Jonathan Sasor

This had been resolved with the latest update from this week. The app requires to reauthorize periodically, but the notification message has been removed, so it will do it silently when it has Internet access.

We'll likely figure something out for that at some point, but our priorities on the Cakewalk team itself are focused on development. As I'm sure you're familiar, doing that kind of content can be a sizable task. Also bear in mind it's a holiday weekend here in the US, and while some of us are checking in periodically, you might not get an immediate answer from Staff about everything.

Yes, this update just fixed an issue where the checkbox to create an instrument track per output was not available in the Add Track flyout. It won't impact your existing project's routing.

It means we fixed an issue that was working previously, but had broken in the previous release. It should be working properly in this update.

If we/I had a concrete answer, we'd say it. I'm just offering the best assurance I can give you that CbB is not going to up and vanish. We wouldn't have dropped yesterday's update if it was going anywhere anytime soon. Beyond that I can't really conjecture a timeline about anything. Things are always subject to change, so its not possible for us to guarantee anything like that. We can provide broad strokes given our current planning, and that's what I'm trying to do here.

That's project length in HMSF

There's no formal timeline for any changes to CbB. We just released a maintenance update yesterday. There are no plans for CbB to go anywhere anytime soon. If anything changes, there will be a formal announcement well ahead of time.

All you need to do to save a custom image for a project/template is to go the Notes tab in the Browser, and click the menu to Load Image.

Exactly this. Sonar installs as a new application alongside Cakewalk by BandLab. Same as Cakewalk by BandLab installs alongside SONAR Platinum and all other previous versions. You can try the new version without a subscription by simply downloading it at https://www.cakewalk.com/sonar. Demo mode just prevents saving/exporting.

Cakewalk by BandLab will still require the periodic reauthorization. The in-your-face prompt about it was an unintended side effect of changing some stuff on the back end.

There was a temporary hang up with updating the forum software. All resolved now.

Look to see if dumps have been automatically created in C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Sonar\MiniDumps Aside from that:

The thread was deleted because it started off with an attack against staff. I did not delete the thread, but that kind of conduct is unacceptable, and a violation of terms for this forum. I am going to lock this thread though. You're entitled to your opinions, but also remember this is a Cakewalk owned forum. Our goal here is to support people and provide discourse in a positive manor. We've given plenty of space for people to make criticisms, but a lot of threads just devolve into repetitions of the same complaints that aren't in any way constructive. Hostile posts make this forum discouraging for those folks who do want get more insight about actually using the app and making music. Thanks.

That prompt will be removed in a forthcoming CbB update.

Are you sure its not retaining the input? It sounds like you're seeing an abbreviation of the driver name.

With the existing SONAR 7 serial and reg code, the app will authorize, but that's a pretty dated version at this point. Older versions do not require an auth server, but i would expect some issues with an app from... 17 years ago, well before we officially supported win 10.

The UI represents a substantial amount of effort, so that's taken a fair amount of time, but there's also numerous other smaller changes and workflow enhancements throughout the app. The most recent update includes a significant improvement for Sonar's sidechain handling for instance. As mentioned, beta testers are under NDA and can't discuss anything related there, but you can download Sonar and see things for yourself as well. There's a Bandlab Membership trial, but the unauthorized mode for Sonar just blocks saving/export, so you can actually evaluate it for yourself.

Okay guys, i think people have had the chance to speak their minds, and we've moved beyond useful discourse. Thanks!

Well there haven't been any changes to TTS-1 in years, so you could for instance run the SONAR Platinum installer and get it. But for DirectX plugins you need to do regsvr32 "<plugin path>" in command prompt to get it to register in Windows.

It's a DirectX plugin, so it needs to registered with Windows to work properly. Any older Cakewalk/SONAR installer will still have it though.

I think we've run our course on this thread. The original point being that there's been all sorts of things that have been going into the latest update for Cakewalk Sonar, which is currently available through BandLab's Backstage Pass membership. Everything else beyond that has been done to death elsewhere on here. When more details are available about other options get Sonar, we'll let everyone know. Thanks!!

All that means is we want you to be on the latest build.

It should be in a Cakewalk subfolder within the Downloads folder in Windows. It seems like it might have been a blip when the installer was just trying to launch the app, particularly if it was when you hit "Finish". If the app is displaying that you're on build 417, it's likely you're fine. That error shouldn't be related to anything actually updating for the app components. If there's any problems, you might want to just make sure there's nothing unusual going on in Windows like a pending update or anything and then restart and try the installer again if necessary.

When exactly did you see this message? Was it during the installation itself or when the app was launching/already open after the install? Do you see it on subsequent launches of the app?

It's a reminder that the current lease period will expire in that amount of time based on what we've received from the back end. You're fully activated, it is just saying "if you want to stay activated beyond that, you'll need to renew before that time". It might be worth tweaking the language, we'll look into it.