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RESOLVED With your opinion I was able to connect my iPad 2 via MIDI CONTROLLER and I share my step by step for this in the hope of being able to help other users who may come across the same need. STEP BY STEP 1 - On a computer with an IPAD 2 connected via USB - Install JAILBREAK for the IPAD 2 (there are several videos on Youtube that guide you on how to do this) in order to allow the device to survive. 2 - On a computer, install an old version of Itunes that allows you to GET the MIDI CONTROLLER application from the APP Store. A 12.6.5.3 é uma delas. 3 - In the APP Store, enter the COMPRAS option where the application previously obtained via Itunes will already be listed. Click on the Cloud icon. The APP Store will ask if we want to install the latest version of the app for our device. We reply that YES and app will be installed. 4 - In the MIDI CONTROLLER create a Connection via Windows TCP, that is, by an IP of the Wi-fi Network used, which must be the same as the one used by the IPAD 2 and the computer where Cakewalk is located. To obtain the ip of the computer on the wi-fi network, just enter the Windows CMD and run the IPCONFIG program. The IP to be informed when connecting the MIDI CONTROLLER is what appears in the line presented as: IPV4 ADDRESS. In the details of the connection configuration there is one that will receive the port number. Make a note of this number as you will need to enter it in the LoopMe driver setup later on the computer. 5 - Install the LOOPME driver on the computer, as instructed in the MIDI CONTROLLER help. 6 - Run the program that downloads with it with the screen below and inform the same port informed in the creation of the MIDI CONTROLLER connection. 7 - With that done, it will be enough, already in Cakewalk, to configure the LoopBe device that will already appear as a MIDI device that I configured only as an input device. 8 - Set up as a control surface like the image below. 9 - Finally, access the free preset setup called CUBA on the iPad 2. So I got it and am using the old iPad 2 as a control surface. Especially to practice/record my drums on my dear Alesis.

I understood but, from what I saw, it only works if the iPad is connected via USB. My intention is to command the DAW via wifi network, ip, bluetooth, etc.

Very good. I also got this far and even managed to connect with Cakewalk via the IP of the machine where it is installed. I managed with the driver suggested by them. With RTP Midi there was even a connection, but it was not executed. An interesting piece of information is that my Nano Kontrol turned out to be disconnected. So I think this is information that @msmcleod should already have.

I was able to download and install a version of Midi Controller Pro on Ipad 2. If it wasn't abusing your friend's time and help, could you give me a sequence of steps to do to connect to Cakewalk? Is it via RTPMidi?

Thank you very much. I will try to download. I found a way to download versions compatible with the iPad 2, with this version using an old version of Itunes that allows you to select APPs, click on GET and then on the iPad 2 try to use them.

I "inherited" my old Ipad from my wife and would like to start using it as a controller/table, midi device. I would like to count on the help of friends to indicate which apps would still be compatible with this version of the iPad. I already use TouchDown on my cell phone.

Andres, thank you very much for bringing up my doubts in your reply as well. This answer of yours gave me another doubt when I went to operate. Why on some tracks the option that the color of the track follows the color of the BUS does not appear?

Thanks. Yes, this is my doubt !

Sorry, maybe I didn't make myself clear. I know that it is possible to modify several ways of visualization, using themes and its editor. However what I asked is, if I can do some theme update in an existing project. Something like: 1) In a project I have a track with the name GUITARRA. 2) Right click and there would be some options: a) import theme, b) import theme from current track, etc..... 3) The DAW would change the theme, according to the currently used theme model, replacing the visualization of the GUITARRA track with the existing one. I don't know if I made myself explain. I hope so. Big hug from Brazil.

Is there any way to change the colors of tracks and buses other than importing tracks according to a track template and then migrating everything (plugins, etc) to the new tracks with the colors I would like to have now. It would be something like importing Theme Template. If, on import, the program recognizes a track with the same name as the imported model about changing its color/visualization characteristics.

