*** Did you know! Helpful thread about SONAR & SONAR X1***

...that the new ARP function that is included in SONAR8.5.1 on tracks, can be bounced down to Midi-notes instead with just few mouse clicks? The new MIDI-Arp function is just great. You can bounce it down to midi-notes, like the same as with MIDI Step-Sequencer instead. I will give you an example.



The new Arp-function

1. Use a MIDI track on a software instrument
2. Activate ARP on that MIDI track so you can hear the ARP playing notes..
3. Record something
4. Now you get a new MIDI-clip in SONAR on that track. If you “double click” on it you will see “long notes” in “Piano-Roll”. When you hit “PLAY” in SONAR you hear the “Arp” is playing ,as long as the Midi notes are. Basically, the new “Arp-function”, plays actually many Midi-notes in the background, even if the Midi-data that you see in “Piano-Roll” in SONAR 8.5.1; is just long Midi-notes. This is how ARP works and that's the whole point with ARP, playing many notes..or a melody when you just pressing just one, or many keys on your keyboard.
5. Close “Piano-Roll”
6. Select the Arp-Midi-clip
7. In Menu, Go to ----> “Edit” then go to ---> “Bounce to Clip(s)”.
8. “Double click” on the “Arp Midi-clip” again, to open the “Piano-Roll”
9. As you can see now, all ARP-notes that was playing in the background has been transformed to Midi-notes instead.... Now you can edit, change Midi-notes, Quantize the midi, Delete or Add new Midi-notes ...possibility are endless.
10. And not just that, as you all can notice. After you “Bounced”- the “ARP-Clip” to a new MIDI-clip; the new included “Arp-function”; automatically switch “off” on that track too. So sweet!

Hope you like my first contribution to this thread.
Regards
Freddie

How to do a Clean install for all Cakewalk products:
 
 1)      Completely un-install all Cakewalk programs from your computer. This is normally done from Start | Programs | Cakewalk. This will not remove any of your project files or audio data.
 
 2)      Next you will want to open the Run Command
             a) In Windows XP this can be done by going to Start | Run
             b) In Windows Vista this can be done by holding down the ‘windows’ key and pressing ‘r’
 
 3)      At the prompt type regedit and click [OK].
 
 ***Backup your Registry before making edits - you do this by clicking the File menu, Export Registry File.
 
 4)      Now delete the following Registry keys:
 
 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music Software
 
 
 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cakewalk Music Software
 
 *Please note that this will remove any effects presets and key bindings you may have made in Cakewalk. You can back these up separately if you like, using Options | Key Bindings,
 Tools | SONAR Plug-in Manager, and Options | Colors.  Hit F1 in these views for detailed instructions on how to do this.
 
 5)      Open the 'Run' command again.
 
 6)      Copy and paste the following into the prompt:
 
 %appdata%
 
 7)      This will open your Application Data folder, right-click on the Cakewalk folder and choose ‘Delete’.
 
 8)      Navigate to the following directory and delete its contents:
 
 C:\Program Files\Cakewalk
 
 9)      Open the 'Run' command again and type ‘msconfig’ Click [OK] and then click on the Startup tab at the upper right of the window that opens.
 
 10)   Uncheck all items listed, click [OK], then restart your computer. You can always recheck those items again at a later time.
 
 11)  At this point you can reinstall SONAR 8 and SONAR 8.5.
 

I've talked about this before as have others, but I wanted to keep this info active.

For people trying to "wrap" dx and dxis as vsts so that they will work with the new Bit Bridge (works well with with Waves stuff):

1 Download this:

http://xlutop.com/buzz/zip/dxshell_v1.01b.zip

2. Unzip the files.

3. Create a folder in Program Files x86 directory. Name it what ever you like, possibly DXvsts.

4. Find the .dll files (and only the .dll files) for your dx plugins and copy and paste them into the new folder from step 3.

5. Drag the dxshell.dll file and shell2vst.exe files into the same folder from step 3.

6. In the folder, drag the dxshell.dll file on top of the shell2vst.exe file and it will wrap your files

You will now notice a new folder simply named DX. This contains all your wrapped vsts.

7. Open SONAR and do a vst scan pointing it to the DX folder and you should be good to go in 64 bit land.

Please note in the DX folder all of your native Cakewalk fx will also be "wrapped", but will not scan properly. You can go in this folder and delete those .dll files. You wont need them as they will open in SONAR anyway.

Hope this helps.

Amazing! Nomad Factory Blue Tube-Series work in SONAR 8.5.1, 64bit on VISTA 64bit
Nomad Factory Blue Tube-Series work in SONAR 8.5.1, 64bit. You need to un-install everything, even PACE, so follow my instruction and it will work for you too. You wont need to register them again either so that's cool.






How to install Nomad Factory Blue Tube-Series

1. Un-install, Nomad Factory Blue Tube-Series.
2. Un-install, Pace driver.
3. Restart your computer., Cold Start!!(Not reset) Very important!
4. Go to---> http://www.paceap.com/ on the right side on the top you see...--->
   END USERS
    
   Looking for the InterLok drivers?
    
