Living Room Rocker Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 Meng, Noel, Jesse, Did Cakewalk change their installation process or can we find the update file somewhere else? Kind regards, Living Room Rocker
scook Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 While waiting for Meng, Noel or Jesse... AFAIK, the procedure has not changed. To get the full or update installer requires running BandLab Assistant. After BA finishes running the installer, it is deleted from %appdata%\bandlab-assistant\Downloads
Pathfinder Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 12 minutes ago, scook said: While waiting for Meng, Noel or Jesse... AFAIK, the procedure has not changed. To get the full or update installer requires running BandLab Assistant. After BA finishes running the installer, it is deleted from %appdata%\bandlab-assistant\Downloads This did not work for me this time. I posted about it also.
scook Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 Timing is everything. The update installer is much smaller than the full installer and will disappear quickly. The full installer only downloads on the initial install or when updating attempting to update an older version. IOW for this release, when updating from 2019.01.0.27, BA downloads a tiny update installer. When installing for the first time or updating any version other than 2019.01.0.27, BA downloads the full installer.
HIBI Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 I got update installer via BA as usual. (File size is 32.7MB)%appdata%\bandlab-assistant\Downloads\Cakewalk_by_BandLab_Update_Setup_25.03.0.15.exe
bitman Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 So, no more saving the full exe anymore to revert someday? I can see why Bandlab would want to do that it's just too bad for us.
scook Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 For years there have been requests for smaller update only installers. To get the full installer, uninstall or roll back to an older version prior to applying the update.
bitman Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 1 hour ago, scook said: For years there have been requests for smaller update only installers. To get the full installer, uninstall or roll back to an older version prior to applying the update. Really? I'll try that.
Living Room Rocker Posted March 20, 2019 Author Posted March 20, 2019 20 hours ago, scook said: While waiting for Meng, Noel or Jesse... AFAIK, the procedure has not changed. To get the full or update installer requires running BandLab Assistant. After BA finishes running the installer, it is deleted from %appdata%\bandlab-assistant\Downloads The difference seems to be that there is no separate option to install after download which would afford us the time to copy the download file prior to choosing to install the update. So, as you suggested, we will now have to uninstall CbB prior to obtaining the up-to-date version. Why doesn't BandLab just make the (or all) downloads available as many users have requested? Meng, Noel? Kind regards, Living Room Rocker
bitman Posted March 21, 2019 Posted March 21, 2019 Well, scookie, I uninstalled CbB and then BA switched from upgrade to install and downloaded the big file. Oddly this time around the time stamped setup exe file was not deleted as before after install so that cool.
scook Posted March 21, 2019 Posted March 21, 2019 Yeah, I have seen BA leave the full installer before but I don't count on it happening. Fortunately, there is enough time to grab a copy while it is being installed.
kitekrazy Posted March 21, 2019 Posted March 21, 2019 Open up Cakewalk while it tries to install, copy the install. It wont install if Cakewalk is open. 2
Living Room Rocker Posted March 21, 2019 Author Posted March 21, 2019 8 hours ago, kitekrazy said: Open up Cakewalk while it tries to install, copy the install. It wont install if Cakewalk is open. Not a bad idea. I should try this with the next fix for the IKmm stuff. Kind regards, Living Room Rocker
LuidgyMakx Posted April 27, 2019 Posted April 27, 2019 Hello, I'm new to BandlLab and I'd like to use the free Cakewalk software. How long does it take for Cakewalk to be installed after being downloaded? Waiting for your answer.
msmcleod Posted April 27, 2019 Posted April 27, 2019 12 minutes ago, LuidgyMakx said: Hello, I'm new to BandlLab and I'd like to use the free Cakewalk software. How long does it take for Cakewalk to be installed after being downloaded? Waiting for your answer. I takes about 20 to 30 seconds to install. The Studio Instruments Suite from the add-ons menu takes a little longer (maybe a couple of minutes):
LuidgyMakx Posted April 27, 2019 Posted April 27, 2019 3 hours ago, msmcleod said: I takes about 20 to 30 seconds to install. The Studio Instruments Suite from the add-ons menu takes a little longer (maybe a couple of minutes): Thanks, but for me it takes hours to install. I haven't even selected Melodyne... And it's still installing. It started yesterday.
msmcleod Posted April 27, 2019 Posted April 27, 2019 (edited) There's obviously something wrong there. Maybe it's stuck somewhere.... have you tried pressing ALT+TAB a few times to see if there's a dialog box that's waiting for a response? It may be that its being obscured by something else. [Edit] - If there's no dialog box anywhere, kill the install process and try running BandLab Assistant as Administrator. There's a possibility it could be a permissions issue. Edited April 27, 2019 by msmcleod
binbinhfr Posted May 26, 2019 Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) alas, it really depends on your internet connection : I live on the countryside in france, and my max download is 8Mb/s, so it takes about an hour to install. I had a connection crash during the first install, and had to redo the instal lfrom scratch : it did not recover the aborted install... Some efforts have to be done to help people installing this software. Please allow us to download a full install EXE, as any other software. Another problem: I want to install it on my laptop, and I have to download the whole thing again... ? I guess that people with high bandwith do not have the problem. Anyway, verynice software, and given for free now, so I guess we should not complain ? Edited May 26, 2019 by binbinhfr
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