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When using hardware pads to send MIDI data to a DAW, there are basically two ways to map the pads to MIDI notes in the hardware - most devices have an editor that come with the hardware in the DAW - there are a couple of ways to map incoming MIDI notes to different values, the Transpose MFX and Drum maps The SI-Drum documentation contains all the information about the notes used by the plug-in. To access the documentation, open the plug-in and press the F1 key. Here is a post about creating a drum map for the MPK mini

Everything under Audio in Cakewalk preferences. If you capture images of the pages when driver mode is set to MME and ASIO4All (the two modes you had working) the changes should stand out. The critical bits are Devices, the input and output selections Driver Settings, the timing masters Playback and Recording, the driver mode Sync and Caching, the Record Latency Adjustment device Maybe the Cakewalk Tutorial videos linked in John's .sig above will help.

ASIO4All was originally designed for use with Windows software that only worked with ASIO. ASIO4All is not a driver, it is a wrapper that presents WDM drivers as ASIO to ASIO hosts. In addition to ASIO, Cakewalk also works with MME, WDM and WASAPI drivers directly, no wrappers required. Usually audio interfaces with a manufacturer supplied ASIO driver perform better using their ASIO driver. The RealTek audio chip is an exception. It's ASIO driver is not very good. When running Win10 the WASAPI driver is the best choice. When switching driver modes, review the rest of the audio preferences and make sure they reflect the change. Some find it easier to validate their audio setup using an audio clip in a project before moving on to MIDI and soft synths.

Bet there is information in the TS-64 documentation about this. Click the F1 key when the plug-in UI is open and has focus to read the TS-64 help file.

If audio is disabled on the Export menu, it means there is no audio selected to export. MIDI data routed to external hardware, including the MS GS Wavetable synth, must be recorded into the DAW as audio before it can be exported as audio from the DAW.

One more option available today for volume control is the free Blue Cat Gain Suite part of the Blue Cat's Freeware Plug-ins Pack II These plug-ins have 9 built in groups. Drop one of the plug-in in the FX rack or PC, set the Group A through I and all the BC gain plug-ins in the same group are linked together. Automate one, and all the others in the group follow the automation.

It's certainly easier to use the fader for group edits but it is possible to lasso nodes across tracks and edit them all at once too. Here is another way using remote control, MIDI tracks and a virtual MIDI cable to control automation. This video shows: Track 1 through 3 with volume faders setup using remote control listening to MIDI channel 1 CC7 from MIDI track 7 Track 4 through 6 have volume faders setup using remote control listening to MIDI channel 2 CC7 from MIDI track 8 The MIDI tracks are sending their output to LoopBe1. After recording CC7 automation on both MIDI tracks, the CC data is edited affecting the volume on both groups of audio tracks.

For now create a group for the Automation buttons to match the fader group.

If you really want to use the MS GS Wavetable synth don't use instrument tracks. Instrument tracks are designed for soft synths like TTS-1. Use MIDI tracks and set the channel and patch name using drop downs in the track header or inspector to initialize the track. All MIDI channels except 10 default to the first patch - a piano.

I based the comments about synth audio recording on the image. This image shows the audio+MIDI track pair setup to record audio only. The record button is not enabled on the MIDI track. I am not a fan of Always Echo Current MIDI Track being enabled (as shown by the "A" in the input echo button) because of the effect input echo has on track input settings. The auto-echo setting along with hiding the track input drop down seems like an opportunity for problems.

If you were trying to record audio directly from the synth, it cannot be done with an instrument track. An instrument track can only record MIDI data. Soft synth audio recording requires, as you have discovered, separate audio and MIDI tracks.

Not sure exactly what the question is but I suspect the Track 2 input setting (not shown in the image) may provide a clue. If the sound being produced is not expected chances are the input is set to Omni or one of the other synths in the project with "Enable MIDI Output" turned on.

