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bit depth does not matter but sample rate does

BA keeps track of what it has installed in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Installers The key containing the CbB record is DC294903-7970-42DB-B049-04FA5E7C6332 Uninstall does not clean up the registry. My guess is this is causing the problem. Removing all the keys in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Installers will allow BA to install CbB and all the Add-ons again. If not, the clean install is always an option.

This works except for V-Vocal which requires a minimal install of SONAR. Platinum is different from the rest in that it does not have an Advanced install option. Instead there are multiple installers and some of them check the registry to confirm the DAW before running.

That was the hard part. As of this release updates to CbB no longer rely on BA.

There were a lot more problems with Platinum than there are with CbB. CbB started out with the unreleased code for Platinum 2010.11 and has been continuously improved since. CbB installs as an upgrade to Platinum. The DAW, ProgramData, Cakewalk Content and user directories are separate from Platinum. The shared utilities are updated to the latest versions. Leave Platinum installed. All the Platinum content and plug-ins will be available in both Platinum and CbB. Follow these instructions to install CbB using BandLab Assistant.

Or use a real-time fade-out in the clip This describes how to create a fade-in. The fade-out is similar just on the other end of the clip.

don't recall reading that before. A full cache is not a good idea though. not surprising Both are user data and not part of the reinstall process. Having an uninstall automatically delete user data is a really bad idea. If you wish to do this as an extension to the clean install instructions, feel free to add those steps. FWIW, the latest CbB now manages the picture cache automatically. From https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/19403-current-release-202009/

For Platinum the instructions say to delete the Platinum folder under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR\ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR\ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR\ Cakewalk usually installs a SONAR product specific folder under each of those registry paths for the SONAR Platinum, Professional, Artist and Home Studio product lines. If the folders are not there, the instructions say skip the step. If you elect to do more than the instructions say AND you have SONAR Professional, Artist or Home Studio installed, they will be damaged. If you do NOT have any of those products installed, removing the registry entries does not matter. They will be rebuilt during reinstall and VST scan.

It won't hurt anything either way. There should be a product specific folder under SONAR. If it is not there that step may be skipped. Just like the instructions say. There is a very good chance uninstalling SONAR Platinum will damage CbB so plan on running an uninstall/reinstall from BandLab Assistant after Platinum is reinstalled.

Backups are important but a regular uninstall/renstall does not touch projects, user installed plug-ins or other user create files.

When I tested the process, I used File > Save As to create a MIDI file from the entire project. I did not use the export function. From there, everything is done outside of CbB. Run MIDIcsv against the MIDI file to create a csv file from the saved MIDI file Then open the csv file in any text editor or spreadsheet tool.

I hope you are using the term "bundling" generically. Do not use Cakewalk bundles as the principle means of archiving or backup up Cakewalk projects. Either copy the project folders, use "Save As" to a different location or a backup utility. The bundle feature in Cakewalk is primarily there for backward compatibility and project sharing (where the bundle is not the only copy of the project).

While waiting for this feature here is a method that works today

No, a regular uninstall/reinstall does not affect any user files including project data.

The database in the message is %appdata%\Cakewalk\Library\Library.db As part of the personalization process the database is reset to factory defaults. It will lose any plug-in category assignments and plug-in name changes you have made. I do not recall if the database error is thrown during the personalizatino process but it would not surprise me if it did. If the error happens on subsequent restarts, this may indicate the need for a re-install. If it continues after that it is an issue for support@cakewalk.com

This is the message generated when holding the CTRL key If you received something else, an image may be helpful.

Yes, the Scan and Reset buttons should be enabled. Usually they are disabled when the scanner cannot be found. Either there is a problem with the scanner or the registry entry. Holding down the CTRL key while starting Cakewalk may fix the problem. If not a re-install may be necessary. It may be enough to run the uninstall from BA then download and install again. Normally the "rescan options" should not be checked. Make sure to deselected them.

Instead of VSTi, look in the VST effect categories in the plug-in manager

It is normal for BA to run multiple threads. Quitting BA from the settings page or from the context menu in the notification area should shutdown the application entirely.

this seems to agree with the documentation linked above

paste special

run the installer manually from %appdata%\bandlab-assistant\Downloads

I do nothing special. It is the default behavior when adding links to posts (at least when using Windows to view the forum)

Host bypass was added to SONAR X3 as part of VST3 support. VST2 plug-ins have the button disabled.