MIDI Controller Seek-back Not Reliable

Do you have midi searchback enabled in preferences?
 
Dan
 

There was along running thread about this a while ago, and I was never able to reproduce a problem where searchback didn't work as expected on playback except in a very unusual case where the MIDI clip had been slip-edited so the clip boundary was earlier than the first event in the clip.
 
It was also discussed that the "shadow" of a controller disappears further into a piece (like 100 measures later) but the effect of the controller searchback is still audible - it's just a display issue.
 
And it was also discussed that searchback is strictly a playback function, and doesn't work when bouncing a section of a track where the selection doesn't include the most recent controller. 
 
I haven't re-checked searchback in Newburyport, so it's possible there's a new issue. What synth are you using, and how consistent is the problem? Do you still have X3 available so you can see if there's a difference with this particular project?
 
At the risk of re-opening a can of worms, here's a link to a summarizing post near the end of that earlier thread: 
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3336197
 
There's a lot of noise in the thread, so you need to read carefully to follow it from the start.

brundlefly
I haven't re-checked searchback in Newburyport, so it's possible there's a new issue. What synth are you using, and how consistent is the problem? Do you still have X3 available so you can see if there's a difference with this particular project?
 
At the risk of re-opening a can of worms, here's a link to a summarizing post near the end of that earlier thread: 
 

 
There's a lot of noise in the thread, so you need to read carefully to follow it from the start.

To answer your first question, I'm using a Roland SC-88 Pro, connected via an MOTU micro lite box to a PC with an Intel CPU. I'm pure General MIDI on this project - no audio, no internal synths.
 
Second question: the problem is consistent in Sonar Platinum, no matter what the track or what clips are involved. The only fix I've found is to disable "Zero Controllers When Play Stops."
 
The thread summary you posted does seem to address this problem, or at least a similar one. I'm still in the dark for a comprehensive fix, however. Hope they fix this in the next release.