Misc enhancements

Cancel VST scan

You can now cancel an in-progress VST scan with the new Cancel Scan button in Edit > Preferences > File - VST Settings or via the Cancel option in the VST Scan toast notification.

The next scan operation will resume where the canceled scan left off, starting with the plug-in it was last scanning. If the last scanned plug-in was a shell plug-in (such as Waves WaveShell), the scan will resume from he first plug-in in the shell).

Figure 11. The VST Settings section.

Auto termination of VST scan

Shutting down Cakewalk will now automatically terminate any scan in progress. This allows in-app updates to work properly even if a scan was in progress when the app was shut down to perform a new install.

 

See:

VST configuration

File - VST Settings

Using the Plug-in Browser

Zoom to Fit Project Horizontally shortcut

The new Zoom to Fit Project Horizontally key binding zooms to fit the entire project in the Clips pane, without affecting the height of tracks. The default keyboard shortcut is CTRL+ALT+F.

 

See:

Zoom controls

Configuring the display of tracks in the Track view

Track view shortcuts

Key bindings

Improved selection with Arranger sections

If there are gaps between a range of selected sections, the unselected clips remain unselected.

You can now unselect fully selected clips from a selection and they will not be moved with the section.

 

See:

Arranger tracks

Cutting Arranger section deletes hole

Cutting an Arranger section with Ripple Edit enabled now deletes the hole to make it consistent with the Delete command.

 

See:

Ripple editing

Arranger tracks

Clicking on an articulation section now triggers keyswitch events

Clicking on an articulation (without modifiers), or changing an articulation’s type or MIDI channel now sends any triggered MIDI events associated with the articulation.

 

See:

Articulation maps

Control Bar Select module changes

Four new buttons have been added to the Control Bar’s Select module in Large mode:

Figure 12. The Select module.

A. Select Track Envelopes with Clips B. Select Track Articulations with Clips C. Select Events with Sections D. Select Sections with Time Ruler 

Select Track Envelopes with Clips. When enabled, selecting a clip will also select any overlapping track envelopes.

Select Track Articulations with Clips. When enabled, selecting a clip will also select any overlapping track articulations.

Select Events with Sections. Enable/disable automatic selection of track events when selecting Arranger sections. By default, clicking an Arranger section also selects underlying track events. Clicking again de-selects track events, while retaining selection of the section.

Select Sections with Time Ruler. When enabled, making a time selection in the time ruler will also select any overlapping Arranger sections. Right-click or keep the mouse button pressed for a brief moment specify if sections should be selected in all Arranger tracks, or only the active Arranger track:

Select Sections with Time Ruler (Active Arranger Track). Making a time selection in the time ruler will also select any overlapping Arranger sections in the active Arranger track.

Select Sections with Time Ruler (All Arranger Tracks). Making a time selection in the time ruler will also select any overlapping Arranger sections in all Arranger tracks.

The four buttons are linked to the corresponding menu items within the Track view Options menu, and work in exactly the same way.

The previous Large mode for the Select module is now the Medium mode.

Figure 13. Select module sizes.

 

See:

Select module

Control Bar overview

Moving clips between lanes on the same track respects Auto Crossfade

Moving clips between Takes lanes on the same track now respects the Auto Crossfade setting.

 

See:

Adjusting crossfades

Take lanes

Using fades and crossfades in real-time

Insert Instrument track behavior

When selected from the track context menu, the Insert Instrument command now inserts the instrument before the current track rather than after the last track. The Add Track button and Insert > Soft Synth command will continue to append after the last track.

Similarly, the Append Instrument Track command in the track context menu will append the new per-output instrument track directly below the current track. Selecting Append Instrument Track from the Synth Rack context menu will continue to append after the last track.

See:

Using the Synth Rack

Software instruments

Insert Soft Synth Options dialog

Inserting tracks

Phase/Interleave buttons on Instrument tracks

Phase and Interleave buttons are now available in the Track view and Inspector for Instrument tracks.

 

Tip: You can show and hide controls in track and bus strips in the Track view, and even create presets for your favorite control layouts. To show or hide the Phase and Mono/Stereo Interleave buttons in the Track view, open the Track Control Manager and specify the visibility of the Interleave/Phase group. For details, see Configuring Track view controls and Track Control Manager.

 

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Inverting the phase of a track

Changing tracks’ mono/stereo status

Configuring Track view controls

Phase and Mono/Stereo Interleave buttons in Track view

Using instrument tracks

Option to only use external MIDI inputs

MIDI track’s that have their Input control assigned to All Inputs receive MIDI data from both external (i.e. hardware) inputs and any soft synth outputs from other tracks.

When inserting a soft synth, Cakewalk defaults to enabling MIDI output if it is supported by the synth. As a result, MIDI output from Instrument tracks may be inadvertently played/recorded on all other MIDI tracks if the tracks are armed for recording or have MIDI Input Echo enabled.

To address this, MIDI tracks now have a new All External Inputs input option, which only appears when at least one soft synth with a MIDI output is present in the project. All External Inputs means any MIDI input that isn’t an output from a soft synth, such as hardware MIDI ports and virtual controllers.

In earlier versions, switching the active MIDI track would normally select All Inputs. This behavior has changed to:

If the track previously included soft synth outputs in its inputs, then it will show as All Inputs.

If the track previously only had hardware inputs, then it will show as All External Inputs.

 

See:

Choosing an input

Export to Standard MIDI File respects selection

Export to Standard MIDI File (File > Export > Standard MIDI File) now respects the selection. If there is no selection, the whole project is exported.

 

See:

MIDI files, projects, tracks, and clips

Updated LAME MP3 encoder

The integrated LAME MP3 encoder has been updated to version 3.100. This includes bug fixes and stability improvements to MP3 encoding and also speeds up the encoding process. Additionally, Cakewalk has been updated to now handle discarding padding samples when importing MP3 files. i.e imported MP files will not contain extra data at the beginning of the file.

 

See:

To export a project in MP3 format

Updated libsndfile encoders

The libsndfile library used for import and export of various audio formats has been updated to version 1.0.30. This fixes numerous issues with handling BWF, Wave64, AIFF, FLAC and Ogg files.

 

See:

Importing music and sound

Exporting audio

New features