Jeroen Maesen Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Hello We have a recording in Cakewalk of our rehearsal. This is 30min long and contains 3 songs. When I export a selection of that recording to bandlab, like the first song, everything is ok. Then when I export a different selection from the recording to bandlab it overwrites the first project that was created. I give it a different name. I have also tried to modify the recording, changing the name of the clips, closing/re-opening cakewalk and bandlab. These do not seem to work. How can I export multiple selections to different projects from the same recording? Kind regards Jeroen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroen Maesen Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 Hey Apparantly it is natively built in Cakewalk to overwrite the projects: https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=4&help=Mixing.57.html#:~:text=Click the Export button%2C then,Publish to BandLab dialog box.&text=Project Name.,from the Cakewalk project name. I have tried copying the cakewalk project and uploading a selection of the copy. But nevertheless it still overwrites the project. I must say that an additional popup or selection to choose between over-writing or creating a new project might be in place. It is really un-practical like this. I suppose that if I would create a different cakewalk project per take - it would work. That would also be unpractical during rehearsal. If this is a way to minimize data-usage on the servers of bandlab (by not alowing members to create endless copies of songs and then not use them anymore), then please just create a paying subscribtion. I'd be more than happy to pay for it! (also an unlimited upload minutes per project). Perhaps have a 'band subscription' for all the members of my band ( as it is: band-lab, get it? ). That would be a new one on the market as far as I know. The strange thing is, that I had and export of this cakewalk project at first, then did a software update of both cakewalk and bandlab assistant, and then did an other export of the same project. This resulted in having 2 projects in Bandlab. It is just that the 3rd export always over-writes the second one. Like the manual says above. What is the way around? How can I solve this without having to record every song in a different project, or exporting the tracks to separate clips or STEMs and importing these in Bandlab? Kind regards, Jeroen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroen Maesen Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 Hello, Can someone please give me an answer? Kind regards, Jeroen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Borthwick Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Hi we’re working on a major revamp to the BandLab integration for a future version that will make this more intuitive and flexible. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroen Maesen Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 Ok, thank you Noel. Any idea when this will be made available? We are a big fan of bandlab! Can you perhaps suggest a way around this issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Jost Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 @Jeroen Maesen Sorry for the issue, as mentioned, we're working on significant updates to the publishing workflow with BandLab, expected within the first half of this year. In the meantime, you can Save As... the project in CbB, select the region you want to export, then export to BandLab. Assitant should upload as a new project. Another way would be to save the selection to file (i.e. as tracks or mix), then drag-drop the file(s) into Assistant (Assistant will create a single, new project when you drop multiple files at once). PM me if you encounter any issues or need more assistance. Thanks, Jesse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Borthwick Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Yes unfortunately the current implementation ties future updates to a unique ID for the cakewalk project. So even save as doesnt help. One workaround for now would be to create a new project and copy and paste the data from the original project to that and then save. That should now be treated as a fresh project as far as bandlab is concerned. This won't be an issue when we have the improved integration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroen Maesen Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 (edited) Hello Noel and Jesse I indeed have tried the 'Save as' option unsuccesfully. Ok, I'll anxiously wait for the new release You have a great product! keep up the good work! If I may give some feedback about what I would find usefull: - a progress window regarding an upload. - a way to edit the bandlabproject in Cakewalk (like the app on the phone) because the browser does not always work that well - the question above regarding mutiple uploads from the same project - keep developing the forkability! great idea! to make it more flexible, I need a way to keep a project within the bands controll. So being able to share it with an other Artist and still block it from being forked foreward. as an example on how we would use it: invite other singers for try outs, without them seeing the result of other singers on the try out. also we don't whant them to share it. - the ownership: Now, as I uploaded a song, it is 'owned' by me, even if I move it to a band. I'd like to have the possibility to set this as a band. like: who is the 'owner' of a song. Thank you for listening to my problem!! Kind regards Jeroen Edited February 5, 2021 by Jeroen Maesen pressed the enter button too fast.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Jost Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Thanks for the feedback @Jeroen Maesen! I can see we're on the same page BandLab library integration improvements. -Jesse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 I guess it was always the long term goal to integrate the two which will be great. Hope it all come together for CbB and Bandlab! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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