is aggravating and to be honest a waste of valuable creative time... perhaps someone that speaks with the coders will pay attention to this important detail.

If you have created a user defined workspace on your old computer and would like to have it on your new computer as well, simply copy the corresponding workspace (.LNS) file stored in %APPDATA%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core\Lenses\User and paste it to the same destination on your new PC. If you have updated a factory workspace, you'll find the .LNS file it %APPDATA%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core\Lenses\Factory.