Cakewalk by Bandlab: How to Install and Manage VST Plugins

[@edwincabassa5754]

I am not a professional musician. I played in school bands and churches. I used SONAR 8, X1, X2, and X3 and have the original instructions. The instructions were poorly written and had limited basic information and written in technical terminology, not common to musicians or other members of the society. After all, SONAR was made for the general public to have as well as professionals. These Videos are superior because the terminology is first clearly explained. As with any profession, the terminology is key to understanding any topic. As a medical provider and university educator, I too can explain the coronavirus in medical and scientific terms, What good is that to the average person, we all have to understand. Theses videos are professionally presented, clear, entertaining, short and to the point. Keep up the great work!

[@wewereborn2beloved]

This series has taught me way more than the actual Cakewalk support site. Great work always!

[@ph_stuff]

I'm kind of a noob in daws and after seeing several tutorials, this one was by far the best about installing and managing VST plugins (and yes, it solved my problem). Congratulations, you have a new subscriber. ;)

[@jacobh5150]

This is exactly what I was looking for, perfect step by step for what I need to do. I want to install my Plug In's on an SD card to save SSD storage space on my laptop. Brilliant! Thanks again!

[@OhighOSkater]

Thank you for all of these informative videos. I truly do appreciate you!

[@CreativeSauce]

Its my pleasure my friend, thank you :)

[@jimfogle184]

Another great video Mike. I appreciate how you mentioned the different VST groups, instruments, audio effects and midi effects as well as the division between 32 and 64 bits and VST2 versus VST3. Lots of piles for VSTs to be divided between! Using 32 bit VSTs in Cakewalk by BandLab appears to be problematic with some working using jBridge but many not working at all. As you mentioned in your video, the same is true with VST3s. Some VST3s crash in Cakewalk by BandLab but the VST2 works fine. Even most software developers say on their website to try the VST3 first and if it doesn't work use the corresponding VST2.

[@YouWhoKC]

Thanks much for all the things you continue to teach me. I appeciate the file paths as well. Prior to VST3, it was easy to manage your VSTi's. However, since the dawn of VST3, some of them like to 'crap all over your hard drive' ....\programData ...\users\x\common files\blah blah blah....it can become maddening. Thanks for your explanations!

[@justmejammin]

Man, what would I do without you Mike. Thank you so much for your work and helpful vids.💥💥💥👏👍🏻

[@blane-cox]

This video was very helpful to me. Your explanations clicked with me. The only thing that confused me for a moment was your pronunciation for "file path". My half deaf ears heard "fire dog." The background info on VSTs was also enlightening. Thank you. You may ask how does a half deaf person record anything. I simply make it sound good to my ears and if nobody vomits, it's okay!

[@meinfs]

This is a crystal clear tutorial. Thank you!

[@CreativeSauce]

Thanks for watching!

[@RPSchonherr]

BTW Mike I have learned a bunch with your videos. Thanks for taking the time to make them.

[@danielwilcox1414]

Hello Mike; I have been following your videos and have found them most helpful and interesting. You keep things light and NOT boring. I have been writing songs for some time now, but have been stuck with recording with a dynamic microphone and straight into my sound card. OUCH! The outcome is very bad. Lately, I have upgraded my equipment to a Behringer xenyx usb mixer and a fair condenser microphone and the quality has increased drastically. I am new to Cakewalk also, but I love it! I fine it very powerful and with the free plugins I am starting to get better results. Please keep the informative videos coming. Dan for Colorado.

[@guitarmandan9831]

great vid Mike! i think you should also add how to categorize the plugs in the Manager

[@RainStickland]

Thanks for this. After making a drum track with the stock plug-in, I was itching for something with a better interface, so I was really happy to see this in your video selection. I had no idea how the plug-ins worked. Love your videos. They're very clear and I've learned loads.

[@CreativeSauce]

That's awesome, I'm so happy you are making progress! Thanks for watching :)

[@salactro]

Enjoy your channel, Mike. you might want to show users how to set up and customize the plug in menu. I personally find it very useful.

