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All the FX will affect what you hear but are not recorded with the audio, as far as I know . If you want the FX to be added permanently to the recorded audio you can select the track/clip and in the top menu click Process>Apply Effect>Audio Effects. This will write the FX to the selected audio and, if you want, remove the FX from the FX bin. Or you can bounce the track to a new track and then you can delete or archive the original audio. Not writing the FX to a track while recording is. IMO, a much more flexible option than recording the FX as you record.

The Windows options at the top are Cascade, Tile in Rows, Tile in Columns, and Arrange Icons (Not sure what that one does). Here is what my Sonar looks like with the Tile in Rows option. As you can see there are four different projects open at the same time. You should explore those options.

I'm using the Free Sonar and as a test I have four projects loaded right now, so I'm not sure what problem you're having there. Are you clicking Window at the top to see the projects that are loaded?

I've installed it from the Product Center multiple times in the past and it has never worked for me. This time I opened the Installer Location and ran the installer manually. Now it works.

That has never worked for me. Is there a specific location the reference guide PDF has to be in for that to work?

The Yamaha Steinberg USB Driver is the one you want to keep. It is the driver listed in your interface's documentation as the one to use. If you don't want to fiddle with your Window's registry I suggest using Revo Uninstaller to remove the Steinberg Low Latency and Realtek ASIO drivers. I've been using the free version for years and it works great and is very thorough. I also suggest downloading and installing TOOLS_for_CI2_V199 (probably the 64 bit version) after you have removed the other two drivers.As long as the Steinberg low latency and Realtek ASIO drivers are in your system you will have problems running Cakewalk. It's a quirk of Cakewalk software that it is very picky when it comes to ASIO drivers. No one likes it but it is what it is. TOOLS_for_CI2_V199 Revo Uninstaller

It can also take you to the beginning of a loop. It also toggles between going to the beginning or to the beginning of a loop.

You can resize modules by right-clicking blank space in the control bar. Right-clicking in the blank space to the left of a module, generally, will have also have the option of modifying the size of that module. My own preference, since they can take up so much screen space, is to have the fewest number of modules showing and in large size. It will take some experimenting to find what works best for you. Here is an image of the menu that opened when I right-clicked in the black space to the left of the transport module.

If you've never used regedit to modify the Windows registry it can be confusing and I am not up to the task of explaining it in a way that guarantees you won't mess it up. I suggest looking online for videos that explain it so you will understand the basics before trying to edit the registry. Here is one video that shows a very simplified version of the process of removing unwanted ASIO drivers. How to delete old ASIO device entries

What Audio Interface are you using? If it were me I would suspect that there was an ASIO driver conflict caused by an ASIO driver that was not compatible with Cakewalk Sonar. I would open the Registry Editor and look at Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ASIO key to see what drivers were installed there. In my case, I have problems when Steinberg software installs the Steinberg Low-Latency driver but my interface only works with the Yamaha Steinberg USB ASIO driver. Deleting any other driver always solves my problem. Anyway, if I had your problem that is the first thing I would look at, to either delete the unwanted driver or to rule it out as the cause of my problem.

Check the Track View Options and make sure Stop at Project End is enabled.

I looked at the My Attachments page in my profile and saw this "You have used 9.86 MB of your 48.83 MB attachment limit" so maybe your problem is related to being close to, or exceeding your maximum limit for attachments.

For the Cakewalk forum? Shows 4.88 MB here.

The best resource for learning Cakewalk Sonar terminology, and what things are and how they work, is the Cakewalk Sonar Reference Guide which can be viewed online or downloaded, from a link at the top of the forum. It is a most valuable aid for Cakewalk users from beginning to advanced.

Well, I can reproduce it but I don't consider it a problem because I haven't used the TTS-1 for several years. There are so many other options now, many of them free, that the only reason I would need the TTS-1 is if I downloaded a MIDI file from the Internet that I wanted to play, which is also something I haven't done for years.

I was able to reproduce this with TTS-1. That setting affected all the patches I tried. I doubt that it will ever be fixed because the TTS-1 is no longer a supported product.

Here is what I suggest doing. In the Session Drummer window, open the Plug-in Settings and click Plug-In Properties. In that window you can select Enable as plug-in, Configure as synth, or both. If you don't enable Configure as synth you won't be able to insert is as a synth. If you don't enable Enable as plug-in you won't be able to insert it in the FX bin.

Did you enable MIDI Output in the Insert Soft Synth Options? Just curious, why not just use a MIDI track to trigger external devices? Are you getting any sound from Session Drummer at all? Did you load a kit?

As long as it works, that's the important thing.

Also, if you are just recording a few measures how are you extending it to make it longer? Do you have any tempo changes in your project?

Try this. Change the output of the Metronome Bus to New Aux Track. Arm the new Aux Track for recording. When you start to record the Aux Track should record your metronome, assuming the metronome is set to sound when you record.

How are you recording the metronome?

Not a fan of AI video but the music was very cool. If you like the Sparkle Guitar (like me), Native Instruments has an interesting instrument called Desolate Guitars Fragment (that is a free version of their Desolate Guitars) that has a great Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks music) vibe to it.

Interesting plugin. I put it one the bus for some crunchy guitars courtesy of various guitar plugins and with some minimal tweaking it rolls off the upper brittleness in a very musical fashion. This one is going in my favorites list.

If you're using a simple instrument track it's handy to know that you can access the track inspectors for both the Audio and MIDI portions of the track by clicking the appropriate box at the bottom of the track inspector.