Music Creator Version 3

(Windows XP)
README.RTF Copyright 2006 Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cakewalk is a registered trademark, and SONAR and Music Creator are trademarks of Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. This file contains supplemental information on Cakewalk Music Creator, Version 3.0.0. It was prepared on January 23, 2006.

Contents
Cakewalk Product Registration.................................... What is product registration?........................................................................................................ How to Register Online................................................................................................................ How to Register via phone........................................................................................................... Registration Period....................................................................................................................... If you have lost your Registration Code....................................................................................... Privacy Policy............................................................................................................................... Further Informaiton...................................................................................................................... Whats New in Music Creator......................................................................................................... New in Music Creator Version 3.................................................................................................. Track Icons........................................................................................................................................ Creating Custom Track Icons for Music Creator.......................................................................... Replacing Default Icons................................................................................................................ Setting Track Icon Default Size in Track View............................................................................ Icon Transparency Enable/Disable............................................................................................... Additional Configuration Options................................................................................................... Setting Minimum Track Height.................................................................................................... Music Creators Master Control View does not respond to Color Presets...................................
Linking MCV Sound Mixer shortcut to 3rd Party Control Panels..........................................................................................................................................................

Top Issues in MUSIC CREATOR................................................................................................... Windows XP and Music Creator.................................................................................................. Backwards Compatibility............................................................................................................. Bus Solo........................................................................................................................................ Audio Performance Issues................................................................................................................ DXis & Look-ahead Processing at High Latencies..................................................................... Sampling DXi's and the "Enable Multiprocessing Engine" Audio Option.................................. HyperThreading / Multiprocessor Optimization.......................................................................... MIDI Prepare Buffer Size and Automation.................................................................................. Improve Responsiveness of Real-Time MFX Plug-Ins................................................................

Confidence Recording Waveform Previews................................................................................. Meter Frame Size.......................................................................................................................... General............................................................................................................................................... Track View Widget Reordering.................................................................................................... Warning: Input Echo May Cause Feedback Loop........................................................................ Always Display Widgets in Track Header Bar............................................................................. Display Drop Shadow On Clips................................................................................................... Console View Auto-Resizing....................................................................................................... User Control of Pause During File Save....................................................................................... Automatically Sending Controller Resets to DXis...................................................................... Known Issues..................................................................................................................................... Audio Metronome Issues.............................................................................................................. Enabling Mono on a Bus/Main Will Affect Upstream Meters..................................................... MP3 Files With 256K Bit Rate May Not Play in MUSIC CREATOR........................................ Using Cakewalk Kinetic Groove Synth in MUSIC CREATOR.................................................. Importing MPEG 2 Files in MUSIC CREATOR......................................................................... Successive Snapshots Do Not Update Envelope Node Values.................................................... Staff View Font May Require Reboot After MUSIC CREATOR is Installed............................. Error When Using UAD-1 Plug-Ins as DirectX Effects While Looping..................................... M-Audio Midisport 8x8 Compatibility........................................................................................ E-MU 1820 Compatibility............................................................................................................ MUSIC CREATOR Only Supports GigaStudio Sample Rate When Using WDM Drivers........ Can't Print if Staff View is Floating............................................................................................. RIFF/MID Will Not Launch MUSIC CREATOR When Double-clicked................................... FXpansion BFD Version 1.0.9.0 May Crash MUSIC CREATOR in Rewire Mode................... MUSIC CREATOR Does Not Record When Using Ping DXi Without a MIDI Track............... MIDI Note Will Continue to Play If Moved During Playback.................................................... Dual Video Monitors Set to Different Color Bit Depths May Affect Performance.....................

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Whats New in Music Creator

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New in Music Creator Version 3

The following enhancements have been introduced in MUSIC CREATOR Version 3:

Track Icons Master Control View Loop Construction View Enhancements Bus-able Audio Metronome Group Editing (Multi clip Slip-Editing, fades, and splits) Enhanced Key Bindings Nudging Navigator view Audition (Selection Playback) Configurable RMS and Peak Meter Ballistics Six stereo panning laws Powerful presets for frequently used export settings Export buses and tracks into a composite mixdown, or as individual files WMA9, 5.1 WMA9 Pro, and WMA9 Lossless Encoding Open support for external command-line encoders Color Enhancements (Console view and clips)

Track Icons
Creating Custom Track Icons for Music Creator
You can add your own icons to Music Creator. To do so, use a 24-bit color Windows Bitmap (BMP). This file can be loaded by right-clicking on the icon for the target track. This icon will be saved as part of your project. For best results, it is recommended you resize icons prior to import, using a graphics editing application. Default icons sizes in Music Creator are 48 pixels x 48 pixels for large icons and 32 pixels x 32 pixels for small icons.