[@Stevethesearcher]

Mike this is a very important subject. Good topic. Sometimes the VST wants to install on a VST associated with Cakewalk. Other times a plug is set to be installed on a folder named Steinberg VST plug ins which is kind of a generic VST folder. Of course most plug ins give you the option of installing in a folder of your choice. Recently I have creating my own folder called VST plugins because I was fed up with having multiple VST folders. If you are new to audio recording this can be a confusing area. I have been recording for a while but even I have to be careful installing VST Plug ins or they get scattered all over your hard drive.

[@CreativeSauce]

Good tip Steve!

[@peoplemoverstation]

Calm and clear tutorial = Super!

[@Tarheelheat]

Thank you sir! Your tutorials are so informative! I just subscribed! I so needed this video because Cakewalk wasn't recognizing Kontakt! Now it's working perfectly!

[@MuseLeathercraft]

Great Teacher/"Explainer"!! So many KZbinrs feel as though we all want to know how and why they arrived on this planet.... THANKS! G

[@MrSh8ky]

Thanks Mike. What a brilliant tutorial. Just getting started with Cakewalk and this tutorial saved my bacon and a hell of a lot of frustration. Thank you for the content you provide, you are a fantastic teacher. Cheers Marty from Melbourne

[@MorganBrandon]

Thank you so much! I couldn't get any of the plugins that I just downloaded to work in Cakewalk, but I was able to figure it out after watching this.

[@charliegomabay6171]

Thank u very much. This is very helpful for me

[@londonshere7266]

Excellent channel. +1 subscriber. Cheers!

[@CreativeSauce]

Thank you!

[@jz5005]

Thank-you! Will give it a go with one of those top 5 Piano VST's. I've got a couple traxs already recorded that could use a piano sound upgrade. I can't wait to see how it sounds.

[@aaron______________________]

Excellent videos. So informative, and clear. Thank you so much. I am an absolute beginner. Always wanted to start creating music, so on lockdown for COVID-19 is a great opportunity to start. Looking forward to going through all of your videos. Thanks again!

[@CreativeSauce]

Cheers Aaron! I hope you get to learn lots while lock down!

[@aaron______________________]

@@CreativeSauce - Thanks Mike, much appreciated! All the best!

[@WOODY96910]

Simple and concise, to the point. Thankyou!!

[@hino2821]

Thank you so much!!! This tutorial worked!!

[@AndyB1286]

Thank you mate - very helpful video!

[@Tony-Stockport]

Excellent work - you maintain a very high standard - and very helpful. Thank you!

[@peterrobinson9935]

Thanks for this video tutorial. As a Cakewalk newby I found it useful, and especially the section on setting up plug-ins in non-standard directories (since I also have a D:\ data drive and an E:\ programs drive separate from my C:\ Windows drive. You suggested that given the option of 32 and 64 bit plugins, you'd go for 64 bit,which is fair enough - I also have 64 bit Windows 11 as my OS. But then you said that in the example there was an option for VST2 AND VST3 so you went for the VST2 version. Why was that? And why would you not go for VST3? What is the difference between 2 and 3? And would it 'harm' Cakewalk if you installed both? Thanks. I've subscribed to your video channel now, so am looking forward to learning more about the software (and watching more videos!).

[@dogriver751]

Its easy really. All you have to do is ensure you are a fully paid up wizard... Thanks Mike ;)

[@ytreddd]

i been tryna do this for a week everyone kept telling me wrong thank you so much

[@midiland09]

Thank you for another useful and well explained video.

[@pounds11]

Very good and very helpfull.

[@cesay8321]

THANKS, I can finally use my vstis now😍😂

[@CreativeSauce]

Glad it helped!

[@theodorussay6392]

Hey Mike, absolutely love your videos - they are truly evergreen contents! I wonder if there's any way to customize the location of shared folders where audio plugins or other utilities will stay via advance installation options? I have a very small system drive (c drive) so I wonder if you could make a video on how to maximize other drives/external ssd etc for those fat babies (plugins, synths and more) at the beginning of installing the software. Thanks a lot Mike!

