Promidi

From track view, press H to bring up the Track Manager (or track menu > Tracks > , Track Manager) and make sure your buses are visible. Also make sure your Bus pane is visible. Press SHIFT+B to Show/hide Bus pane.

What make and model sound card do you have?

Where have you routed your MIDI track do? This either needs to be an external MIDI device, or a VSTi plugin. Otherwise you are just sending data to nowhere. It's a bit like trying to send print data without a printer.

CTRL+D only duplicates to the right. There is no keyboard short to CTRL+D to duplicate to the left by default The way I personally would do this is create a CAL script to copy to the left, then keybind a key shortcut to that CAL script. Be careful with CAL scripts though. Deleting events straight after using some commands can crash Cakewalk.

Are Bass.dll, Bassmidi.dll and BassMidiVsti.dll all copied to the same (VST) Folder? Is that folder listed in preferences - File - VST settings > VST scan paths? If yes,to above, did you try a RESET then SCAN? Did you turn on VST scan logging to see if that reveals anything?

No. Could it be that you have loop points set very close together?

When you say “using Bandlab” I am going to assume you mean “Cakewalk by Bandlab“ And by “blocks” I am going to assume you mean “clips”? What have you set as your snap resolution in the Track View Snap Module?

Personally, I would ditch the wireless MIDI and just stuck to wired (USB preferably)

Is the Hydrasynth Explorer plugged directly into a USB port or via non powered hub. (direct is best) Also, have you switched off USB power saving settings?

I am seeing some strange paths there. What folders are listed in Preferences - File - VST Settings > VST scan Paths (maybe show a screenshot) In mine, I only have 2. One for the VST2 plugins (a custom location) and another for the VST3 (which is the default). I have never had an issue with any plugin instalations. Of course I do custom installs and keep an eye on where the installer wants to put the DLL or VST3 files. I have Kontakt 7 full so I only have the VST3 version. If I had Kontakt 6 player, I would get the installer to place the VST2 DLL file in my custom folder.

This would be a Windows thing. Long shot here. Have you tried disabling both Nvidia “High Definition Audio Controller” entries? - done in Device Manager, under “System Devices” Another long shot (though less preferable - causes high power use) Open up Nvida Control Panel, and under “Manager 3D settings” set “Power Management Mode” to Prefer Maximum Performance. Thought of another long shot Start run > desk.cpl. Then scroll down to “Graphic Settings” and set Graphic preference for Sonar (I only have one card so I am not sure what would show here for two graphics cards)

Do a reset then scan. If that fails, enable scan log and see if the scan log reveals anything. See: (CTRL + F > "Scan Log") http://legacy.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=0x22B07

Eventually you will need to use the latest version. For any older version, the clock is ticking.....

In Cakewalk, for a plugin to respond to patch changes, use the VST2 version.

Same here.

First thing I tried..... nada.....

When I bought a Yamaha SW1000XG card back in 2002, it was more than this (in AU$) (the price was reduced to $AU377.00 after trading in other items

They sound pretty good too.

Can’t.

There are more important things than mere laptop specifications. Even more important than memory, disk space and CPU core count is getting the laptop tuned for Audio. Decrapifying it would be the first move as soon as you get it - you know, getting rid of the junk that manufacturers just cannot resist installing. Make sure as little as possible is running at start up. Make sure as little as possible is running in the background. Make sure all windows updates and the latest drivers for all hardware are installed. Also make sure you get a decent audio interface - one that comes with native ASIO drivers. Sure, you could use WASAPI, but ASIO will be better in the long run. Remember, ASIO is a batphone to your audio interface - that is, it bypasses much of the Windows audio subsystem. Even a 64gig ram, 4TB SSD and a 16 core intel CPU laptop would still run like a sack of potatoes if is not tuned properly. Note: All of this goes for a desktop or tower PC as well.

My PC is online 24/7 As long as Meldaproduction make good on their promise to provide an offline 17.xx installer for those who are not....

The Meldaproduction plugin manager is fine.....

You cannot roll back CbB to a previous version. The only version of CbB that will authorise will be the latest version of the day. At the time of this reply, the latest version of CbB is 2024.08 Build 108.

As a test, I created some pedal events. (CC64 > 127 , CC64 > 0) They showed up correctly in the staff view. With the smart tool selected, right drew a marquee around the pedal events and hit delete. The Pedal events were deleted. So yes, you can Delete pedal events in Staff View.