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You could be right; until recently, I almost never used chrome. I checked extensions, and I don't have a translator extension. Also, I discovered after people started typing in brief non-English sentences and phrases above, I did not get the automatic pop-up asking if I wanted it translated. It did, however, every time I went to the page with the huge block of non-English text. So maybe its not a Google chrome extension, but maybe some algorithmic automatic detection thing that offers to translate sites when there is a high percentage of non-native text as determined by some mysterious Google programming. Or maybe its not Google that's monitoring my browsing activity? ?

FWIW, the third-party filename indexer/search utility called "Everything" allows for locating files, dragging and dropping, sorting by date, etc. Also, the standard Roland.ins file (sorry I don't have the Cakewalk *.ins files link handy) seems to have the XV-5050 definitions--such as "[XV-5050 GM2 Capital] and many other banks. I will see if I can find a link.

I usually use another browser, but for the past week or so I have been using chrome. Each time I went to a post on a page with comments in non-English, chrome asked me if I wanted to translate it. It was seamless and much easier than cutting-and-pasting the post into a Google Translate web page which has a size limit. Just a suggestion that seems to work on my PC. If I wrote in another language I would test this feature as a writer.

Sorry to hear about your health issue. Thanks for the reply.

Hey, Larry. Assuming you have these as midi files, could you render the Gminor version an octave higher and the Bminor version an octave lower? Thanks.

Thanks for all the discussion about "Capital B" (as in "DB MAJOR"). I rarely click on links to external sites, but thanks to the controversy/misunderstanding I took a look. Relationships between music (theory and practice) and communication (including what has been called the Doctrine of Affects) has been a longstanding personal interest. The article (the one has "DB MAJOR" ? ) is a new expression of a discussion that is (minimally) thousands of years old. Esoteric Footnotes: Some of the "elocutionists" from a century or two ago actually talked about how different intervals (specific intervals!!!) could evoke different emotions (specific emotions!!!) in speech. More recently, 1990s IIRC, a team of medical researchers tried to measure the effect of differences between a major key melody and a minor key melody on people with Alzheimer's. Fortunately, JMO, more recent research has taken a holistic approach--as opposed trying to measure alleged effects of microscopic changes. This is not to say that specific keys (C major v. A minor for example v. C# major) won't have different communicative properties / effects / listener reactions / etc. However, I agree (as has been pointed out in the discussion) that individual differences between the experiences of individuals and groups of individuals (including cultural groups) probably has more impact on communicative value (including connections with moods, feelings, states, emotions, etc.) in musical contexts than innate properties of sound / sound waves / etc. -- not withstanding things like chalk squeaking on a chalkboard, PA system feedback, weaponized sound, etc. ADDENDUM: This is a tiny part of the history. Many other German musicologists among others correlated music theory and communication theory. IMO the article, while colorful and geared towards a pop audience, does a great disservice to the full body of literature. JMO: it adds nothing new and perpetuates stereotypes. Citing Mattheson to lend credibility to the article don't make it true.

Yes, that's what I meant. This will be my new method from now on. I tested it before and its much easier than using task manager. + right click =

Thank you for this info!!! It explains why the method I use works!!! I go into task manager and kill all the 0% BandLab Assistant processes. Its much easier to kill the task tray icon!!!!

What is snap supposed to do in the staff view? I never use it, but when I just placed notes on a staff to test, they placed themselves based on the duration of the note I had selected. Does snap position the note to a snap value independent of the duration chosen? UPDATE: OK, I see. Placement of notes works based on chosen duration; however, moving notes left or right is independent of either note duration or snap to settings. NEW UPDATE (2020 Mar 24): Nope; snapping based on duration doesn't seem to work any more either. Evidently when I did the above test I was relying on experience (eye-to-hand placement, not Cakewalk's snap placement). See discussion below.

Unanswered question removed.

Why not just click on OK instead of Apply?

Using the Mix Workspace [supplied with Cakewalk], I assigned Ctrl+W to Show/Hide MultiDock. I usually use D. It worked to toggle (Show/Hide) the MultiDock. UPDATE: I am not sure how I did it, but I changed settings so the Show/Hide MultiDock does not work with a shortcut. Also, there are no dock/undock options on the MultiDock itself. Found how I did it. In the MultiDock, I closed all tabs using the little X on the tab. To get it back, I switched to a different Workspace. I am not sure if Console View = Mixer Mode, but if so, I hope this helps.

Just a guess - Mixer Mode = Console View?

withdrawn: reply was more of a workaround than an answer to a very specific question

suggestion withdrawn

Glad to hear you got it working on your system. Others have mentioned that after problems, they had successes using the Synth Rack insertion method. I have used three methods: drop down menu, synth rack, right click from track pane. Maybe the advice is, if one insertion method doesn't work, try the others. Update: Make that four methods. I also use the Browser Insertion methods (usually via double-click, more than by dragging).