[@blackiewheeler4706]

Very informative ! Thanks for this Mike.

[@Django61]

Many Thanks for these great videos. I am new to Cakewalk, and have been checking out quite a few of them. My laptop has Cubase 5 on it, and it has never worked for me. My question that I’m hoping you can help with is: Can I use the Cubase plug-ins in CbB? And if so, it sounds like it would just need the correct file path ? I just didn’t know if Cubase allowed other programs to access their plugins. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thx, again for the info.

[@CreativeSauce]

Hi - they may work if they are VSTs (which I think they may be), I would experiment by adding the VSTs path in Cakewalk.

[@TeaanCrumpet]

Loving your vids. Cheers for making them.

[@nomnom2993]

Nice i just solve and install the free Ample Bass P lite II. Thank you very much! I'am learning a lot from your videos.

[@SimonMac]

Great info! This would have driven me crazy had it happened to me while installing VST's!

[@nebukenazar]

Again as i said before, you are the best in this work. Thanks.

[@abc456f]

Another great video! As a beginner, can you, (or anyone reading this), provide me with the steps to load a vst instrument, how to create a track using it, and how to play it using my external keyboard? Many thanks.

[@CreativeSauce]

Hey Mr Jinks - I wonder if these two videos might help? kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4vUiZyCZ7FmbMk and kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6ioh6d4l7OXl80

[@JerrySchneyer]

Thanks for all your helpful videos, Mike. Do you have any suggestions as to how to import 3rd party VST3 plugin presets so they display in the plugs drop down menu, usually in the upper left? I can only find them in the drop down under the VST3 tab and it's extremely frustrating.

[@jerry77028]

I just want to say thank you so much for ALL of your videos. If by chance, if you have not already done so, could you create, or direct me a video that shows how to copy and past either midi loops, or audio, into "Different" sections of a track? I can never seem to get it right, and don't know how to line it up to play correctly in time with the rest of the tracks. I use Sonar Platinum Thanks again for your time, and videos.

[@CreativeSauce]

Hi my friend, thank you for watching. Getting parts to line up depends on the situation. If you have snap turned on, then it should work well, but only if the clip itself starts exactly on a beat. If it doesn't, then what I tend to do is drag the beginning of the clip to the nearest bar or beat, before copying, and then paste it to a beat. The key is to have snapping on. Now, all that may not make much sense, so I think it may deserve a video of its own!

[@jerry77028]

@@CreativeSauce AWESOME, I can't wait to view it Sir, thanks again for your efforts and valued time. Your videos are teaching me how to use my daw the way it was meant to be used. I love when you zoom in on your actions, because I'm legally blind, but can make due with the sight I'm blessed with lol. I'm currently only able to use Sonar by recording audio straight from my Motif XF workstation's audio. My music sounds great thanks to watching your videos on audio effects and such.

[@lebichonaucitron6044]

Vraiment instructif et très intéressant ! Merci,

[@wiltonwarlock918]

When I import a MIDI file, the program immediately assigns its own VSTs. How do I change them to the VSTs I've downloaded? Right-clicking on the track number would seem to allow one to change the VST, but it doesn't. There must be something more. Can you do a video on importing MIDI files, then changing the VSTs. Thank you

[@Terranova1469]

Question- Are there advantages/disadvantages to where you keep your plugins, VSTs or any recording software? I have 1 SATA SSD drive installed in my PC desktop. Most of my programs for the entire computer get installed there by default. I also have 2-3TB external drives....One I keep for pictures, and other personal documents & the other I keep most of my media on....ITunes Library, Live recordings of shows on my X32, samples and audio loop , Audio books, Movies etc.... I have started keeping VSTs, plugins and software pertaining to recording on there as well. Since I've started doing that Cakewalk seems to take much longer looking for plugins when it loads. I have them scattered all over the place and in my opinion I've made the file paths too broad.....So I want to go back and contain it all in one place for Cakewalk to look when it opens. Does the Cakewalk install HAVE to be on the internal C drive? Can I drag it all over to my media drive.....would that be ideal? Also do I have to uninstall everything I want to move & reinstall it in its new destination .....or can I just "Move To" everything to one of my external drive from the File Browser? When I open Cakewalk my System Memory Usage under Performance is at 39% and it seems to me that sometimes Cakewalk goes into "Not Responding" often.....It usually comes right back if you give it a second....also sometimes there's a lot of crackling and glitches with very little (a couple of different tracks, no FX maybe 2-3 Virtual instruments) going on in a session. I appreciate any insight anyone has that might get me running any smoother. SYSTEM- WIN 10 Pro 64-bit, Intel Core i7 4790@3.60Ghz, 16GB Dual Ch DDR3@798Mhz

