Glenn Stanton

no option to duplicate a buss. 😞 the idea of adding this feature is a good one. one thing i do to circumvent this limit, i create buss-level Pro Channel presets which use the FX chain as well as PC FX to create all the goodies for a particular buss type as well as typical settings (like EQ, reverbs, delays, compressors depending on the buss - like drums, guitars, keys, vocals, etc). so creating a new buss is really only a couple of clicks to add the buss, and add the preset. it would also be nice to have routing etc also preserved, but for that i have my own custom templates with all of those things as well as default tracks and busses. so typically going from blank to a recording template or mix template is 30 seconds or less. recording template has enough tracks pre configured for about 40 musicians if needed. i'll delete tracks and busses later. same for the mix. then i can spend time on recording things right, or getting in to the creative part of the mix faster.

i'm thinking you want sufficient audio for their audio system - otherwise how to mix effectively? basically try things out and see. i used to do some remote recording with friends (high speed internet is essential) and with some effort to ignore the latecy effects, and then re-position tracks to align, it's possible...

it opens fine for me (minus a bunch of plugins i don't have) Reverb.it (Bus: 'SSpike') Illusion (Bus: 'Illusion') Seventh Heaven Professional (Bus: '7Th Hall') ValhallaShimmer (Bus: 'Valhalla - Shimmer') LexConcertHall (Bus: 'Lexicon-Halls') Pro-L 2 (Bus: 'Final') WLM Plus Stereo (Bus: 'Final') SonoBus (Bus: 'Final') UADx Pure Plate Reverb (Bus: 'UAD Pure Plate') Reverberate (Bus: 'Reverberate 224') Seventh Heaven Professional (Bus: '7th Sunset Plate') LEMONSTEREO (Bus: 'Lemon') LexDualDelay (Bus: 'LexDual') UADx Capitol Chambers (Bus: 'Capitol Chambers') however, saving it i get an error same as you. but if i open it in safe mode with no plugins, it allows me to save it, so i'd go through the process to see which plugin is causing the issue.

the main issue will continue to exist until we can harness the "spooky quantum connection" because latency is the real killer for remote work. so even if the video and control movements seem "fast enough", you're still likely to have at a minimum 200-250ms of latency on audio when using network communications and computers. your phone seems nearly instanteneous because the human to human communications has natural pauses etc. but when you try coupling that with screen video and intermediate computer processing, you'll definitely see and hear it.

no hair, so no problem for me... lol

@Bass Guitar try opening in "safe mode" by holding down the shift key when opening the file via the file open dialog. you will be asked if you want to load all, yes (meaning that one), or no (not that one), or no to all (none) initally select no to all. then repeat, one at a time, the process until you have eliminated the plugin causing the issue. example:

so, i'm in the process of working out the instrumentation on a new song, i have my VI guitars (Ample SJ and SC) and their basic MIDI. then decide, i'll make a copy of those tracks and tweak the MIDI. turns out i'm not sure i like the newer tracks, so i turn the MIDI level on those all the way down (leaving the original tracks on their normal level - 101 in this case). i export a rough mix. my guitars are missing!!!! arrrrgggh! i go back and now everytime i hit play, the volume on the SJ and SC drop to 0! check - cc7? ok i'm not injecting any change there, automation? nope not at that stage. mute the MIDI clip? nope nothing mysterious there still getting the volume turned down to 0. a few more minutes (and coffee), i realize: if one of the MIDI tracks which is using the same VI as another MIDI track is set to 0, then the VI master volume gets set to 0 and the other track with the volume set correctly is essentially ignored. note to self - mute the MIDI clip and/or turn off AUDIO track volume NOT the MIDI volume... when playing with options for different MIDI played by the same VI - LEAVE THE MIDI VOLUME ALONE! ok, all good now.

