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From what I have seen the range of uses for Modulation (CC01) early on was rather small--Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO) to something like volume for a tremolo effect where the mod wheel controlled the amount [or depth]. But the range of uses has greatly expanded over the past few decades. I have a number of soft synths that use mw (mod wheel) to affect timbre in any of a number of ways, especially brightness / cutoff frequency. Often in contemporary soft synths, different presets will use the wheel to control different effects. In many cases its really up to the individual sound / patch / preset designer. See scook's reply. Hardware and Software Documentation will give you more ideas as to how the mod wheel can be used. BTW, even if a piece of hardware is coded to output CC01 from the wheel, it can be remapped via software.

All the keyboards I have ever had output CC01** from the modulation wheel as per the MIDI Spec. So, whatever I have mapped to CC01 happens when I move the wheel. In terms of MIDI data, it goes from 0 to 127. If you have your keyboard going into Cakewalk, most likely the keyboard sends a string of MIDI commands for CC01. If you record something from the keyboard into Cakewalk and use the mod wheel, when you play it back under most circumstances, Cakewalk will send CC01 back to the keyboard's sound section. Without more details, it is difficult to say why "the keyboard went crazy." ADDENDUM: **CC stands for Continuous Controller. CC01 is a shorthand way of referring to "the parameter that has been assigned the CC value of 1." For decades the MIDI Spec has had some standard values for certain parameters. CC07 almost always is used for Volume (or at least it was before some manufacturers went rogue). CC10 almost always is used for Pan Position. Pitch Bend is its own data type (i.e., not a CC).

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I have used MIDI Learn in different software for years. It varies from program to program. The Sound Center's implementation looks pretty standard (sort of). Resetting the virtual knobs in Cakewalk's Sound Center depends on how you use the knobs (mouse only or MIDI CCs) and how you changed it (forgotten or reassigned to a different CC). Mouse only usage: I was able to reset the knob position changed by the mouse by double clicking the knob. For MIDI assignment changes, one solution is to use MIDI Learn to assign the virtual knobs to CC 10 and CC 07, respectively. Another solution is to use Add MIDI Control and choose from the list of CCs. ===================================================================== If you don't want to use MIDI Learn or if you understand the basics already, no need to read the following. As for using MIDI Learn, I often use it to assign knobs, sliders, or buttons (such as those found on keyboard and other controllers) to virtual knobs. sliders, or buttons in software synths and FX plug-ins. Let's say a specific slider on a specific midi device is setup to send CC93 [CC = Continuous Controller, a type of midi data]. And let's say I want that slider to control cutoff frequency (just using that vas an example). Usually I just have to press MIDI Learn in the software and then move that slider. In most software that have MIDI Learn these days, once I move the hardware slider, the virtual control will move and the plug-in will respond the way I set it up--in this case changing Cutoff Frequency. But let's say I just want the external controller's range changed. If there is a min and max setting, I can change the range. So I c an make all the way down on the controller correspond with (for example) a value of 60% and all the way up correspond with 95%. But let's say I want the range to be reversed--all the way down = 95% and all the way up = 60%. If the program (or plug-in) has a reverse switch, I'd use that. That's the basics of MIDI Learn, though depending on how you want to use it and depending on the specific implementation, there might be more possibilities. For example, we can also use CC automation within a DAW or send CCs / control parameters from one program or plug-in to another. UPDATE: Just tested MIDI Learn in Cakewalk's Sound Center on my PC. It shows up as a 32-bit application and uses the "Teleport" program to work with the 64-bit CbB. You might have a different utility for this function. Cakewalk's Sound Center "Add Control" can also be used to assign CCs to the plug-in's parameters, but instead of moving a knob, slider, button, etc., you choose from a list. Sound Center's "Remove Control," can be used to remove a CC assignment. Also, evidently we switch between ten sets of MIDI CC assignments (MIDI Configurations). I am surprised this is not documented. Maybe someone knows where it is. In the meantime, I hope the above helps.

@Starship Krupa Thanks for your detailed explanation and additional details. I didn't have time to explore the blue border / blue tint issue further (way too much on the to-do list and way too little time); so, thanks for saving me time that I don't have! I think that for anyone getting into tweaking or creating themes, your explanations of what goes on to make the icons change (the "under the hood" stuff) complement the theming guide!! Clearly (at least to me), @Billy86's blue tinted instrument icon issue is different than the hover issue I mentioned. Thanks for the clarifying image showing multiple blue tinted icons. Thanks also @Colin Nicholls and @sjoens for identifying and pointing to the details about the color changes related to frozen track icons.