5. Download the installer, “Windows drivers”
6. Now go to------> http://www.nomadfactory.com/downloads/index.html
7. Download the new Packs, “Blue Tubes - Dynamics Pack v3”, Blue Tubes - Effects Pack v3, Blue Tubes - Equalizers Pack v3, Blue Tubes - Analog TrackBox.
8. When Done, first install----> “PACE, InterLok”-driver you download...
9. As you can notice it Install the new 64bit “Pace driver”---> Follow all instructions and after its done, it tells you Re-Boot computer! YES go head and re-boot your computer!! Very Important, to reboot!!
10. Now got the Map there the ---> “Nomad Blue Tubes-series” were downloaded to.
11. Extract all maps with “Windows VISTA”, or WinRAR.... extract tool!

 
Before you start Install!  
 
12. I recommend you install all Nomad factory-plugins in a new map. So create a new MAP in--> “C:Program files(x86)/ Nomad Factory“ …...Here you can install all Nomad Factory- BlueTube series!
 
13. Important! Don't replace the PACE driver...that are included in Nomad Factory-maps..
Follow my instructions....instead
 
14. In all the “Nomad Factory-maps”-that you did extract, go to------> “3) Install the plug-ins”-map directly.
 
15. Inside that you find the “X*name Pack VST v3.3 Installer”.exe
 
16. Install it and follow the instructions. When prompt where to place the VST-plugins? Install them all plugins in location:----> “C:Program files(x86)/ Nomad Factory“ that you created earlier instead.
 
17. Go to ---> “4) Docs” and copy the Documents to “My documents”/”Nomad Factory” that has been created..
 
18. Repeat the steps 14.---> continue install all “Nomad Blue Tubes-series”-maps, “installers” until you are completely done!

Start SONAR 8.5.1, 64bit ---> and bridge them... you now how you do this all ready...
As you all can see with all amazing, SONAR 8.5.1, 64bit recognize all Nomad Factory plugins now. It doesn't halt anymore as it did previously in SONAR 8, 64bit.


Good Luck!

Regards
Freddie

emwhy


I've talked about this before as have others, but I wanted to keep this info active.

For people trying to "wrap" dx and dxis as vsts so that they will work with the new Bit Bridge (works well with with Waves stuff):

1 Download this:

http://xlutop.com/buzz/zip/dxshell_v1.01b.zip

2. Unzip the files.

3. Create a folder in Program Files x86 directory. Name it what ever you like, possibly DXvsts.

4. Find the .dll files (and only the .dll files) for your dx plugins and copy and paste them into the new folder from step 3.

5. Drag the dxshell.dll file and shell2vst.exe files into the same folder from step 3.

6. In the folder, drag the dxshell.dll file on top of the shell2vst.exe file and it will wrap your files

You will now notice a new folder simply named DX. This contains all your wrapped vsts.

7. Open SONAR and do a vst scan pointing it to the DX folder and you should be good to go in 64 bit land.

Please note in the DX folder all of your native Cakewalk fx will also be "wrapped", but will not scan properly. You can go in this folder and delete those .dll files. You wont need them as they will open in SONAR anyway.

Hope this helps.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Update....of “emwhy” POST!

The DX wrapper work fine in SONAR 8.5. especially with “Melodynebridge”& Melodyne 3 Studio.
Now you can work with out any error message if you use the DX-wrapper version of “Melodynebridge” instead.
http://www.celemony.com/cms/index.php?id=products_studio
 
 
Also, there are more benefits, for those that use “SONY Soundforge”
All SONY plugins, that was exclusive use for “Soundforge”, get wrapped and can be used in SONAR 8.5 64bit now too! Sweet =)
 
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/soundforge
 
 
 
 
 
There are a new DX-wrapper version, out now!... that you can download and use here..
Its FREE.    http://xlutop.com/buzz/zip/dxshell_v1.0.2b.zip


Un-Zip it! next off..

“Emwhy-post”
( 6) In the folder, drag the dxshell.dll file on top of the shell2vst.exe file and it will wrap your files

You don't need to drag and do this moment (6.)  with SONAR 8.5 (I don't know about WAVES-plugins) because I believe SONAR-host are supporting shell plugins already. You can do like this instead with SONAR 8.5 64bit
 
 

1. You make a new in “Program files(x86)” and call the new map: “32bitDX-wrapper”; example ----> C:Program files(x86)/32bitDX-wrapper/
 
 
2. Copy to ---> "32bitDX-wrapper"-map
- dxshell.dll,   ..*a wrapper for directx effects(dx) for use in vst host applications.
- dxishell.dll,   ..*a wrapper for directx instruments(dxi) plugins for use in vst host applications.
I don't use this.... not recommended!
(- mfxshell.dll,    ..*a wrapper for midi fx plugins(mfx) for use in vst host applications, beware that not all mfx plugins may work with this wrapper.)
 
 
 
 
3. Start SONAR. Go to Plugin Manager and add the new location for scan! ---> C:Program files(x86)/32bitDX-wrapper/
 
 
4. Close and Re-start. SONAR scan all DX plugins.. If you get error message, don't worry, just close the message and SONAR continue to re-scan.
 
 
5. Now close SONAR again.. and Re-start SONAR 8.5., 64bit.
 
 
6. Go to--- Plugin manager in SONAR 8.5
 
 
7. All DX plugins that has been DX-wrapped to VST are marked with “(0)”   in the ending --> example: “xxxx. (0)” in SONAR 8.5 Ready for use!

Hope this helped!


Regards
Freddie