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Hey, chiming in with my system similar to Hook's... also a fairly new build. I recently had a windows update that threw everything out of whack. I ended up removing my NVIDIA graphics card and that helped a lot. But the biggest change was turning off MMCSS this morning. The CPU meter for the audio engine is now low and steady, exactly what I expected from the i9-12900K. I'll see how everything runs throughout the day before I consider reinstalling the NVIDIA card (its primarily for video projects). Thanks Hook and Noel! I never considered MMCSS as an option to try. My system: Motherboard – ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero Processor – 3.2GHz (5.2 Turbo) sixteen-core 12th-generation Intel Core i9-12900K RAM – DDR5 5600MHz, Kingston Fury Beast 64GB (2 x 32GB) M.2_1 – Samsung 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe NVMe Gen 4 M.2 SSD (2280) M.2_2 – Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB PCIe NVMe Gen 3 M.2 SSD (2280) M.2_3 – Samsung 980 PRO SSD 2TB PCIe NVMe Gen 4 M.2 SSD (2280) SATA – Western Digital Black 2TB 7200 RPM 3.5” HDD (for backup) Graphics Card – NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (currently removed from the system and using onboard graphics) Power Supply – Corsair RM1000x Operating System – Windows 11 Pro Audio Interface – UA Apollo (Silver) with Thunderbolt 3 Option Card

I wanted to report back that I transferred all my presets to the new DAW. It was truly a hunt & seek process that took a few days. First, I used Cakewalk's Plug-in Manager to export my user presets for each plug-in as a .spp file. This took a while because I had to remember each plug-in that I created user presets for. But all was not bliss because some of the .spp preset files wouldn't import into the new Cakewalk Plug-in Manager. So for those bad ones, I exported the presets directly from each plug-in as a .fxp preset file. The .fxp presets uploaded with no trouble. Second, several of the plug-ins stored user presets in different location like: Documents, Program Files, ProgramData, Users locations... just everywhere. But I got them all! Last, some of the plug-ins were discontinued and I had to be creative to transfer them to the new DAW. I searched for all their root directories in the old DAW and copied them to a thumb drive, then pasted them to the same directories in the new DAW. Cakewalk saw them and accepted them! Some of those plug-ins required me to re-register them and fortunately I keep all my registration data, so all was good (I even have my Cakewalk Pro Audio 6 CD from the 90's). I hope this helps anyone who's migrating to a new computer. And the new computer is amazing! Opened a project with 84 stereo tracks, 20+ auxs and tons of plug-ins and the CPU meter hovers between 5-10% and memory usage at 16GB (this project brought my old DAW to its knees). I followed Sweetwater's Windows 11 optimization guide and the performance is rock solid. Cheers!

Thanks Scott, I'll start searching today. Cheers, Reggie

Hello all, Last night I finished building a new DAW for Cakewalk and installed Win 11 Pro. Over the next week I plan to migrate all my templates and VST presets over to the new DAW (some are native Cakewalk and the rest are 3rd party). I know where all my Cakewalk templates are stored but is there a common folder for VST user presets? Or will this be a hunt & seek for all my user presets in Waves, Slate, SoundToys, Universal Audio, FabFilter, Arturia, etc? Many thanks!! Reggie New DAW specs: Motherboard – ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero Processor – 3.2GHz (5.2 Turbo) sixteen-core 12th-generation Intel Core i9-12900K CPU Cooler – Noctua NH-D15 RAM – DDR5 5600MHz, Kingston Fury Beast 64GB (2 x 32GB) M.2_1 – Samsung 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe NVMe Gen 4 M.2 SSD (2280) M.2_2 – Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB PCIe NVMe Gen 3 M.2 SSD (2280) M.2_3 – Samsung 980 PRO SSD 2TB PCIe NVMe Gen 4 M.2 SSD (2280) SATA – Western Digital Black 2TB 7200 RPM 3.5” HDD Graphics Card – NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Enclosure – be quiet! Silent Base 802 Power Supply – Corsair RM1000x Software – Windows 11 Pro Peripheral Hardware – UA Apollo Duo with Thunderbolt 3 Option Card

Thanks, the hotfix worked for me.

Thanks Noel.

Hello all, I'm also getting crashes from the new Cakewalk update. None of my projects will open and I'm getting the message below. When loading a project, everything seems normal... all the plugins load up, and then when it gets to "Loading automation" it stops and displays the crash message. When I click OK, the message goes away but then it says "Project successfully opened"... but the project does not open. Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm on a MacBook Pro, Windows 10 Bootcamp, UAD Apollo Silver (Thunderbolt). Also, where do you find the minidump file?

I tried for hours two years or more ago and then gave up. I don't remember if I submitted a trouble ticket back then, but after Cakewalk went out of business I figured it was a lost cause. Maybe the BandLab team will give it a look?