X TOO::: My most important desire: reasonable folder structure, consistancy
Minimum changes:
I want the CW dudes to restructure the CW folder structure,,, to reflect the ease of user's ability to create backups of projects.
I want to select ALL folders' default settings during install. I want to be able to change the SHARED folders paths.
CUz I DO NOT WANT to install X-Too into the same folders as X-One, and 8.5.
I want to select ALL samples locations for ALL instruments.
I want to select where presets and synths programs will be located.
I want an in-program dialog that lists ALL, ALLLLLL, ALLLLLLLLLLL of the related folders.
I want the browser, and DP, and rapture,..., to obey the user's selections of folders.
I want ALL programs to use the user-defined folders for presets, programs, and files :
currently choosing "SAVE-AS"/ OPEN for Dimension Pro, Rapture,...
opens to the last folder browsed by Windows Explorer: this should not happen
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SO:::
Where are your user-saved presets? For: DP, rapture, other synths/effects? I ATTEMPT to use D:\AudioPresets.
What is your backup process that includes ALL presets/programs (for synths, effects, sfz/sample files), wavs, loops, samples,... ????????
Are you getting everything that you will require to move to a different computer?
Including the crap stored in the registry?
Currently, a default install will put stuff into the folders/subfolders listed in the lower "half" of this message.
This structure is no doubt the result of many years of people not paying attention in a hurry.
FIRST remove the "SHARED " prefix. A local example of what happens when no adults are paying attention, a period of "profound distraction."
(Way sad the "MY " mental-virus continues to pervade the general language/thinking. Reinforced recessive gene? NO doubt we are doomed to endure "My Computer," "My Apps," "MY " ABSOLUTE ****ING IDIOCY until at least 2030. The predicted year of my death.)
Talk To Me Later
j
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This folder structure is reflective of a default installation of X1-X1de, and extra downloadable bits.
No doubt, this folder structure is the result of historical attempts to be reasonable. But now? No so much.
This needs a complete makeover.
C:\Cakewalk Content
C:\Cakewalk Content\SONAR X1 Producer
C:\Cakewalk Content\SONAR X1 Producer\Arpeggiator Patterns
C:\Cakewalk Content\SONAR X1 Producer\FX Chain Presets
C:\Cakewalk Content\SONAR X1 Producer\PlayList Files
C:\Cakewalk Content\SONAR X1 Producer\ProChannel Presets
C:\Cakewalk Content\SONAR X1 Producer\Project Templates
C:\Cakewalk Content\SONAR X1 Producer\PTN MIDI Patterns
C:\Cakewalk Content\SONAR X1 Producer\Step Sequencer Patterns
C:\Cakewalk Content\SONAR X1 Producer\StudioWare Panels
C:\Cakewalk Content\SONAR X1 Producer\Arpeggiator Patterns\Shapes
C:\Cakewalk Content\Z3TA+ 2
C:\Cakewalk Content\Z3TA+ 2\Programs
C:\Cakewalk Content\Z3TA+ 2\Programs\Factory Content
C:\Cakewalk Content\Z3TA+ 2\Programs\User Content
C:\Program Files
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Dimension Pro
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\PC4KGate
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Rapture LE
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared DXi
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared MIDI Plugins
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Plugins
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Surfaces
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Utilities
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Vstplugins
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\z3ta+
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Z3TA+ 2
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Dimension Pro\Multisamples
C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Cakewalk
C:\Program Files (x86)\Cakewalk\Beatscape
C:\Program Files (x86)\Cakewalk\Vstplugins (inconsistency: 32 bit/64 bit: rapture le IS 32 bit)
C:\ProgramData HIDDEN FOLDER
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\ACT Data
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Beatscape
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Beatscape\Programs
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Beatscape\User Samples
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Sound Center
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Dimension Pro
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Dimension Pro\Programs
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Publisher
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Rapture LE
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Rapture LE\Programs
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Shared Presets
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\Drum Maps
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\Groove Quantize Files
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\Logic Key Assignments.kbn
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\Metronome
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\Plug-in Menu Layouts
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\PRVTools
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\Sysx Files
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\WMV Profiles
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\z3ta+
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\z3ta+\MIDI Arpeggios
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\z3ta+\Programs
C:\Users\Jesse\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk :
this is the part that is a REAL STUPID MS TRICK: HIDDEN FOLDER
C:\Users\Jesse\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\ACT Data
C:\Users\Jesse\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Shared Presets
C:\Users\Jesse\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer
C:\Users\Jesse\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\bus
C:\Users\Jesse\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\Drum Maps
C:\Users\Jesse\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\Groove Quantize Files
C:\Users\Jesse\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\keys
C:\Users\Jesse\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\Metronome
C:\Users\Jesse\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\Plug-in Menu Layouts
C:\Users\Jesse\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\PRVTools
C:\Users\Jesse\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\Sysx Files
C:\Users\Jesse\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\Track Templates
C:\Users\Jesse\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\WMV Profiles
Generaly a very user un-friendly configuration.