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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?

Thanks for explaining this. I'm now putting my pattern variations on to a second MIDI track and this works okay for me.

Thanks for the suggestion. I wanted to use the take lanes so that the changes in the overall pattern would be easy to see, so I mean if the main pattern was in take lane 1, then only the changes would appear in take lane 2. I'm assuming there is an easy way to highlight part of a MIDI part and mute it? If it's not possible to use separate Step Sequencers on each take lane then I will need to use an additional MIDI track for the changes, let's see how it works out.

I have laid down a basic two bar MIDI drum pattern using the Step Sequencer and then extended the clip to song length. All fine. Now I want to make some changes at certain points in the song. I would like to do this by creating a second take lane and then use a separate instance of Step Sequencer on the second take lane. I can't find a way to do this. When I highlight the second take lane and view Step Sequencer then a blank grid appears. So far so good. But when I add a a pattern to this second instance of Step Sequencer, it adds the MIDI notes to Take 1 and not to Take 2. What am I doing wrong please?

Just to echo Alexey's post above that I have been able to control the destinations of sends using AZ Controller. I use AZ to set sends to any external audio port using the port's friendly name. The issue I do have (which I think that Alexey alludes to above) is that I can't get any feedback from the Cakewalk API when a send destination is changed (whether that be done using the Cakewalk GUI or whether I do it via AZ Controller). Is there a way to make the current send destination 'friendly name' readable via the API?

Thanks Mark, that will be fine for my use.

I am getting the same issue on the current version of Cakewalk by Bandlab. Would someone from the development team be able to check if they see the same issue?

Is there any way to add a track or bus FX without having it open its control panel immediately? I'm particularly interested in having this 'minimised add FX' for use with FX Chain Presets.