To find which audio files are used in a track, select the track right-click in the clips pane of the selected track select "Associated Audio Files" from the bottom of the context menu For all the audio files referenced in a project use Project > Audio Files from the main menu

The interface and the project must be set to the same sample rate. Project sample rate is determined by the audio in the project. All the audio in a project must be the same sample rate. When a project has no audio clips, the sample rate is read from preferences If the interface is set to a different sample rate than the project, the DAW will record the audio at the interface sample rate but it will write the project sample rate in the file headers. Playback in the DAW uses the sample rate in the file header resulting in the audio having a different speed and pitch. This may be fixed by correcting the sample rate in the file headers. Because the clips are not at the project sample rate and there are other clips in the project, it may be necessary to import the fixed clips into the project. Changing clip sample rates inside a project can cause the clips to be misaligned on the timeline. That said, I have not experimented with this particular scenario. If I encountered this situation, to repair the clips I would - Copy the clips from the project audio folder. Correct the sample rate in the file headers. There are a few tools that can perform this task. Sox is one of them. I describe how to use sox in this post Import the new clips into a new track Delete the original clips from the project

CbB is running in ASIO driver mode. This is the preferred setting when using an audio interface with a manufacturer supplied ASIO driver. ASIO supports one I/O driver at a time. If there were other ASIO drivers installed they would show up on the preference screen above. Unfortunately, the RealTek ASIO driver is not very good. And even if it was a good driver, it is not possible to select the Focurite ASIO driver for input and a different driver for output. As a rule, ASIO drivers do not support mixing hardware from different manufacturers. Only a few manufacturers supply ASIO drivers that support using multiple interfaces at a time. You can try changing the driver mode to WASAPI shared or WDM. The internal sound chip should be one of the devices available and these driver modes allow multiple different devices, however; there are performance trade-offs using these modes instead of the ASIO driver designed for the interface. From a performance and reliability standpoint, this using the Focusrite ASIO driver is your best solution.

Excluding plug-ins prevents them from showing up in plug-in lists but does not prevent projects that reference the excluded plug-ins from trying to load them. This or renaming the plug-in binaries will prevent the DAW from loading the plug-ins. As far as the DAW is concerned the plug-ins will not exist. Projects that reference the plug-ins, when opened, will display a plug-in missing dialog.

If you are trying to monitor the input from the DAW, make sure the input echo button is enabled on the track. It is the button to the right of record. At this point, you may benefit from some basic videos on how to use the software. Take a look at the Tutorials section on this forum and search Youtube.

This is normal. Being shared, the buffer is set by the OS.

Reboot Start up CbB Verify the preferences are setup as described. Verify the Master bus is pointing to the correct hardware output.

If ASIO4All is gone, it should be possible to select the Yamaha ASIO driver in Preferences > Audio > Devices as long as Preferences > Audio > Playback and Recording "Driver Mode" is set to ASIO.

CbB will convert any file on import to a wav. When importing wav files that the same sample rate as the project (and the import bit depth is set to the default value "Original" ) there is no conversion performed on import.

You should not have ASIO4All installed on a machine that also has a manufacturer supplied ASIO driver. It can conflict with the manufacturer supplied ASIO driver. Uninstall ASIO4All.

I know some like to break out MIDI percussion data into separate tracks. I stopped doing that a long time ago when soft synths with multiple audio outputs became common. Instead of breaking out the MIDI data, I prefer using a drum map on a single MIDI track and, if necessary, routing the data to different synths from the drum map. I suppose one could use clone MIDI tracks and use the MIDI Event Filter to group notes in any matter they saw fit including replicating the function of "Split notes to tracks".

Sometimes the dropout code in the toast message is useful.

The search box to the left of Support below the user login is a site search. If I need to perform a site search on the old Cakewalk site, usually I filter the return result for "SONAR Platinum, Professional and Artist" Then modify the url to point to the Cakewalk documentation For example, to change the link from the SONAR Platinum version of the MIDI Event Filter MFX http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=SONAR&language=3&help=Plug-ins.3.html#1630159 to the current CbB page, change the product in the url from SONAR to Cakewalk http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Plug-ins.3.html#1630159 Often this will bring up the exact page. If not it is generally pretty close. Not perfect but adequate. Also, if I know the feature was added to CbB, I open up the New Features section of the help and use the browser word search to find the appropriate link or open the release notes and search it