@msmcleod This doubt came to me the other day when listening to an old project with headphones where I noticed that the Bass was much more present in one of the stereo channels. In my projects I use Bass in two tracks. In one of them I insert a treble cut equalization, in the other a bass cut equalization. So, according to my work format, I can better manage my bass mix. I use BASS MODE. Upon returning to the project I noticed that the bass input on both tracks was only receiving the left input from the Bass Mode. The PAN of each track was centered. As I was emphatically listening to the bass with more volume on the same original channel sent by MODO BASS, a doubt arose in my mind: Even though the track's PAN is centered, the passage to the Master/Bus still preserves the origin ? I wonder why when configuring the input of each track to the stereo of MODO BASS the problem was solved, that is, I started to hear the bass centered in the headphones (both sides). I don't know if this could be happening only with MODO BASS or also with other instruments.

Thank you very much for the information, but unfortunately this does not happen with Acoustica. See that I did the procedures that you perform in your editing program 3 times. As you can see, I have 3 instances of Acoustica running.

I noticed that with each Acoustica call through the Utilities Menu, Cakewalk makes a call to the program, that is: it always opens it as if it were the first time. If I have to work with "n" clips in Acoustica I realized that, apart from my lack of knowledge on how to do it, it will be open in "n" instances of the application itself. The question is: Is there a way to: 1) Open a clip in an instance of Acoustica. 2) Make edits to the wav. 3) Update the edited clip in Cakewalk. 4) Close wav editing. 5) Keep Acoustica running 6) Edit another wav in the same Acoustica instance opened first, without having to open another instance each time you edit it?

Yes, it's a large detail and a great tip. Thanks !

It worked fine when I opened the app via utilities. However, when I cut a clip in a track, instead of it opening only the marked clip, contrary to what sound forge receives, it opened the entire wav of the track. How to make it work in the same way as Sound Forge, that is: allowing the edition and return to Cakewalk only of the selected clip? In Cakewalk In Acoustica

Great. Thats work very well.Thanks !

Very good ! Could you tell here the step by step to include the program as a utility? I know there is a post about this, but I couldn't find it. Thanks

Thanks Oh yes, by hotkeys linked to RUN SCRIPT CAL. My first understanding is that it would be possible to EXECUTE A SCRIPT CAL from MIDI events, as a form of TRIGGER. Something more AUTOMATIC than the user PRESSING KEYS for execution. Example: Sometimes MIDI notes may be duplicated. I have a CAL script that CLEANS DUPLICATE NOTES. So I figured this script could run automatically whenever I duplicated a note.

I did not know that. Can you elaborate more on how to do this "trigger".

Something like the mastering plugins that use references like TR5 Master Match, that is, capturing and treating my knowledge base and proposing improvements based on them. When I created the topic, I focused on using AI for better DAW operation, such as increasing productivity beyond hotkeys, improving CAL codes, improving theme editing, etc.

This happens in some of my projects. The recorded MIDI simply stops playing. I can often overcome the problem by reinserting the same plugin and copying the data and configs to it. In other cases, even doing this the problem is not fixed. Yes, usually in projects generated and written in previous versions.

I bring two suggestions for improvement. 1) The first is that, after closing the export box, the COMPLETION marks of the tasks are removed, as they remain marked that way when opening it again, which is confusing its execution at the time I commanded it or that a message of TOOLTIP when hovering over the mouse, informing date and time of completion of the execution. 2) The second is that it is also possible to visualize a horizontal line, such as the vertical one that already exists, when moving the mouse in PLAY time of the project.

Great, great !

Personally, I think the assessments are taking different directions. One that addresses musical creativity. Another one that questions philosophical approaches and many others regarding the use of AI in the application. For my part I thought of more direct cases like: 1) Evaluate my mix and propose a better one considering my settings. 2) Generate suggestions for mixing improvement; mastering in this project considering an 80's rock mastering model And so on.

Thank you very much for the approach you brought. That's it.