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Noel has said the plug-in manager will be deprecated at some point. Much of the functionality is already available elsewhere. That said, Noel made a few quick tweaks to the existing software. In addition to the speed-up scanning the registry, there are improvements in performance for the plug-in properties dialog. The addition of a cancel button on the plug-in properties page is a small thing but eliminates the little irritation of waiting for the dialog to close.

I believe the key to the design is the name - BandLab Assistant. The primary purpose of the application is as a front end to BandLab. It also serves as a loop library, installation and activation tool for CbB. BA is not developed by the CbB team. It is developed in Singapore.

Thanks for the info. It has been some time since I looked at LoopMIDI.

Aside from using MIDI CC in the PRV, it is possible to access MIDI automation in the Track View but MIDI automation parameters are available only on MIDI tracks. This means the instrument track must be split in order to see the underlying MIDI track. The audio and MIDI track may be reformed as an instrument track but the MIDI automation will not show in the instrument track. Make or split instrument tracks using the track view track menu or the context menu in the track header. To add MFX plug-ins to an instrument track use the FX Rack in the MIDI tab of the track inspector.

Not at this time, unless one has already has a version of SONAR and is willing to put up with an out of date reference and occasional lookup failures.

Glad you got it working LoopBe1 will work but it is very easy to create a feedback loop which will cause it to shut down. This happens when instrument and MIDI track inputs are set to OMNI on the same track where LoopBe1 is set as an output. I have not used LoopMIDI for some time. It is good to know LoopMIDI is coded in a way to prevent feedback loops.

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There are some settings that look odd in the images above. I doubt resetting them will fix this particular issue but things like the read and write disk caching are by default turned off and rarely enabled on a modern machine. Are your ini files the result of migrating settings from an old version of SONAR? If so, you may want to rename AUD.ini and TTSSEQ.ini and let CbB build new ones. Also if there are any entries in the Initialization File in Preferences, consider re-evaluating them too. The fact a plug-in works well in one DAW and not another does not necessarily remove the plug-in from being the problem. It is not unusual for plug-in manufacturers to find out a bug only shows up under certain conditions.

Good news. Make sure to turn off both rescan options. They should always be off unless trying to fix a problem like this one.

If they were scanner prior to running as administrator, the plug-ins may be in the excluded list. Try a manual scan with "Rescan Failed Plugins" enabled. After running the manual scan make sure to uncheck the rescan option.

Old IKM software may need the DAW run as administrator when using Vista and newer.

yes, I know.

Wonder if ExtraPluginBufs would help. Read about this AUD.ini parameter here.

OK, I remember this plug-in now (after dealing with its installer again). The reason the process provided in the previous thread does not work for your case is the previous example was taking data from the controller through the MIDI Shape Shifter into the synth input. What you need to do is send the controller directly to the synth and have a separate connection from the MIDI Shape Shifter for remote control. To so this: Insert MIDI Shape Shifter as an instrument track Add a MIDI track with its input set to MIDI Shape Shifter, output to a virtual MIDI cable (LoopBe1 and LoopMIDI are free) and input echo on Insert a synth with its input to the controller (not MIDI Shape Shifter) Now remote control should work. Remote control is an old method of connecting control data to automation parameters and has its limits. ACT was introduced years ago to for binding control data to plug-in parameters. I have not messed with ACT.

Thanks. The generic avatar is fine by me.

Yes drawing velocity and controllers happens in the controller pane. Here is an example drawing velocity using the smart tool. There is a "Show/Hide Controller Pane" setting on the PRV View menu. The controller pane may be resized by dragging the sash between the notes and controller panes.

There is a link to the online help in the Cakewalk by BandLab menu at the top of the forum. The PITA right now is search. The old website only searches the old Gibson/Cakewalk help pages. Often this is enough and can be refined to SONAR Platinum/Professional/Artist resulting in the most recent SONAR page. Substituting Cakewalk for SONAR in the url often gets the right CbB page. Between that and clicking the context help in the software, most pages are easy to find. Then there are the "new features" in SONAR. Those can take some time to find in the Cakewalk help.

ATM, the main BandLab page is a social media site with an integrated Chrome-based DAW called BandLab. Only in the last couple of BA and CbB releases has data exchange between the DAWs been possible. We will have to see what happens as the process matures.

I miss brundlefly. Learned a lot from his posts. I hope to learn more from the new improved model. Still believe in RTFM and will continue to provide links in replies. Saves on typing and hopefully provides a starting point for learning about CbB. Anxiously awaiting the addition of search for CbB documentation.

Good news...

"Downloads " points to your Documents\BandLab folder where sounds are download from BA and data exchange happens between BandLab and CbB. "System Folder" points to %appdata%\bandlab-assistant\Downloads where BA downloads itself and CbB updates.

AFAIK, all Cakewalk products may still be installed and activated, including products released after SONAR 8.5. Do you know differently?

Chances are you do not own any software you purchased. Most software companies sell licenses to use their software. They do not sell their software outright. BandLab purchased IP from Gibson. That IP included the code for SONAR and other Cakewalk products. BandLab developed a new product based on that code and provide licenses to use that software free of change.

The activation scheme is similar to last version of SONAR without the ability to activate offline. The thread containing Noel's quote posted above is still active.

It is not a conspiracy theory when one misquotes another users and then uses the misquote out of context.