Cakewalk Next 2025.09 Now Available!

[Christopher Amato]

Next 2025.09 is now available!

What's New

Free Samples from BandLab Sounds

Jumpstart your creativity with professional samples available to all users, directly in the Loop Browser! We've unlocked a comprehensive collection of royalty-free, production-ready loops and one-shots from the vast BandLab Sounds library to help you kickstart your next project.

How It Works

• To see all available free content, just activate the Free Sounds toggle in the Loop Browser's filter view
• Drag and Drop free samples directly into your track view, Pad Controller, or Sampler
• You can still audition any sound in the entire BandLab Sounds library, but only free samples can be added to your projects
• With BandLab Membership, you get unlimited access to the complete, ever-growing library of hundreds of thousands of sounds

Improvements

• Support Free BandLab Sounds content
• Fixed Crash when grouping tracks with sends
• Fixed Crash when cutting sidechain or send source audio tracks and folders
• Fixed Crash when grouping tracks with sends
• Resolved an issue where loop points where not preserved when importing from BandLab Studio
• Resolved an issue where track numbers were mismatched when importing from BandLab Studio
• Resolved an issue where the root note in Pad Controller did not adjust the pitch
• Next now supports Sampler import from BandLab Studio!
• Resolved an issue where BandLab Studio projects may not import
• Resolved an issue where XSampler's pitch knob would skip -5st tooltip
• Resolved an issue where XSampler's open file location function did not point to the correct directory
• Resolved an issue where MIDI notes may play indefinitely
• Fixed a crash that affected certain Waves AU plug-ins
• Resolved an issue where placing MIDI notes near end of clip did not correctly expand the clip to contain the entire note
• Fixed a crash when updating midi note velocity if Inspector was never opened
• Resolved an issue where Inspector could not scroll sends list
• Resolved an issue where the "Do Not Disturb" bell icon became obscured when highlighted
• Resolved an issue where XSampler blocked editing if start and end markers met
• Resolved an issue where "Capture automation changes" UI and arm state were out of sync on project load
• Resolved an issue where editing a loop in XSampler during preview could cause a hang
• Resolved an issue where punch recording UI was out of sync on project load