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Safe mode will open projects and allow skipping problem plug-ins.

To invoke safe mode, hold down the SHIFT key while opening the project.

This is available in Cakewalk by BandLab

It is one of the few reasons the plug-in manager is still included.

By default, plug-in layouts are stored in a folder the user directory. 

Cakewalk and SONAR have their own user directories.

Either copy the layouts or modify preferences as desired.

3 hours ago, User 905133 said:

For the record, the method of using a mouse to record MIDI note data by pressing the black and white keys on a non-Cakewalk plug-in's virtual keyboard continues to work today.

This bug was introduced in X3.

Currently any synth capable of sending MIDI data can be setup to feedback to its input.

MIDI sent from a plug-in should not be available to the track(s) routed to the plug-ins MIDI input.

The routing still happens even when the track is set to "External Inputs Only."

Not sure how long this "feature" will be around but I would not depend on it.

The transport module shows the Record Bit Depth NOT the Driver Bit Depth.

A 256 sample buffer @ 48K is probably the upper limit for most when monitoring through the DAW.

Keep in mind plug-in choice can significantly add to the delay.

3 hours ago, jonathan hanemann said:

Add a compressor plugin to that, and forget about it. Totally unworkable.

If the compressor has a large lookahead buffer it will be a problem.

It may have the ability to adjust its buffer or it may be designed for mixing/master and not be suitable for use while recording.

Information about its buffering and application should be in the documentation.

On 3/7/2021 at 3:25 PM, Starship Krupa said:

If you're using SI-Drums (and many other virtual instruments, especially drum machine plug-ins), you can't record by playing the pads with your mouse, they are only there to preview the sounds.

It is not possible to record MIDI by playing the pads with a mouse.

I already covered this in a post linked in this thread too.

Any synth that makes sound may take advantage of synth audio recording.

It does not matter how the sound is created, 

That said, playing a plug-in UI is not very efficient.

Try changing the MIDI driver mode.

Here is your opportunity to create one with either the built-in UI or a text editor.

Directly editing the master.ins with a text editor may be faster depending on how the information is documented.

When directly editing master.ins make a backup (just in case).

The SR-16 instrument definition is in Alesis.ins in "Cakewalk Content"

Windows and Cakewalk may be set to different sample rates.

Here is one way to check the sample rate in Win10

When sharing audio hardware between Windows and Cakewalk both must run at the same sample rate to use the hardware at the same time.

To run MBox 2 in ASIO mode try this

I do not use any MS supplied playback software.

Have you looked t at OS settings like the one @msmcleod mentioned.

Most often this a setting in the playback software.

I do not use Groove Music but did a quick search on Google.

The app appears to have a built-in EQ available on its settings page.

Insulting and abusive posts need to stop.

One thread has been locked.

It would be a shame if users lost posting privileges over this.

1 hour ago, Stewart Cormack said:

I'm listening through studio headphones on the default windows media player so maybe that does have something to do with it but I can't be sure. Any thoughts on what I can do to fix it so it sounds the same as it does in cakewalk?

To narrow down the problem, one thing to try is import the exported wav into Cakewalk and see if it sounds the same as the project.

If it sounds the same then the problem lies in the playback of the exported wav.

If it does not then the problem lies in the routing or export options in the DAW.

Everything on the old site including the Command Center uses the the same user ID and password from the single sign on system created in 2014 and used through 2017.

Email service from the old servers was shutdown in 2017.

To regain access to your old Cakewalk account contact support@cakewalk.com

For more info about legacy product support see https://help.cakewalk.com/hc/en-us/categories/360001718094-Legacy-Products

Yes, the activation process needs to write to a protected area of the registry.

It has been this way since Vista.

22 minutes ago, petercarlson said:

Bit concerned that I originally spent a lot of money for Sonar Platinum, and now I am expected to re-activate Cakewalk.  This does not make me comfortable at all, is this not a conflict to the original contract I took out with Sonar?

SONAR Platinum was made by Cakewalk, a Gibson brand company. Nothing has changed regarding SONAR Platinum.

BandLab Technologies makes Cakewalk by BandLab, a free DAW based on code they purchased from Gibson. They require their product be re-activated every 6 months.

Yes

The inputs are based on the info provided by Windows.

Windows reports stereo pairs.

This means in Cakewalk:

• 1-Left is channel 1 on the interface
• 1-Right is channel 2 on the interface
• 3-Left is channel 3 on the interface
• 3-Right is channel 4 on the interface

so, to record interface channel 2 as a mono track in Cakewalk set a track's interleave to mono and its input to 1-Right.

The registration code relates to the version being registered. The version is in the first few characters of the code.

When using the version that shipped with Platinum the easiest way to activate DP is install using the Command Center.

The Command Center automatically activates anything it installs.

Manual activation requires running the standalone synth or the DAW as administrator to get the registration code accepted.

Once activated, the standalone and DAW do not need to run as administrator.

AFAIK, there is no forum for the web browser based DAW called BandLab

Support is available from support@bandlab.com and there is a Facebook group.

This forum was created for Cakewalk by BandLab, a Windows program.

Two candidates for missing controls in the track header are:

• the workspace setting  and
• the track control drop down shown in the image below

Regardless the controls should be visible on the track inspector

step recording

Activation must be refreshed periodically regardless of the method used.

25 minutes ago, kc23 said:

And also sad, is that the problem is still not being addressed by anyone on the developing staff.

Possibly because nothing has changed since the reply to a similar request in 2014 where @Noel Borthwick indicated they had no plans to add true mono support.