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After much headache and trial & error I think it works now. I wound up installing 32 & 64 bit Sonar 8 fully on my system and setting all the 32 bit Sonar app Compatibility Modes to Windows 7. So far so good. This could have been avoided if SD2 Kits & Programs could be read by SD3. Why can't they??!?

Glad it worked for you.

PRV MIDI notes generally follow the Track View track Foreground color. Exception may be Drum track notes which are all too often black.

Yes but not all 32 bit plugins work in CbB. Nor do all 32 bit projects function properly in it, thus why I use 32 bit Sonar.

I think moving AIM ASSIST digits to the top or to the right of the line would be a huge improvement. Bigger Ruler digits would be also.

Sure, just grab the image above and drag it to your desktop. Then open your favorite theme in Theme Editor. Click on Browser, then Plug-in Browser. Scroll to Plug-in Tree Icons and right click it. Select Import and navigate to the downloaded image. Select it and click Open. Save the theme and load it in Preferences. These are also color-coded to match CbB's dropdown lists used elsewhere. BTW you can't save the theme if it's the current theme and CbB is open. Just switch themes, save this one in Theme Editor, then switch back.

Again Windows 11/Intel 12th gen seems to have broken something. I have 32 bit Sonar installed on Windows 11 to open older projects. 32 bit Sonar completely ignores 32 bit SD2 during a scan. Oddly, 64 bit Sonar/CbB picks up 32 bit SD2 and loads it just fine.

+2 ... for both ideas.

You can also reorganize them by "Type" which separates VST2, VST3, DX Or download this easier-to-read icon pack and add it to your favorite theme:

DO NOT DELETE! One is VST2 and the other VST3 (top one), as it should be. Notice the icons are also different. (VST3 sorta resembles a 3. VST2 sorta resembles a 1/4" audio plug) When highlighting it, the text along the bottom frame will reveal it's true identity. BTW, My installer is refusing to add the VST3 for some reason.

... as I tried to say.

FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY. SOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY. MAYBE MORE.

Actually.... Wherein 2 or more progs contain the same plugins, they may contain different versions of said plugins. Therefore it is best practice to install the progs in order.

If you're talking about the AIM Assist line digits you should change the title of this thread. The "Now Time" line (the line that moves across the screen when playing/recording) has no digits.

Meters work when actually recording synth but do not work when playing synth, or project, with track armed 1. Create new project with one Audio and one MIDI track 2. Set MIDI track output to outboard synth and record or manually enter notes 3. Set Audio track Input to outboard synth 4. Arm Audio track and PLAY project without recording Expected = Audio track Record meter will show activity as synth is played Actual = Audio track Record meter is dead until project is stopped and you MAY briefly see the end tails of meter activity. Reproduced issue several times with new and existing projects. Could not reproduce issue in Sonar Platinum. Anyone else see this?

Anyone else having issues? When I installed Addictive Drums 2 VST3 on my new Windows 11 PC and tried to load it in CbB, it threw an error asking me to Enable (risky) or Disable it. I chose Enable. It wound up in the PIM Excluded list. I contacted XLN who had me remove and reinstall the VST3. So far every attempt to reinstall it has failed. The XLN Installer says everything's up to date but the VST3 is nowhere to be seen. When I restored the original deleted VST3 to it's folder, CbB again throws an error when scanning it. I Enable it but it doesn't show up anywhere in the PIM list. XLN support is ongoing. SOLVED - see below.

No but dB lines might be a helpful feature (with show/no show option).

1. To add or delete a format, use the "+" & "-" buttons to the right. 2. To change the current format, or the order of the current format, right-click the time ruler. The last format clicked on will move to the top of the ruler. 3. #2 maintains the number of formats displayed by #1. IOW, you can't add or delete formats by right-clicking but you can replace them.

At least we're not seeing red.

DP is customizable & Mixcraft is wide open for it tho there's no app like T.E. for doing them. Cool thing about Mixcraft is it's XML file is completely exposed, not buried in a DLL. You can even swap some colors for images and vise-versa. fixed. BTW, some of the listed items above used to be but now aren't.

That's what I've been doing. Not sure if I even have 2.1.13. but I may not have updated to the latest offering. Similar issue with 32 bit Addictive Drums. No crashes but XLN no longer supports 32 bit so it never installed on my new PC. Thankfully XLN support is... well, XLNt. They will add the latest 32 bit to your installer upon request.

I installed plugins from every version of Sonar/CbB I have. Now there's several BREVER2's on my system yet only one instance* shows up in Plug-in Manager. 64 bit: C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\VstPlugins\BREVERB SONAR - BREVERB 2 Cakewalk.dll (1.0.1.0 - 9/26/2012) <original Sonar version? - *BREVERB 2 Cakewalk-64.dll. (2.0.10.0 - 11/28/2012) <plug-in manager C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Utilities\Internal - BREVERB 2_64.dll. (1.0.1.0 - 9/26/2012)<original Sonar version? 32 bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\Cakewalk\VstPlugins\BREVERB SONAR - *BREVERB 2 Cakewalk.dll. (2.0.10.0 - 11/28/2012) <plug-in manager C:\Program Files (x86)\Cakewalk\Shared Utilities\Internal - BREVERB 2_32.dll. (1.0.1.0 - 9/26/2012)<original Sonar version? Some projects with BREVERB2 will crash Sonar/CbB if they contain a different version than what's installed. Is there a way to separate them so CbB isn't confused or do all but one need to be removed?

Just had this happen today. Old project on new computer/new installs. So there are 2 versions of BREVERB2 and if the installed version is different from the project version, Sonar/CbB will crash.

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I did not, but after trying it I found the reason for my issue. The 2 images I couldn't copy/paste had transparent borders of differing sizes. So even tho the 2 images are equal in overall size and shape, T.E. misreads the shape if the last pixel along any side is in a different position. IOW, T.E. stops measuring the image when the last pixel is read. Both images below are 102x49 (red outline) but pixels stop at different widths: I still contend this is a bug as T.E. should read the overall dimensions of each one.