Jim Fogle

@chuckebaby, I'm confused. Okay so you place focus on a track so you can work on the track while a second track is selected. What can you do with the selected track? Why would you want to have a selected track while working on the track in focus?

@Olaf, I don't think I've seen a post where multiple feedback suggestions are presented in a poll so your post will be a first for this forum. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

Keeping the track number first and then the track label as the name for exported tracks makes sense to me. One of the things that makes Cakewalk by BandLab useful to so many different people is how adaptable the program is. It's not unusual for studios and libraries to have a unique track naming convention so allowing a user to specify a naming convention for exported tracks makes sense.

Pretty nice idea, I like it.

@Gary Shore Wow, thanks for sharing your timestamped outline. It will be very helpful.

@yeto, here is a 10 minute video on creating realistic audio tracks using VST guitars:

Olaf, I agree a discussion about intent is a little off topic. I apologize for that even though I'm actually enjoying having a civil discussion. Civil discussions seem to have lost favor as a way to exchange different points of view. You last post gave me an idea. When you create a new topic there are two tabs across the top, one for discussions and one for polls. How about creating a poll for each of the 76 suggestions?

Robert with Home Studio Simplified recently created a seven minute YouTube video that covers some common Cakewalk by BandLab installation issues. I thought I'd post the link so forum members can easily point to the video as a step toward resolving the issue.

Mike with Creative Sauce posted a video demonstrating the steps to enable the disabled plugins. The video is available here: https://youtu.be/CNX2TzX4nAs

@Bill Phillips, To add onto your post, for those that are not aware (like I wasn't) the little box is called the Track Manager Dialog. In the Console View the Track Manager Dialog can be called by pressing the letter "h" on your computer keyboard or "Strips" menu > "Track Manager". In the "Tracks" menu > "Track Manager".

In one respect it is nice placing all your suggestions in one post. It illustrates your desire for change and indicates you have given the post considerable consideration. The issue is I (using the generic I in this case) may not agree with all 75 suggestions. Or I may want to discuss or clarify some of them. Placing all of your suggestions in one post makes it more difficult for me to agree or disagree with each suggestion. My personal opinion is I would rather see one or two ideas presented for consideration in each thread so each suggestion can be debated and rise or fall on it's own merit. However, everyone has their own method of doing things and my personal preference does not make that preference the best way because there is no best way in most cases.

@Starise, Thanks for creating and sharing the video. For one I didn't realize how easy it is to convert from monophonic audio to midi using Melodyne. I know ARA 2 lets Melodyne integrate with Cakewalk but that's the first video where what that means really sinks in. Another user informed me the Assistant, Editor and editions of Melodyne can transform a monophonic audio track to midi. Cakewalk by BandLab offers the demo edition of Melodyne through the add on Cakewalk app button in BandLab Assistant. PG Music's Band-in-a-Box program includes a feature that can convert a monophonic audio track to an audio track but the method is MUCH more complex than the method you demonstrated. Some people may not be aware but all Band-in-a-Box for Windows packages include the identical Band-in-a-Box program. So all have midi from monophonic audio capability.

Great first episode Mike! You have some good ideas of things to do when beginning a song project. I really liked the idea of using tap tempo while listening to a rehearsal track to set the project tempo and using Studio Instrument drums to create a click track that matches the "feel" of the song. I'm looking forward to the next episode.

@Eddie, please leave your link. I'm sure some beginners will follow your link and find exactly the information they hoped to find while my link will not help at all. For other beginners just the reverse will be true. The more links to choose from the more likely a beginner will find this thread useful. Again, thank you for placing the link.

@Skyline_UK, Thanks for detailing your test and posting your test results. Excellent work and nice information for all interested users as well as the developers.

@Eddie, while I agree your link has merit I think that it is biased toward the Mac operating system by using GarageBand for it's examples. Since Cakewalk by BandLab operates on the Windows operating system and is not a cross platform application I believe it is in the best interest for beginners that whatever links provided in this thread be either operating system agnostic or biased toward the Windows operating system. A short internet search revealed MANY "first studio" internet articles ARE biased toward the Mac operating system. In fact I'd go so far as to say the vast majority of articles are based on the reader having a Mac computer or laptop or Ipad as the starting platform. There are relatively few articles that are operating system agnostic or directed toward those using Windows computers. One I found is Your First Home Recording Studio. Take a look and see what you think.

@mu:zines, you've created quite the site and have a whale of an archive to be a one person operation. Really glad to see you're aware of this forum and decided to become a member. Welcome aboard! @Michael A.D., Yep, now that you mention it I believe I did find the link to mu:zines from following the review link you posted. Thanks for posting the link in the first place and reminding me where I ran across it.

@Vernon Barnes, I apologize for repeating your suggestion. In my zeal to post a response I did not look hard enough at the prior suggestions and overlooked your response. My apologies for stepping on your toes. I'm am glad that I provided additional information you were not aware of.

@Starship Krupa, too bad you can't mark this thread - Resolved - ? That is about as fast as I've ever seen an idea implemented.

Hopefully the panic button will never go away. You don't need it often but, like any good specialized tool, when you need it nothing else will do. I'm most excited about two way communication enabling property exchange and profiles. To visualize an example of what is possible think of how sound engines like Kontakt, SampleTank, UVI Workstation or Halion can assume the personality of whatever instrument is loaded into a library. Now imagine connecting a surface controller controlling Cakewalk by BandLab which is acting as the host DAW. When the piano roll view is opened the soft synth tells the piano roll view what it is so note values take on the names and colors from the VST. The surface controller will reconfigure from controlling the DAW to controlling the VST. Change the focus to another track and another VST and the PRV and surface controller follow. If the VST uses an Eastern scale so will the PRV. For Cakewalk by Bandlab the possibilities are endless. Connect a midi device and it and the DAW have a dialog that sets everything up. It just works.

Great response. Rompler, sound module, how a software instrument is made - each is worthy of their own discussion.

Timing and sync issues are sometimes caused by audio setting mismatch. For example recording at 44.1K while the prerecorded music tracks are at 48K. An example is a project audio setting differs from computer operating system audio setting. Verify project recording sample rate = project playback sample rate = Windows Control Panel audio setting.

@Matthew Sorrels, When you use the term, rompler, I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Does this Wkipedia discussion accurately reflect your use of the term? I'm thinking of this sentence in particular:

One you may want to investigate is Realivox Ladies by Realitone. There are lite and full versions for Kontakt and the free Kontakt player. At this time holiday pricing still in play.

Mu:zines is a non-commercial, labor-of-love archive project to collect, scan and re-publish old music production magazines in an accessible, and searchable form, for reference and general interest purposes. It is also a crowdsourcing effort to obtain the issues we are missing, to help us to build up a complete archive of issues for archival purposes. I suspect forum member @Craig Anderton might find this project interesting since Craig has written for many magazines and been an editor for a few. Of course, BandLab Technologies owns MusicTech magazine which is about music production so BT may have an interest in helping the archive to grow.