[@OnlineMD]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that one needs a MIDI keyboard to really effectively use VST. Wish they had keyboards on-screen on touch screens that could be easy to play a few notes!

[@billesposito2112]

Hey Mike , let me start off by saying thank you for all the great info . I'm a professional singer of almost 40 years but new to the digital recording process. I absolutely love Cakewalk. I have pro tools but prefer Cakewalk. I've been recording for a couple years now I've come so far in that stretch and I owe a lot of that to you . I recently purchased all the Fab Filter plug-ins but I'm not sure how to get my VST presets installed in them . Is there a simple technique to loading them into the plug-in . Some of my plug -ins in my arsenal have them and some of them don't. None of the Fab filter bundle loaded. The plug-ins themselves work great but I would definitely benefit from a starting point with the presets . If you find the time to reply that would be tremendous. Thanks again.

[@tommyaudio]

thanx! do u know if there is a setting to view/categorize all plugins by BOTH type AND manufacturer? in pro tools we can do this and it's actually a huge help

[@Venus-yt8dd]

Thank you!! ☺☺

[@wardiup939]

Perfect explanation! So clear!!! Thank you!! Best bit though, “if you didn’t like the video, hit the dislike button twice”

[@CreativeSauce]

Hehe - thanks for watching :)

[@Spielkind45]

Super! Thanx.

[@TaffmanGuyo]

Spot on, many thanks Mike.

[@bodkwlbhdlsyhspdkgldpsldhgi9dj]

keep it up! great work!

[@CreativeSauce]

Thank you! I'll try :)

[@joegrint6280]

Another great video Mike - knew this stuff but watched anyway! A related question though - are there any advantages / disadvantages between using VST2 and VST3 plugins?

[@keiphilinstrumental2017]

Why you explained very well? I am very satisfied because youe help me Identifying what are the kind of VST . Thnks but How can I export muse score sheet music in Cake walk?

[@uptownphotography]

Great video and very well explained. I am new to Cakewalk and just downloaded 11 free plugins. (Most of these were recommended by a friend). Right now they are located in my Download Folder on my Laptop running Windows 10 with 16GB RAM and two hard drives (an SSD Boot Drive and 1TB D-Drive). Can I just copy the plugins files from the download folder to my D-Drive and put them in a folder that I will create for VSTs. I think I will follow your idea of calling it MyVSTs on my D-Drive. Or, must I install them (one by one) by clicking on the plugin name from the download folder and then designate the destination folder on my D-Drive? (MyVSTs). This seems more logical now that I am thinking about it based on what you say in the video.....Thanks. I gave you a Sub too. Well done. Phil

[@davidharpersongs]

Great tutorial. I have a new computer with a new install of CW. I would like to select specific previously working plug ins from an older drive that was functional through several versions of sonar and one version of Cakewalk. I don't have an ILOK. I only used included plug ins. How can I get these off the old drive? Thanks in advance.

[@mwmcbroom]

Wow! 1750 plug-ins! I thought I had a lot with about 250. I'm not worrying about this anymore.

[@pierreducos4387]

@CreativeSauce! how do you install .nki files? I've been trying to figure this out for a bit now (i'm following your Record, Mix, Release class, and I realized I needed instruments :) so I got some from your top 5 free VST video. I'm trying to install pocketBlakus, but it doesn't have a .exe, or a .dll file that I can run for a simple install.) Do you have already have a video for this??

