Jim Fogle

@Keeper, where did you find the checkbox in Preferences?

I use the Korg NanoKontrol2 so I'm not able to help you with the surface controllers you name. The NanoKontrol2 has a Cakewalk mapping. When looking at the product documentation you may see a reference to Sonar instead of Cakewalk. The name of the software changed from Sonar to Cakewalk during the move from Gibson to Bandlab. If the products have been around for awhile there is a good chance there map maybe for Sonar which should work just fine with Cakewalk.

@XBaker, Have you tried using a QCon editor program to determine what address the fader is using? Is it possible two faders may be assigned the same midi address? Are you using ACT to communicate with the control surfaces? If so, have you tried using the self learn feature to manually assign an address to the fader?

@Eddie, That was so nice of you to create this small project to illustrate your findings. I find it much easier to understand the meaning through example.

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@sjoensI understand completely. I have to be very cautious whenever I'm around electronics and ground myself at every opportunity. My cell phone resets multiple times a day. I can break a VU meter by waving my hand in front of the meter. My Father and I use to buy wristwatches at the same time. We would wear each others for a few days and both watches would stop. Then we would swap watches and the watches would work. again.

@charles kaslerThe downloadable pdf file Table of Contents is searchable. Every entry can be selected by clicking on the Table of Contents text. Your mouse cursor will change to a pointing finger as it hovers over a link. The links are not identified with a light blue color and underline like they are with web pages. The index is searchable. Every entry can be selected by clicking on a page number. Again the cursor changes from an arrow to a pointing finger. As mentioned earlier keystrokes Ctrl+F opens a Windows search window at the bottom of the screen. Beside the box to enter text there are up and down arrows to quickly move between instances where the text occurs. There is also a counter that states how many times the text is found. Many pdf readers have a text based search function that works similar to the Control F search window mentioned above. Search is normally identified with a magnifying lens, or spy glass, icon.

