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The default installation folder for its 64 bit VST plugin is C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins . Is that folder in your plugin scan path? The default installation folder for the 32 bit plugin is d C:\Program Files (x86)\Steinberg\VstPlugins (32 bit).

I'm trying to optimize Cakewalk for BandLab on a new system. I never record MIDI using a controller and only use the PRV to enter notes. I don't need to monitor my microphone or guitar using Cakewalk when recording audio because I can monitor them other ways. The only time I enable MIDI Echo on a track is if I'm using a tuner plug-in to tune my guitar. For years I was on a slower system and I always moved the Buffer Size slider all the way to Safe and didn't change the default Buffers in Playback Queue set at 2. I'm using a 44.1 sampling rate at 24 bit depth. My questions are, are there any drawbacks to using the largest buffer size and would changing to a smaller buffer size offer any increase in performance.

First of all, I strongly recommend that you download, or bookmark, the Cakewalk Reference Guide. There is detailed information there on how to use the ProChannel (and Cakewalk in general). It is a must have as a reference to look things up and understand most functions. https://bandlab.github.io/cakewalk/docs/Cakewalk Reference Guide.pdf You can access the ProChannel by clicking a button in the top right of an audio track. Now it gets a little trickier. The button to load a ProChannel Preset is invisible until you put the mouse cursor over the Preset Name Box . Once you can see the folder, click it to see the presets.

Check C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Dimension Pro\Multisamples to see if the samples are there and C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Dimension Pro\Programs to see if the presets are there. Dimension Pro is pretty much independent of Cakewalk when it comes to installing new sounds. If you have an option as to where those things should be installed to, use those directories unless you have a reason not to.

Try this. View/Display/Vertical Grid Lines.

There were some nifty ProChannel presets around that Cakewalk for Bandlab doesn't include. There are some bass presets that are a good starting point. I zipped up my ProChannel Presets folder if you want to check them out. New presets can be added to the ProChannel Presets folder at: C:\Cakewalk Content\Cakewalk Core\ProChannel Presets . ProChannel Presets.zip

Thanks, scook. That was very helpful. I used the AD2 drum map as a guide and added all the AD2 note names to my Master .ins file, followed your instructions, and it works great. I'm attaching a .txt file of those note names for anyone who wants to copy them into their own master .ins file (after creating a copy as backup, of course). Any corrections to the numbers/names is welcome. I double checked them but mistakes are easy to make for me. Master INS AD2 Only.txt

You can right-click a mono audio clip and select Convert to Stereo. That will change a mono clip to a stereo clip with the same audio on both left and right channels.

Skip a beat? Not sure what that means regarding the Piano Roll. Maybe something to do with your snap settings? Do you mean you can't enter a note exactly where you want it?

I've never used Ripple Editing but another way to do it is to go to Project/Insert Time/Measures. Enter the number of measures you want to add and make sure the appropriate Slide options are enabled.

You can access it by clicking the little arrow next to the output of a MIDI track. There may be other ways to do it, but that works for me.

Rock on. Take it one step at a time and you'll be posting songs here in no time. ?

That should allow you to get your MIDI info into Cakewalk. I'd disable the GS Wavetable as an output, though. Cakewalk has a GM instrument called TTS-1 that is a good basic virtual synth to play MIDI data. I suggest you look at the main page here and check out some of the tutorials, and download a copy of the reference file. Those are good sources of information that will come in handy when you start putting things together. Here's a thread in the Tutorials section that is a good place to start. https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/1610-getting-started/

You are using a MIDI to USB cable adapter? Does Cakewalk recognize your keyboard as a MIDI device?

You can turn on the subtitles. They are very helpful.

I recently discovered that we can link drums on AD2 so when one is triggered it triggers the other drum/s. Anyone have any experience or tips on this? Here is an image of my AD2 where I've added two more snare drums on Flexi 1 and Flexi 2 so that when a note triggers the snare the other snares sound too. I can get a lot of variety just by tweaking the different volumes.

I use Audition 1.0 with no problems. Are you using scook's tools menu editor? If so, could you post a screencap of the settings you're using?

I've been using a GeForce GT 640 (2 GB RAM) for years, and it's now on its third computer, with no noticeable problems. Of course, I don't play video games or do anything that might require a beefier GPU. I checked out that page you linked to and noticed this: "This result is based on average CPU and GPU usage from different programs and games. It changes based on operating system, background processes activity and targeted applications. This result is not universal and changes based on differences in hardware and software enviroments. Please do not use this calculator primary as decision maker than as helping tool to understand performance correlations between different components.

I'm glad I could help. ?

Here is a screencap of the Note Draw Duration and Snap settings. The note duration goes down to a 1/32 triplet. The Snap setting includes the 1/128 note. You can see how I might be confused about your question.

The Note Draw Duration doesn't have anything to do with editing. It is so you can select the duration of notes you are entering. Are you referring to the Smart Grid setting? That will definitely affect your editing.

I have used it to normalize audio in audio tracks and am not aware of any other use for it. So, yes, you will have to bounce what you want normalized to a track, as far as I know. You might be able to achieve similar results by using a compressor in the master, or other bus, but this is not something I have had much experience with. I have a lot of effects from previous versions of Cakewalk so I'm not really sure what comes with Cakewalk for Bandlab so I can't recommend a specific tool for the job. I suggest you bounce your tracks to a stereo track instead of exporting/importing. It's simpler and easier. For more information you can download the Cakewalk Reference File PDF file. The answers to many Cakewalk problems can usually be found there. For sure knowing how to bounce multiple tracks into one track is an important thing to know how to do.

You can normalize an audio track from the menu. Process/Apply Effect/Normalize.

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Still, it sounds like there's some kind of conflict going on. I always look for the simplest solution, because I'm a simple guy, and what I would do is uninstall/delete all Toontrack products and let the product manager reinstall them and make sure the right directories are being scanned by Cakewalk.