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Try using the friendly name Enhancements for input and output port names feature introduced in 2021.06 to rename the ports.

Play/Pause is an unbound function in the keyboard shortcut Global Bindings Area. Add a key combination to it.

It might be time to move on. Larry is free to return whenever he sees fit.

I stand corrected. When looking up SONAR HS 7 XL, I found no mention of 64bit (other than the 64bit DPE which is not the same as a native 64bit DAW) or Bitbridge. Are you saying the installer has a screen to select separate 32 or 64 bit installs? If so, then it does have a native 64bit format.

The DAW always records the signal at the track input. When the input is set to the audio interface, this means the recording occurs before any plug-ins. In order to record a signal affected by plug-ins, the plug-ins must be placed before the track input. To record plug-ins on a live signal, place the plug-ins in the track with the input set to the audio interface then set the track output to an aux track. Record both tracks. This results in the original audio recording in the track with the input set to the audio interface and the original signal + plug-ins in the aux track. While recording both tracks is not absolutely necessary, it can be really handy if aux track recording is unsatisfactory.

SONAR 7 is not the same product as SONAR Home Studio 7 XL. SONAR 7 has both 32bit and 64bit DAW installers. SONAR Home Studio 7 XL is only 32bit and based on an older version of SONAR. Based on the OP, I am assuming this thread is about a 32bit only DAW. Correction: both SONAR 7 and SONAR 7 HS XL include 32 and 64bit DAWs. Installing CbB with any 64bit version of a Cakewalk DAW will update shared dlls and utilities. These shared files are compatible with all prior versions of 64bit versions of SONAR. CbB does not interact in any way with 32bit Cakewalk DAWs including the SONAR Home Studio series. When transitioning from 32bit to 64bit always work on copies of project. Do not overwrite the original project as there will likely be 32bit plug-ins that will not run in the 64bit environment. This is especially true of 32bit DX plug-ins that were not ported to 64bit. DX plug-ins are host bitness specific. IOW, 32bit DX plug-in only run in 32bit DX host such as SONAR Home Studio 7 XL. 64bit DX plug-in only run in 64bit DX hosts such as the 64bit versions of SONAR and CbB (which is 64bit only). Using the 32bit DAW to load projects and replace 32bit only plug-ins with new 32/64bit plug-ins is an important part of the transition process, if one plans on using the projects in a 64bit DAW. update: to correct statement about SHS 7 being 32bit only.

Because the bluetooth device has some built-in buffering all its own in addition to the WASAPI driver. This will be noticeable when trying to play along in real time with pre-recorded audio.

WASAPI Shared driver mode uses a fixed buffer size. In addition to the audio interface buffer size, plug-ins can contribute to the problem. To see if plug-ins are the issue, click the FX button in the Mix Module to bypass all effects.

The image shows BandLab Assistant Try using the Cakewalk Web Installer (direct link) as @Jonathan Sasor suggested. If you prefer not to use the direct link, here is the Cakewalk by BandLab page. The Cakewalk Web installer in the button left of BandLab Assistant near the bottom of the page.

Make sure to install the 64bit version of EZ Drummer. The 32bit version does not work in 64bit DAWs.

Google is a great place to find out how to use Windows; in this case how to map drives to unc paths and using mklink with unc paths. With either method, choose the uppermost directory to reduce the number of drive letters or directory junctions. The media browser in CbB may be used to add subdirectories as needed from the drive letters or directory junctions.

Either map driver letters or use mklink to create directory junctions on a local drive to the NAS UNCs.

Forget about the integrated mp3 encoder that Cakewalk sold and ultimately gave away for free when they no longer had to pay the royalty fee. Cakewalk went out of business in 2018 and there is no legitimate way to get any of their products today. It is possible to use Lame or any other free mp3 encoder to create an mp3 file from the wave file exported from SONAR. OR If you are running a Win7 64bit or newer consider installing Cakewalk by BandLab. It is free, originally based on SONAR Platinum and includes an integrated mp3 encoder. CbB can work with SONAR project files.

