Noel Borthwick

I've fixed the issue where the preview bus was not showing the project as modified after changing it. I think that is the root problem from your recipe. You can verify by changing anything in the project such as a track name and resaving after modifying the preview bus.

You should log in from Cakewalk. Logging in from BA will only lead to you getting the same issue a few months down the line.

>>Because the name has changed, Cakewalk will not open the Neve 33609 in older session files because Cakewalk identifies plugins by their name rather than a plugin ID#. I'm not sure where you got that from. Cakewalk has always utilized the plugin ID. However for VST2 plugin its not sufficient to do so (because the ID is not guaranteed to be unique and many vendors make mistakes). So we use an expanded ID scheme that utilizes part of the file name (in this case its the 8.3 file name). Many years ago I improved on this to be less dependent on 8.3 file names. However you must save your projects with the plugins for this scheme to kick in. If you have old projects they will not benefit from this obviously. Also look into the details that Kevin posted above. If the session isn't opening its because the something more drastic changed in the name resulting in the ID's not matching. We don't have any UAD plugins in-house to test this with. Are the plugins still tied to UAD hardware? If you send a dump of your VST inventory from the registry and a sample project file that won't find the plugin, I can take a look at why it fails to load.

Is this problem still occurring? It could have been a connectivity issue on your end.

@paulo can you provide us with the project that has the issue? Also something to try - replace Kontakt with some other VST synth. See if the same issue occurs with that synth. Also you are running a very old Cakewalk build - We fixed several issues with recording aux tracks and synths in the April release. (Although that isnt directly related to this specific issue necessarily)

Almost surely a bug in the plugin. You should report this to the developer and send them the session file to test.

Hi folks in case you haven’t spotted it, we posted a preview of the 2021.06 release here. We’ll likely release it next week but we would appreciate you kicking the tires and providing any early feedback. This allows us to fix any potential problems quickly before it hits the street. Thanks for your support.

Could you please post some screenshots or video with the error message? Which version of windows are you running?

Did you know that Billie Eilish is the neice of an old ex-cakewalk employee - Jamie O’Connell?

We should be adding support for this soon (importing back to back on a single track)

We have custom code to integrate with the Console One. We don’t have a MK II to test with but I assume that the integration is the same.

His main issue was fixed in 2019 when I reworked automation to address some reports of lost settings with certain plugins. Of course he isn’t around anymore to attest it. Some issues when not reproducible readily can be infernally difficult to isolate. It took working with several users offline and running tests before I was able to resolve it.

Thanks, I think the dropout immediately following a bounce to clips, is likely a spurious dropout message caused by an expected scenario with the engine transitioning from offline to online. I’ll look into it for next release. You can ignore that message since its harmless.

USB cables should work. I have the rocksmith and it works fine in Cakewalk. Switch the driver mode to WASAPI shared, select the cable as an input device and select your soundcard output in preferences. Sample rate should be 44.1 or 48k. Ensure Windows is using the same rate. You should be able to hear recorded audio now.

Mario, the refresh activation after an update is simply a convenience so that it does it automatically for the user. It is not a requirement so if a login prompt appears you can skip it and the app will continue with its current activation status. That said we have tested login and it works fine in Windows 7 on multiple machines. So you may want to look into why it is not working on your PC. The only reason we know of is that the Microsoft webview component is not properly installed. You can install it manually and login should work fine. Retest it in the latest 2021.04 release since there have been fixes for some issues there.

Can you PM me the contact for the person you are working with? I will get in touch and try and understand more.

This would be a plugin specific issue so we wouldn't be able to assist with it.

You do need melodyne to do audio to midi conversion. However, even the lapsed demo version (I.e. free limited version) will continue to handle this.

Yes in theory you can uninstall BA now. Although there is no harm leaving it since it is still used for a few things such as offline auth if needed. The reason for the one time log in is because the new release tries to renew your activation state (as a courtesy). Since you had never connected CbB to your BandLab account it asked you to log in. It shoudn't prompt you again now that CbB saved your login so its a one time nag. This is described better in the activation FAQ

No you should use Cakewalk. Everything you need is in the app. I suggest reviewing the updated activation FAQ which should cover all related questions going forward.

If you are that paranoid and mistrustful of software its on you to enforce your requirements, not the companies making the software. Its simple to set up a firewall block that prevents internet access to a specific program. Learn how to do that.

@RBH The activation actually is completely independent of analytics. It doesn’t report any significant data back to Cakewalk. Its a one way street - all it does is make a request to activate the software for that machine and provide a new lease for the software whenever it is needed. We just improved it so that the user is not caught be surprise needing to activate when they are busy at an inopportune time. Now every update of the software will auto renew itself. I’ve installed on 3 of my PC’s and oneof them hadn’t been updated in months. It instantly was renewed for a new lease so I wouldnt be greeted with a timeout the next time I tried to use it.

Lets say that If there ever comes a time that this is needed permanent licenses will be made available. For now there is absolutely no need for this.

No when we refer to logging in we mean using the signin prompt within Cakewalk (where you enter your BandLab user id and password). Different apps have their own sign in so the data isn’t shared. For example signing in from BandLab assistant is different from signing in via the web vs signing in within Cakewalk. Though the credentials are the same there is no sharing between the apps today.

@brandon Refresh activation is in the help menu in CbB. Everything is handled inside Cakewalk now. There is no need to use BandLab assistant. Please update to the latest version since its not clear what version you previously had. If you cannot sign in to BandLab from Cakewalk, check if you are using the same credentials used to log in to BandLab from a web browser. Try entering your user id and password. I use google sign in so the credentials are the same that I use for google. If you aren't receiving a message when you refresh activation in Cakewalk you likely have notifications disabled. You should either get a notification or if you aren't signed in you will get a sign in prompt.