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Hi Noel, I was thinking it'd be nice to know which specific patches were loaded into the VSTi, how their internal levels were set, etc. Having thought about it further, however, although I'm not familiar with the details, I imagine every plug-in has its own proprietary data structure that the DAW probably doesn't "understand", and just stores as a "blob'" for each instance. I did try modifying the cwp file with a hex editor in an effort to get CW to load the latest version of Kontakt, but all the methods I tried ended up with an unreadable file. So I'm guessing there's a checksum or other mechanism that's getting messed up by that effort. I eventually just exported the MIDI, routed the tracks through EWQLSO and without much tweaking at all ended up with a render that I can at least work from. Probably took less time than all the futzing around I did trying to get my old copies of K3 & K4 installed (turns out they're not compatible w/Win10 ;-). cheers, r

Thanks! This is a very cool little app. Sadly, it provides the same information I can see by opening the file in CW. That is, there is nothing listed about which sampling synths were used or what sample patches were loaded. That's probably beyond the scope of the program, since it would likely require detailed specs on every known synth and how their configuration data is stored.

Wondering if there's a tool or process available - perhaps something used by the Devs - to parse and examine the data in a Cakewalk project file. I have a some old .cwp project files I'd like to rework, but unfortunately I no longer have the sample synth / library that was used (Kontakt 3 & 4). These load fine, but give the expected errors regarding missing synths. I'd like to rebuild the project and can certainly do that using a 'best guess' as to what each synth in the Synth Rack probably had, based on the routing information in the MIDI tracks. However, if there's any way to examine the portion of the .cwp data that defines the synth instances, that would be a huge help. Any thoughts greatly appreciated. TIA!

Hey folks, I have an old orchestral project on a backup drive that was created with SONAR and Kontakt 3 & 4. I have those libraries backed up as well, but no longer have the plug-in DLLs for the 'Kontakt3 8 out' and 'Kontakt4 8 out' synths. So of course when I load the project with CWbBL, it gives the expected errors, i.e., that the instances of the above synths are missing, etc. The placeholder synths are there in the Synth Rack and all of the routing is intact (e.g., MIDI tracks are sending data to their respective synth instances, etc.), but the instances in the rack can only be deleted, they can't be updated to point to the new Kontakt Player dll. My current system has Komplete 9 with all instruments up-to-date, as well as the current version of the Kontakt 6 player. So I have current versions of all the instruments that were used to create the project originally, i.e., the Kontakt Factory Library VSL stuff. What I need is the information on how the plug-in synth instances were set up. I can deduce some of this by simply looking at the tracks' routing, of course, and I can duplicate new synth instances using Kontakt 6 with a 'best guess' on which specific patches were loaded, but have no way to know if there were any specific settings in the original synth instances themselves. Since the placeholder synths are (still) there, I'm wondering if there is some way to examine their data, if not to actually transfer it to a current version of the Kontakt Player instance. Any thoughts greatly appreciated. TIA!

Thanks, Folks. I'll give this all a look. I'm frankly not sure what Assistant did here. I kicked off the install and stepped away for a moment. When I came back it appeared to be done. cheers, r UPDATE: Registry edit was quick, and worked fine. Thanks again!

Thanks Craig, but as I tried to show in the linked image, when I open the "Install Add-ons..." window, all of the plug-ins are already checked (as if they've all been installed) and the Install button is disabled, unlike what's shown in your screenshot. cheers, r

Hi All, Just installed CW by BL via the Assistant on a new Win10 system. Can't find Melodyne. There's no directory for it under Program Files, etc., and the various app listings don't show it (see linked gif). Assistant doesn't provide the option to install it - apparently thinks it's installed. Also - how do I get apps and features like the Instruments to install somewhere other than C:? The installer(s) launched by Assistant don't provide an option to specify. TIA https://imgur.com/lPUfnhS