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Studio Instruments has a separate installer. The installer is available through the "Install Add-ons..." menu item in BandLab Assistant and the new Cakewalk Web Installer.

Any sends going nowhere?

Works for me. I did have to set the default Open/Save folder in preferences to populate the open dialog.

Any editor with LISP syntax highlighting/formatting does about the same as the CAL Editor. I use EMACS because it highlights and formats all the languages I have used over the decades. The CAL editor does have a nice chm for CAL though.

I doubt CAL will be revived as it was deprecated 21 years ago. This was discussed at length on the old forum when BandLab purchased Cakewalk IP. It takes no special software to create/maintain CAL scripts. Any text editor will do. StudioWare panels require a special editor.

The thing about Assistant is it lacks DNA so, like Essential, it has limited functionality with polyphonic material. The feature matrix for Melodyne is near the bottom of this page.

Make sure to uninstall ASIO4All. It can conflict with factory ASIO drivers.

Autohotkey is a good tool to learn, not just for CbB. It is a free scripting language. A little time spent with it can be rewarding. Here is an example showing how to toggle all MIDI tracks. When Cakewalk is the active window: CTRL+b opens the Track Manager, Selects all MIDI tracks, Toggles their state and Clicks OK Note: the "Click" coordinates are based on my 1920x1080 monitor.

Black and Silver are setup the same as Sienna. I have not used a Mac in decades. On Windows I moved one copy of the "DATA" folders to my nebula repository and created directory junctions in place of the original folders. I guess on a Mac, a symlink or mount point may work. Moving the folders to the nebula repository was not necessary but I wrote a script to remove files from the repository for sample rates I do not use. So, rather than modify the script, I moved the folders.

before save both racks bypassed re-open and both buttons have changed, and the MIDI FX rack state not retained

The bug was introduced sometime after 2019.07 The next version I have installed is 2020.11 and it has the bug. There is also a problem with restoring the button image for audio FX racks. Using Tungsten, before saving the project, bypassed Audio FX Racks display a grey button. Open the project again and a different image is displayed. I'll report both.

I have never seen that before. The velocity and channel changed between 2 and 3. There must be more to this story.

If the plug-in still shows up after uninstalling open the Plug-in Manager click on the plug-in name in the "Registered Plug-ins" list at the bottom of the Plug-in manager is the fully qualified file name for the plug-in. Remove that file and the next scan should remove the plug-in from the VST inventory in CbB.

Setting workspaces to None effectively disables the feature. Settings persist across sessions like they did in versions of SONAR Platinum prior to the introduction of Lenses (the original name for workspaces). At the time of their introduction Lenses defaulted to None. The release notes for 2019.11 contain the first mention of the Basic workspace as the default.

Going through the gates of Hell a soul was greeted by an imp with a cigarette and a cup of coffee directing him to a pool of swill. Walking around waist deep in waste, after a few puffs and a sip, he observed "this ain't so bad." Then came the command "alright the coffee break is over, back on your heads." True story.

Try setting the workspace setting to None

Forget about BandLab Assistant try the newish Cakewalk Web Installer instead

I just tried V-Vocal and it seems OK here. I have not used it in a very long time but dragging the blobs around does alter the sound. I am running CbB on Win10 Pro 21H2.

Looks like the servers are handling the load now. Still missing some important modules but what is there seems to work OK in CbB. Finally, a plug-in version of VCV Rack.

The version bundled with CbB is a time-limited trial. When expired the only functions available are monophonic audio to MIDI and tempo detection.

It may be when if their servers can handle the load. I think all their servers are getting swamped. Before the announcement, I managed grab the free version and 1150 modules (free and paid). Now it won't connect to the library.

Got my reply from support with a link to my key and install instructions. Looks like their activation server is getting slammed right now.

Encountered my first support opportunity. The program fails to download the license key. Emailed support. Will post back when resolved.

https://vcvrack.com/Rack The standalone version is free The VST2 version is $99 until the end of the year. https://vcvrack.com/news/2021-11-30-Rack-2-released

Definitely. The first thing support will likely suggest is update the software. It is useful when posting here to mention the version if it is not the current release. And since some may be unaware of the current release, adding the release and build number to the OP is a good idea. Guessing about release and build numbers is a waste of everyone's time.