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Some sampled/electronic pianos spread the keyboard over the stereo spectrum so that lower keys are more left and higher keys more right. If you pan these one way or the other you can loose some of the dynamics. If you don't have something like Channel Tools, you can: 1. Record/freeze the synth and bounce the audio to mono or 2. Split the piano to left and right mono tracks where they can be panned separately.

Check the track output. This is normal when no softsynth is selected for that MIDI track. I'm not seeing a softsynth in your screenshot. If there were it should at least work if you right click on the softsynth's track icon instead. BTW, this option isn't available for outboard synths. Maybe the dialog should read "Replace Softsynth..." instead.

I mentioned it's hit & miss for me when freezing multiple instrument tracks so there seems to be an issue with it not being consistent.

I took brundlefly's comment to mean the actual PPQ is unchanged, only how it's displayed is changed? Unless files created outside Cakewalk are not affected by it's internal clock rendering when opened?

960 is default unless you change it. Curious if this relates to the last post (David Baay?) on this page: http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3791895. "SONAR/CbB always runs at 960PPQ internally. Even if you set it to something lower, it will record and play back with 960PPQ resolution and just display the rounded/quantized times."

If you have Cakewalk by BandLab already and want to install the new Sonar, it will install as a separate program so you will have both. When installing several Cakewalk programs, always install the oldest ones first as shared files will be overwritten and could affect newer programs if they are installed after the newer ones. There is also an update to your Cakewalk 2023.09. Latest version is 2024.12.

It seems to open in Multidock differently each time. Mostly blank window. Sometimes the blobs are there but off screen. Rarely but on occasion the blobs are front and center. Now Time position doesn't seem to matter. edited for accuracy

True. I shudda clarified "for me", that is. YMMV.

Good to know. Mine was 13GB since I reinstalled Windows a year ago. Even if not used as a DAW, hibernation is a waste of resources IMO.

I wonder if it has to do with being a Kontakt instrument. You might need to save the instance within Kontakt for it to stick. Or freeze the synth.

In the good 'ole theming days you could at least repaint it bright red...

Select the tracks then hold CTRL and click ONE Freeze button. This works great for single tracks but out of several tries it only worked once for split synth/MIDI tracks. Attempts using other methods crashed CbB or only froze one track. BTW, this room is for paying Sonar customers. You should take this down the hall 2 doors on the left before Security arrives.

... . that works.

Any Strummaker users have the capo revert to a different setting each time a project is opened? Can't figure out why this is happening or if it can be fixed.

Kinda like Mackie's Rude Solo light... it really is rude!

Help in finding files on your system: Everything from voidtools has been a life saver here. It literally finds everything and does so in an instant.

A "Zoom to selection" hotkey would be nice. I hover the mouse over the selection and use Ctrl+scroll to zoom there, but sometimes it's like chasing a wet mouse. There is this which works pretty well: https://legacy.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=SONAR X3&language=3&help=Tools.17.html#:~:text=Cakewalk by BandLab is free,the award-winning DAW now.&text=You can use lasso to select a specific area to zoom into.&text=Hold down the Z key,level%2C press ALT%2BZ.

Anyone use a joystick for DAW work? Yaw and pitch for scrolling seems more intuitive. Assign buttons for mouse clicking. Trigger for play/stop, etc. Or is that even possible?

Does anyone use the Navigator window, and how? I suppose it was more useful when monitors were tiny and you couldn't see the whole project, but now with large screens I don't even think about it. Odd that it can open above Track View and in Miltidock at the same time.

Thanks Christina, works here too. It's actually my #2 above. Now if only you can answer why Melodyne usually opens empty requiring me to go back to Track View and reclick on the clip for it to show up in the edit window - also something that doesn't happen in videos. I'm still on v4 so maybe v5 fixed this?

See if anything here helps: https://legacy.cakewalk.com/Support/Knowledge-Base-Search?query=[Guitar-Tracks-Pro-3]

Those rotten apples... and countless wrist injuries.

Exactly. So far it's 2 for 2 then. Cakewalk either displays the word Enabled, one of the synths, or nothing at all. So either Cakewalk is confused what should be there or there's a communication disconnect at this level. I have Ultra Analog and 5 instances of Arturia CZ V in this project. TTS1 is not in this project yet pressing the Inst button brings it up. Where and how is it doing this?? Curious if there's a file somewhere I can edit to fix it.

It's always worked great as a basic MIDI controller but as a DAW controller not so much. After my last reinstall of the entire system a lot of the issues disappeared. But today it's randomly failing to control any DAW functions without closing and reopening CbB. And the strange status field hieroglyphics are back except when it displayed Cakewalk TTS-1 that's not even in the project. X1-X3 leave the status field blank.

Plugins are a bag of worms anymore. I had plugins show up in the PM that I had physically removed, yet I could insert and use them. Others weren't in the PM but were in the insert list. Still others in the PM reported bogus folder paths. Probably a sign the registry is wonky. Kontakt is the worst. I used to have 2 different versions installed that scanned and worked fine with all 6 plugins (3 each) until recently. Now I can only get one or two of the 3 to show up in PM.