To use the Casio as a controller (or even as a sound source--if you wanted to), you do not need an external midi interface. According to the manual the Casio has a built-in midi interface that shows up on your PC and in Cakewalk "automatically" when you plug the Casio into your PC's usb port. That's why Cakewalk "sees" the Casio. By default the MIDI Ports are named CASIO USB-MIDI (as your images show). You could also use the external 1 IN / 1 OUT MIDI Interface cable if Windows will "see" it.

I used to have this problem, but now there is a border around the expanded box. Not sure if that was a change to an Early Release or the last official release. It was added recently. What version are you using? EDIT: Yes, @Starship Krupa--that's the border that was added either the last general release or beginning with one of the 2021.09 Early Access releases. Thanks for posting the image before I had a chance to grab it. UPDATE: @jono grantMy comment on the addition of the border was based on 2021.09 EA build 099. It is also there in the current EA build.

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John, I wondered if Michael was using the Casio as what some of us call a controller (as opposed to a sound module). Is that how you are interpreting his use of the Casio? Maybe he is saying: I am using the Casio keyboard strictly as a midi controller, but I don't use any of its sound-making features for either recording or playing back audio. If so, I suspect you are right.

It sounds like the only reason you have the Casio there is to serve as a midi interface. Why do you need one, except that you used one years ago? If I understand your setup and your goals, you have no need to send midi data to the Casio and no need for Cakewalk to receive midi data from the Casio. In essence, MIDI is data used to communicated stuff--like "Turn Note 63 on; Turn Note 63 off," etc. If (1) you aren't using Cakewalk to tell MIDI hardware (such as your Casio) what sounds to make / what notes to turn on and off and (2) if you aren't using software synths [aka virtual instruments, instrument plug-ins, etc.] to play the MIDI data, what are you expecting to make sound? I hope its not the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth, because as other have discussed in the forum, it is far less than satisfactory. But if you really want to use it, it is seen by Cakewalk as a sound device and you need to point the midi track's output to that device. Maybe it would help if you thought of an instrument track as being a soft synth track + a midi track all in one track? The midi portion sends midi data to the soft synth which creates sound. If you want to use software synths (instrument plug-ins, virtual instruments, VSTs, etc.) to play midi data through your Focusrite, I would assume that some of Cakewalk users here who have experience with Focusrite audio interfaces should be able to help you get your soft synths of choice pointed to the interface so they make sounds you can hear.

(1) Thanks for the clarification. The "but" made me take pause because upon reflection, it sounded like you were correcting me (which I now know you weren't). (2) My apology if my post sounded snarky. It wasn't on my end. My additional comment was intended like yours: directed to "others." (3) The reason for editing wasn't snarky on my end, either. After the "but" made me think you were correcting me, I decided for my own peace of mind I would do a test the next time there was a new SM One Expansion Pack. Original version:

You need to get others in the thread to realize that, not me. I would not have addressed these details if I thought the other users understood why they were confused.

I could be wrong, but I had a pop-up from SM 2.9.9 that led me to believe that if someone has the Everything Bundle, all the licenses for all new expansions you are entitled to are validated.

Not 100% sure, but it sounds to me like you are wanting / expecting the audio from the Casio CT-X700 to play through your computer. If so, how is the audio signal from the Casio going into the PC? I tried to find a manual to see if it passes the audio through a usb cable to the PC, but I haven't found the manual yet. EDIT: Just found it. SEE BELOW.** If the Casio only has a built in midi interface (that is--not a built in audio interface) you would need to get the audio into your PC. I suspect the images @reginaldStjohn asked for will help him to see where your audio might possibly come from (possibly some sort of audio input device / mechanism). BTW, since you said you don't use the keyboard itself, I assume that means you are not using the Casio as a controller--for example, to play sounds from a software synthesizer. **Based on the specs and the manual, it looks to me that the usb is for midi only, not audio.

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I never use Xpand!2, but I was curious about this issue. So I used three different methods to insert it into "MyBlankTemplate:" (1) from the menu bar [Insert Soft Synth], (2) with the right-click context menu [aka the Create Track Wizard], and (3) by dragging / dropping from the Browser. The default track names respectively were as follows: . I didn't get "Primary Output." Not sure why you get it. UPDATE: Not sure if this is a safe thing to do:

