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I've always wanted to make a book like yours but don't have the time. You've undertaken a huge task so community help helps us all. Hard part is knowing what not to include as Cakewalk & TE both include abandoned graphics from pre X series.

Make sure Track View > Options > Meter Options > Record/Playback/Bus meters have Show labels checked or you won't see the scales or their backgrounds.

Works here in both CbB/Theme Editor and Sonar/Theme Editor. Can't say why it's not working on your end. They only work on audio/instrument tracks with "segmented" meters. Not on MIDI tracks. Not on non-segmented meters. The number scale is colored in TE by Theme - Meters - Segmented meters - VU Tick Marks (Segmented).

Location for Vertical & Horizontal Meter Scale Backgrounds on pg17: Background VR, pg17 & Background Fill, pg18 may be abandoned carryovers from previous versions.

Characters used in DOS level file management have always been forbidden for general file/folder naming, like \ / : ? " < > |. Alt code characters, like "▲" that can be used in file naming should also be usable within Cakewalk. At least I don't see a reason why they couldn't. Cakewalk track names are not files and all the forbidden symbols above can be used there. In my case, Cakewalk is replacing the symbol "▲" with a "?" (a forbidden character).

It may or may not be a bug tho. According to the online help, Trimming is for individual clips while Bouncing is primarily for joining 2 or more clips together. Splitting a single clip in 2 without providing a gap between them may be why Trimming isn't working here. Even so, Bouncing works on single clips the same way Trimming does. Removing empty tails. If you simply Bounce instead of Trim, it works with one step.

Yes, but I always use "snap to"... At least, someone's always telling me to.

Not sure why, but... When 2 clips butt against each other, like in your example, you have to Bounce to Clip(s) When 2 clips have empty space between them you can Apply Trimming or Bounce to Clip(s) I almost always use Bounce either way

1. Create midi clip 2. Quantize 3. Bounce or apply trimming 4. Copy +1 for the long awaited Ctrl+D!

To see if I'm reading you right, I just renamed a file on my desktop with "▲" in the name. It took. Then I copied the file to another location and it copied it with the special character intact.

Request to allow alt code symbols in Track View/Console View track names, like arrows: "▼" (alt+31) & "▲" (alt+30). They can be typed in but don't remain after saving & closing the project. Open the saved project and the symbol is replaced with "?"

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For variants just upload a separate zip folder with the extra knobs & faders. Then the user can customize his own theme & save each one the way he likes. +1 for Knobman! ?

alt+scroll...

7 people in 15 months. ?

Zoom controls: http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Introduction.24.html#1056357 (online help) I use zoom faders a lot. (reference "B", "E", & "H" from above link). Scroll wheel in TV: horizontal zoom = alt+scroll; No vertical zoom?? but you can simply grab the bottom of a track's control area and drag it down. (Used to be able to double click the control area to make it full screen - double click again to minimize, but no more. ?) Scroll wheel in PRV: horizontal zoom = alt+scroll; vertical zoom = alt+ctrl+scroll. Must center the cursor over the area to zoom. Not very smooth.

Even more cool is how he made the entire album in his basement ('cepting the last cut) and it sounded way better than if made in a commercial studio (as the last cut was). 'Course he used pro grade stuff and even created his own processors (Rockman).

As Blog says, Track View IS the audio editor window whereas Piano View is the MIDI editor, tho limited MIDI edits can be made in Track View by selecting "Notes" in the "Clips" button.

Gotcha. Thanks Blog. Seems extremely limited for my needs. Guess that's why I never use it.

Thant's how I remember it in Home Studio 9 & Sonar 8 but in CbB all it does is start play in normal speed forward & reverse until mouse button is released. And it only plays audio, not MIDI.

I was hoping to use alt code symbols in track titles like arrows: "▼" (alt+31) & "▲" (alt+30). They show when typing, but not after saving & closing the project. Open the saved project and you're met with a "?" where the symbol was. Am I doing something wrong or can we not use special characters?

Came across this YT channel the other day. Cool stuff! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynFNt4tgBJ0

I bought a laptop 4 years ago and quickly upgraded the RAM from 2x4GB (8 GB) to 2x8 (16 GB). Aside from the periodical blue screens and program crashes, Sonar & CbB would crash the most. I recently got smart and ran a RAM test to see why all the crashes. One of the two newer 8 GB chips quickly reported bad in a basic read&write test. Yesterday I replaced the two 2x8 chips with two 2x16 (32GB) chips. and ran the same test. So far so good! Only noticeable performance increase in CbB so far is how fast the Themes window opens in Preferences. Used to take many seconds. Now only a few.

Pre X series may not work on Windows 10 but I have all the 32 & 64 bit X series installed and working (mostly). And there's compatibility modes for Vista, 7 & 8 if they won't.

Don't double-click anything. Online info says to "hold' the 'J' key but you don't have to. Seems to me in pre-X series you could drag the mouse across a clip at different speeds in Scrub mode? Is that right?... 'cause you can't do that anymore.