Cobus Prinsloo

This is an enigma. I have a group containing 3x vocal tracks and soloed the first track (the lead vocal). But, for some reason, the two harmony tracks still play along, no matter what I try. I even Muted the other two, but they still play! The only way to kill their playback is to literally delete them. Can someone please propose a theory that might explain this phenomenon?

Thank you! Can you also please indicate where I can download Sonar's Documentation?

Hi, first things first: I noticed that the "Publish to Bandlab" function in Cakewalk is not available in Sonar. Where should I go to be able to publish songs to my profile? If anyone has made use of Bandlab as a distributor for their music, can I have some feedback, please? In the future, I'll have to decide on one to publish my music. Thanks

This has to be some sort of clash between my Focusrite and Windows audio drivers. Sporadically, all my audio works through my Scarlett4i4, other times its like the audio interface is non-existent and the audio only goes through my PC speaker. When Cakewalk or Sonar are running -- the Scarlett4i4 is used correctly, and all audio (mp3. wav, or Internet) works fine, but when I close these apps, Windows reverts back to its pathetic built-in speaker. Figure that out!

I installed the latest version of VLC Player, and although the mp3 opens, there is no sound. I now tried playing some of my older MP3s that worked, and none worked. This has to be a Windows 10 issue, and I suspect the audio issue is related to a recent Windows update. So, I tried to uninstall this update, but there is no uninstall option for any of the "Servicing Stack" updates (see screen grab). It is in times like these that I wish I had a Mac!

Hi, I recently upgraded to Sonar and am very happy with its performance (far better than Cakewalk). However, exported MP3s suddenly won't play in WMP (Windows Media Player). It worked fine when I was still using Cakewalk. (see screen grab of the message when I try to play). I suspect that it may be because Sonar uses another/newer codec, which Media Player doesn't have. If so, I can't see any options in WMP to update its codecs.

I see no such option under Help -- the closest I get is "Documentation". There is a link to the Cakewalk documentation in Pdf, but so far I cannot see anything similar for Sonar.

Thank you, I will try that. Something else -- Does Sonar also have an installer for its documentation like Cakewalk? I notices that Sonar's Help link take me to the Web.

At the Bandlab site. But never mind -- I decided to purchase a membership.

Unless I misunderstood, on the Sonar page it stated that one can work with it unhampered for 3 days.

Ah, ok, thanks for the correction 🙂

What concerns me, is that I haven't received any response after submitting a support ticket.

Yes -- I had endless issues with a brand new Midi/USB cable, and eventually resorted to the old 5-pin Midi cables with their ports in a new audio interface.

Ok, so I downloaded Sonar and wanted to work with it for the three demo days to try it out, but although I signed in, Sonar wasn't activated, so I couldn't save any work. I submitted a query to Bandlab support last Friday evening. It is now been 3 weekdays (in Australia) since then, and I haven't heard from Bandlab yet. I'm seriously considering buying a membership with Bandlab, but I'm just a little concerned about their support.

Hmm ... yes it works. Not sure why I couldn't get it to work before. 🤔

Hi, I'll probably move over from Cakewalk to Sonar in due course, but I (if I may) already have a little wish list (please indicate if any of it is already in Sonar). These will help with the workflow: 1. Horizontal gridlines for the velocities section in the piano roll view (see screenshot, with many notes of varying velocities, these gridlines will help to quickly match velocities of similar notes). 2. It would be nice if the Synth rack could have a "Delete all unused" button. When working on a new song, experimentation with sound/instruments can quickly add many soft synths to the rack, and often existing synths are replaced with alternatives -- leading to several unused synths that contribute to project loading times.

Thanks for the confirmation.

There was an update (2024.07) a few months ago. Is my post really that "Doh"?

Hi, this is minor, but will be a biggie in terms of time-saving for me (and I'm, sure, other users): 1. Can Cakewalk please get horizontal gridlines for the velocities section in the piano roll view? 2. It would be nice if the Synth rack had a "Delete all unused" button. When working on a new song, experimentation with sound/instruments can quickly add many soft synths to the rack, and often existing synths are replaced with alternatives -- leading to several unused synths that contribute to project loading times.

This is interesting - I opened this test project a day or two later, and now the velocities seem to work ok. I definitely made up all of my SS tracks originally in the SS. I did as you, and also got the double midi hits for the snare and tambourine! How bizarre. That Flam control is another mystery: clearly something in the SS engine is not error-proof. Thank you again for your interest in trying to help resolve this.

Thank you very much for the valuable advice.

Hi, I take it you're referring to the Vel+ slider in the track options (see attached). I didn't change this, as this slider was not even visible in my customized workspace (how can I manually add it; I've looked under the View and Options tabs?)

Thank you, I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please find attached work file. I've deleted all non-relevant tracks and synths from this project - leaving just the percussion and 1x FX tracks, all deriving their sounds from 5 instances of the TTS-1. If you go to Track 4, clip 6, (see screenshot) you will see what happens when trying to alter its velocities in the Step Sequencer. Just for testing -- I made the velocities of every second Snare step almost 0, and muted the entire Kick step track. On my side, this does not alter the loudness of these steps at all. SS test.cwp

Thanks a lot! Forgive my ignorance - what does this update do?

Thanks, everything on this page is about Visual Studio. When I scroll down, THIS (see attached) is the only reference to X64 I see. Is this correct?