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I usually use a web browser to search the index The website search is a little more involved.

Maybe this with a custom Lua script is will do

The tabs have tooltips. Swapping out the PRV elements is not that hard but if you prefer not to mess with the theme editor all my themes have the old Platinum (light) PRV background. I am not sure what background others have but there are a bunch of themes modified for 2020.04 in https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/forum/31-ui-themes/

All tabs had the text replaced with images in 2020.04 and just the way the OP wanted All 4 tabs are the same size. This is what the Inspector looks like starting in 2020.04. If they are not the same size then change to a factory theme or make sure the custom theme is updated according to the post linked above. It is hard to imagine how this change affects new users either way as they have no experience with previous versions.

No, geometry is also preserved if the multidock or view is floated. Screensets may be imported from another project or instead of using a project template always start projects from an empty project with the screensets already setup.

Here is a quick video opening the PRV, SHIFT+D to maximize the view, selecting the Track View again then clicking the PRV tab in the multidock to restore the maximized PRV.

Look at screensets and workspaces. Screensets are stored in the project folder. Workspaces are global. Both may be used to keep screen layouts including maximized views across sessions.

Instead of closing the view just collapse it or leave all multidock views maximized and use Alt+1 to retrieve the Track view and click on the mutlidock tabs to see different maximized views. Views that work on specific tracks have a method to select tracks in the view.

Two useful shortcuts for views in the Multidock are Expand/collapse MultiDock D Maximize/restore MultiDock SHIFT+D from http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=KeyboardShortcuts.html#1306347

Another option is this user created MFX That said, volume and clip gain automation on the audio side may be the most transparent.

If you quote his post he will get a notice about the thread

Part of what freezing does is bypass a frozen track's FX rack. Normally unfreezing a track enables the FX rack. Right-click in the FX rack for the context menu to manually toggle "Bypass FX Rack" This may be used to enable the FX rack of a frozen track.

The info is also available at http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Browser.11.html The website is updated more frequently than the Reference Manual pdf.

To elaborate on a couple of these 2. There is one entry for every plug-in instance in the project that can receive MIDI data. This includes all synths and effects that have "Enable MIDI Input" turned on. This option is in the VST2/3 drop down in the standard header above every plug-in UI. 3. A synth requires at least one MIDI track and one audio track. An instrument track is a simplified presentation a synth's MIDI track input and audio track output. If a synth has just a MIDI track output pointed to it, the synth needs an audio track added to the project with the track input set to the synth. "Make Instrument Track" is an option in the track header context menu. There are several hot spots in the track header for opening this menu including the small track icon to the left of the track name in the track view. 4. The original way in SONAR to add synths to projects was using an audio FX rack. This feature is still supported but is intended for synths that operate on audio data such as vocoders. Synths without audio inputs should not be added to FX racks. "Replace Synth" is a couple of choices down from "Make Instrument Track" on the track header context menu."

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.