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None, the file needs to be imported into master.ins, the master instrument definitions file. From the Importing instrument definitions help page Step 4 is the AD2.ins file. Step 5 is AD2 Note: if the Define button is disabled: Go to Edit > Preferences > MIDI -Devices Select a MIDI output device and click Apply Go back to Edit > Preferences > MIDI - Instruments, click Define and proceed with the import Once the file is imported, go back to Preferences > MIDI > Devices and deselect the output. For more info about instrument definitions see http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Instrument_Defs.01.html

Cakewalk by BandLab has always been and is still free. What site you are visiting? Posting a url might help. If you need to re-activate you installation of CbB see

from http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=NewFeatures.041.html

from http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=NewFeatures.003.html

From the link above (emphasis added)

So this is not EA release specific, no need to post in that thread WRT crash reporting in general see

Any issues with an Early Access build should be reported in the appropriate early access thread. In this case "Crash" by itself is not very meaningful. If there is an error message, this should be reported. If there is a crash dump, make a mention of it as it may be requested for review.

No need to use third party tools to perform a clean re-install. Follow the directions provided on this support page https://help.cakewalk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034066393-Clean-Install-Cakewalk-by-BandLab Be aware, step 8 will delete all 3rd party plug-ins under the "C:\Program Files\Cakewalk" folder. If there are any 3rd party plug-ins installed there (usually they would be in "C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Vstplugins") consider saving the folder to somewhere else before proceeding with step 8 and restore the folder(s) after running the CbB installer. A clean should enable all prompts in the installers.

Almost a whole page discussing commercial software in a freeware thread.

Pretty sure most drum map usage is note labeling. With 2021.06, alternate note names in the Label frame are persistent and stored per-track in the project. One use case for drum maps that still exists is mapping a track to multiple synths. Using a drum map, a single MIDI track drive up to 128 different synths instances. What this method does not allow is mapping the same note to multiple synths. For this and other cases where MIDI data needs to be distributed to multiple tracks, this method works fine for now Many CAL scripts have been made redundant by MFX plug-ins and functions built into the DAW. I stopped using "Split Notes To Tracks.CAL" because every drum synth I have used for years supports multiple audio outs. The better ones allow the user to assign the instruments to outputs as needed.

@Noel Borthwick's reply to a user who posted to this post in the 2021.06 EA thread and from a related thread

I have not used "Split Notes To Tracks. CAL" since Live Synth Pro days and now with 2021.06, drum maps are history for simple note naming. If a repeatable recipe for the issue can be developed that often leads to a fix. Bear in mind CAL was deprecated over twenty years ago.

Never had Ripple Edit fail as described in this thread. May want to submit the project to support@cakewalk.com

That's the bottom line. If the signal has to make a round trip through the DAW to audition plug-ins: the delay added by the interface butters is unavoidable but can be minimized by a combination of small buffer settings and high sample rate the delay added by plug-ins in the DAW can be minimized by bypassing the plug-ins with large lookahead buffers and use of the PDC override on the recording track.

Instrument tracks are nothing special. There are only two basic track types in CbB, audio and MIDI. An Instrument track is presentation of MIDI track input and audio track output controls taking up 1 track slot. The clips in the track depend on whether the track is frozen or not. An instrument track may be split into its audio and MIDI tracks any time and an audio+MIDI track pair associated with a synth may be merged into an instrument track any time. Instrument tracks are convenient but sometimes I feel they hinder understanding how routing works in CbB.

Add audio tracks Set the audio track inputs to the appropriate synth outputs.

May want to do a Google search for MIDI copyright. The file in question has a copyright notice. Calling it data makes no difference, everything on a computer disk is data. @slartabartfast may be around soon to weigh-in on this.

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.