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Today I installed the latest version of Sonar, and I can say: I think this is the best version in the last year or two! After this update, I now have everything in order with the display of all texts in all windows and sections, the names of modules appeared in the "Style Dial FX" section, which was not there before this update. In addition, the text has now become more contrasting in the windows of the pop-up hint in all places where it appears - on the "Automation" line, in the Piano-roll, etc. And now the track numbers are displayed in the headers, which I also did not have before. And today I am happy - I have a perfectly installed and configured Windows 10 system, I have the best DAW for serious and productive work with music in any style, and the very first project opened today also loaded faster, and is played with less consumption of system resources!

I thank with all my heart the entire team of developers and everyone involved in the "polishing" of my favorite program, happiness to you and good health to all!

58 minutes ago, Astraios said:

there's no "disable or unable floating" for synthrack in Shortcut Editor

In theory, synthrack is a one element of the "Browser", where there is also a section for plugins, notes, help, etc. And the "Browser" window is opened and closed by pressing the "B" key on the keyboard by default, if you pin "Synthrack" to the "Browser", you can open and close this section with one "B" key. And in the "Dock" at the bottom of the main window, plugins and the mixer console are pinned, you can open and close the "Dock" with the "D" key on the keyboard.

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46 minutes ago, tdehan said:

Да, уже сделал это

Also check the Tempo track, maybe you have some events after the last note in the project. In principle, literally any event recorded in any format on any track affects the stop of playback at the end of the project, you just need to find this event.

1 hour ago, Andrey_rbk said:

It would be nice to be able to drag and drop the entire effects basket onto another track.

Try converting the effects added to the rack to "Convert FX Rack Effects to FX Chain", then holding down the "CTRL" key, you can copy the converted FX block to any other track the required number of times, and then extract the effects in other tracks to the standard format of separate effects using the "Extract FX Chain Plugins" function. This is also not done directly in one click, but it will still save you a lot of time and effort in such operations. Try to perform plugin extraction operations on new tracks by selecting several tracks and holding down the "CTRL" key, it is quite possible that it will work, and you will be able to save even more time.

2 hours ago, Anders Svensson said:

although the core problem still remains.

If you don't need TTS-1 and never use it in your work, there is a guaranteed way to bypass assigning a MIDI output to it:

you need to go to the tab at the top "Utilities" and select "Cakewalk Plug-in Manager - DirectX Instruments (DXI)", select TTS-1 in the right part, and click the button at the bottom left "Exclude Plug-in". After that, TTS-1 will no longer appear in the list of suggested outputs from MIDI tracks. If you need TTS-1 again at some point, you can connect it in the reverse order, I have attached an animated screenshot of the entire operation, it is very simple.

22 minutes ago, jm52 said:

"Uninstall all other audio hardware devices." Doesn't work.

Does Cakewalk by Bandlab launch (open) itself for you? If so, you first need to configure the system audio - specifically in the system settings (Windows audio settings) select the driver from your sound card for "Playback" and mark it as "Set Default", then select the same driver in Cakewalk.

If Cakewalk does not launch, then try deleting the "AUD.INI" file along the route:
C:\Users\IGOR\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core --
The next time you launch Cakewalk, it will recreate this file, and you will be able to select any of the drivers available in the system.

2 hours ago, Cyril Johnson said:

The new Cakewalk Sonar (trial) does not recognize the FX in existing projects and crashes if I try to add it on new projects.

