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Thanks for the confirmation Jonathan, calming down over here now. You guys rock, keep up the great work!!

Considering the recent relative silence from Bandlab, I just wanna double-check that development of my favorite DAW is still ongoing? (If it was a paid product I wouldn't worry as much, but the future of a free product just seems a little less certain, that's all.) Stay safe and keep on truckin' everyone! ??

I searched and found the thread below. Maybe some of the answers might help? Good luck!

Well, NKS integration seems to be a popular request, so who knows...

Agreed, this is a brilliant feature in Live and Logic that would be great to have in Cakewalk as well! Check out how it works in Live (I've linked to about 1:23 where the interesting bits start):

...but I'm not sure I agree with Shane McFee's analysis that Cakewalk's popularity is dwindling... judged by this forum at least, there seems to be a lot of new users around, which is great!

What version of CbB are you using? I've actually stayed at 2019.09 so far, as the later releases introduced a lot of buffer changes that seemed to caused a lot of stir. Maybe they're solved ny now, but I'm in an important phase and can't have disturbances. Sorry if this is obvious, but as you mention "buzzing" and distortion in a heavy project: have you tried different (= larger) ASIO buffer sizes? In another thread recently, someone was complaining about latency but used plugins that absolutely required big buffers to work properly, like Output's Kontakt stuff etc. Edit: Thanks for the tip about True Dynamics by Kazrog, will check it out. Seems they adore it at Gearslutz.

Hm, weird, I have not had problems with the timing of bus automation, I have been automating many bus volume levels and bus effect parameters during the years. Also to create cool effects & cuts. Are there any specific plugins that cause issues?

Very inspiring to hear all the things you like! Any other interesting comparisons to Studio One? I've heard a lot of good things about it, and I'm genuinely curious about the pros and cons compared to Cakewalk.

That was a great thread with good info but with an unfortunate cryptic title. The poster of this thread might have seen it otherwise!

Haha, I have actually thought the very same thing! ? No news is good news.

I've been following this thread and I'm happy the problems have been solved! It's an educational example of how important something as seemingly unrelated as video drivers can be for an audio application. Good to keep in mind! And I'm really impressed by @Matthew Sorrels! Great work! (You don't work for Cakewalk, do you?) Oh, it might be a good idea to add "[SOLVED]" to the title?

Well, the horse is alive and kicking! ☺️ The MIDI Transform Tool is great, but maybe most useful if one needs to raise/lower volume in a more complex way! MIDI Transform tool https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=4&help=EditingMIDI.25.html

My point exactly, @David Baay! @Noel Borthwick Any chance you guys could consider making Duplicate Selected Clip(s) respecting Snap By? (See my first post in this thread for an explanation with images.) You would not risk degrading any existing users' workflows, since Snap By gives the same results as Snap To, currently. You would just increase the usability of the feature. It would make especially drum programming a lot faster, and I'm not alone in my request! For me, the whole point with a Duplicate Clip function is that it should be quick to use and "just work", and require a minimum of settings adjustments and selections beforehand. Having snap set to Whole and By would cover most of my duplication situations. (It would even work when programming bassdrums, that start on beat 1.)

Thanks for all your input, @chuckebaby, much appreciated! Yes, I've read the documentation. It gives me the expectation that Snap settings, including To/By, should be followed. I agree with you, and I don't think that your workflow would be negatively impacted if Duplicate Clip respected Snap By.

I gave it some more thought: Hm, I actually disagree, I have told Cakewalk what I want it to do: I want to duplicate and I have snap set to By and Measure, hence: duplicate the selected notes By a Measure.

@chuckebaby Thanks for chiming in! Ah, you're right, selecting the entire measure works. (I actually think I did that at some point, but forgot about it.) But still, I would say it's basically a bug since snap settings are not working as expected. Snap To and By both work as To. I'm gonna test how it works in Live and report back.

I have some problems with the new Duplicate Clip feature, when it comes to duplicating clips containing notes (drum hits in this case) that do not start at beat 1 in a measure. The notes are duplicated as if snap is set to To and not By. But if I first extend the clip to the start of the measure the empty space in the beginning is kept. But isn't the point that you shouldn't have to do that, if you have enabled "Use Current Snap Settings on Duplicate Selected Clip(s)" and snap set to "By" (and "Whole")? Copying notes/clips using drag & drop respects the snap to and by setting as I expect, which is why I believe Duplicate Clip behaves "wrong". I need help to understand if I have the wrong expectations or if the duplicate clip feature could be improved... Pre-requisites I have "Use Current Snap Settings on Duplicate Selected Clip(s)" enabled. I have Snap set to "By" and "Whole". I am using Cakewalk 2019.09 (build 70) Steps I create a simple two measure snare pattern on beats 2 & 4. I select the notes (by either clicking the clip in clip view or by right-click dragging around the notes in the PRV). Key observation: The selection does not extend to the beginning nor the end of the measures. I duplicate the clip with CTRL + D. The duplicated snare hits start at beats 1 & 3. Important note: Having snap set to TO actually produces the same result. Expected result: Snare hits should be duplicated BY a whole measure, putting hits at beats 2 & 4. Note that this is how snap by works with drag & drop and shouldn't Duplicate Clip also do that? Thanks!

I wish Cakewalk had a "Swing setting" for each MIDI channel, like some other DAW:s do. It would be quick and awesome!

What?! How long has the CTRL + left click shortcut been around for clip gain?! It's brilliant, thanks for pointing it out @msmcleod!

I agree, NKS support would be great and it would make Cakewalk even more attractive for new users! NKS for developers https://www.native-instruments.com/en/specials/komplete/this-is-nks/developers/

Glad to help! I don't know how many times I've missed something myself! Interesting, I didn't know this (and I started with Pro Audio). Yeah, there were some "feature casualties" along the way...

This already exists, with "nudge up/down", I think the default keys are 8 / 2 on the numeric keypad. Check this page out, at the bottom. I use that all the time! But keyboard shortcuts for one octave up/down would be nice as well. (I have a key binding for Transpose, so I can do it pretty quickly anyway.)

The second option, the custom layout, isn't a good solution as it makes the menu static, so as soon as you add stuff you need to update it... But the first option, creating a custom "favorites" category, is SMART! Why didn't I think of that myself? Thanks @scook! My original request still stands though, as it would be one level up and therefore quicker to access. Completely unrelated: have you (or anyone else) experienced that the "fold out" arrow in the plugin menu suddenly goes missing? The menu won't expand by just pointing, I have to click... In the image above, only "Soft Synths" has an expansion arrow, it's missing on "Audio FX".

Currently the 5 last used plugins are shown in the right-click menu. I would like to replace/complement this with 5 plugins that you select yourself that would always be visible. Keep up the great work!