I mentioned that because frequently I see posts where people use a lot of Audio FX plug-ins and sometimes solutions to problems seem to come from isolating a plug-in or two that are problematic. My comment was intended to mean TTS-1 works for me, but I don't send the TTS-1 audio to a lot of plug-ins; so, if someone uses a lot of plug-in with TTS-1, my success might not be relevant if another person has a project using TTS-1 that uses more plug-ins than I use. I could try to start a new project with just a single TTS-1 instance (no FX) and jot down my steps, but since it works on my PC, I am not sure having the steps will help. Maybe it would be quicker if I did a small project that I know works on my setup and you could try that? If it works, then I will outline the basic steps. If on the other hand it doesn't work, maybe the project can be used to try to isolate the problem with much more detailed steps. I have several TTS-1 plug-ins on my PC, but I have confirmed that I am using the one on the bottom: Basic TTS-1 project attached. Steps: (1) Open Cakewalk, (2) Open Barebones [Blank] Template, (3) Right Click in Track Pane, (4) Choose "Insert Instrument," (5) Click "Create" in Wizard [no special options, but at the bottom it should point to the main output you use], (6) Wait until TTS-1 comes up, (7) Press the channel buttons at the bottom to make sure TTS-1 is pointing to your sound card/audio output device. If not, problem-solve audio to make sure your audio output is selected as the midi output, etc. To test my recorded midi: (8) Press Play/Space Bar. If it plays, great. If not, problem-solve midi/audio. To play live (and record), I then (9) expanded the track, (10) selected my usb/midi keyboard as the input device (Omni for all midi channels), and recorded a short phrase. Hopefully it plays the midi/audio track. If that's OK, maybe it won't crash when you try playing from your keyboard. PS: I just downloaded it. It played when I hit the space bar. Then it played live from my usb keyboard. You might have to check preferences and make sure it is set up for your midi/audio I/O.

HUH?????

I don't use this feature, so I haven't tested it. Just wondering if you use custom Workspaces? An easy test (if you want to try) would be to take your current Workspace and save it with Aim Assist labels on. My personal convention is to give Workspaces new/variant names. I will see if I can test it now. **See Updates! **Update: Hmmm. I am not sure. If Aim Assist is what gives me a floating/hovering current time box on the time line, I turned it on, didn't save my Workpace, and then switched existing Workspaces. In each different one, even with newly opened projects, I had the little floating/hovering time box that followed the current cursor. I will defer to others who make use of the Aim Assist. Sorry; I thought Workspaces might help. They might, but for me, if the time box is Aim Assist, it seems to persist without doing anything special with Workspaces. All I did was turn it on and it seemed to follow me though projects. UPDATE: For me, the little time box persisted when I had a Cakewalk session open and (a) switched Workspaces and/or (b) closed and opened different projects. However, it was gone when I opened a new Cakewalk session. More importantly (at least to me), when I tried to save the little-time-box-on state in a Workspace, either the state was not saved or it was not restored. I hope this additional feedback is useful.

However, I have no idea with Melodyne player which after the trial expires. Maybe works? Thanks for digging out that link!! (I tend to try first and if the hands-on method doesn't work intuitively or as expected, then I check the online docs / reference guide.) So far I have only used variations of this method: "Drag an audio file from the Browser and drop it on a MIDI or Instrument track" although I have also dragged *.mp3, *.wav, and *.other files from a third-party file browser. I have too many things to do at the present, but that page you cited makes me wonder (1) what I can do with the other methods and (2) if the results will be different from the transparent method I have been using. So, thanks for leading me to the other options; I will put them on my to-do list to try.

My musical boats often float on crisscrossing/overlapping waves of ping-pong (and other) delay echoes. So, this could be used with any instruments hard-panned left or right. Just wanted to mention that because it really does depend on the sonic tapestry you as composer want. This is just one of millions of options to choose from.

Maybe its a feature of Cakewalk that uses Melodyne and not something that is available in other DAWs that only have Melodyne Essential? Just a guess. I raise this possibility because I had used the feature in Cakewalk several times before someone in the forum mentioned it uses Melodyne. When I drag an audio file (mp3, wav, etc.) to a midi track there is no sign that it is using Melodyne. So, to me, I just thought it was functionality built into Cakewalk.

For what its worth, I have been missing the old style set of tools--pre X Sonars--where we had the editing tools in the Staff View pane itself (as opposed to the Tools Module on the Control Bar). Maybe if the devs put that back it could also have the functionality you describe above. That way, maybe they could leave the functionality of the Tools Module the way it currently exists in order not to affect the workflows when not using the Staff View. Just a thought.

I never used this feature, so thanks for mentioning it. I just tried it several times with four different synths by right clicking in the track header area (both midi and instrument tracks). It worked for me with the recent synths I had listed. Not sure if there is a behavior preference setting somewhere that controls this. I looked but couldn't find any.

Also, I couldn't find them as choices for the Custom Module.