Add 500 extra arpeggiator patterns to Cakewalk

[Starship Krupa]

1 hour ago, Variorum said:

Was it already set to the correct folder (and it's still broke),

This, sadly. Sorry I didn't make that clear.

I wonder what triggers Cakewalk enumerating available arp patterns.

[Variorum]

Cakewalk seems to read the Arpeggiator Patterns directory on startup. I can move the Alesion ARP Presets directory from the root of Arpeggiator Patterns to within Rhythms or Shapes and Cakewalk shows them correctly in that sub-directory after startup. Moving the  Alesion directory after Cakewalk has started does not change the display or behavior of the Arpeggiator presets, so Cakewalk seems to read the directory once on startup and cache the list until it's restarted.

If Alesion folder is in the Arpeggiator Patterns directory, it should find it... somehow Cakewalk is getting the wrong path to the patterns directory???

I dunno.

[user 905133]

As noted above I don't use the Inspector-based Arpeggiator any more, but I was curious about where I had the Alesion Presets.  So I found where I had the folder and then copied the folder to where my other arp presets were. So, using "Open Preset" in the arpegiator's list (as opposed to "Load Preset"), they are in the following hierarchy:

[My User Folder]** > AppData > Roaming > Cakewalk > Cakewalk Core > Aleson ARP Presets    **[My User Folder] is a folder on my Desktop

Using the Everything finder tool, it is listed as being at C:\Cakewalk Content.   

Note:  I did not have to reboot Cakewalk; however, after I rebooted Cakewalk, the folder was listed in/accessible from the Open Preset list in the arpeggiator (along with a folder I have called "From E Drive" on an external drive where I had off-loaded a bunch of Cakewalk content.

13 hours ago, Variorum said:

Check the ArpPresetFolder entry in:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Core\UserPaths

 I just checked and it agrees with the Open Preset location.  RegEdit say this key is C:\Users\[My User Account]\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core.

Hope this helps explain the results you have been getting.

Edited December 17, 2022 by User 905133
To add info from RegEdit

[scook]

Make sure

• the folder is not compressed
• it contains the files with the ARP extension and not the PTN extension

[Starship Krupa]

On 12/17/2022 at 6:32 AM, scook said:

Make sure

• it contains the files with the ARP extension and not the PTN extension

This was my bozo mistake.