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Dimension Pro was a plug-in manufactured by Cakewalk. The product has not been available in years. I can understand how a legitimate license holder of the plug-in might forget how to activate it but find it hard to believe someone would forget how to run the installer.

Yes, frozen tracks will play when the transport is running but muted tracks still stream from disk during playback too. Archived tracks are not streamed during playback. If the goal is to reduce resources and silence the track use archive instead of mute.

I suppose it would be a way to get one level of nested tracks or a "track folder" type. Would not wait for this to happen though.

Take lanes have no FX Rack, ProChannel, sends, automation, interleave, gain, volume, phase or pan controls. These are track level features.

From the link above

Buses may be bounced to a track. This may be much faster than recording an Aux track. Mute does nothing to reduce CPU load or memory use, freeze does though. So does archive and disconnecting synths without the risk of losing data from thawing tracks. A bounced bus track is an audio track so it exists in the track pane. For the most part Aux tracks and buses may be used the same way. It is up to personal preference.

The metronome settings are stored in projects and project templates. All per-project settings are available in preferences. If you use a project template supplied by BandLab open the template using File > Open set Look In to Project Templates select the template turn off the metronome in preferences Use File > Save As give the template a new File Name set Save as Type to Template set Go To Folder to Template Files Use the new template when ever creating new projects. The DAW will use the new template automatically if it is set as the default template. To set the default template using the Start Screen from the documentation or use the File > New dialog, select the template and click the Set as Default Template button, If you already use a custom template, open the template, modify the metronome setting in preferences and save the template. Avoid modifying templates supplied by BandLab, they may be overwritten by an update.

The best solution for handling projects with 32bit plug-ins that were never migrated to 64bit is keep a copy of the most recent 32bit DAW installed. This provides a way to play projects that are stuck at 32bit and replace the obsolete plug-ins with new ones that 64bit versions. IIRC, jBridge will allow loading 64bit plug-ins into 32bit hosts. This opens up the projects currently locked into 32bit to experiment with modern plug-ins that have no 32bit versions. Once the all projects have all their plug-ins migrated or audio rendered where migration is not possible, the 32bit DAW is no longer needed.

Some users reported latency problems with LoopMIDI. When I last checked (a few years ago) it also had issues with UWP driver mode. When I was using a virtual cable, I used LoopBe1. While it did not have latency problems, it was easy to setup feedback loops with it. I stumbled on using a plug-in to forward MIDI data while experimenting with solutions for another forum thread. It has been my solution to this MIDI routing issue ever since. Maybe BandLab could supply a simple plug-in a MIDI broadcast button on instrument/MIDI tracks or spin off another hybrid track type to handle this request.

DP standalone or the DAW must be run as administrator to activate the synth OR use the Cakewalk Command Center to install it. This tool automatically activates Cakewalk products as it installs them. Once activated, the standalone and the plug-in do not need administrator to run.

There are two basic track types in CbB, audio and MIDI. An Instrument track is a hybrid presentation of a MIDI track input and audio track output controls with the data portion of the track displaying either audio or MIDI data depending on the state of the track. Frozen instrument tracks display audio otherwise they display MIDI data. There is only one type of instrument track. Buses only handle audio. The audio may be from other buses, audio or instrument tracks.

So this is just the project file. A project file does not contain audio clips. To share a complete project including audio either zip up the test2 project folder or create a bundle using with File > Save As from the CbB main menu. Regardless, I could dummy up an audio clip for this project but here is no need. This project consists of one audio track and one MIDI track. It does not contain the TAL-Vocoder in the audio track FX rack or ProChannel. When I add the plug-in to the FX rack of track 1 (the audio track), the VST drop down appears as expected. Once the "Enable MIDI Input" option is enabled, I can route the MIDI track 2 output to the plug-in.

Use whatever track type(s) make you happy. A synth plug-ins in CbB requires at least an instrument track or one audio+MIDI track pair. Synth plug-ins will not work without a complete routing even when they do not generate audio, For "synths" that do not generate audio (mapping plug-ins like the Code FN42 plug-ins mentioned above and sequencers) I always use an instrument track. For synths they have one output, I often use an instrument track. For synths with multiple outputs, I use one MIDI track and multiple audio tracks.

To take advantage of all the content bundled with SONAR X2 Uninstall CbB Perform a full install of X2 Re-install CbB

The Cakewalk website is in read-only mode. Account data on that site is from the old company. New accounts are not permitted. Cakewalk by BandLab support is available from support@cakewalk.com

The data needed to display note names in the Label pane next to the Note pane in the PRV. I used the SI-Drum Kit help as the data source. While one could just the existing GM definition, this shows only the sounds available in SI-Drums. I also added the labels for playing patterns. SI-Drums,ins in on my google page or use this direct link to download. If you need info about adding this to CbB or creating your own custom note names entries, feel free to ask in this thread.

The old Cakewalk website support page is for the old company. The current support email is support@cakewalk.com

I don't have the plug-in to test but maybe this will work http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=NewFeatures.016.html

The data needed to display note names in the Label pane next to the Note pane in the PRV. Based on the default SD3 drum map. SD3.ins in on my google page or use this direct link to download.

The image is from the web-based DAW called BandLab. The instructions for installing the Windows-based program "Cakewalk by BandLab" using BandLab Assistant are here

I don't use Waves products but it appears from the note linked above, a different version is supplied by Waves support. It may not be the same as the version installed via a rollback. Regardless this might be something to take up with Waves support (just like the Waves page suggests).

Something like adding an adjustable loop counter to the sections in an arrangement.

Synths playing data from other tracks is often the result of the synth's instrument/MIDI track input set to "All Tracks - Omni" and one or more other synths in the project having "Enable MIDI Output" turned on in the VST2/3 drop down in their standard header. This can be avoided by not using "All Tracks" input settings and turning off "Enable MIDI Output" in plug-ins that have the feature when the feature is not needed.

Or for free try TAL-Vocoder. Here are some threads about getting started with it

Maybe this would be a safer bet for now https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/2-Effects/39-FX-Bundle/7744-iZotope-Make-Music-Day-Bundle or just vocalsynth https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/4413