HOW TO CONTROL CAKEWALK WITH A PHONE - Using Android and TouchDAW

[Creative Sauce]

Hi folks! Recording yourself in a comfortable environment with good acoustics is crucial - but how can you control your DAW?
In this video I show how to control Cakewalk by Bandlab using an Android phone!

WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/6ndfakrS6Gw

[Rooooooo]

great tutorial! .. clear and easy instructions

[garybrun]

Very pleasant voice to listen to and well explained.
Wish you all the best with your site.

[user905133]

You have inspired me to see if I still have TouchDAW on my tablet and to test it on my PC.  I test drove it a few years ago with a lap top and have long forgotten about it.  Thanks for the reminder!

[A'Tuin]

Have been using touchdaw quite a while now, I use it mostly while sitting on my drum kit with an android tablet mounted in a tablet holder attached to the front frame. No more getting out from behind the drums as it is now at my fingertips.

[Robert Gorski]

Didn't know I can control my DAW this way, thanks a lot!

[Guest]

I simply cannot get this to work - followed the tutorial to the letter but when I fire up the app - nada - just no connection whatsoever. If I click on TouchDaw to initialise control of DAW I get a message saying 'no response from DAW'. Very frustrating as I could really use this as it seems to echo the Studio One Remote Control app and that works really well for me - be great to have similar for CbB as well.

Andy

[Guest]

Scratch that - went back into RTPMidi to check the settings - I think I may have forgotten to press 'connect' ?

I'll get my coat...

[Creative Sauce]

On 2/18/2020 at 5:59 AM, Andrew Ball said:

Scratch that - went back into RTPMidi to check the settings - I think I may have forgotten to press 'connect' ?

I'll get my coat...

LOL

[azajali43]

Thanks you, I was not knowing how to control cakewalk with android phone. Thanks for instruction.

[Doug Steinschneider]

I set this up and it worked right away for my first session but on second use I'm getting "Cakewalk Initializing DAW Control" message for too long - then "No response from DAW" message. I checked the router - restarted computer running cakewalk.  The WiFi connection is good - looks to be connected when I check in the RTPmidi control app - something in Cakewalk is tripping it up. 

[user905133]

Maybe @RexRed has some ideas since he set his up a few months ago?

[Doug Steinschneider]

Thanks - I'll check that thread

[Doug Steinschneider]

I get a message Port 2 - No IP address bound from TouchDAW

[Doug Steinschneider]

I got it running again. I went into the RTPmidi control panel and removed all settings and then added back in and connected. I also went in Cakewalk and removed the control surface mackie Control -1  and re-added it. 

[siordanescu]

It works! Thanks!

[Doug Steinschneider]

As the humorous aside on the RTPmidi developer's website points out, this isn't going to be fun if your WiFi isn't working well. It turned out my trusty Netgear Nighthawk R7000 hand me down I've been using for years as an access point, has developed issues and that's why I was having problems. 

[Starship Krupa]

On 11/9/2023 at 7:27 AM, Doug Steinschneider said:

As the humorous aside on the RTPmidi developer's website points out, this isn't going to be fun if your WiFi isn't working well. It turned out my trusty Netgear Nighthawk R7000 hand me down I've been using for years as an access point, has developed issues and that's why I was having problems. 

Updated the firmware/OS to the latest? I'm a fan of DD-WRT for my routers. Adds a lot of control and functionality that you don't usually get with stock firmware.

[Doug Steinschneider]

I'm a long time user of DD-WRT going back to the old blue and grey Linksys units that predated N WiFi. For this R7000 though, I reset it back to factory and then reconfigured it as an AP and it's working well again.

[Astraios]

Maybe this is what you are looking for....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM23u6OW9f4

Edited January 30, 2024 by Astraios