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Not sure if you have tried using a custom Workspace. It can be used to exclude some features / distractions. For example, here's one I call "No Views"--it has just the minimal views possible: Functions in Views that have been excluded from a custom Workspace are also excluded. Compare the one above with the following Views: --from a discussion when one user had an issue with the Video View: More often than not, discussions of Workspaces come up when some users find Views and the features they use are accidentally excluded or someone has chosen the "wrong" factory Workspace. But, I have found customized Workspaces can be used to focus on specific workflow tasks. Just an option for reducing features / distractions. Another option is to customize the Control Bar by showing a limited set of modules or by setting unneeded Control Bar modules as Collapsed.

Did anyone else try Ubuntu Studio when it first came out? Word on the street: it was intended to make things easier for creative types so they didn't have to be Linux Geeks. In my admittedly limited personal experience with Linux, having music apps bundled with Ubuntu was a good start, but it wasn't anywhere sufficient for me to try to give up my existing music-making tools (which included SONAR). It still would have required too much to teach myself what I already knew how to do. I see that Ubuntu Studio 23.10 was released in October. I note with interest that it includes OBS Studio version 29.1.3. If in addition to Cakewalk Next and Cakewalk Sonar, there were a Cakewalk Performer that (1) could exchange files with Next and Sonar, (2) would allow for multitrack recording of live streamed performances, and (3) would be geared towards live, realtime performance modalities, I could see that being useful to a number of different music creating communities.

I have played with Sitala before and was going to test it on my current PC, but considering I never use it (I have other tools I can use), I will not be buying the new version. In fact, I didn't even know it became non-free. The older version used to work with CbB. Maybe someone else who has the current [i.e., paid] version should give it a try to see if it still works in CbB?

Better double check the sheep! ?

Part 1: No, you cannot record MIDI notes by clicking on the image of the keyboard in the SI-String Section VSTi Window with your mouse. Part 2: You can record MIDI notes by clicking on the image of the keyboard in the Virtual Controller. No: <------ SI-String Section (plug-in) Yes: <------ Virtual Controller (built into Cakewalk)

I don't think the system checks to see if you are repeating yourself

To anyone thinking about replying to the OP or my reply here, please be advised that several hours later, the OP posted the same question.

In fact, I did reply!!!!!

Oh. I thought I replied to this a few hours ago. ?

Pressing the keys on the UI's keyboard with a mouse does not generate midi note data. Same thing with SI-Drums and the others. See for example: You can use the built-in virtual controller.

How do you keep it from installing Magix Low Latency Drivers? I tried over the span of several years and never stumbled onto the solution. Each time they totally messed up my audio. Thx.

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE!!! But if you are tempted to worry, you could read this (MS UWP Documentation) or this (MS UWP Documentation on MIDI) . JMO: Choose your battles--life's too short to try to figure out what MS has done. Or as the legendary telephone repair man said back in the 60s or 70s, "If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it." ?

In my experience MME Midi Driver Mode works better for "legacy" MIDI gear. One of my basic diagnostic suggestions when someone says their MIDI gear which worked perfectly for years suddenly doesn't work is to check the Midi Driver Mode. Sometimes the issue is that the mode was switched to UWP. To change it back if that's the issue, any loaded projects need to closed (at least the last time I looked it did). Mostly, it's nothing to worry about as @OutrageProductions says, but sometimes it is helpful to know what that setting does. Someone (at least one person) explained or summarized the differences between the older mode (MME) and the newer one (UWP). It might have been msmcleod. If I find any explanations / summaries, I will add them here.** UPDATE: See Noel's article linked to by @OutrageProductions below. (Thanks for digging out that article!!!) **UPDATE: Sorry; couldn't any. If interested (not recommended unless you have an issue with MIDI devices suddenly not working) is to search the forum for UWP. Don't look up MME because that is also an Audio Driver Mode!

Thanks for raising this issue and for all the contributions. I picked up SuperLooper a few years ago, but found it didn't meet my needs. It has had some changes since then, and this discussion is useful and has helped me to put it on my list of things to retry.

Good news! I mean that Bome meets your needs, not that Cakewalk sysex is dead to you. ? Someday I might use my P2500 again as a sound module. Over the past few years I have been testing the use of the 4 x 4 knob array as a generic midi controller as part of a new live performance workflow for some specific soft synths. Sometimes as a quick and easy to use drummer. Before taking apart miles of MIDI cables, I had all my BPM modules using the P2500 as a Master MIDI Clock source. Having the clock on Port B served as a handy mnemonic: B is for Beats. ? Great to hear from someone who is also still using theirs!

Yeah I have seen others mention Bome's. It's like MIDI-OX as understand. I'd be interested in your results--especially if successful! Ho Ho Ho!!!!

Did some quick tests with MIDI-OX. With full bank dumps: some loss of data at 0000; upped to 0030; some successes and loss of data. With Current Multi: 1 data underrun followed by three 1373 captures. No tests sending anything back. Maybe another day. If I weren't so old, I'd try coding an Arduino to do sysex captures at various serial port speeds. With the Hairless MIDI<-->Serial Bridge. Might be cool to encode some dump request macros and see if the transfer can happen at 115200 bps. Proteus Pal. FYI, I've played with Royce Craven's Patch Librarian with the intent of assembling my own banks, but haven't used it in years--ever since I started diving into trying to do music with soft synths. I might try that Librarian one of these days to see if that also has issues with dumps.

See http://legacy.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=SYSX.13.html . PS: I did a deep dive into the E-Mu data formats, handshaking protocols, and sysex commands so long ago I don't remember all the finer details. I will double check, but IIRC the max packet size is 256 bytes. I probably still have the spreadsheets comparing the 1607-byte preset format (P2K) and 1615-byte format (CS/P2500). Egads!!! This brings back memories of when I used to be young and had the mental energy to figure all that out and the stamina to write some tools personal tools. ?

I'd have to check, but that sounds right. One of the CbB configuration tweaks would probably be geared towards that, I seem to remember 2 of them--possibly speed and inter packet delay. I rarely used them. Perhaps they are more important on newer PCs and newer interfaces. 1000 ms would be overkill on my PC send to Cakewalk. Today I tried 0010, 0020, and 0000, but I only did about 10-12 dumps. I was surprised, but it was also around 50% successful at 0000. I don't have the patience to do more than 0020. ? Maybe I will try 300 and make another cup of tea!!! ?