I just checked it in my Sonar - this plugin works completely normally, I have a rather old version - 1.0.3.84 from the "Additional Content" from the SONAR X3 I bought back then.
The most likely reason for your failure with this plugin, it seems to me, is either incorrect installation/activation, or the absence/outdated versions of dynamic C++ libraries, read the content of this post on this topic, here you can also download the necessary Visual C++ set:
https://discuss.cakewalk.com/topic/80961-resolution-startup-crashes-with-latest-sonar-release/

1 hour ago, Bruce Gombrelli said:

I like to manage them on my desk under special folders

Try to create a new empty folder for projects on any other disk, check all the details of this folder: "Read only; hidden; locked", remove all this, then create a shortcut for this folder and place it on the desktop. Then create a new empty project in Sonar (you can open the factory template), and save it to this folder. Close Sonar, and try to run this saved project again, if there is no scanning, then it is better to work with projects in this format. And in general, storing projects on the desktop is far from the best idea, in case of any problems with the system (virus, crash, startup failure, etc.), all your projects will simply disappear, because the desktop - is physically a system disk. You can, of course, make copies, but then why duplicate everything if you can initially store projects on another disk?

10 minutes ago, Jay Music said:

any body had fix this problem ?

Try deleting the file "AUD.INI" along the route: "C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core", when you launch Cakewalk again, it will create this file, but in this way, you reset all previous audio system settings.

14 hours ago, brandon said:

Can anyone elaborate on how to access this function and to apply it?

Access to this function is in the main project window at the top in the tab "Process - Run CAL", you can also launch it with a hotkey combination: CTRL + F1. You can customize this combination in "Settings - Keyboards Shortcuts". When you launch the function, a folder with all the contained CAL scripts opens, first you must select the notes (clips, fragments, etc.) you need to change, and then select the desired script in the folder and launch it by double-clicking LMB, or via the "OK" button.

6 hours ago, adwsail said:

Bandlab-версия Sonar и вот, я даже не могу загрузить VST без оплаты

You have everything mixed up - "Cakewalk, Sonar, Bandlab, you don't own anything you create", maybe you just didn't quite understand what is what? Now there are 3 different DAWs - Sonar and Next from the Cakewalk brand, and a program (DAW) called "Cakewalk" from the Bandlab brand. The first two programs are paid, but the Cakewalk by Bandlab program (a much better version then the previous SONAR Platinum) is completely free, with only one condition - is activation through the official website. But after activation, no one encroaches on the results of your creativity, you can check. In addition, there is a special "offline" activation method especially for those users who do not have the Internet.

In vain you are so emotional about a completely typical state of affairs, hundreds of other programs are now created and activated according to the same scheme, in this regard, Cakewalk by Bandlab is absolutely no different from them, and it has been completely free since the release of the very first version in 2017 or 2018.

4 hours ago, Alan Bachman said:

Problem solved

🤝🤝🤝

7 hours ago, AB9 said:

Есть мысли?

Try opening any project with the "Shift" key pressed, this is a kind of "safe way" to launch Sonar/Cakewalk. In this mode, when you launch a project, you will see a window with a choice of launching plugins and other elements, first try not to load any plugins, if Sonar/Cakewalk starts normally, then it is quite possible that the error will be corrected. Or try deleting the "AUD.INI" file in the folder:
"C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core" , Sonar/Cakewalk will recreate this file when launched, and maybe this method will help to fix the error when launched.

On 3/18/2025 at 1:06 AM, sjoens said:

When I select Help > Documentation in CbB it goes directly to the website and automatically unchecks Always Use Local Help in Preferences.

Have you installed this file: "Sonar Help_Documentation_1.0.0.20.exe", which can be downloaded from the "Help - Check for Update" section? If you haven't installed it, then the "Always Use Local Help" option won't work for you. I always install this file when installing Sonar or Cakewalk by Bandlab (these are separate files for each DAW), and when you select this option in the settings, it is the local help that opens in a format convenient for information and instructions.

8 minutes ago, altoricky said:

if I clicked and held on a note in Piano Roll View a small dialogue would appear

Good day!
If you have the "Smart" tool selected, then all the notes you specified appear when you double-click on the note itself, they did not appear as a pop-up hint before.

