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#21
ReaCWP / Re: CAKEWALK/SONAR PROJECT DOE...
Last post by azslow3 - August 15, 2025, 11:00:23 AM
I have sent you PM (on this forum) yesterday.

BTW I am not sure in which build I have fixed that, can be you was using some version with problem: Container default "Mix" parameter is 50%. It is 100% when you create it in REAPER and in PMed ReaCWP (which set it explicitly).
#22
ReaCWP / Re: CAKEWALK/SONAR PROJECT DOE...
Last post by miltonsica - August 15, 2025, 12:07:51 AM
No problem. I'll use the new version separately, keeping the last one that helped me complete the trip.

Can you send me a private message?
#23
ReaCWP / Re: CAKEWALK/SONAR PROJECT DOE...
Last post by azslow3 - August 14, 2025, 06:24:40 PM
I have PMed you the "bleeding edge" versions. Hopefully no big regression and at least something works on your system  ;)
So, MFXes should be reported and whole functionality of FXChains should work (you can test with standard presets, f.e. "PC Style Dials").

Please don't be disappointer when something is wrong. I have testing the result just peace-wise.
#24
ReaCWP / Re: CAKEWALK/SONAR PROJECT DOE...
Last post by azslow3 - August 14, 2025, 04:43:00 PM
Since you have converted everything, not big use for you... but you have asked for and I have occasionally found relevant CWP section... I can start to print Info lines for missing MIDI FXes. I want finish that before uploading new version.

You will not believe how long I have spend to find where Sonar X2 is saving "MIDI FX Bin bypass", till I have understood it is NOT saving it at all (FX bin is simply re-enabled on project reload)  ;D 

EDIT: the latest "Cakwalk Sonar" Shareware is STILL not saving "MIDI FX Bin bypass" ;)
#25
ReaCWP / Re: CAKEWALK/SONAR PROJECT DOE...
Last post by miltonsica - August 14, 2025, 01:35:28 PM
Very good. I don't have many FX chains. My chains are very simple, but I know how to create them in Cakewalk and can help you test your version. If you want to send them to me, I can test them here, as I've already migrated all my projects. Now I'll only produce in Reaper, but there's a shift away from Cakewalk/SONAR. So we can help many users have much better preserved productions. You can leave it in the shared file we have and let me know when you're ready.
#26
Control Surfaces/ACT / Re: Cakewalk VS-700C Control S...
Last post by azslow3 - August 14, 2025, 10:22:13 AM
You will need to follow http://forum.cakewalk.com/How-to-use-V700-win-8-driver-in-win-10-also-applies-to-some-other-Roland-drivers-m3206046.aspx to install the driver.
The modification can be a tick different for Windows 11, I have not tried to install my VS-20 there. But with some luck it should still work verbatim.

There is NO scripts to do this. That is not driver modification, just convincing Windows the drivers is "compatible" with particular Windows version. The whole problem is that information "I am compatible with..." is signed, so in case it is modified Windows detect "incorrect signature". For that you temporary disable signature checking during installation.

Note the driver itself IS signed and so, once installed, there is no security problems. Windows just have no option "Skip version compatibility check", except telling "It is compatible" and then using the option "Ignore signature check".
#27
Control Surfaces/ACT / Cakewalk VS-700C Control Surfa...
Last post by NeilH73 - August 14, 2025, 02:03:25 AM
I have a Sonar V-Studio Console (VS-700C) control surface  which has worked flawlessly with the old SONAR and Cakewalk by Bandlab under Windows 7.  But now with the new Sonar, I have to use Windows 10/11 and of course there is no Win 10 driver. I have read that the driver can be tweaked to work on Win 10.  Is there a script or anyone who has knowledge of how to modify the VS-700C driver to use with Windows 10?  I would love to keep the VS-700C if I can!!
#28
ReaCWP / Re: CAKEWALK/SONAR PROJECT DOE...
Last post by azslow3 - August 13, 2025, 06:30:43 PM
I am still in "FX Chain" conversion. Complete FX Chain conversion, I mean with original "Macro controls" and all possible automations, happened to be not trivial task: REAPER has no build-in macro controls for containers, at least not at the moment (may be my activity will ping devs a bit, who knows).

There is a new (not uploaded!) version which does that. It needs custom JSFX effect(s) which I have developed.

The problem: both must be in sync to avoid mess. I mean if I publish some version of ReaCWP or corresponding JSFX effect which are incompatible, that will produce "incompatible" projects. I mean they will not be compatible with "right" effect. Probably triggering complains in the future  :-\

If you have projects with "advanced" FXChains, I mean those with Knobs/Buttons, and you have time and willing to test, I can upload and PM you the link to current combination of ReaCWP + CoControls/CoGain.
I still have not tried to check a single tone, but technically things I slowly working as I want (GUI has knobs/buttons/sliders, positions seems like in original FX Chains, linking to effect parameters looks fine, automations for them look reasonable, parameters names seems like ok, I have just fixed the GUI so automation recording of these macro knobs / sliders in REAPER finally works as desired). 

#29
ReaCWP / Re: CAKEWALK/SONAR PROJECT DOE...
Last post by miltonsica - August 13, 2025, 05:34:29 PM
For feedback on the over 100 project migrations I've made from Cakewalk to Reaper. Projects of the most varied styles and workflow models.

100% migrated.

1 - QuadEq - I've indeed found that the whole issue seems to be the use of ProChannel features at some point. So, on some tracks, the plugin remains, which I overcame by creating a script that ensures consistency and configures the project migrated to Reaper.

2 - MIDI FX - The fact that MIDI FX aren't recognized can be a major problem for those who use a lot of MIDI FX. In my case, I only used Cakewalk MIDI Transpose on tracks containing an instrument plugin. So, I overcame the problem with a script that inserts JS-MIDI TRANSPOSE NOTES into all tracks with instrument plugins, followed by another script that allows me to update the key preset in all instances where the plugin is inserted.

3 - ALERT AND WARNING MESSAGES - These are perfectly suited to inform you of conversion problems.

4 - INCLUSION IN THE TITLE FIELD OF PROJECT SETTINGS - With this information, I was also able to automate several operations via scripts, such as saving the project and rendering it.
#30
ReaCWP / Re: CAKEWALK/SONAR PROJECT DOE...
Last post by azslow3 - August 06, 2025, 05:48:35 PM
Quote from: miltonsica on August 06, 2025, 02:45:20 PMFeedback on the migration of over 30 projects yesterday:

1 - EMPTY TAKES - I no longer have the insertion of takes without content.
There was no changes in related part of the code, probably these projects had no empty takes...

Quote2 - CAKEWALK MIDI FX - Wouldn't it be possible to reference the existence of MIDI FX on the MIDI tracks, or is this a problem with the information contained in the CWP project itself?
I am not parsing related part of CWP.