@Abrunet -- did you install platinum with the Cakewalk Command Center? (https://legacy.cakewalk.com/Command-Center) and did you use your license and activation codes? i installed SPLAT on my machine last year (W11 Home on HP laptop) without issues and all the goodies that came with it (plus purchased ones as well) are running fine in my Sonar and Next (and even the Komplete Control DAW for some reason - most of them work as well). i think the key is to use the CCC to install it versus individual download (the multi-part zip nonsense).

if it were true (about professionals not tolerating interruptions), then protools would not be on the list of most professionals... lol. spend about 30 min on the avid forum to understand (i am constantly reviewing what minor changes are being made in order to keep my PT install running, but sometimes, Avid even makes major changes in small updates which cannot be resolved until some months later when it's time for a new build). as far as my experience with Sonar (since March), i've have had no interruption due to the software, licensing, or signing in. not to negate other people who have issues, but my first thing to check if something feels off - see what updates to the OS or other apps have occurred. i can reasonably say that 99.9% of the time some OS (or Edge), or another app either overwrote my runtimes or did some asinine change to improve "security" (or more often than not, some new monitoring tracking and/or related AI "feature" i didn't need). also important to note, you never "own" the software, you "own a license to use the software". and in most cases of a "purchase", it feels like you own it, but in reality it can be revoked by the software company. the revocation can the "soft" like "we're no longer supporting that version, but you can buy the next version" (a popular DAW, that a number of previous CbB or Sonar owners fled to, and certain fruit logo OS company, use this tactic to keep the money rolling in about every 13-14 months). or hard like "you must destroy all copies of the software in your possession as your license is no longer valid" (not often but when i do get notices like this i do delete everything, i mean who wants to get caught with their pants down and have some criminal charges filed and possibly spend 10 years in jail and $250K fine? right?). or "subscription" like "you're renting the license to use the software for as long as you continue to pay monthly or annual fees, and in exchange you'll keep getting the the latest updates and versions of the products" (this latter one is similar to your internet access, tv / content channels, box, amazon prime, google storage, o365, etc etc).

i had one of the creative keys keyboard which i used a lot when i just needed to tap out something quickly - velocity sensitve keys, and a cover to keep your wrists off it. unfortunately, by W10, it was no longer operable because the drivers could not be made to work, and they had long since ended support. now i just keep my inexpensive keystation 49 in my keyboard drawer (below my typing keyboard) so when i don't want to switch positions and use my better keyboards, i can slide it out a few inches, tap in what i need and then back to work 🙂

i ran into this type of issue a couple of years back. i removed the pro channel version and reinstalled CbB and then the CA-2A, and it's been fine since. i also ran into issues with the Softube FET compressor and Saturator, but they seemed to have fixed in in the past year, so if you haven't updated those (assuming you have those) i recommend the updates. the Saturator (not the PC one) has some nice features to balancing the gain (single click to set) etc.

check the numerous other threads but basically you bought DAW software from Gibson. Gibson terminated the product line. Bandlab purchased a bunch of the rights for the software. Bandlab then released a free version, and now under the Cakewalk moniker, two new products Sonar and Next. i purchased the lifetime updates from Gibson as well. yes, you can use Gibson Sonar Platinum for as long as your OS will support it. fwiw -- after using CbB for 5 years, i opted to drop 2 Starbucks coffees per month to fund a premium version of Sonar and Next. There is a free version of Sonar and Next via a free Bandlab membership. There is also a Bandlab paid membership (annual fee) which provides you access to the "premium" versions of Sonar and Next (and bunch of other stuff which may or may not be interesting to you).

it's the 21st century look - vector graphics. whilst the bitmaps can look more realistic, they're not scalable. modern interfaces need scalable graphics... could there be improvements to the UI - always.

i think TTS-1 was removed from Sonar as it is a Roland product and they were no longer licensed to use it.

agreed. after trying a number of different combinations, i think i can safely navigate the process.. 🙂 Ctrl+S is your friend though 🙂