david40 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 I use several audio interfaces (Apollo Solo, Roland TD-50X, Line 6 Helix, etc.) and it is a royal pain having to manually reconfigure the Audio Devices Setup every time I switch interfaces. I'd like to know if there is a way to run separate instances of Cakewalk so I can open an instance of Cakewalk that is configured for each particular audio interface? I am not talking about running them at the same time. I just want to load an instance of each configuration as needed without the need to reconfigure the settings every time. Thanks for any suggestions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david40 Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 Thanks, that is an idea I could work with. I also tried installing an old version 5 of SONAR, and that installed just fine next to the latest version of Cakewalk, but apparently version 5 does not support ASIO drivers. I wanted to try version 8.5 but I lost my serial number and there does not appear to be any way to retrieve that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 An easier way to switch between hardware profiles is in the works. It probably won't make the next release (which should be out later this month), but hopefully the following one. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david40 Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 1 hour ago, msmcleod said: An easier way to switch between hardware profiles is in the works. It probably won't make the next release (which should be out later this month), but hopefully the following one. That is an interesting problem to solve since ASIO drivers do not play well together. With my PC I must only plug in the interface I want to use at boot up because if multiple interfaces are plugged in at the same time Windows will only recognize and allow one ASIO driver to work and I never know which one will get priority. I guess we will still be stuck with plugging in only the interface we want to work with and maybe the solution for Cakewalk is to be able to choose the hardware setup as Cakewalk starts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutrageProductions Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 You could set up a virtual machine (VM) and switch between them on the fly (as it were). Even run different releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsinger Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 4 hours ago, msmcleod said: An easier way to switch between hardware profiles is in the works. It probably won't make the next release (which should be out later this month), but hopefully the following one. That's good to hear. It's not a big deal, but I have an audio I/F on a couple machines, and I have a Boss SY-1000 connected to them. When I'm just practicing/noodling around on guitar I often use the SY-1000 as an I/F and find myself switching between the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 (edited) It depends on the interface I guess because I often switch between my Scarlett 6i6 and my Motu M4 and all I do is close Cakewalk, turn off the interface and then turn the other one then Restart Cakewalk and all is working perfectly as before. Outputs are the same and inputs 1-4 are showing in the tracks. I can also do this with my Tascam 1641 and my Soundcraft mixer but that’s rare. And there’s some big differences as the Motu doesn’t have SPDIF and the Tascam has 14 channels. The Soundcraft is only 2x2. Etc Edited March 14, 2023 by John Vere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james rector Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 That would be interesting if it was even possible for Audio, but I know what you mean like multiple instances of Blender open at the same time for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolkmastering Posted Monday at 12:09 PM Share Posted Monday at 12:09 PM On 3/13/2023 at 4:41 PM, msmcleod said: An easier way to switch between hardware profiles is in the works. It probably won't make the next release (which should be out later this month), but hopefully the following one. I just raised a new post about this topic here Was the easier way to switch between hardware profiles every implemented? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoo Posted Monday at 01:37 PM Share Posted Monday at 01:37 PM Yes - not at my DAW, but there's an advanced tab on the preferences menu where you can save and load profiles, and then you can set a command line switch to pick one of them at Sonar launchtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolkmastering Posted Monday at 04:00 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:00 PM (edited) I've had a look through the Preferences menu but the only 'Advanced' item I can find is File\Advanced. I can't see anything to do with profiles there. There are some options under Customization\Backup/Restore Settings which might be what you are referring to? It doesn't seem to include a means to set the command line switch but that may be my lack of understanding! If you get a chance to check and give me a few tips on how to set this up, that would be great. Edited Monday at 04:04 PM by norfolkmastering Add more info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoo Posted Monday at 04:06 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:06 PM 5 minutes ago, norfolkmastering said: There are some options under Customization\Backup/Restore Settings which might be what you are referring to? Yep. 5 minutes ago, norfolkmastering said: It doesn't seem to include a means to set the command line switch but that may be my lack of understanding! That may be in the help documentation - I can't remember (you edit the Sonar shortcut on desktop/start menu to add the switches). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolkmastering Posted Monday at 06:11 PM Share Posted Monday at 06:11 PM It would be great if the Sonar dev team could confirm what’s possible with the current release. I’ve found a few other posts of folks with similar issues when changing hardware configurations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Bowman Posted Monday at 06:48 PM Share Posted Monday at 06:48 PM You could try this: https://vb-audio.com/Matrix/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjoens Posted Monday at 06:54 PM Share Posted Monday at 06:54 PM 6 hours ago, norfolkmastering said: Was the easier way to switch between hardware profiles every implemented? Not in CbB. "Customization\Backup/Restore Settings" is in new Sonar. https://legacy.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=CakewalkSonar&language=3&help=Introduction.34.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolkmastering Posted Monday at 07:26 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:26 PM Do you mean the ‘new’ Sonar? The link seems to be from the legacy documentation? Is there any up to date documentation on how to use hardware profiles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted Monday at 07:43 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:43 PM 47 minutes ago, sjoens said: Not in CbB. "Customization\Backup/Restore Settings" is in new Sonar. https://legacy.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=CakewalkSonar&language=3&help=Introduction.34.html 15 minutes ago, norfolkmastering said: Do you mean the ‘new’ Sonar? The link seems to be from the legacy documentation? Is there any up to date documentation on how to use hardware profiles? This is the correct link without the https... it relates to the new Sonar only: http://legacy.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=CakewalkSonar&language=3&help=Introduction.34.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjoens Posted Monday at 07:47 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:47 PM (edited) Yes it's oddly on the legacy site but clearly labeled "CakewalkSonar". The link is all I know about but it seems pretty straight forward. Edited Monday at 07:53 PM by sjoens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjoens Posted Monday at 07:51 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:51 PM (edited) Images are still broken on the https version, so to see them in context the "s" has to be removed. Don't know why this can't be fixed. Removing the "s" from https doesn't always work in Chrome unless the right settings are in place but not sure what they are. It works without incident in MS Edge. Edited Monday at 08:11 PM by sjoens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolkmastering Posted Tuesday at 02:16 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:16 PM I created two hardware profiles today and I am getting messages that they are being successfully applied. Due to MOTU driver limitations, I only power up the audio/MIDI interfaces for the profile I want to load. When switching between hardware profiles (which in my case means after powering down the PC and interfaces) the first loading of Sonar is extremely slow (at least 50 seconds after the SONAR splash screen appears). After that the loading time is much faster for the same profile. I have a couple of questions: 1. When you save a new hardware profile does it simply make a copy the AUD.INI file which was used when loading Sonar with the default profile? 2. Should I have deleted the default AUD.INI file before loading Sonar with the default profile BEFORE creating the custom profiles? I am trying to understand why Sonar is struggling to load when changing profiles? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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