I do not have deep knowledge of SynthMaster One. All I can do is report what I see. I had 50 factory presets by Bluffmunkey. Afterwards, I had 100, 50 more that can be selected from the Bluffmunkey Darkwave Sounds Bank. The names are not duplicate names. I have not checked the presets themselves to see if they are duplicates. At one point yesterday I downloaded presets from the public library. I don't know if that enters into the equation of why I have 100 from Bluffmunkey (the author), including 50 from the Factory Presets Bank and 50 from the BluffMunkey Darkwave Sounds Bank. The appearance of the full set of 100 happened after I watched the 0:21 video and paused at each step to make sure I was clicking in the right place. The first one I have under the Factory Presets Bank is 1-ARP 303. The first one I have under the Darkwave Bank is 1-BAS BS Chase Bass BM. Using the SynthMaster One Browser with (All) as the filter for each of the five columns, I only have one ARP 303 preset. (I typed 303 in the preset search box.) I only have one BAS BS Chase Bass BM preset. (I typed Chase in the preset search box.) I hope something in the above helps others to figure out how to update the expansion packs. Caveat: Some times things work on my legacy PC that don't work for other Cakewalk users who have newer PCs (99.99% of Cakewalk users!). PS: I did not check to see if the Bank shows up in SM2.9.9. With SM2.9.9 I have 100 Bluffmunkey presets. The first 29 look identical to the ones in jim137's image (except that I have a light theme). Since the e-mail and the OP specifically mention "Bluffmunkey Darkwave Sounds for SynthMaster One released," I will assume the Expansion Pack is for SynthMaster One. Many of you have more experience than I do with SM. Are SM One banks / presets supposed to work in SM 2.9.9? UPDATE: Everything I see leads me to believe this bank is only for SynthMaster One. The following is from the "SHOP" in SynthMaster 2.2.9: Seems clear to me. Not sure why some people think it is supposed to work (and expect to see it) in SynthMaster 2.9.9.

Did you follow the instructions in the short video that shows how to restore licenses ? Not sure if that also works for the SM1 Expansions Bundle, but if you didn't restore licenses per the video, it might be worth trying.

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I don't know the answer, but I think I see. Sometimes when my cursor is pointing to the icon between the track number and the track name (such as an instrument or a midi icon), a sky blue border frames the icon and the white part of the image has a faint powder blue tint. You can't see it from the screen grab, but the icon for track 7 has the arrow / cursor pointing at it. To clarify, if I point the cursor at the track 6 icon, it doesn't turn blue with the border. More info with my example: track 7 was pointed to a soft synth; track 6 wasn't. Once I pointed the output of track 6 to a soft synth, it also had the blue border / tint when I pointed at it. Even more info: after switching the output to a hardware midi port (as opposed to a soft synth), pointing to the icon doesn't change the coloration. Again, I don't know what the UI is telling us; just playing with it to see what happens. Not even 100% sure this is what Billy86 is referencing. I am sure someone knows the answer and might even have a link handy that tells us. Yet even more info (maybe): The reference guide refers to a setting related to track icon transparency: If the blue border + tint is indeed related to the transparency setting (on/off) for the track icon and you don't like it changing on you without an explanation of the reason it does that, maybe you can try turning it off? Just guessing here. I never noticed this feature before (the border/tint).

Now I wanna find Genghis Blues on my Roku and watch it again. (That's a good thing as I haven't seen it in a few years and I remember being totally absorbed watching it.) Update: Found it (on the Pluto Channel). Tuvan throat singing might not interest others, but to others who are, I'd recommend the documentary. BTW, the first time I saw it (on a documentary channel, IIRC), I didn't make the connection that he had written Jet Airliner. So, thanks for the added appreciation, Notes.

I never really did more than very basic exporting (listening mixdowns), but with the new system, it is really worth taking the time to play with and understand in a deep way the various possibilities for a wide range of purposes. Thanks to the devs for the new design and greatly expanded functionality and thanks to all the users who have been making the time to help improve it and to help work out the kinks (and to users who have made feature requests / suggestions).

I never noticed that unselected tabs seem to be unbalanced because the icon and labels are left-justified. Maybe its because when the tab is selected the drop-down arrow makes it centered. (I tend to focus on the tab I am using at the moment.) If it is an issue, maybe the tab widths should have auto-resizing when the browser is elongated? Actually, now that I am spending the time fixating on it the smaller size of the "Notes" font is really annoying. Shoot. I cannot get over that now that I see it. ? It is so obviously smaller. The UIX is ruined for me!!!! "Ignorance is bliss."

I dabbled with midi processing on a Mega 256 a few years back. Early on I used a joystick port style midi interface cable. Later on I used an earlier version of the hairless midi/serial utility (https://projectgus.github.io/hairless-midiserial/). I did not use a DAW for these projects (just PC, arduino, and hardware). I have seen write-ups on newer techniques where the arduino can be setup to be seen as a midi class-compliant device. I never did that, but I believe the idea is that if Windows sees it as a device, its available across the board. I generally hard coded my midi stuff, but I know others who used midi libraries. Also, I mainly used my Mega as the source of midi data, whereas you want to send the data from the DAW to the Arduino. Perhaps others here have more experience with the kinds of thing you want to do and can be more helpful. Not sure where you looked online, but I can't believe no one else has tried what you want to do.