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CbB & Komplete Kontrol don't (yet) have GUI focus features built-in. In the top bar of KK GUI towards the right end is an icon that will manually focus the open Plug-in GUI to the keyboard.

Is this what you're referring to? Pg 215 in the manual;

Also check this setting in your Configuration File:

IIRC Workspaces are saved with project templates and therefore can be different per project depending on where you start and will recall every time you open the session. [Depending on the preference setting] I have a Workspace built for a band combo template that is different from an orchestration template.

NKS keyboards already operate pretty well as control surfaces IME (no <Loop> function). It would be nice if there was bi-directional operation when selecting a track/channel that the HW would automatically focus & open the Plugin GUI and reflect the light-guide simultaneously. Currently have to click on the GUI and manually focus, and I've become innured to that.

@Bud Brown This is probably more in your wheelhouse.

Click the Track View Options menu, point to Meter Options and select Show Numeric Peak Value. Play through the entire selection length and each track will then show the maximum peak level just above & left of the meter. Pg 1005 in the PDF manual. Select all tracks and adjust as necessary.

@Jim Roseberry may have some suggestions.

Use the little 'plus' sign at the right end of the numeric ruler and add another ruler type. No need to then ever change measurement metrics.

Obviously... it's that newfangled wireless power technology!

If you're looking for (and have room) an 88 key, I've heard really good things about this controller from several of my composer peeps.

CbB can be highly sensitive to the load in Standby Memory (that is not reflected in Active Load). Are you using spinning drive(s) and have you looked at fragmentation lately? What does Windows Event Viewer list in Admin Events when this happens/gets worse? Any unusual activities in background processes or network traffic? Have you used an independent system monitoring SW to see when/where it bogs down. Try Rammap.exe to clear Standby & Working Sets for emergency slowdowns.

Finally get the tone that you've been searching for!

As a professional mastering engineer, I'd recommend this process: 1. Put all songs on one track in sequential order (optional with individual start/end fade markers, or Arranger sections for each song length, with a digital black buffer between). This allows you to skip/jump listen from track to track and review for consistency of the entire project. 2. Put all mastering plugins on the Master bus output and make plugin tweaks there using automation. This allows for consistency in the output, and reduces strain on the engine over 'individual track processing'. 3. Follow Glenns suggestion for Export Task setup using either the start/end markers or Arranger sections as export length. 4. Convert to other formats (mp3, etc.) post-facto.

Well... thankfully I've committed decades to film & video soundtrack production... and it has been good to me, because this has the potential to be the death knell to creative manual ambient sound design. Maybe it really is time to fully retire. https://sampleson.com/scaper.html

I only use simple instrument tracks; 5 new tracks total set to MIDI input channels1 thru 5. Divisi (Scaler needs to be set for MIDI out & multi-output enabled as stated above) will print ensemble on track/channel 1, sections on following tracks/channels. Davide has a great YT video on this starting with v2.7. Look it up.

Everyone knows that Satan invented & oversees all DAWs! ?

@Stephen Power At the top of the Track View where MBT time line is; at the right end (little plus sign) you can add more types of timeline measurements (SMPTE/SAMPLES). That may help. And (IIRC), RMB on the big MBT counter allows you to change it as well to SMPTE.

Find the file in Windows Explorer, RMB to properties and see what the OS reports as duration.

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NOAA kinda messed up the forecast.

The options are available if you RMB in the Articulation lane or on any selected (set of) Articulation(s).

I went out on the deck late last night (I live in northern Puget Sound) and saw the strangest cloud striations ever... looked like a spider web with a center porthole, green & red. Turned to look north and saw the display. Very cool!

It's the top one "Bus Output Volume"

Select all notes that you want to effect in either TV or PRV and using the Event Viewer Module [on the Control Bar]; click in the <duration> field and enter 98% (or similar) to shorten all data by a few ticks. This works well for notes that are quantized and/or justified on the same number so they don't overlap each other.