Bandlab update?

And in general, add more customizability to bandlab\cakewalk, it feels really outdated to not be able to install software in the folder you want, setup program folders or to easily disable autorun on startup, etc.

Happened to me also...I was in the middle of mixing down and the pop up scared me. Glad you posted this. I thought it was a potential virus carrying app also.
 
 
 

This happened to me yesterday just after installation and causing a slight panic. Having backed up everything last week I decided to go ahead and "run the update" anyway, which proved to be OK.
Either identify the program causing the update to run or allow us to turn off the BandLab Assistant.

I'm seeing this message everytime I boot up, and when I choose to update I see I am up to date. So it's like a nag window.
 

bitflipper
I elected to disable it from running on boot, because I am not a BandLab user and probably never will be, and only care if cakewalk.exe is updated. Grab a copy of autoruns, part of the Sysinternals collection and a handy utility to have. Search for "BandLab Assistant" (it's under HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run in the registry) and un-check it.

That doesn't actually work as mentioned here as when you reopen the app it adds the registry value back, but meng is on to it :-) 

Rasure
 
That doesn't actually work as mentioned here as when you reopen the app it adds the registry value back, but meng is on to it :-) 

Yikes. That's straight out of "Programming: Worst Practices 101". That programmer should be marched out and...I was going to say "shot" but that's unduly cruel. More likely it was an inexperienced junior coder who thought he'd had a good idea. Or his previous job was writing rootkits for Sony.
 
Guess I'd have known that if I rebooted more than once a week.

Nope, that still doesn't work. Next time you run BA it will just add a new registry entry.

I think we should hold off on jumping on board 100% at this point. Lets' let others be "beta testers" 
I uninstalled all the Bandlab stuff and will just give this time. 
It's a bit to much like a X1 release to me. 

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your issue with BandLab Assistant, but it can presently be disabled in the Task Manager Startup menu. It's disguised under the name of "Update" (publisher Github) and will then only run when needed from desktop.
 

I rather prefere when software update is checked opening the program (maximum once a day), than having more and more startup/service processes. It is even better if you can specifiy how often the program looks for updates (e.g. once a week/month or so). And most important, there should be always the possibility to postpone the update and that's why there should be a note what is included in the update.
 
Best regards Marc

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I've installed the bandlab version. It did not update Cakewalk Sonar. It installed a new version. Should I delete the old Cakewalk Sonar? What's a smart move? Or should I delete the new Bandlab version? And wait for one wich updates my Cakewalk version. So I won't loose my bought extra's by Cakewalk?

Cakewalk by Bandlab installs into a separate folder "C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core"

I do not expect this to change any time soon.

At the moment you don't get a choice. The only way Cakewalk by Bandlab would replace Sonar Platinum is if Cakewalk by Bandlab suddenly decided to install into the "C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\SONAR Platinum" folder.

I personally do not see this changing.  Sonar will remain intact on your system as long as you don't uninstall it - which I recommend you don't do if you want to keep access to all of the Sonar VSTs.

Note: From this time forward, Sonar will not be receiving any updates.  Cakewalk by Bandlab will now receive updates from now on as they get released.  You install this via Bandlab Assistant.

Hi,
Another problem I incurred with the lastest Bandlab update --- my midi no longer works.  I did a plethora of tests and went back to my Sonar Platinum --- found there was no problem with my midi working there
OK, Bandlab --- what did you change?  A simple file with my Play Steinway piano loaded and there's no midi response.  If I click on the keys in the Play interface -- sound is working fine.  Just no midi response.
 
Did anyone else have this situation?
Thanks,
Linda

hate to jump on an old thread, but for the first time, I am having problems. I didn't want to open up a new threadThe thing for me is, I want to update -I am not trying to avoid it. I am hoping something is going to enhance my slow bootup of an existing project (song.) Mind you, it is having to load Omnisphere 2 with multiple tracks, Komplete Kontrol, 12 tracks of drums, 6 tracks of vocals, Play Composer's, 6 tracks of guitars, a slew Waves plug-ins,  and I digress this is getting too long. So, even giving it credit, it seems to swim around quite a while and today didn't respond at all so closed the program (not reboot) and all was well. So I was hoping an update might make it happier. But ----I got the Java Script error, shut it down, uninstalled and installed and when I open it up it looks like the little orange line at the top thinking and assuming it is a progress meter (it is isn't it) and it is stuck less than halfway through. I will go look again now and see if time has done anything for it. -be right back.

No, it's the same - hasn't budged (or laugh of the day for everybody) tell me it updated and that line isn't a progress meter and I'll get back to work.