[@benoit.gerin-lajoie]

SUPER !!! When we talk about plugins, do we imply VSTs ? or are they a different kind ? Are VST3 more recent then VST2 hence... more... advanced/performant/bug free/feature rich/more something ? hence, a better choice ?

[@user-to3cf7nu4g]

Hi, I cannot see the Plugins list on the left. I only see the Help Mode and the Synth Rack. Please help. Thanks.

[@D3cker1]

Awesome vid but how do you get Cakewalk to see VSTI??

[@Momo-cu7xl]

My computer keeps saying "A Vst scan is already running. Please wait for it to complete before starting up" when I try to click on options in the plugin manager, any tips?

[@bruslaw]

I'm having the same problem, I hope someone will have a tip eventually ;-)..

[@bruslaw]

I found the culprit and a solution. VstScan.exe trips over one of the newly added plugins and it can't finish the scan (apparently some Cubase plugins are likely to cause that - as I learned from an old forum post, from before the BandLab days). The VstScan.exe process keeps running even after you've closed out of Cakewalk. So you'll need to disable any new plugins, close the application, kill all VstScan.exe processes in the task manager, restart the program and then you can enable the plugins one by one and find out which one is causing the trouble this way.

[@eihan3105]

I tried copy pasting all of Fl studio effect plugins to commonfiles/VST3 files. But other than para eq i see no other in cakewalk.

[@aastran]

Having the same issue. Wonder if they're just exclusive to FL

[@upstairzstudio8480]

Hello Mike, I watch your video with great interest. as a beginner I don't understand how to link or use kontakt in cakewalk. is there a step by step video on how to understand what's kontakt and how to use it in cakewalk please? Thank you in advance. Emad

[@mikaelschulin4315]

Thanks! I installed The Instrument by Phil Speiser both as VST3 and VST2. The VST3 doesn't fully correctly so I was going to try the VST2-version which is fully seen in the Plug-in Manager and enabled but this VST2-version doesn't show up as instrument in Cakewalk and can't be used. :-/ Is there a solution?

[@benoit.gerin-lajoie]

About our sample libraries ? can we make them appear in the right browser pane as well ?

[@nicevans7485]

Hi Mike just wondering is there a VST Mellotrone that is suitable for my Bandlab cakewalk studio thanks for all the video's

[@kenmatthews9594]

Hi Mike. I have downloaded modo2 free bass , and followed your instructions to a tee from your how to install and manage vst plugins video. It showed that I had the new plugin installed upon opening cakewalk, and is enabled in the cakewalk plugin manager,and showing as installed along side other vst instruments in the vst instruments window. But when I open up a new project in cakewalk, and click on uncategorized vst instruments, it is not showing on the list. Any suggestions. Cheers Ken.

[@hhal9000]

I can't get my new installation of Cakewalk to play instruments.The plugins seem to be there and I don't get any errors when it scans but when I go to open the drum kit and other instruments I get this error:'' SI-Drum Kit is not properly installed.Please reinstall it using your original CD.'' Of course I never had a CD in the first place.This was all just the basic download from Bandlab.

[@edrow7403]

That sounds like me!

[@danmorais9507]

My Waves plugins are not showing up in plugin manager. The plugin scan shows them when cakewalk starts up and it see's if I dont have my license thumb drive in place. When I go to plugin manager they are not there. When I choose show disabled plugins nothing shows up. Don't know how to retrieve them. Help please. Really enjoy your channel

[@gerardoneill6234]

Hi Mike, why do some VST plugins zero their volume when the play transport is started despite having a decent volume level set?

[@johnd5790]

OI! What if you installed BandLab and from get the instrument VSTs that come with program don't show? TH3 and the FX are there and the instrument VSTs show in the file path designated, yet they're no where to be seen

[@chubidoo69]

Hi ! thanks for your great tuto ! What if I find the RT-7070 in Utilities - Plugin manager, but not in the instruments on the right or when I want to create a new instrument track ?