If you have 2023 Band-in-a-Box for Windows you will most certainly want to download and install the -- build 1010 -- update released today, March 09. Summary of changes for Build 1010 (since 1006) (March 9, 2023) Fixed: Flat symbols displaying as B when using PG Chords font. Fixed: Possible "1400 Invalid Window Handle" error when saving a song or exiting the program. Fixed: GUI freeze when playing a song that has "N/A" RealTracks. Fixed: Crash if resizing the floating Audio Edit window very small. Fixed: Deleting or inserting a region of audio did not move the automation nodes. Fixed: Wrong number of bars imported when importing MIDI if using "Number of blank bars to insert at beginning". Fixed: Importing a single-track MIDI file should automatically import onto the currently selected track. Fixed: Utility track MIDI channel not saved in songs. Fixed: When opening a song file from Explorer to launch a second instance of the program, the first instance would also open the song. Fixed: RealTracks favorites are not saved between program sessions. Fixed: Crash if cancelling a batch render to mp3. Fixed: Failure to open files with semicolon in the file name. Fixed: CTRL+SHIFT+N did not switch open the Big Piano window if the Notation window was open. Fixed: CTRL+ALT+N did not switch viewing modes in the Notation window. Fixed: Underlying audio track is audible when recording over it. Fixed: Freeze occurs when deleting the last note on a track in the Notation window. Fixed: Frozen RealDrums might not generate after song has been reopened. Fixed: Pre-record dialog allowed recording audio onto the Thru track. Fixed: Track menu "Choose No RealDrums for this track" does not cause Mixer to redraw. Fixed: RealTracks selected by the Soloist dialog become refrozen often accompanied by "Soloist track has been LOCKED" flash message. Fixed: WMA loops in a song or style would not load if the M4A file was available. Fixed: Loading a style should remove plugins. Added: "Delete decompressed WAV files when loading songs" setting added to Audio Edit settings dialog. Fixed: Loading a style like M_CBOOGI.STY does not load the Hi-Q patch in the style. Updated: Sforzando v1.973 included. Updated: PDF manuals, help files. DAW Plugin build 5.1.25 Release notes Fixed: Clicking on part marker after entering chord will delete entry Fixed: Insert/Remove bar does not include part marker Fixed: Copy/Paste bar does not include part marker Fixed: Closing plugin window while multiple dialogs are open can cause memory leak Fixed: Cannot retrieve activation dialog behind other windows Fixed: Generate indicator starts flashing after moving tracks to project folder Fixed: Cannot load song with MIDI utility tracks Fixed: RealCharts are only visible after tracks are generated Fixed: Files created during song opening should be in timestamped folder Fixed: Chord sheet does not scroll when moving playback bar to beginning Fixed: Plugin lags during playback of long songs Fixed: Plugin loads wrong default chord font Fixed: Chord Progression entries double after opening Preferences dialog Fixed: Plugin should recognize that 12/8=4/4 etc. Fixed: Removed options to clear and load instrument on Style Mix track Fixed: Custom track on style page does not clear Fixed: Custom tracks loaded from saved song do not contain "=" marker Fixed: Utility track loaded from saved song does not have correct track description Fixed: Tracks do not clear on first attempt RealTracks and Content Notes Fixed: RealDrums/Stems JazzSwingModern and JazzSwingModernBrushes did not work. Fixed: Five RealTracks were assigned incorrect holds (Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Hank Sw 120, Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Dire Ev 140, Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Hank Sw 065, Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm OldWorld2Beat Ev16 140, Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm Blues12-8Brent Sw 065) Improved: These RealTracks previously used full chording shots & holds, but now more correctly use single-notes: Piano, Acoustic, Soloist Bossa Ev 140 Piano, Acoustic, Soloist Bossa Ev 085 Piano, Acoustic, Soloist Bossa Ev 190 Added: New style - _APPEARS.sty was missing from RT set 424. Added: New styles - _CLOUDS.STY and _LUNDI.STY should be included in the bonus 49PAK. Fixed: _TINES had wrong long stylen name in StylePicker. Improved: Many RealDrums were missing long substyle descriptions, which have now been added. E.G. PercFestejoPeru^, FunkModernDiscoEv16^ Improved: RealTracks Picker memos have been added for some RealTracks that were previously missing them. Fixed: The artist bio for Shobhit Banwait was not showing up. Improved: Artist Performance Sets 13 & 14, lyrics added to the lyric document dialog. Fixed: Demo for _LATNBLU.sty loaded the wrong style Fixed: RT2615:Bass, Electric, FunkPumpingQuarters Ev 100 was playing incorrect notes for certain chords. Fixed: _MISTNYC had odd groove mismatches between instruments Fixed: The CountryEv8 drum style is supposed to use brushes for the A section, but at tempos near 100 it was playing sticks Fixed: _Perch.sty missing from StylePicker. Fixed: The demo for _CAVERNB was using a different RealDrum than the style itself Fixed: The shots and holds for RealTrack 2619:Organ, Rhythm Funk Ev 100 were playing two tones above what was entered Fixed: The audiophile version of 3467:Bass, Electric, AmericanaSyncSteveAB Ev16 085 had some notes that were quiter than others. Fixed: The notation for 2696:Bass, Synth, TropicalHouseA-B Ev 120, 2694:Bass, Synth, TropicalHouseOffBeat Ev 120 and 2695:Bass, Synth, TropicalHouseSync Ev 120 was in a higher octave than what was being played Fixed: Audiophile edition: RealDrums BebopLatin2Swing^ & JazzModernShuffle^, as well as the Direct Input Holds 330 would play nothing but static Fixed: The 146 tempo of JazzWaltzTerryClarke^ RealDrums would have dropouts in some bars Fixed: The demo for _LATNBLU.sty would load STRAYST8.sty Fixed: _SUNDRY.sty had silent audio demo Fixed: The demo for =PICNIC.sty previously had a horn section on one of the tracks that was not supposed to be there Fixed: RT4270: Bass, Electric, ProgRockTOAB Ev16 090 was not playing Sus chords. Fixed: