user905133

Loss Prevention measure in a store?

Interesting. Back in the day, I got used to micro-editing MIDI data in ticks.

6 hours ago, sjoens said:

I love it when voting throws all the posts out of order.... 

Is the SORT BY DATE option not working any more?

UPDATE: It looks like our sorting preference gets reset.  😞 

38 minutes ago, Akaham said:

Hi. I have a usb controller that whenever I try mapping it to remote control functions, it won't let me save the project stating "general error". I've opened projects and tried other changes then save - no issues. It's only after I assign remote control values to my usb controller. 

Something odd.

Maybe some of the other threads on General Errors will help answer your question.  I haven't experienced them myself, but here's a search link that might help: 

https://discuss.cakewalk.com/search/?&q="general error"&quick=1&item=83740&search_and_or=or&sortby=relevancy  

Thanks for the heads up. This time the Syntronik 2.1.2 update was indeed downloaded and installed.  🙂 Thanks to IK for getting this fixed.

Maybe this list / mini guide to new features will help?

7 minutes ago, Sock Monkey said:

I’ve answered plenty of the OP’s questions over the last few years and have adapted to their style which is very limited information indeed. 

Thanks for confirming that.    

36 minutes ago, Sock Monkey said:

If you read the other answers you would see you only repeated what was already stated.

25 minutes ago, David Baay said:

Too many cooks serving too few customers. 😜

For the record, my comments and the "Too many cooks" comment were submitted at the same time. 

25 minutes ago, Sock Monkey said:

If you read the other answers you would see you only repeated what was already stated. 
And it was  clear exactly what the OP was doing and now they understand why. Solved. 

The original post just referred to "separate tracks" and then "separate drum tracks."  It was also unclear to me what kind of tracks the OP was using / wanted to use.

On 1/19/2025 at 10:11 AM, tdehan said:

I have a project I've been working on where the drums are all on separate tracks.  I would like the ability to control the overall drum volume without having to adjust the slider on each separate drum track.  How can I achieve this?

Thanks!

Amberwolf sought to clarify the kind of tracks being used because of the ambiguity.  Later on the OP stated:

15 hours ago, tdehan said:

I thought I did!  I said it as ttS=1... that's MIDI right? [emphasis added]

Saying "that's MIDI right?" is ambiguous, too. If "that" = "TTS-1," to me it looks like either the OP doesn't understand something or just responded haphazardly.  The way I see it, Amberwold sought to err on the side of clarifying the possible misunderstanding, perhaps for the benefit of the OP, perhaps for the benefit of others.

I would say TTS-1 responds to MIDI data, but that's me. Saying TTS-1 is MIDI, says nothing about the tracks being used and the OP did not include an image of the track headers. 

Unfortunately not everyone communicates as clearly as they could every time. 

JMO: Clarifications of ambiguities is not a bad thing. 

2 hours ago, David Baay said:

I . . . don’t think it’s possible; drums are strictly channel 10 for GM compatibility.

1 hour ago, Sock Monkey said:

The drums and percussion are a Bank. You choose the bank and the different kits are available for all channels . . .

I no longer have the TTS-1 as I have excluded it but for sure I have done this in the past and loaded percussion or the different kits into channels 11 and 12 to double up on sounds. A common technique for beefing up lame GM patches. 

Interesting.  With my Roland M-GS64s (which have much in common with the TTS-1), I used to set two adjacent channels (10 and 11 IIRC) to Drum Maps for the same purpose. I can't remember if I tried this strategy with TTS-1.  I'll have to make some time to try it. 

Honorable Mention (because with the oopsies, I lost track and don't want to risk being off topic--whichever one is current): "Call Any Vegetable" [multiple versions available online including ones featuring Flo and Eddie] - Rutabay-ee-ay-guh, Rutabay-ee-ay-guh, Rutabay-guh 😉 

Link to article on Vegetables . 

Carry on with the current association whatever it is.

1 hour ago, Starship Krupa said:

WhiIe I agree, I don't understand why certain things like the "retrieve password" mechanism is still on the site when it has been non-functional for over 6 years.

Why keep the email links when the email sent via the links won't be answered? Especially if it says it's sending an email when it's not.

