Improved input/output port naming for hardware and software ports

In Cakewalk, all ports are grouped into stereo pairs of channels. In order to make it easier to associate these pairs with the physical channels exposed by the hardware or virtual instrument, the port naming conventions have been improved as follows:

Audio and soft synth input and output ports now include a channel number prefix before the port name (prefixes are not shown in port names when using friendly driver names).

Port names now always show the actual names of the referenced channels (previously, only the first channel name was shown). Since many instruments have different names for channels or even dynamic names, the channel index can be used to identify a specific instrument output more easily.

When using user defined device names (select Use Friendly Names to Represent Audio Drivers in Edit > Preferences > Audio - Devices) you can now specify both the left and right channels in the stereo pair by using the vertical bar symbol “|” to delimit the channel names. For example, entering a friendly name of “Guitar|Voice” may show 1: Guitar, 2: Voice, 1+2: Guitar + Voice in the menus.

Input/output prefixes are not shown in port names when using friendly driver names.

Port names have been shortened to skip the device vendor name for greater legibility in the Track view, Console view and Inspector. The tooltip for the name shows the full name.

Port names are no longer compacted. With the smarter port naming, in most cases there should be no need to use friendly names to shorten the strings, unless you wish to use instrument names for the ports.

Edit Filter values and MIDI channels are no longer compacted, which makes it easier to read parameter names in most cases.

In the Console view’s Hardware Outs section, hardware out names now show channel indexes as well as channel names in ASIO mode.

Sends now show shortened port names and use port numbering when applicable.

 

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