Hello all. I must say I like all the new toys in X3 and it seems somehow faster and more reliable. I noticed a bit of strangeness tonight though. I went to try Melodyne for the first time, but my Region FX menu didn't contain entries for Melodyne or V-Vocal. However the keyboard shortcuts work so I know they're installed. The menu is populated instead with Perfect Space, a couple of other reverb effects and a Waves plugin. There could have been others too but this is coming from memory and I sure need an upgrade there! So I'm wondering if others are missing their Melodyne and V-Vocal menu options?

stevenpanter
Hello all. I must say I like all the new toys in X3 and it seems somehow faster and more reliable. I noticed a bit of strangeness tonight though. I went to try Melodyne for the first time, but my Region FX menu didn't contain entries for Melodyne or V-Vocal. However the keyboard shortcuts work so I know they're installed. The menu is populated instead with Perfect Space, a couple of other reverb effects and a Waves plugin. There could have been others too but this is coming from memory and I sure need an upgrade there! So I'm wondering if others are missing their Melodyne and V-Vocal menu options?

Inside of the Utilities > Cakewalk Plugin Manager do you have Melodyne listed as a VST3 Audio Effect?

Thank you for your speedy reply Dan. I'll check that when I'm back at my DAW tomorrow.

stevenpanter
Thank you for your speedy reply Dan. I'll check that when I'm back at my DAW tomorrow.

Cool, feel free to PM me if this thread gets buried from now til then.

Hi Steven,
 
Standard VST plugins should not populate the region Fx menu. Something probably went wrong with the initial scan at first launch. Follow the steps in this KB article to reset and rescan your VST plugins and this should clear up the issue:
 
http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/kb/reader.aspx/2007013315
 
 

That sounds promising Dan and would explain why a crash ensues upon attempting to invoke any of them. I'll give it a go and report back on the outcome.

I discovered while discussing the issue with Dan Gonzalez that the Region FX menu will only display a maximum of 7 entries, whether by design or otherwise. However, at least 13 effects, most of which were non-Cakewalk and all vst2, had decided to try and populate it. By using the plugin manager to exclude them one by one I was able to eventually make Melodyne and V-Vocal appear in the menu.

Melodyne works as it should in 32 bit no problems. It worked in 64 bit as well up until last night.  All of a sudden it just stopped showing up under region fx. Doesn't matter if I select it from the tool bar menu or by right clicking on a clip. V-Vocal is the only one listed. The .dll and other files are visible in the programs folder so it's there but for whatever reason Sonar isn't seeing it?

Its definitely not normal for other stuff to be in that menu. If you are seeing other items in that menu there are two possibilities. Either you have an old version of VST scan somehow or your inventory was not reset and rescanned. Please report back if you still see this after resetting the inventory.
 
If anyone can reproduce this please send an export of your registry for this key. It will reveal why this is happening.
 
X64 users:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR Producer\Cakewalk VST X64
 
x86:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR Producer\Cakewalk VST

Thanks for your input Noel. I'll see what happens after the rescan when I get to my studio tonight and will check the registry key if need be.
 
Geo, have you tried pressing Ctrl-M to open Melodyne? Chances are (I think) that Sonar is still seeing it but the menu isn't being populated properly for some reason.

Thanks Steven, I'll give that a try.