How do I select midi patches?

[Harper Plumlee]

The Cakewalk Music Creator 7 interface used to have on every track a drop down box to choose midi channel and a box to select the patch.

They did not appear by default and above the tracks there was a button to toggle them on.

Now in Bandlab these boxes aren't there at all and I can't find any switch to turn them on. I just watched a 15 minute tutorial on midi basics in bandlab and the guy never touched the subject and just worked with piano sounds.

Someone please tell me how to change the patch of a midi track

[scook]

Change your workspace setting

 

[user905133]

Alternative option to solve the problem removed

Edited January 20, 2020 by User 905133
to remove alternate option

[Harper Plumlee]

Thanks. I changed the workspace to advanced and now I have the channel and patch controls.

Honestly I find the whole interface a little overwhelming now.  I have to do research to find out how to do some very basic things that used to be much easier before.

[user905133]

14 hours ago, Harper Plumlee said:

I have to do research to find out how to do some very basic things that used to be much easier before.

I have had similar experiences. With the introduction of Sonar X1, there was much re-learning needed from the way I had done things in numerous pre-X versions. Finally with Cakewalk by Bandlab, I have been working on teaching myself many of the new features and changes introduced in Sonar X1 and since.

Edited January 20, 2020 by User 905133
to remove encouragement, esp. re: Workspaces