Why not just tell befuddled users that in order to reactivate Cakewalk accounts, they should contact BandLab support, and have a link for that?

I can only guess: (1) Maybe because they only have the rights to archive it, not to reorganize/recode it. (2) Maybe they have limited staffing resources and those are going into making the new products, top notch. I don't have any special insights; those are just some possibilities off the top of my head.

I took the question to be, "Why are the old / legacy web pages still there?" Personally I have gone there over the past couple of years and looked stuff up. As I said, it has a wealth of information.  I would hate to see it taken down.  I have no idea what would be involved in rewriting the old pages, if it is even permitted under the terms of the agreement.

Caveat: I used to worry about things I have no control over, too, but in my advanced age I am trying not to worry as much as I used to.

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Why not just tell befuddled users that in order to reactivate Cakewalk accounts, they should contact BandLab support, and have a link for that?

Over the past several months I thought I saw a help page that had what you are asking for.  I am not as good at finding things I saw previously as I was even a few months ago, but I will look.

UPDATE: Try this page. last item on the right side (articles).  Nope.  That doesn't help.  AHA!! FOUND IT!!! It's under the Worriers article: "What happened to the old SONAR? What happens to everything I paid for?"

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If you’re unsure of the status of your products, email us at support@cakewalk.com for assistance!

56 minutes ago, Sock Monkey said:

Second post in a few days regarding the old web site when people are looking for Sonar. Why on earth is it still there??? 

Because it has a wealth of useful information.

8 hours ago, Bristol_Jonesey said:

That's weird. The forum software has notified me that you quoted me in this post, but you haven't. 🤨

I could be mistaken, but I think a few years ago you explained to me how even though I didn't "use" screensets they were in use by default.  Maybe that was someone else; my memory isn't what it used to be. I'll see if I can find that discussion. 

Double points:

• From the Utopia Album Ra, Communion with the Sun 

Bonus factoid: "A snippet from "Jupiter: Bringer of Jollity" from Holst's "The Planets" can be heard at the start of Zappa's track Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin on Absolutely Free (1967)."

 It sounds like you used to know your password for your Cakewalk account.  If that's the issue, try contacting support@cakewalk.com .

Just to let you know, it wasn't until I saw @57Gregy's "See your other thread." reply that I knew for sure you were talking about the product known as Cakewalk by Bandlab. I had a suspicion it wasn't Cakewalk Sonar, so I asked what version of Cakewalk you were using. "The version is the exact same being the latest version" didn't help.

FYI: If you are interested in Cakewalk Sonar, you can find it here. If you want to try it out (no saving or exporting), scroll to the bottom to the Download link. 

3 hours ago, User 905133 said:

Do you have more than one MIDI Track pointed to the same synth in your example? If not, do you get the "Replace Synth for All Tracks Using This Synth" option when you add another MIDI track pointed to the same synth?  

Out of curiosity, what version of Cakewalk do you have on your old and new computer?

2 hours ago, C T said:

The version is the exact same being the latest version. I used to just be able to right click and replace synth option for the two tracks but now I have to keep adding a third track. 

Thank you for your reply. Maybe someone else has other ideas for you.

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From an e-mail:

To welcome you in the New (and productive) year 2025, we have just dropped a major update across our product line. The release of v17.03 brings a slew of new features, enhancements, and fixes, focusing on improved workflow, creative exploration, and stability. All our updates are free, so you can just launch your MPluginManager and let it update all your stuff.

Note: Since I allow Melda beta updates I updated to 17.03 within the past two weeks.  However, the current 17.03 has been updated from what I had.  

