What replaces TTS-1?

[tdehan]

I read here that TTS-1 is no longer be included in Bandlab Cakewalk.  When I open a MIDI file that I've purchased or have downloaded the default instruments are TTS-1.  Is there something better to replace it that will open by default?

Thanks

[reginaldStjohn]

Lots of discussion has already happened around this topic. Here is and example.

https://discuss.cakewalk.com/topic/81201-how-do-i-get-cakewalk-to-just-play-regular-gmgs-now-that-tts-1-is-gone/#comment-562408

[mettelus]

38 minutes ago, tdehan said:

Is there something better to replace it that will open by default?

TL/DR version... the "mapping by default" is internally hard-coded into Cakewalk to TTS-1 if no MIDI output is selected. Because that is hard-coded, you can only get this feature with TTS-1, but you can carry TTS-1 forward from any Cakewalk version that included it.

The solution (feature request) would be to have that coding mapped to a generic/free sampler, but getting agreement on "which one" may be more of a challenge.

[Steev]

2 hours ago, tdehan said:

I read here that TTS-1 is no longer be included in Bandlab Cakewalk.  When I open a MIDI file that I've purchased or have downloaded the default instruments are TTS-1.  Is there something better to replace it that will open by default?

Thanks

If you already have the TTS-1 installed on your computer included with previous versions of Cakewalk DAW's since Roland introduced and included it with Cakewalk SONAR 4 and up, then you already have it so it and doesn't need replacing and it will run in the latest release version of Cakewalk Sonar.

[tdehan]

Yes I do.  However, per a post here on this forum from the developers, they state that they don't know if TTS-1 will continue to work in the future.

[Steev]

2 hours ago, mettelus said:

TL/DR version... the "mapping by default" is internally hard-coded into Cakewalk to TTS-1 if no MIDI output is selected. Because that is hard-coded, you can only get this feature with TTS-1, but you can carry TTS-1 forward from any Cakewalk version that included it.

The solution (feature request) would be to have that coding mapped to a generic/free sampler, but getting agreement on "which one" may be more of a challenge.

You can still get a GM/GS replacement DOWNLOAD for the TTS-1 at Roland.com on their "Legacy" synth page. Last time I checked it cost about $100 (US) for the VSTi version which looks really "Spiffy", sounds "GR8TE"! But........ Doesn't really outperform the TTS-1 as far as the ears are concerned. 🤷‍♂️

The Cakewalk TTS-1 isn't a sampler nor does it support samples. It is a DXi version of Roland GM/GS synthesizer with a Cakewalk GUI with about a dozen version releases of Roland SoundCanvas™ synth engines, capable of supporting 16 MIDI tracks in configurable to output audio to 2 tracks, 4 stereo tracks, or 8 mono tracks outputs to Cakewalk's mixer.

Don't let it's cheesy looking DXi GUI fool you, combined with the Cakewalk MIDI sequencer, it's just as powerful and had a much easier and faster workflow with instant access to about a dozen versions Roland's highly acclaimed hardware Fantom™ synth/workstations, and being that the sounds/voices never leave the digital domain, it needs no audio or MIDI cables to hook/patch in, so typically sound's BETTER than a very pricy hardware Roland Fantom's audio stereo outputs only do having to be recorded in audio with 1 stereo, or 2 mono tracks at a time, and the sound quality will ONLY be as GOOD as your computer's soundcard/chip/audio interface. 

[Steev]

13 hours ago, tdehan said:

Yes I do.  However, per a post here on this forum from the developers, they state that they don't know if TTS-1 will continue to work in the future.

Yes well, "All Things Must Pass". Our future is and has always been uncertain. And in this case of the TTS-1, I'm pretty sure Roland is as shocked as I am that it lasted so long, and as a result, they politely 'asked' Bandlab to not include it in future CS releases and Bandlab politely 'agreed'.

The TTS-1 certainly outlasted my $1600+ Roland Fantom X which simply died from lack of use when it's memory backup battery died.  I'm sure I could dig it out of the basement, replace the battery and give it a 'Firmware' flash update, and it'll breathe new life into it, but it won't recover any of my music compositions. But that's OK because they have all been moved into Cakewalk and the TTS-1 which has a duplicate SoundCanvas version, and concerning their future, all have been saved into duplicate libraries, on hard drives, CD's, DVD's, Google Drive, Microsoft One Drive, and some even published to BANDLAB.COM. 😁

And if for some reason my TTS-1 breaks, That would most likely be because the Windows Direct X Runtime Components it runs on got corrupted which is easier to fix then the old Fantom by

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