Replacing Default Icons

You may replace the default icons uses for Audio, MIDI, and DXi tracks, as well as Stereo Busses. To do so, replace the following files with BMPs of the same name and dimensions in the Track Icons folder (C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Music Creator 3\Track Icons): Icon Name track_icon_audio_large.bmp track_icon_audio_small.bmp track_icon_midi_large.bmp track_icon_midi_small.bmp Size (pixels) 48x48 32x32 48x48 32x32 Description Large Audio Icon Small Audio Icon Large MIDI Icon Small MIDI Icon

track_icon_dxi_large.bmp track_icon_dxi_small.bmp track_icon_bus_large.bmp track_icon_bus_small.bmp

48x48 32x32 48x48 32x32

Large DXi Icon Small DXi Icon Large Stereo Bus Icon Small Stereo Bus Icon

Setting Track Icon Default Size in Track View

The default size of the two Track Icon states can by adding the following variable to Cakewalk.ini
SmallIconHeight=32 Height (and width) of the track icons in small mode. LargeIconHeight=48 Height (and width) of the track icons in large mode.

Icon Transparency Enable/Disable

The following variable allows you toggle icon transparency. Transparencies allow you to more effectively utilize custom color presets for the icon background in both the Track View and Console. However, you may experience some aliasing of image, especially when scaled, resulting in what is called a halo effect.
IconTopLeftPixelTransparent=0 If on [=1], specifies that the top left pixel of the track icon will be used as a transparency color.

Additional Configuration Options

Setting Minimum Track Height
Minimum track height has been increased in Music Creator to improve appearance. This value may be changed for users who which to increase the maximum number of tracks visible in the Track View at once. The following should be added to cakewalk.ini
MinStripHeight=36 Can use to specify other minimum track strip heights. The MUSIC CREATOR default is 18.

Music Creators Master Control View does not respond to Color Presets
The MCV can be made to respond to tinting caused by using Custom Color Presets. The following should be added to Cakewalk.ini
TintMCV = 0

If on [=1], the MCV will follow the colors of the toolbar backgrounds. NOTE: JJ turned off the color group init of the bitmaps, so we need to make sure the MCV still looks okay with his bitmap updates and tinting on.

Linking MCV Sound Mixer shortcut to 3rd Party Control Panels

To link the shortcut to a specific soundcard control panel, add the following to the Cakewalk.ini SoundMixer=[sound mixer executable] Where can specify path to your preferred system sound mixer. SoundMixer=sndvol32.exe The default value will link to the Windows Sound Mixer SoundMixer=sndvol32.exe /r By adding /r the Windows Sound Mixer Record Properties are linked.

Top Issues in MUSIC CREATOR

Windows XP and Music Creator
To install and run MUSIC CREATOR in Windows XP Professional and Home Edition, you must be logged in as a user with administrative privileges. To use the product you must be logged in as the same user that installed the program; otherwise, you will not have access to your DirectX effects presets.

Backwards Compatibility
Music Creator 3 can load SONAR 1.x, SONAR 2.x, and SONAR 3.x projects, but projects that are saved in MUSIC CREATOR 3 cannot be re-opened in SONAR 1.x or SONAR 2.x. In case you need to open a pre-Music Creator 3 project in an earlier version of SONAR, it is recommended that you always create a backup copy of the original project before you re-save the project in MUSIC CREATOR 3.

Bus Solo
When a bus is soloed, MUSIC CREATOR will not mute MIDI tracks that are assigned to external MIDI ports. This is intentional, as the external MIDI devices audio output might be fed back to MUSIC CREATOR via an audio track input.

Audio Performance Issues

The following issues concern improving and troubleshooting audio performance in MUSIC CREATOR.

DXis & Look-ahead Processing at High Latencies

Some plug-ins, such as the Sonitus:fx Multiband and other dynamics processors, use a look-ahead

buffer mechanism, which results in a short delay being introduced to the output signal when the plug-in is used in real-time. MUSIC CREATORs automatic delay compensation (ADC) takes care of any delays, but you may experience some anomalies when using such a plug-in to process the output of a DXiespecially if MUSIC CREATOR is configured to use a high mixing latency. The symptoms include audio that appears to drop out, and/or missed notes (from the MIDI track that is assigned to the DXi). Again, this is more prone to occur with higher latency settings. This may happen if MUSIC CREATOR doesnt pump ahead enough MIDI data to compensate for ADC. To fix this problem, go to Options-Global-MIDI and increase the Prepare Using [n] Millisecond Buffers value.

Sampling DXi's and the "Enable Multiprocessing Engine" Audio Option

A few DXi's that employ sample playback may click or pop if the multiprocessing audio engine is enabled. At the time of the 3.0 release we have confirmed that the DS864 DXi and the LiveSynth Pro both have this limitation.