RT4013: Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModPopDistortedLoArp Ev16 65 was playing some incorrect notes Fixed: Most of the Synthmaster presets did not have working demos when you double-clicked on them Updated: Help file, manual, tips, etc. Improved: Transcriptions, transitions between chords, as well as new simple variation options, have been made to many of the RealTracks from the December 2022 release. S=Simple added, T=Transcription improved, M=Improved transitions between riffs. List below: Piano, Acoustic, Soloist Bossa Ev 085 (SM) Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm BossaLHComp Ev 085 (S) Piano, Acoustic, Soloist Bossa Ev 190 (SM) Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm BossaLHComp Ev 190 (S) Guitar, Lap Steel, Background BluesSlow128 Sw 065 (TSM) Guitar, Lap Steel, Background BluesFunky Ev 120 (TSM) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm BluesShuffleSyncBasic Sw 120 (TS) Harmonica, BackgroundSoloist BluesGrittyPat Ev 120 (SM) Harmonica, BackgroundSoloist BluesGrittyPat Ev 085 (SM) Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm JazzRockSoul Ev 130 (S) Bass, Electric, SoulRock70sAB Ev 100 (TSM) Bass, Electric, Soul60sSlow128AB Sw 060 (TSM) Sitar, Background SlowSwing16thsAnwar Sw16 075 (M) Bass, Electric, MetalModernJoshAB Ev 120 (SM) Bass, Electric, MetalModernDoubleTimeJosh Ev 120 (SM) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm MetalModernChugDouble12keyNico Ev16 120 (S) Guitar, Lap Steel, Soloist BluesShuffleRob Sw 120 (TSM) Bass, Electric, ProgRockTOAB Ev16 090 (TSM) Guitar, Electric, Soloist ProgRockTO Ev 090 (TSM) Harmonica, BackgroundSoloist RockShuffleGrittyPat Sw 110 (SM) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModCountrySlow128PowerHeldPlus Sw 050 (S) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModCountrySlow128PowerChug Sw 050 (S) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModCountrySlow128PulsingDelay Sw 050 (SM) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModCountrySlow128DreamyHiPads Sw 050 (SM) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModCountrySlow128LoPadsDelay Sw 050 (SM) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm NashvilleWaltzDistArpeg Sw 120 (TSM) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm NashvilleWaltzDistPowerChordsHeld Sw 120 (TSM) Guitar, Baritone Electric, Rhythm NashvilleWaltzMelodicTremolo Sw 120 (M) Guitar, Electric, Soloist ModernCountry16thsBrent Ev16 060 (SM) Guitar, Baritone Electric, Rhythm ModCountrySlowSw16Tremolo Sw16 060 (SM) Guitar, Electric, Soloist CountryCoolSw16Johnny Sw16 090 (M) Guitar, Lap Steel, Background BluesShuffleRob Sw 120 (TSM) Guitar, Electric, Soloist Soul70sRelaxedPat Ev 100 (SM) Guitar, Lap Steel, Background CountryPopGrittyShuffle Sw 110 (SM) Guitar, Lap Steel, Background CountryPopGritty Ev 120 (SM) Guitar, Electric, Soloist NashvilleShuffleGrittyBrent Sw 110 (TS) Guitar, Electric, Soloist ChicagoBluesPat Sw 140 (TS) Bass, Electric, BluesFunkyAB Ev 120 (S) Bass, Electric, BluesShuffleAB Sw 110 (TS) Bass, Electric, BluesFunkyAB Ev 085 (TS) Bass, Electric, PopSwingBouncyAB Sw 120 (TS) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm BluesShuffleSync Sw 120 (TS) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm BluesFunky Ev 120 (TS) Piano, Acoustic, Soloist Bossa Ev 140 (S) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm FunkLondonMuteWah Ev16 120 (TSM) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm FunkLondonSoulRiffsTrem Ev16 120 (TSM) Guitar, Lap Steel, Background BluesFunkyRob Ev 085 (S) Guitar, Lap Steel, Background BluesSlowShuffleRob Sw 085 (TSM) Guitar, Electric, Soloist BluesSlow128Johnny Sw 60 (TS) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm LatinRock Ev 125 (TM) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm LatinRockDbl Ev 125 (TM) Guitar, Electric, Soloist LatinRock Ev 125 (M) Bass, Electric, SoulFunk70sSw16AB Sw16 090 (TSM) Bass, Electric, SoulFunk70sAB Ev 100 (TSM) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm SoulFunk70s Ev 100 (TSM) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm MetalModernArpeggio12keyNico Ev 120 (MS) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm MetalModernSyncHi12keyNico Ev 120 (MS) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm MetalModernPowerHeldPlus12keyNico Ev 120 (MS) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm MetalModernStaccatoSync12keyNico Ev 120 (MS) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm MetalModernChugDouble12keyNico Ev16 120 (M) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm MetalModernChugging12keyNico Ev 120 (MS) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernPopFastRockHiStrum Ev 170 (TS) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernPopFastRockHiRiffs Ev 170 (TS) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernPopFastRock1-noteBreakMid Ev 170 (TS) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernPopFastRock1-noteBreakLow Ev 170 (TS) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernPopFastRockPowerBreakMute Ev 170 (TS) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernPopFastRockPowerBreakPartialMute Ev 170 (TS) Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernPopFastRockPowerBreakdown Ev 170 (TS) Improved: Improvements to transcriptions for many of the RealDrums from the December 2022 release. List below: FunkFusion70sEven^ FusionModern16ths^ ModernJazzFunkyEv^ ModernJazzMellow16ths^ JazzSwingModernBrushes JazzSwingModern JazzWaltzModernBrushes JazzWaltzModern BebopLatin2Swing^ JazzModernShuffle^ FunkModernDiscoEv16^ FunkOaklandEv16^ LatinPopFunky^ LatinBoogalooFast^ LatinBoogalooSlow^ LatinPopFunky16ths^ SoulFunk70sSw16^ SoulFunk70sEv TambourineJanglySw16 TambourinePopSw16 TambourineJanglyEv16 CabasaQuarters Cabasa2and4 SoulRock70sEv^ Soul60sSlow128^ Tambourine8thsAccent2and4 Dholak16ths DholakSwing8ths Tabla8ths TablaSwing8ths ProgRockCanSlow16ths^ ProgRockCanFastEv8^ BongosEv16 BongosSw16 BongosEv8 BongosSw8 Bongos128 ProgRockSlow128^ ReggaetonPlaya^ ReggaetonStreetGrit^ ReggaetonSlowSunset^ K-PopHype^ ModernJazzFreneticEv16^ FusionAvantFunk^ BroCountry16ths^ Soul70sRelaxedEv^ Tambourine8thsAccentQuarters Tambourine2and4Dark TambourineSteady8ths ProgRockRadio^ CowbellRockQuarters

