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The items that need updating for 2020.04 are detail in the link above. Usually changes are additional items that don't require action unless one wishes to keep their theme consistent. For 2020.04 not only were new images added, some of the existing ones were resized. The resize caused the display "bug". May want to update the thread subject.

Yes If the old SONAR.chm is in the CbB program folder and the PC is not connected to the internet or UseOnlyOfflineHelp is set to 1 in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Core To prevent CbB from using the old SONAR.chm remove it from the CbB program folder and remove UseOnlyOfflineHelp from HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Core or set it 0. SONAR.chm is not part of CbB.

There are a lot of files shared between SONAR and CbB. Uninstalling one usually affects the other. Re-running the X3 installers should get all of X3 back on the machine. To skip installing all the plug-ins again run the advanced install option and select what to install.

The local help file option was removed from CbB preferences with the first release. AFAIK, the code to open a SONAR.chm is still in the program. BandLab does not make a chm file for CbB. The help is available on the web and a pdf snapshot is made every few months.

Maybe try safe-mode and see if the crash is plug-in related. To open in safe mode, hold the SHIFT key while opening the project. This will allow adding plug-ins one at a time.

AFAIK, no parameters are exposed for automation in the MFX plug-ins. Aside from the methods mentioned, MIDI clips have FX bins just like audio clips.

I am not a regular Iris 2 user but just created a project with it saved the project, closed and reloaded the project shutdown CbB, restarted and reloaded the project All worked OK. Make sure to send the dump to support.

I did not say anything about reading the threads. In a couple of similar threads I suggested contacting Waves support. This was mentioned in the OP. IIRC, this is the first Waves install thread that mentioned me. My knowledge of Waves is very limited. Years ago they had problems with X-Ray. mixing Waves VST2 and VST3 plug-ins was a problem (still may be IDK) and CbB needs Waves VST3 plug-in to access their external sidechain inputs. That's about it.

He/She/Whatever has been known to loiter down here in the basement..........? I don't use Waves plug-ins. Never have. Don't follow threads about Waves install issues because I have no way to test and no interest in the products.

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Did you restart CbB after switching to a current theme? If not, CbB was still using bad image sizes based on the old theme.

Within days of the announcement theme creators were posting notices about updated themes.

Again "ProgramData\Cakewalk" contains much more than the DAWs. 8.5GB is unusually large for ProgramData unless some CCC installers are still there.

There are a lot of shared components. Those have to be factored out when trying to skinny down a Cakewalk install. That said, my guess is there may be some samples included in the 12GB. By default most Cakewalk sfz engine synths put samples in the "C:\Program Files\Cakewalk" tree. I don't count plug-in data when trying to determine Cakewalk's footprint.

Not a bug. Custom themes need to be updated. See

Couldn't duplicates be filtered out when writing the scan path to the registry? Also remove children probably a bigger cause of duplicated scans. I believe the only reason the scanner is still available in the PIM is for backward compatibility. Maybe it is time to disabled the scanner when running the PIM from CbB.

Have a look at Sitala and TX16wx Sitala is designed for drums. If you wish to see drum names in the sequencer instead of notes, I have written a drum map for the default Sitala kit. It is available in the preset section at the top of my Google page. Copy the drum map into the drum map preset folder. The default location is %appdata%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core\Drum Maps After adding Sitala as an instrument track, change the MIDI output (below I in the image below) in the Inspector to the drum map and the drum names will appear in the step sequencer.

You can do it yourself From @Craig Anderton's post http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3755601 on the old forum

SONAR Professional and Platinum owners have Channel Tools Free alternatives are available such as MUtility part of the MFreeFXBundle A1StereoControl Edit: CbB includes Channel Tools as of 2020.08

By default step sequencer clips are linked From http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Views.26.html

It would be better to deal with these issues one at a time in the main forum. Some may have nothing to do with CbB at all. Have a problem specific to one project like the fader issue in track 1, send the project to support or see if one of the devs who frequent the forum will take a look at it. Usually they just need the cwp file. Have crazy things happen after leaving the DAW unattended for an hour or so? Simple solution, don't do that. Just because you left the machine alone don't think for a minute the machine is idle. Or worse, don't put a PC to sleep while a DAW is running and expect it to wake up ready to go. If you are going to leave the machine unattended for any period of time, at a minimum, shut down the program. Dimension Pro crashes. Plug-in crashes are the fault of the plug-in not the DAW. If you need help determining if the problem is a plug-in or the DAW send the dump to support. Here is how to report a crash I have seen reports over the years by users saying DP crashed while browsing presets. While I have not experienced myself, there is probably not much that can be done about it. Cakewalk stopped updating the program 10 years ago and replaced it in their product line with Rapture Pro. That said, if you can keep track of what program crashes the plug-in, I may be able to help. WRT, color customization in preferences, this was whacked when Cakewalk introduced the Skylight interface in X1 and progressively got worse with every release. As a result, Cakewalk added a theme editor with the later versions of SONAR. This handles image and color customization albeit not as easy as preferences. CbB also has a theme editor. Regarding updates in general, if one is mid-project there is no rush to update. In addition to rollback, there is a way to have more than one version of CbB available to run at a time.

Maybe because most everything in the core installer has a fixed location. There is no extensive library of VST2 plug-ins.

There can be only one instance of shared folders on a PC. All versions of SONAR and CbB use them. They are installed on the same drive as the program. All versions of SONAR and CbB must be installed on the same drive. If s SONAR or CbB installer detect a previous installation in the registry, folder locations are read from the registry. At that point, the ability to modify folder locations in the installer is disabled.

It was BandLab Assistant. This tool is used to install/activate and update Cakewalk by BandLab (a Windows program based on the SONAR code purchased by BandLab). See http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Introduction.30.html for step-by-step installation instructions. It is also a front-end for the BandLab audio/MIDI loop library and a way to launch their web-based DAW called BandLab.

Using Windows to uninstall SONAR is going to uninstall everything except for files modified by the user and registry entries. Platinum is a little different than X2 and X3 because it uses multiple installers. It is possible to uninstall SONAR Platinum and not affect the other plug-in installers. However, uninstalling any version of SONAR runs the risk of removing the shared folders used by CbB. One could manually remove the DAWs but I don't believe it is worth the effort. Here are some numbers for 64bit SONAR X2 Producer, X3 Producer and Platinum full installs on my PC. I do not have any version of 32bit SONAR installed. The space used in "Program Files" totals around 446MB. The space used in "Cakewalk Content" varies based on installation. Tutorials alone take up several GB. I removed the tutorials some time ago. My three SONAR folders total up to ~700MB. Of course, they are mostly duplicates of each other and all the DAWs could be set to use CbB. The space used in ProgramData is ~22MB. User directories vary quite a bit. Mine take up ~37MB. Having all three versions of SONAR and CbB installed takes less than 2GB (without the tutorials). Considerably less if one cleans up the duplicates in "Cakewalk Content". I did not include loop libraries in "Cakewalk Content". These take up quite a bit of space, almost 9GB for everything bundled with SONAR and extras like the EDM Euphoria Audio Loops.