GroverKen

I have just installed Bandlab on a new Windows 11 machine and am having an issue with the Modules Bar at the top of the screen. Whatever I do (even running as administrator), it returns to the original state when I restart the program. I thought it might be a Bandlab issue, so I installed the trial of the new Sonar and the same thing happens with it - although that might be an issue with running it as a trial. I never ran into this problem on my old Windows 10 machine. Anyone had this problem and solved it?

Sad to hear this. https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/i-cant-help-but-wonder-how-much-music-computer-music-has-had-a-hand-in-bringing-to-life-over-the-years-what-a-magazine-computer-music-magazine-to-close-after-25-years-in-print

Haven't had time to list all the modules but they are locked except for the ones that come as standard. You can filter presets by Owned Modules - mine is completely greyed out. If I'm going to have to repurchase the modules, I'm not going to bother even looking at it any further.

New layout for starters. I hoped all the modules I purchased for T-Racks 5 would be there but disappointed with that one. Won't be repurchasing.

Just downloaded the new T-Racks 6 via the product manager.

Done!

What I really don’t want is to pay $14.95 a month or $149.95 per annum for Sonar along with Next, Fan Reach, Distribution, Profile Boost and all the other add-ons. I just want Sonar on it’s own - pure and simple. Yes, I did purchase the Lifetime Updates but prior to that I was buying SPLAT at each version release and was perfectly happy. So - please don’t just bundle everything together and expect me to jump for joy with that scenario whilst wondering what happens with the free version if I decide not to go for the Full Monty.

I see from the website that Sonar is still available exclusively via the Backstage Pass. Having been a user since the mid 90’s and witnessing the Gibson lifetime debacle (yes, I was caught out), I thought they would have learned by now. Yes it’s been great having free usage since BandLab took over but I have no use for anything other than Sonar. If the way forward is via the “all or nothing” route then I will have to rethink how I operate with my DAW software. As I use my DAW exclusively for backing tracks and soundscapes, I don’t need any of the other stuff offered with the BandLab Membership subscription. I’m also worried that part way through any project (I’ve just started a batch of 30 songs), they could pull the plug on the free version. I know everyone says that they wouldn’t do that in the short term but it happened before with my lifetime Sonar purchase and I vowed not to let that happen again. Never having used anything other than Cakewalk over the past 30 years I know it would be a wrench and a huge learning curve but maybe I should start looking elsewhere now to prepare for what might be coming.

I thought it was all ready to go - especially with the backstage nonsense up and running. Still - only a year since the announcement of great things. Maybe we will see it in time for Christmas!

Thanks John - that worked for me!

That's going to be a real time waster for me. I use midi files all the time and having to insert TTS-1 and then send each channel individually to it is pretty hopeless. I know once it's saved as a Cakewalk file then it's fine but really this is a retrograde step.

When opening a midi file TTS-1 used to load with all the channels correctly inserted. Now when opening midi, I have to insert TTS-1 then connect channels individually. Is there a setting somewhere that’s changed or is it because TTS-1 is no longer included?

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I’ve been a user (and serial upgrader) of Cakewalk since the Windows 3.0 version and would ask one thing - please don’t lose the backwards compatibility. Last week I resurrected a project from February 1999 when I saved everything as .bun files. Lo and behold, the latest version unpacked everything successfully and I could continue from where I had left off all those years ago. My workflow may have changed and there might now many more “toys” to play with but it worked. Impressive!

I’ve been a user (and version upgrader) of Cakewalk since the Windows 3.0 version and would ask one thing - please don’t lose the backwards compatibility. Last week I resurrected a project from February 1999 when I saved everything as .bun files. Lo and behold, the latest version unpacked everything successfully and I could continue from where I had left off all those years ago. My workflow might have changed and there are now many more “toys” to play with but it worked. Impressive!