Stringrazor1
Anyone having issues with A/V while trying to install?

Yeah, Windoew Defender and my antivirus both flagged the Bandlab Assistant, but I ignored them both. I think they don't like the "phone home" feature. So far my system seems to be OK.

The install stalled during extraction (I think because A/V kicked back in after 10 minutes) and I aborted it. Now the assistant still says "installing" even though I've logged out and in. How can I restart it?

Nevermind, M$101 - reboot. Beginning to think "free" may not be worth the price of dealing with the BL Assistant "virus" triggers... 

Installed and working. I'm coming from X3, which I never got fully comfortable with so also have 8.5p installed.

scook
SHS and Artist do not have the full PC, they have Mixstrap, a feature introduced in Music Creator 7. CbB not only includes all the Style Dials bundled with SHS and Artist; it has all the ProChannel modules that were bundled with Platinum. The QuadCurve EQ is much nicer that the MixStrip EQ in SHS and Artist.

It comes with the Overloud Reverbs?  If so, that is surprising.  
 

Just a follow up.
There were no theme files in either the Cakewalk or the Sonar Theme Folders..Hmm
 
So I opened Splat, In preferences/themes I chose EDIT, didn't do anything, used "save as"  Named it "My Tung"  It put a  sth. file in the Sonar Theme folder.  I copied that to the Cakewalk Theme folder ( Just realized I could have done this as part of the save as, duh) 
Opened Bandlab, Preferences/Themes and the loaded up no problem. So that was a biggy solved. Once again saved by Steve. 
One day with the Mercury theme and I was going crazy... 

Working well thus far.  Some playback noisy.

IS there a complete list which functions/plugins are in the new DAW Cakewalk by bandlab without heaving Sonar Platinum before
 
Reason: I give the information to new CbB user that VocalSync and Drum Replacer are in the Core Application of CbB.
They find VocalSync but no drum replacer
 

whitealbum
IS there a complete list which functions/plugins are in the new DAW Cakewalk by bandlab without heaving Sonar Platinum before
 
Reason: I give the information to new CbB user that VocalSync and Drum Replacer are in the Core Application of CbB.
They find VocalSync but no drum replacer
 

http://forum.cakewalk.com/Cakewalk-By-BandLab-is-here-Free-Available-for-Windows-now-442018-m3743935-p18.aspx
 
Posts #513 & #515

I've been a happy user of Cakewalk Music Creator for years. For several days now, I've been enjoying Cakewalk by Bandlab: I'm still familiar with the interface and user experience, but I benefit from some more advanced capabilities. It's really, really nice.
However, there are still a few VSTs (instruments in Kontakt Player) that I'm unable to use. I'm not sure if Bandlab Cakewalk is to blame, or rather my installing of those instruments (they work in Music Creator).
On the contrary, there are a few (free) VSTs that I was unable to load in Music Creator, and that show up in Bandlab.
Finally, I would really recommend this new Cakewalk to anyone.
 
Edit: Cakewalk was not to blame for my VST issues. I managed to fix them all.
So now, I'm a 100%-happy Cakewalk/Bandlab user! 

I've downloaded & installed it 2 different times successfully from Bandlab Assistant. (Serial number stayed the same both times).

1st time was from Bandlab Assistant on a Win7-64bit image with Sonar X1 Studio & VS-100 USB audio interface. Ran a few of my VST-heavy test Projects-No problems. After a couple of days, realized I didn't need Sonar X1 Studio any longer since I never used the few free extra goodies it came with, so I Revo-Uninstalled it, CbB, & Bandlab Assistant. Spent an hour or so cleaning Windows & the registry.

2nd time I installed directly from the Cakewalk.exe file I saved from My Downloads, but CbB was in Demo mode. Revo-Uninstalled it, cleaned registry, CCleaned, etc.

3rd time I (correctly) downloaded & installed it from Bandlab Assistant (like the 1st time). Serial number is the same as the 1st install.

Lots of improvements from X1 Studio. I'm on a quad-core laptop from 2012 so sometimes I want to use it outside and don't want to lug around my audio interface & MIDI keyboard. With onboard audio and WDM KS driver mode (or ASIO4ALL, which is just a WDM-wrapper), Sonar X1 was a mess-high latency with underruns and dropouts all the time so I never bother going 'portable' with Sonar X1. With CbB I can use WASAPI Exclusive driver mode with low latency & high reliablity with the onboard audio, finally.

Plus the other tweaks and improvements from 6 years of development from X1. Learning about the new features like Ripple Edit, improved Audio Snap, & Groove tools, Matrix View, etc. GUI improvements-it is easier to navigate too despite having more functionality than X1. Plus just having a QWERTY virtual MIDI keyboard is great.

It reminds me of why I never bothered upgrading beyond Sonar X1 Studio - I wanted all of the core features of Sonar Platinum, but didn't want the extra 3rd-party goodies since I have most of the Waves plugins and a boatload of soft synths already.

Install went surprisingly smooth, no AV warnings of any kind. Things work fine. 
 
I was a bit annoyed by the BA autostart in the beginning, until I was able to tweak it away. 
Also miss an option to select which browser the MixEditor starts in. Was forced to change my default browser.
 
Missing a 32-bit version, but I can live without it.
 
Overall very satisfied and pleased.