Miguel, You've created a fresh, interesting arrangement. Nice job on the lead and background vocals. Boy oh boy but did you sing that last note high!

@User 905133, you're right that the original question by @Mike Franklin is open to interpretation. Since that is only post in this forum I doubt if we will ever know if the question was answered to his satisfaction.

Sonar Home Studio replaced Music Creator. The user could select either 64 bit or 32 bit download. The download also included the one knob effect suite. It and Music Creator are the only way I know of to obtain 32 bit TTS-1. Before PG Music offered Band-in-a-Box as a 64 bit program I used 32 bit TTS-1 as the default MIDI soft synth so access to 32 bit software was important to me.

All true even though I used Music Creator software until Cakewalk by Bandlab was released. However the Music Creator 6 user may be using a 32 bit operating system since MC6 was only available as a 32 bit program and Windows 7 & 10 were offered as 32 bit operating systems. Anyhow, +++ HERE +++ is a 24 chapter video series on YouTube for Music Creator 6 Touch.

Cakewalk by Bandlab and Music Creator 6 are different DAW software packages. While they share some common traits they are different. The Adk Studio tutorials are for the Cakewalk by Bandlab DAW. +++ HERE +++ is a link to a free, six part, YouTube video series for Music Creator 6. +++ HERE +++ is a link to an in depth, 28 part Groove3 video series for Music Creator 6. The Groove 3 videos start where the free videos end. They currently cost $7.50 US.

@Leighton Cooper, all USB devices have an id number. The two NanoKontrol2 controllers likely have the same USB id number which came be confusing to software.

Great sound Mark. Very interesting mix because every instrument is clear, the arrangement has a lot of movement, especially in headphones. You do a nice job on the vocal and it sits well in the mix. As the announcer says in the GMC truck commercial, "this is professional quality". Love the double fade out.

