New Bandlab version will mess with your Platinum install

Just a warning. The new product and Platinum are still tied together at some level. After I installed the "update" my carefully curated plug in menu's were trashed. Problematic VST's that were excluded are now back and many of my purchased plugs won't show up. When switching back to Platinum I find that it happened there too. Many hours of work - poof -
 
What else will this thing nerf?

I had no problems at all.

Both versions are working perfectly.

For Cakewalk/Bandlab I just had to manually add some folders where some of my VSTs reside.  It took me about 5 minutes.  While NOTHING has changed or been deleted in my old Sonar Platinum software.
Sorry you had a problem, but from my own experience and what others have already posted, I think your issue was something unique for your particular setup.  I hope you can get it straightened out.

You mean the Lexicon plugin we’ve been copying from earlier versions on Sonar? Thanks for the info. Just wanted to know if there was any crosstalk

 
Not all menu customizations appear to be copied over on installation of CbB. Comparing their respective folders in SONAR and CbB, I see multiple .pgl files for SONAR but just the one default .pgl in CbB.
 
That would suggest that your menu layouts might revert to the default in CbB. However, that shouldn't affect the original files.
 
Have a look at the datestamps in %appdata%\cakewalk\sonar platinum\plug-in menu layouts. Those datestamps will reflect the last time layout changes were saved. If SONAR is open, you'll see a couple temporary copies (.tmp extension) but those can be ignored. None of the others should have recent dates - unless, of course, you've recently made changes to them yourself.
 

I failed to realize that both Platinum and Bandlab would use the same plugin manager and that the install would over write both programs. I thought from the announcement that both  versions would remain independent and not contaminate each other. I saw in another thread that Bit cautions against removing the new install lest it render Platinum inoperable. Live and learn...

This is exactly what used to happen for SONAR (and CWPA before that) upgrades to new versions.
(that's why SPLAT was great, because we didn't have ot do this every year...)
 
You just have to go through the paths, and copy things like templates, plugin menus, FX chains, customised rum maps etc etc to the new folders - or else point the new version to the old folders.
 
This is not anything new... 
 

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
Plugin manager is a shared component. Even if CbB updated it it should make no difference to your Platinum install.
We'll investigate.

http://forum.cakewalk.com/no-more-Shared-folders-m3743998.aspx same as it ever was

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
Plugin manager is a shared component. Even if CbB updated it it should make no difference to your Platinum install.
We'll investigate.

 
Hi Noel,
One thing I noticed after successfully installing CbB, when I opened projects created in SPLAT that had UAD plugins the GUI's that have meters and switchable options (like hidden options or the moving reels on the Studer A800) no longer worked. The audio still plays through the plugins and is still affected by the GUI controls, but the meters and other visual GUI components no longer work as expected. When I opened the projects in SPLAT the UAD plugins now exhibit the same behavior (because of the shared Plugin Manager component?). Curiously, when I create a "new" project the UAD plugins work as expected. It is only when opening previously saved SPLAT UAD projects in either SPLAT or CbB that have the GUI issues. Any clue as to what may be going on or better yet how to fix?
Otherwise, CbB seems to be working as expected and no other issues to report.
 
Great job on getting CbB up and running so quickly! Nice to have this DAW back in the fold again. 

Starise
No issues here. If you see missing plug ins go to Edit>Preferences>VST and set the paths for your folders. 
 
I was a bit unorganized in my vst installations prior to this. If this is you maybe do a search and write down all of the folder locations or consolidate. I have mine in half a dozen different folders. I also had a bunch  of unregistered demos it scanned that I'll need to remove. This is forcing me to get more organized.

 
I have the same problem with VSTs installing themselves in different folders and then having to add new paths for the plugin manager to scan. Can you just cut and paste the VST files so they're all in one or two paths?

frankjcc

henkejs

Starise
No issues here. If you see missing plug ins go to Edit>Preferences>VST and set the paths for your folders. 
 
I was a bit unorganized in my vst installations prior to this. If this is you maybe do a search and write down all of the folder locations or consolidate. I have mine in half a dozen different folders. I also had a bunch  of unregistered demos it scanned that I'll need to remove. This is forcing me to get more organized.

 
I have the same problem with VSTs installing themselves in different folders and then having to add new paths for the plugin manager to scan. Can you just cut and paste the VST files so they're all in one or two paths?

for simple installations yes, but for some manufacturers you will get errors if the plugin can not be found exactly where it was installed

This is true with BFD locations. It will flag a ghosted file. It really doesn't matter if you scan 10 folders. It takes longer the first time. After that it is a fairly fast launch.

Firstly, I woud like to thank Meng and the Bandlab team for keeping alive this amazing software. I love it! It is by far the best DAW that I have worked with. My only gripe - and it's only a small one in the grand scheme of things - is the name. 'Cakewalk' sounds like a kids toy. Sonar sounded good and very professional. Logic and Cubase all sound like great seasoned products. Cakewalk sounds terrible. Is it too late to change the name to something more befitting of a professional and brilliant music making software? 

jbraner
This is exactly what used to happen for SONAR (and CWPA before that) upgrades to new versions.
(that's why SPLAT was great, because we didn't have ot do this every year...)
 
You just have to go through the paths, and copy things like templates, plugin menus, FX chains, customised rum maps etc etc to the new folders - or else point the new version to the old folders.
 
This is not anything new... 

 
jbraner this is exactly right. CbB was set up to be like a new Cakewalk SKU so that it lives side by side with the SONAR versions. As a result there are a few things like before that need to be reconfigured the first time. However going forward it will continue to be the same version so no changes will be necessary once this is done.