Email service for the old Cakewalk machines was shut down when the company went out of business. To access your old Cakewalk account contact support@cakewalk.com for password reset. https://help.cakewalk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021666254-I-used-Cakewalk-a-long-time-ago-but-now-Cakewalk-com-says-account-creation-is-disabled-

While a parent track is always displayed, there is no requirement to have them expanded. The take lanes toggle SHIFT+T and automation lanes toggle SHIFT+A work regardless of the size of the parent track.

The original paths are shown in the help file image. From http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=0x201D9

I had X2, X3, Platinum and CbB installed prior to adding non-bundled Cakewalk plug-ins. The error message is misleading as it indicates the problem is the installer not finding the correct version to use this patch. The CL installer is patching nothing. It is a full version of the plug-in. It may be Cakewalk built a check in the CL installer to look for a modular version of the PC in SONAR. The reference to patch in the error message may be the referring to patch level of SONAR X series. None of the PC add-on modules run in the original X1 PC. Instead, the original X1 had to be patched to support the modular PC (IIRC it was part of X1 Producer Extended). My guess is this check is preventing CbB only installs from working with the CL installer. Probably the same for the other add-on PC only modules from Cakewalk. If this is the case, a minimal install of SONAR X1 Producer Extended, X2 or newer with PC support will be necessary to get past the check. Installing any version of SONAR after CbB requires re-installing CbB after the SONAR install in order to get the CbB shared utilities back. Unlike CL, which is PC only, the CA2A shipped regular VST2 and VST3 formats of the plug-in. In fact, the CA2A VST2 pulls double duty as a PC module and regular VST2 so the installer does not need to check for a modular PC. It's a shame BandLab has not released the CL and the rest of the non-bundled PC modules like they did with the PC2A, the PC only predecessor of the CA2A.

I don't have a UFX but on my Babyface Pro there are two types of i/o ports with names like 1+2 ASIO Fireface USB Analog 1 (1) and 5+6 ASIO Fireface USB Adat (1) reported in CbB. The Analog i/o are the 1/4" and XLR ports on the interface. The interface also has a connection for an ADAT device so these are listed in CbB even though I have no ADAT device connected to the Babyface. I used Totalmix to setup one of the ADAT connections as a loopback connection to the DAW.

In 2021.04 there was a setting added for this. Check out the Windows 10 high DPI rendering option (experimental feature) section about 2/3rd down this page I just stumbled across the setting while looking for something else in the help.

Turn off Always Echo Current MIDI Track in preferences. This is causing the old-style Omni setting and behavior. Manually set input echo as needed.

Yeah, that thread and the other threads referenced in it are accurate, at least at time they were written. The current behavior is slightly different. Starting with 2021.01, if a project has a plug-in with "Enable MIDI Output" turn on anywhere in the project and an instrument/MIDI track input is set to None and input echo in enabled for the track instead of changing the input to "All Inputs - Omni" the DAW will use "All External Inputs - Omni". The change was made to address the problem of tracks unexpectedly picking up MIDI data from plug-ins in the project. FWIW, audio tracks will change from None if input echo is enabled for them too. IOW, input set to None and input echo on are mutually exclusive settings.

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Normally the project files entry in preferences is set one time, by default it is "C:\Cakewalk Projects" but may be any path always available to the DAW. If the DAW cannot find the project files path the DAW will silently reset the project files entry to the default. The DAW cannot run without a valid project files entry. Projects may be created and opened anywhere the DAW has access. Because of this, if a project is opened any subsequent saves will be relative to the open project's location. Starting with 2021.09 the default audio export changed from the wave files entry to the export audio files entry. Generally, these preferences are set one time just like the project files entry. For info about the current export process see http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=NewFeatures.010.html

The company that made the CA-2A went out of business in Nov 2017.

If the program is asking to sign in, it is trying to refresh the activation and the login information has expired. Initial installation, updates, (re)activation are the only times an internet connection is necessary. (Re)activation uses the DAW or BandLab Assistant if the PC running the DAW does not have an internet connection.