Instrument Definitions

[Zadjik23]

I had an old Cakewalk Sonar Artist (as well as Cakewalk by Bandlab) set up on a Windows 10 computer that is dying. So I've migrated to a new Windows 11 computer with Bandlab's Cakewalk Sonar. While I mostly use soft synths (which I've re-set up), I also still use an Alesis QSR and Yamaha TG55. I created instrument definition files for both. The problem is I can't find the specific folder they are located in. It's note in the Sonar/Instrument folder, which is a totally different list that what appears in the Preferences/Midi/Instrument folder. Nor do they appear to be in the User/Roaming folders. On both computers, I've done a general search for both (Alesis QSR/TG 55) and it comes up blank. So where are they?

 

[Promidi]

15 minutes ago, Zadjik23 said:

I had an old Cakewalk Sonar Artist (as well as Cakewalk by Bandlab) set up on a Windows 10 computer that is dying. So I've migrated to a new Windows 11 computer with Bandlab's Cakewalk Sonar. While I mostly use soft synths (which I've re-set up), I also still use an Alesis QSR and Yamaha TG55. I created instrument definition files for both. The problem is I can't find the specific folder they are located in. It's note in the Sonar/Instrument folder, which is a totally different list that what appears in the Preferences/Midi/Instrument folder. Nor do they appear to be in the User/Roaming folders. On both computers, I've done a general search for both (Alesis QSR/TG 55) and it comes up blank. So where are they?

If you have imported the INS files into CbB or Sonar Artist, then the INS file information would have been incorporated into your Master.ins file.

For CbB, this file is in the following location.  

%AppData%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core

Another option is, if you still have CbB (or Sonar Artist) and the instrument definitions are still in there, you can export the INS files from the Preferences - MIDI - Instruments > Define Instruments and names” dialogue.  From the left pane, right click on the instrument, then choose “Export”.  This will create the required INS files.