Here is one more laptop power management tip for your consideration. Many Microsoft Windows updates reset some of your laptop configuration settings. All power management settings (USB controller, Power & Battery, etc.) seem to be the worst offenders with onboard audio bit depth and sample rate settings a close second.

I'd say The Ventures were the premier pop instrumental group in the US. Many baby boomers were inspired to learn how to play guitar, bass or drums by The Ventures. As stated in the first video there arrangements were sparse enough that you could clearly hear each instrument. The Ventures continued to be popular in Japan long after their fame dimmed in the US. While somewhat popular in Europe I don't think they were as popular in Europe as the British instrumental group, The Shadows. In one of the videos above I'm surprised to learn The Shadows did not record "Walk, Don't Run" until 1977.

@msmcleod, Thank you for the response. That is a nice little piece of information to know. I didn't know it before but now I do. I didn't even know BitBridge had an icon!

Steve, Please explain where you see SD2 is loaded in BitBridge. I'm using the screen shot and your response as a way to better understand what is displayed in the screen shot and I'm not seeing the BitBridge connection you see.

I'm going to answer your question in reverse order. Remember what follows is my opinion. I'm assuming you are updating from a 2022 or earlier Ultra or Audiophile PAK. The 2023 Bonus 49 PAK is a must have add-on. If you have an Ultra or Audiophile package you value content. The 2023 Bonus 49PAK includes unreleased RealTracks, RealDrum Stems set #3, a couple of MIDI SuperTrack sets and an Artist Performance with vocals set. All of this content will likely be available in the future but you can have it to use now. It's a lot of useful content for what I consider is a reasonable price. If you currently have a Pro or Mega package it is even more valuable to you because you have a limited amount of content to use. The Artist Performance with vocals set gives you fully finished songs with vocals to play with and learn The XPro and Extra style PAKs depends. Some users are inspired by PG Music styles and some people seldom use the factory styles. The majority seem to start a song project using a factory style but modify the chosen factory style to better match a song project. I value the factory styles almost as much as I value the RealTracks and MIDI SuperTracks content. I find styles are a great how-to-use the program educational tool. Each style has a demo song, chords that I'd never think to use, different arrangement than I'd think of and some tone settings. Looking at the styles and demo songs are a great way to learn how the program works and what the new features do. If you currently have a XPro or MegaPAK the XPro PAK is worth having. Not only do you get the styles but, because some of the styles use RealTracks not included in a Xpro or Mega PAK, and you get those RealTracks you would normally would not have. However, if you have the UltraPAK or Audiophile then you already have the included RealTracks. The Xtra Style PAKs do not have any additional RealTracks or MIDISuperTracks content, there are only additional styles. The styles expect that you already have the UltraPAK or Audiophile so you will have the content the styles require. So in summary, I think everyone that uses Band-in-a-Box should get the 2023 Bonus 49 PAK. If you presently use the Pro or Mega PAKs the XPro Style PAKs will provide you with additional content and styles while the Xtra Style PAKs are additional styles. I like using factory styles so the XPro and Xtra Style PAKs are worth having to me.

Spotify, released an open source utility that provides automatic polyphonic audio to midi transcription. The utility is called Basic Pitch. Basic Pitch is a python script so it will work in your browser. The white paper was presented at an October, 2022 conference. The utility has been improved since the white paper release --- Basic Pitch ---

@msmcleod, Thanks for listing the limitations. If someone does not have Melodyne beforehand, does the current Cakewalk by Bandlab installer offer the Melodyne 4 trial or the Melodyne 5 trial?

@AdK Studios, Great to see you posting Cakewalk tutorials again. You present a LOT of information in this 24 minute video. Excellent tutorial.

#1 I don't know about but 2, 3, 4 & 5 are nice ideas I like and support.

@lawajava, The two bootcamp videos, Part 1 - one hour and Part 2 - forty minutes, give good examples as to how most of the new features can be used in a practical manner. I'm very happy to see real time audio monitoring is added. I never understood how PG Music expected anyone to record in Band-in-a-Box without hearing a sub mix of your audio input and the audio output of Band-in-a-Box.