1 hour ago, David Baay said:

You'll be back after you run into the first 20 things that DAW can't do

I think that a person will not return, if in 20 years he could not understand the functionality of the program to a sufficient degree, and could not figure out just the settings in one export window. It means that he never really liked Sonar/Cakewalk, and now he just found a reason to switch to another program. I am always happy for people who find something they like - a program in which they work comfortably and quickly, some plugins, tools, etc., but I do not understand why people give other reasons when they simply do not like something. And here the subscription system also had an effect, so let's wish the person happiness and joy in the new DAW! And the Cakewalk brand will not suffer from this.

29 minutes ago, Barry Holroyd said:

Or is it more complicated than that... e.g., registry modifications?

TTS-1 Install instructions

11 minutes ago, David Baay said:

if you have the shorter clip selected when you initiate the export, that selection becomes the default export length.

I will try to do it as you described, but for now I can say that I always choose the "Entire Mix" preset when exporting audio, and then there is no need to even select any tracks or clips. And when I export just one track (clip), I can select it, and it always shows the duration of the clip on the time scale at the top, which also automatically exports all the material on this track. For me, the previously described behavior of Sonar looks extremely strange, although, maybe this does not happen to me because I do not select any tracks.

2 minutes ago, badt1mes said:

Cakewalk may be seeing two different end times and cutting off the longer one at 3 minutes.

This is absolutely impossible, neither Cakewalk nor Sonar have such a setting, unless you yourself put a "Marker" at the 3rd minute, and mark it as "end of project". If you did not perform these actions, then Sonar itself will not implement such a scenario under any circumstances. I always have all tracks of different lengths, and such incidents have never happened in more than 30 years.

1 hour ago, Matthaeus Ebonah said:

I'm doing EVERYTHING I've always done for the past 20 years to export a project as a MP3 and I'm having a hard time with this. What has changed?

You just need to read a little about the new features and options in these new versions of Sonar. Try selecting the "Enter Mix" preset when exporting audio, and you should have the clip(s) selected with the "Time Selection" option. See the settings in the screenshot:

14 minutes ago, Herbert Chong said:

Что мне нужно искать, чтобы я мог иметь правильное затухание и затем завершение для MIDI-плееров, чтобы они не продолжали минуты тишины?

You should check the "Tempo" track - are there any changes after the last note in the project, and also check the events on the "automation" lines (previously called "Envelope"), there may also be some events registered after the last note in the project. But if you say that you have some repeating notes displayed for many minutes, then you should put the cursor on the last note in the main Cakewalk window (immediately after it), and then open the "Event List" on first MIDI track. And there you will be able to see - what specific notes are registered, in what octave and to what instrument the signal is sent from this track. It happens that some notes are registered outside the working range of most instruments, and then there really will be no sound. In the "Event List" you can scroll through tracks without leaving this window - at the top in the "Track" tab, there is an option "Next Track", and in this way you can scroll through all the tracks and see where something is written after the last note, and delete everything unnecessary.

5 hours ago, aka Talmadge. said:

Any ideas? 

Somehow Library.db went bad. No need to reinstall yet. Try this first:

1. Shutdown the DAW
2. Delete or rename C://Users\USER\Appdata\Roaming\Cakewalk\Library\Library.db
3. Restart the DAW

24 minutes ago, Sven said:

and would like to hear any suggestions as to what might be a good replacements for my older headphones

A great alternative to your old headphones, in the price range you indicated, would be the Audio-Technica ATH-M50x headphones, these are excellent studio closed monitor headphones, they fold quite compactly due to the hinged design, and have 3 different cables of different lengths in the set, which can be detached. They cost about $ 150.

4 hours ago, Adu Khay said:

there are a lot of free DAWs out there so they do away with Sonar

Try writing something similar about using Cubase or Logic Pro X for free, it would be interesting to hear their response. Why does everyone want to have the best of everything, but necessarily and only for free? Why is automobile fuel not free, bread, sugar, even quality water from the tap?  And who's stopping you from using all those free DAW you're so optimistic about?