[@chubidoo69]

I found the trick, it was because in preferences, VST settings, VST3 migration, « Hide related to VST2 plugins » has to be unchecked... Pfiou, took me some time, a bit rusty lol

[@crawlingman7003]

Mike, should 32 and 64 bit vsts always be located in a different folder? Do some vsts require additional file types- not just .dll?

[@nickrussell5621]

Hey why can i not have two plug ins up at the same time on my screen. For instance i cant have span and loudmax up at the same time

[@gedzior84]

Is there a way oof organising these plugins and instruments in my own way, by naming the folders? Because in the end, when there is a whole bunch of them, I wouold barely remember what are they used for.

[@MrPaultheguitar]

Hi got my free copy of cakewalk and very stable it is too with just the essential features I am trying to install the SSD drum VST full version but am not sure what folder to select to place the content in for best performance can you help kind regards Paul Harrison

[@CreativeSauce]

H Paul, from memory I think the default one should be fine.

[@MrPaultheguitar]

Thank you for your fast response in haste I just dived in and guessed and sort of messed up.. what are the default folders and where do I place my download so it can be found I'm sort of nearly there my download content is in documents and SSD Sample5 dll is in c:\program files\vstplugins my drums are see through at the moment and are active but cannot locate the sound to load up I have 2 daws on my system cakewalk and Cubase 9 I have used cakewalk X2 and still have that one bandlab have got the features right on the free version excellent Kind Regards Paul

[@MrPaultheguitar]

Got there in the end up and running Kind thanks

[@hotromanza]

Hi Mike, first of all I want to thank you for the videos you posted: I finally understood how a DAW works! I have a problem with my Cakewalk, I tried to install the VST plg insyou suggest in this video but Cakewalk doesnt see them. I went to preferences I indicate the folders where to search, I set up the serch starting the program but nothing, it says all the time that Cakewlak is already busy serching, try later. How can I solve it? Thank you. Francesco

[@youyatubetak7624]

howdy ... having an issue if someone could point me in the right direction.... downloaded a few plugins from pluginboutique - namely taqsim and drown by klang... both of these are zips files... i extract them to plugin folder etc then scan in cakewalk as shown on your vid, but nothing shows up. there is no installation element- they're just zip file extractions. containing more files. any ideas?

[@cv-art]

Man... the sound of your video is so loud, that it just blow my headphones!

[@AdamEijaMusicJam]

I have no issue installing plugins but have encounter when using one... Tried a bass plugins instrument (since I dont have a bass guitar) and play using my guitar... However when I recorded the bass sound did not appear.. not sure which button i'm missing... 🤔

[@JBizzle822]

Does cakewalk come with a guitar plugin? I only see bass guitar piano and drums but no guitar. The plugins that are installed with cake walk.

[@marciavox8105]

What software do you use to download the VSTs? I used up my 30-day freetrial for Winzip. Is there another method or software that is free? Thanks, Mike!

[@andersonrosa3886]

How to fix disk warning when using cakewalk home studio?

[@uptownphotography]

I have downloaded and installed a plugin called Tal Reverb. It is my custom folder on my D drive (the folder was added to the folders Cakewalk will look in for new plugins), but it still does not show up, nor is it excluded. There are many plugins in my custom folder that cakewalk does see, just not this one. There's one other plugin by Flux Audio that Cakewalk does not see as well located in the default Cakewalk folder. Any suggestions? Thanks and you have really informative videos. Thanks. Phil

[@larryguthrie3572]

Hello Mike, I really appreciate your videos. I am a long-time Cakewalk user. I have quite a few plug-ins that were included and installed with upgrade packages that I purchased from Cakewalk in ancient times before Cakewalk was taken over by Bandlab. At any rate, I have recently purchased a brand new hot-rod computer and I would like to install some of these plug-ins (such as the Nomad Factory Stuff) on my new machine. I don't have access to the installation files anymore. Can I just transfer the .dll files over to my new machines' appropriate VST folder(s)?

