Next fails to open any of my existing Band Lab projects

[My Wicked Twin]

Please help

[Amberwolf]

I might be misrembering, but I think Next has it's own format, or can open the new shared format that Sonar saves in.

To open .CWP files from CbB, I believe you must use Sonar.  If this is the case, then once open in Sonar, you could then resave as a new file using the new shared format with Next. 

[user905133]

When I saw this yesterday, I thought "existing Band Lab projects" meant tunes made with Bandlab the web app / Bandlab Studio. @Amberwolf But you might be right. The OP might have meant *.cwp project files created Cakewalk by Bandlab.  If so, the Cakewalk Interchange Format might work. 

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The Cakewalk Interchange Format (.cxf) is a project exchange format used to transfer projects between different versions of Cakewalk [from Google AI]

I haven't tried using it in a while, but it used to work.  It should be in the Cakewalk Sonar and Cakewalk Next manuals.

[user905133]

15 minutes ago, user905133 said:

I haven't tried using it in a while, but it used to work.  It should be in the Cakewalk Sonar and Cakewalk Next manuals.

I am doing a simple test now.  Menu Bar > File > Export > Cakewalk Interchange...  

                        

Then, I opened Cakewalk Next and dropped the file from Windows into a new project.

It worked for me.  But I would still recommend checking the manuals for Cakewalk Interchange Format (CXF).

 

Edited October 26 by user905133
to document a quick test of the CXF process in easy-to-follow pix

[Amberwolf]

5 hours ago, user905133 said:

When I saw this yesterday, I thought "existing Band Lab projects" meant tunes made with Bandlab the web app / Bandlab Studio.

I keep forgetting that exists, since it's design is nothing useful to me....so I didn't even think of it when I replied.

 

My apologies to the OP if Bandlab (vs Cakewalk by Bandlab) is what you are referring to, in which case my instructions would be useless.