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I've never had any problems signing in to Bandlab for CbBL activation (did it 1 minute ago) so my advice is mostly theoretical based on my experiences with browsers and other users' comments. First, I would clear Bandlab cookies from the browser and clear the cache. Then I would try to sign in from Cakewalk by Bandlab's Help menu. That should take you to your account at Bandlab where you can sign in and activate CbBL. That process always works for me, anyway. Alternately, sign out in the Cakewalk Product Center and then click the Please sign in to BandLab banner in the Cakewalk Product Center. This will also open the Bandlab login page at the BandLab website. If you can successfully login to BandLab that way I would reinstall Cakewalk by Bandlab using the Cakewalk Product Center. Maybe you've already done all that but I always fall back on the basics when something goes wrong for me on my computer.

For sure use the Product Center. If that does no good then John Vere's post is your only recourse.

This is one of my favorites from Eva Cassidy.

I've never seen that behavior before but what I would do is to reinstall everything with the Cakewalk Product Center and reboot.

That's great but I prefer

If I recall correctly, the default location for Cakewalk projects is C:\Cakewalk Projects . All versions should have this as the default. You can change the location in Edit>Preference>File> Folder Locations (as I have done) if you want them on a different drive, for instance. If you are saving the audio ( Copy all audio with project ) I don't see why there would be any problems or conflicts. The projects in the Cakewalk Projects folder are the ones that will show in the start screen.

If it was registered and you can login to the Legacy Cakewalk website you might be able to download the program from there. If it was registered and you don't know your password Cakewalk support might be able to straighten that out for you. https://legacy.cakewalk.com/ You can check out the Overloud site to see if anything interests and you can sign up for a free account. Sometimes they offer things for free. Other companies offer free guitar sims. Here are two that I use. Guitar Rig 7 Player IK Multimedia Free Guitar Sims and Other Stuff

Re-install the Cakewalk version that TH3 came with. If you use the Advanced installation method you can skip installing the program files and just install the plugins that are missing. Then re-install the latest version of Sonar. That's what I would do, anyway.

Hide the Pro Channel and the Track Inspector will have a POST button that selects if the Pro Channel is Pre or Post the FX Bin.

If it were me I would do three things. 1: No samples are loaded in Session Drummer until you open one at the bottom left corner where it says New Program. Click that and you should get a list of available kits. Or click PROG and load a kit from there. If that doesn't work then I would try steps 2&3. 2: I would confirm that everything (Kits, Patterns, Programs) was in the Session Drummer 3 folder at C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\VstPlugins\Session Drummer 3\Contents 3: I would confirm that the Cakewalk VST folder ( C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\VstPlugins ) was in the list of folders being scanned by the Cakewalk Plug-in Manager.

Which version of Cakewalk software are you using? In Cakewalk Sonar, after inserting the synth open the Synth Rack View and click the round-ish Insert soft synth options button, set the options the way you want, and then put a check in the Ask This Every Time box. Then the synth properties for the synth should open when you insert a synth.

Ditto. Vocals sound so over-compressed that every little sound is exaggerated. No dynamics at all. I could listen to Eva Cassidy sing live with a cold all day. She sang from the heart and the recordings didn't get in the way.

I'm glad that helped. I learned a few things too while making it, and it probably didn't take more than half an hour or so once I got started. The note map in SSD 5.5 was very helpful, though I did have to make screen captures of the note assignments for reference because I couldn't get the SSD window to stay open while I edited the new drum map. I will probably make some more drum maps tailored to the way I use drum sounds. Like some drums, addictive Drums 2 specifically, have certain drum samples very far apart on a map where I would prefer them much closer. Another project for another day...

To see anything like that in the PRV for a MIDI drum track you will need to use a drum map. You have to set the output of the MIDI track to the drum map you want to use, and make sure the drum map is visible in the PRV. I've been fooling around with the free SSD 5.5 plugin and looked around for a drum map for it but couldn't find one. I don't have much experience with making drum maps so I thought it I'd give it a shot. I made an SSD 5.5 drum map for Cakewalk, including the notes where no sample was loaded, using the note map in the SSD 5.5 synth with the Deluxe 2 Free Hugo preset. It seems to work okay in CbBL and Sonar if you want to check it out. Any corrections, suggestions, or complaints are always welcome. Put the attached file with the rest of Cakewalk's drum maps and it should show up in the list. As far as making the notes show as diamonds with no duration, I wish I knew how to do that. I usually use the Event Inspector to change all the durations to 84 and seems to work pretty good for me. SSD5.map

I remember seeing the Beach Boys on TV back in the late 60s/early 70's and they did Good Vibrations with a woman playing a musical saw instead of an Electro-Theremin. It sounded great. I wish I knew the story behind that.