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• 17.03 changes
  • MSoundFactory Added new instrument Hyperboy, Dark tech
  • Added Bells mode to all graphs, so that you can edit them as classic EQ curves.
  • Introduced a new style, Charcoal, and set it as the default.
  • MSoundFactory Added possibility to add per-voice modulation buttons to easy screen.
  • Added “Invert values” to the multiparameter banks menu.
  • Added Channels configuration tab with Channel mask to the MIDI settings window.
  • MSoundFactory Added MPE Zone config to the MIDI settings window.
  • MSoundFactory Added “Generate from plugin output” feature into the Wavetable menu.
  • Added copy & paste to Module bank manager.
  • Paths in plugin settings are now stored relative to the home folder (if inside), so that you can easily transfer projects between computers if you have files inside home folders.
  • MSoundFactory Added legato customization parameters MSampler - "Switch time from transition”, “Switch shape”.
  • MSpectralDynamics Threshold curve is not limited to reasonable values when saving anymore, since it is possible to change it via Threshold parameter.
  • Added access to other multiparameters from MP value mode expressions.
  • MDrumReplacer can now work in mono configuration too.
  • MUtility Added 4 multiparameters and 2 modulators to MUtility.
  • MXXX (and all variations) now have 256 multiparameters.
  • MDrummer MXXX MSoundFactory Added Menu button to MDrummer even when instantiated in MXXX or MSoundFactory.
  • Added "Use performance cores" option to Advanced global system settings.
  • Added 70% resize option to plugin style configuration window.
  • Minor improvements and fixes.
  • Fix Module bank manager Delete feature didn’t work correctly.
  • Fix MSoundFactory Meldway sometimes crashes when loading large presets.
  • Fix MAutoAlign MAutoAlign didn’t work properly if the processing sampling rate changed (DAW oversampling) after analysis.
  • Fix Zooming in oscillators / harmonics mode sometimes didn’t update properly.
  • Fix MChorusMB Device Ghosts could cause infinite feedback.
  • Fix The plugin did not correctly split the size between itself and its meters when reopened or between the easy and edit screens.
  • Fix MXXX MCompressor Disable side-chain input when disabling the Side-chain panel in MCompressor.
  • Fix Plugin VST3 resizing issues under macOS and Reaper.

6 hours ago, C T said:

On my old PC with the same version of Cakewalk, I used to be able to just right click the midi track here circled in red, and in this drop down menu, an option to "Replace Synth for All Tracks Using This Synth..." would appear. This MIDI icon on the track would also have a square outline instead of a flat icon. I don't know how to bring this option back. Also please don't suggest me to use the synth rack view to replace it.

Interesting.  I never tried changing a synth en masse like that on a MIDI Track since the "Replace Synth . . . " options were added a couple of years ago. Since then I have replaced synths many times but by changing an Instrument Track.

BTW, I only use the Synth Rack View on special occasions myself and rarely have it showing in my custom Workspaces. So I can understand that not being a preferred solution.

Do you have more than one MIDI Track pointed to the same synth in your example? If not, do you get the "Replace Synth for All Tracks Using This Synth" option when you add another MIDI track pointed to the same synth?  

Out of curiosity, what version of Cakewalk do you have on your old and new computer?

2 hours ago, LeoSpit said:

well, I had this issue and searched a lot and never get the answers... so, i figured it out myself and spread the answer towards the topics I did not get an answer... helping the community. 

Thanks for the explanation. It seemed odd to me to find three identical posts added within several minutes of each other to threads that were started in 2019, 2020, and 2022.  "Wait a sec. Didn't I just read this new post?"  Glad to see you found a set of steps that work! 

31 minutes ago, kitekrazy1 said:

Try..............KVR.................always happens in Bargain Center gossip.  I somehow left it out.

It's a trademark there.

Thanks for the clarification.  There have indeed been comments here about KVR's reputation for allowing all sorts of negative posts there.  Once I started reading a few sub forums there, I did see what seemed to me relentless / aggressive attacks on some makers of music software or some of their products.  I generally don't intentionally visit subforums like that. On the other hand I have seen at least one case where someone important (I presume a moderator?) closed down a thread that contained legitimate gripes.  Not sure if that was because KVR makes money from sales, if the moderator really likes the company's products, or other reasons why some threads get closed even if the criticisms are legit.  

Anyhow thanks for the clarification re: KRV.

6 hours ago, User 905133 said:

Thanks for the reminder to run Sync at least once a month.  I previously ran it two months ago (14 Nov) and needed to update two of my CA products (plus Sync itself, which also needed to be updated). Nice to see CA making improvements!

I misspoke--sort of.  I did refer to running Sync at least once a month. As it turns out after updating Sync and the two products that needed to be updated a few hours ago, Sync now tells me I have three products to update, the two that I updated earlier today plus a third one.