[@kaii7147]

Can you help me out I have kontakt player and I want to run a piano vst live and record the direct vst sound through the audio channel. I can't for the life of me work out how to do this. My midi controller will simply not register on the audio channel as soon as I add kontakt to the FX my controller just stops working with why is this happening? It works fine without it and also works fine on midi channel but I can't get a audio track out of the midi channel it's so frustrating please help.

[@RPSchonherr]

Is there such a thing as a midi guitar instrument I can install for Cakewalk? Studio One 6 came with one but Cakewalk doesn't find the vst for it. I have tried to find a free one all over the internet but all I get are audio FX plug-ins. Sure I can play a guitar into an audio track and filter it with an Fx but sometimes it's easier to use the MIDI keyboard. The built-in Bass can't get the right tone for a regular guitar, it has too much low end. Does anybody have a clear direct answer other than "try this website," that only has fx? I would love to just stick with Studio One but it seems the version you get when buying the hardware is only a 60-day trial version, which is kind of useless because by the time I learn how to use it, the trial will be over.

[@nelsonborges6681]

How do install plugins from other like Roland or Yamaha?

[@explainlight]

Will plugins work on the D drive? I am thinking of moving mine from the solid state C drive to D drive to save space on c drive and to make it easier should i have windows failure. What do you think??

[@barry7986]

Hi.. This is Barry.. How do I reinstall the vst studio instrument plugins as I have uninstalled and re installed the cakewalk by Bandlabs but the studio instruments like SI Drums, SI STRINGS, SI BASS, SI PIANO are still missing.. Please suggest me a better solution..

[@good4insects]

So I am having this issue where using my keyboard as a controller or clicking on the keyboard that comes up with the controller doesn't produce any audible sound. I can see that the controller detects the key movement, but that's all it does. If I click use the small keyboard that opens on the side of spitfire audio I can hear it. I can record using my keyboard but cant hear sound whilst I do it yet I can see it recording and hear the playback however clicking on the piano on the side of the app whilst recording allows me to hear it but dosn't record. So last time I used this I just down loaded it and it worked so I have no idea about this. Have gone though many forums and found no fix. I might try delete and reinstall everything again. Any thoughts anyone?

[@ngello6796]

Ummmm , I have a question. So i wanna download this drum kit but when I install it its in a winzip file not an application I can etract it into my computer files but when i try to put it into cakewalk it doesnt add it. I’ve had this problem for hours and I don’t know what to do. If anyone can help me that would be nice

[@trashbat7331]

I managed to instal the trial of Serato Sample and it shows in the plug in manager under vst instruments but it doesn't show in my actual plug-ins and I can't find any way to open it. Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get it there or actually open it? Thanks.

[@synopticdesigns7868]

What I'm having trouble with is selecting VSTi's that have been organized and saved in a custom Menu Layout. If, for example, I have a simple instrument track with a synth and want to change it to another I can right click ans select "Replace Synth". However, at that point I can only select: "Sort by Category, Sort by Manufacturer or Sort by Type". Why can't I select my saved custom "Synthesizer Menu"? How do I access my custom menu layouts? Also, is there a way to display custom Menu Layouts in the Instrument Browser pane instead of the Cakewalk default organization types? I've seen a video that shows that Audio FX custom menu layouts can be selected by right clicking in the FX area of the track but that doesn't seem to apply to VSTi's. BTW, I never save VSTs or other data to the C: drive. That all is stored on another hard disk, which gets backed up to a NAS hard drive. The exception is a few VST3's that are located in the C:\Common Files|VST3 folder. Usually, VSTs can simply be moved at will, there is no registry entry. Of course the Cakewalk VST Scan path(s) must be set to any and all folders that contain VSTs. I really dislike vendors that make you "install" VST's. They should just be unpacked .dll or .vst3 files, with associated files and folders if any, that can be located anywhere the user wants. Only standalone synthesizer apps should be put in the C:\Program Files folder. Late note: I just figured it out! The problem was that Cakewalk has a default folder location for Plug-In Menu Layouts. Once I set the path (in Preferences) where I save my Menu Layouts (on my data hard drive, not the C: drive" I am able to access them and that layout is now the one displayed in the Instrument Browser pane. Hurrah!