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I'm trying to use the Blue Cat Remote Control VST plugin to get MIDI CC values output from its control knobs to control an external hardware MIDI controllable device. Blue Cat's Remote Control is a VST3 plugin and supports 'Enable MIDI output' which I have ticked. I'm using MIDI-OX to monitor MIDI activity but I just can't get any MIDI output from the plugin. All help would be appreciated!

Thanks, now I understand.

Can I ask what you mean by 'in the Media Browser'? Do you mean where the .cwp file is stored in Windows? And when you drag the second project to current project's TV, do you mean into the Cakewalk GUI? Where exactly do I have to drag it to? Thanks

I know this has been raised many times before but with the promise of new features for the reborn Sonar, isn't it about time that the external insert system was given a complete overhaul? I use a lot of analogue gear on my tracks during mixdown and it's really bad that when I allocate a 'mono' port to the send, then the other half of the port is no longer available for use in a different insert. No other professional DAW has this limitation. Not sure how to start a poll on this so maybe someone could help with that? And on the topic of getting audio out of the track to feed analogue effects gear, can I also add to the wish list: 1. The ability to create an external insert with only the send configured. Why? This would allow external gear to be fed completely clean, so I mean before any other FX in the chain. It almost works at the moment. The insert send meter shows audio 'flowing' but no audio actually emerges from the allocated port. 2. The ability to store an External Insert as part of an FX Chain Preset. You can do this 'by the back door' at the moment using 'Convert FX Rack to FX Chain' but when you load this (let's say in another project), then Cakewalk refuses to play. It is clearly broken! So let's see if we can get the guys at Cakewalk to commit to a full update of the External Insert system during the first full phase of Sonar development.

On traditional audio consoles the track insert send is normally fed with audio all the time even when the insert is switched out. It is the insert return which is switched into the audio path when the insert is activated. My question is whether there is any way to get the Cakewalk external inserts to operate this way? Its really useful for checking that external gear is 'seeing' audio and checking send levels into external gear without having to make the insert 'live'.

Thanks Mark.

I have exactly the same problem that the visible/hidden status of tracks and buses is not being saved with the project. When hide a number of buses then save the project, then the buses reappear when I load the project again. I'm running the last version of CfB. I tried creating a couple of test projects and all have the same issue. Were you able to get to the bottom of this issue?

Is there any way to set the Cakewalk default so that when you create a track send it defaults to pre fader rather than post fader?

Thanks for the suggestions which are really helpful

I want to derive a pre FX track send, so clean audio to send out to an analogue effects bus. Is there any way to do this without having to start duplicating tracks? I thought I could use an external insert with just the send allocated to a port but it doesn't work. All suggestions welcomed!

Okay I found the mechanism which is triggering the change in default rec source. Please give this a try on your own system and let me know if you get the same result. The first audio input pair on my list (and so the default rec source) has the friendly name 'DEFAULT : S' For the track under test; Put the track's PAN control fully LEFT. Make sure that no source is selected to that track. Select that track's REC ARM button and the default source is selected as "DEFAULT : L" Deselect the source (back to "None") and the REC ARM button will be deselected. Now turn that track's PAN control to ANY position apart from fully LEFT. Select that track's REC ARM button and the default source is selected as "DEFAULT : S" This was 100% repeatable on any track off any project. I've reported this odd behaviour to the Bandlab guys.

I'm using four MOTU UltraLitemk3 interfaces which have been working reliably for many years.

To explain that when I'm doing song composition, I just hit the REC ARM button on the track I want to record to and it should connect to the default record source. That's a standard Cakewalk feature. I tried changing the track interleave but it makes no difference to the issue of inconsistent default source selection I explained in my earlier post. So it's a bit of a mystery!

I'm having a problem that when I press the Record button on a track (which is currently selected to no source) then I am not getting the same default record source. The first source in my Input Driver list is called 'DEFAULT REC' On some tracks, when I press REC ARM, Cakewalk is selecting 'DEFAULT REC :S' And on some other tracks, when I press REC ARM, it is selecting 'DEFAULT REC:L' Can anyone explain why this might be happening? Thanks

Thanks for the advice. Can I just check a point? Were you able to download a complete copy of Cakewalk without having to start the install? I'm not worried about the activation time out as I can't imagine that Bandlab would leave users of Cakewalk by Bandlab without the means to use the software.

Now that the days of Cakewalk by Bandlab are coming to an end, can someone tell me if it's possible to download a complete version of Cakewalk by Bandlab as a safety copy should I have to reinstall (maybe when I buy a new PC). I mean a complete copy which doesn't then rely on having to access further download files on the Cakewalk by Bandlab server (which may no longer be there in the future) Thanks

I'm syncing a Fostex G24S to Cakewalk. Cakewalk outputs MTC which (using a PC app) is converted to LTC which is input to the G24S external sync input (The G24S supplies the 'slave' LTC from track 24). It all works really well and sync is tight but every so often Cakewalk changes its sync source from Audio to SMPTE/MTC, almost as if its decided to slave to the G24S (which is not what I want!)

Yes there is audio on multiple tracks.

My Cakewalk set up includes an analogue tape machine which is slave locked to Cakewalk. Cakewalk is set to Clock\Source\Audio. Occasionally during operation, Cakewalk will change its clock source to SMPTE/MTC for no obvious reason. Any idea why this is happening?

You solved it! The second track was selected but for some reason its clip had not highlighted. Working okay now, thanks!

I have two tracks which comprise part one and part 2 of a performance. I want to bounce these down to a single track. So I first select both tracks. When I open the Bounce to Tracks menu, I can see both source tracks ticked in the Source table (and they are also ticked in the Tracks/Buss in Project table) I select a blank track as the destination. When I click 'Okay', the first track (first part of performance) is rendered correctly but the second track (second part of the performance) is rendered as silence. I can't see what I'm doing wrong! Help!

Understood.

In the tests I have done, I am changing the send destination in Cakewalk by mouse, but I get no output from AZ Controller unless I change somethings else to invoke a refresh (e.g. a track destination).

I am changing the send destination but it's possible the flag is not being read by AZ Controller. Alexey will check this once the next Cakewalk release is available. Any idea when that might be?

Mark Just a note to say that in my tests, changing a send destination does not seem to be triggering a topology graph change. Would you mind checking this as part of the update work for the next release?