[SOLVED] Cakewalk TTS-1 cannot open registry error

[tdehan]

I installed Bandlab Cakewalk on a second PC yesterday and when I go to launch a project I get the message: Cakewalk TTS-1 cannot open registry error.  

I checked that TTS-1.dll is indeed in the Program Files\Cakewalk\Sharred DXi\TTS-1 folder.   How do I fix this?

Thanks

Edited July 31, 2023 by tdehan

[tdehan]

34 minutes ago, Lord Tim said:

Hmm... I've never seen that one before.

First of all, reboot the system. Does that fix it?

If not, try updating your Windows Redistributables, as per the info here:

Let us know how you go!

I ran the file and still get the same TTS-1 error message.

[tdehan]

54 minutes ago, Lord Tim said:

Yeah, very weird. In all of the machines I've installed CbB/SONAR, etc. on, I've never seen that.

Can you tell us a bit about your computer? What OS? Is it fully patched?

I assume this is the 2022.11 CbB installer, yeah?

What is CbB?

Don't know what the 2022.11 CbB installer is.

[John Vere]

This might be an issue that @Noel Borthwick will understand what that error message is pointing at.  Like Tim I have installed dozens of versions of both Cakewalk and Sonar and that's never happened. Could be a C++ issue.

The TTS-1 has been causing issues for many users for a few years now so is is best not to have projects depend on it. I would hate to see it totally stop working because I use it to pre view downloaded midi files. If I keep the file I immediately replace all the instruments with much better sounding VST's. But I might leave TTS-1 in the project just for weird things the composer used like the helicopter.

[JoeGBradford]

I had that problem (I think it was the same message) with my old Win 7 then Win 10 PC but just tried it on my new Win 11 one and it seems to work ok now. It is a fairly common problem - some people have suggested opening CbB as Admin which didn't work for me). There may be other workarounds if you search for TTS-1 in this forum.

Good luck!

[tdehan]

I resolved the issue by completely removing Bandlab Cakewalk and re-installing.  Thanks for all the suggestions.

[Noel Borthwick]

On 7/30/2023 at 11:42 AM, tdehan said:

I installed Bandlab Cakewalk on a second PC yesterday and when I go to launch a project I get the message: Cakewalk TTS-1 cannot open registry error.  

I checked that TTS-1.dll is indeed in the Program Files\Cakewalk\Sharred DXi\TTS-1 folder.   How do I fix this?

Thanks

That error is coming from TTS1 directly. I suspect you may have a registry permissions issue where something is blocking write access to the registry.
Have you tried running as an administrator?

EDIT: I see that a reinstall fixed it. Likely something blocked it from installing properly. (AV perhaps)

[mettelus]

You should be able to simply re-register TTS-1 if it is already installed. I see you had posted this same issue before, so for future reference, the steps in this post by bitflipper are all you should need to do if it recurs.

[Patrick van den Eijnden]

Opening Cakewalk as administrator did the trick for me