HyperThreading / Multiprocessor Optimization

The audio configuration dialog (Options-Audio) has a checkbox "Enable MultiProcessing Engine" on the Advanced page. This checkbox is only active on multi-processing (or hyper-threaded) machines. When checked, the audio engine will use a dedicated worker thread for each CPU, and optimally distribute mixing and DSP tasks across multiple CPU's. You will notice significant performance benefits on true multiprocessor systems with this option enabled.

MIDI Prepare Buffer Size and Automation

If your project contains several track/clip automation envelopes, setting your MIDI playback buffer size too low (in Options-Global-MIDI) can cause audio to crackle if your audio latency is also set very low. This problem will be somewhat worse if you enable multiprocessing in the audio engine. To minimize or eliminate these crackles, please be sure to keep your MIDI playback buffers at or above the default setting of 500 msec.

Improve Responsiveness of Real-Time MFX Plug-Ins

MfxLookAhead=<ticks> (default=960*4) This new TTSSEQ.INI variable defines how much extra MIDI data is sent to MFX plug-ins, so that they have extra room to quantize events into the future. Lower values mean MFX plug-ins can work more "just in time". This variable should be set in the [OPTIONS] section. For example: [OPTIONS] MfxLookAhead=480

Confidence Recording Waveform Previews

WavePreviewSampleFrequency=<1-10> (default=1) By default, waveform previews take a meter sample for each meter frame. The default interval between meter frames is 40 milliseconds. The WavePreviewSampleFrequency CAKEWALK.INI variable lets you specify how frequent samples are taken. The value can be an integer between 1 and 10, and represents the number of frames to sample. It goes in the [Wincake] section of CAKEWALK.INI. For example: [WinCake] WavePreviewSampleFrequency=1 With the default value (1), every meter frame gets written to the history file. With higher values (210), frames will be skipped, causing fewer history frames to be written to the history file. Higher values may be desirable if the waveform previews are affecting playback performance.

Meter Frame Size

MeterFrameSizeMS=<10-200> (default=40)* Meters in MUSIC CREATOR show peak (or RMS) values at a given instant in time. The actual peak value displayed by a meter is the highest peak recorded in an interval of time referred to as a "Meter Frame". The default size for a meter frame is 40 milliseconds, which is an accuracy of 25 FPS. The MeterFrameSizeMS AUD.INI variable allows you to change the size of this interval. It goes in the [Wave] section of AUD.INI. For example:
[Wave]

MeterFramSizeMS=40 Setting this value to a lower value will make the meters record peak info for smaller time slices. However this can also increase the metering CPU and memory cost. * = although MUSIC CREATOR doesnt enforce a fixed value range, the recommended range should be between 10 and 200 milliseconds.

General
The following topics cover general issues in MUSIC CREATOR.

Track View Widget Reordering

In MUSIC CREATOR, it is possible to alter the default order layout of the Controls (Widgets) in the Track view. This requires adding entries to the CAKEWALK.INI file. All non-fixed controls (controls not forced in the track header like Name, Mute, Solo, Record Arm, minimize and maximize) will layout based on these INI keys. You can independently change the order for Audio Tracks, MIDI Tracks, and Buses by putting entries in three different sections:

[Audio Widgets], [Midi Widgets], and [Bus Widgets] Each type of strip has a fixed number of widgets. Type of Strip Audio Track MIDI Track Bus Number of Widgets 8 13 8

Each type of strip has different types of widgets on it as well which are identified by name. The following table shows the names of the widgets for each type of strip: Audio Track Volume Pan Trim Input Output Fx Aux Interleave MIDI Track Volume Pan Trim Input Output Fx Output Fx Aux Interleave Inputgain Inputpan Channel Bank Patch Key Time Chorus Reverb Bus Volume Pan Contents of Widget Group Volume Slider Pan Slider Trim Slider Input Selector Output Selector Fx Bin Aux Send, Pan, Enable, Pre-Post switch Phase and Interleave switches Input Gain Slider Input Pan Slider MIDI Channel Picker MIDI Program Bank Picker MIDI Patch Picker MIDI Key Offset MIDI Time Offset MIDI Chorus ( CC99 ) Slider MIDI Reverb ( CC91 ) Slider

How the INI is formatted to reorder widgets A Key-Value pair is defined as: Wn=name where n is the sort order, and name is the widget group name. The name is not case sensitive. Start with a section name for the type of strip you want to reorder widgets on. It looks like this for Audio Tracks: [Audio Track] Now, add the 8 entries that specify the widget order for Audio Tracks. Here is one example: W0=Volume W1=Pan W2=Interleave W3=Trim W4=FX W5=Aux W6=Output W7=Input Note: the layout order will revert to the hard-wired list if any of these scenarios are true: 1. 2. 3. 4. Any section is missing Any individual key is missing False value or name for a key Duplicate keys

All sections and keys must succeed, or MUSIC CREATOR reverts to the default hard-wired layout order. Example of working widget reordering entries In order to customize the control layout order, you can copy the sections below and paste them into CAKEWALK.INI. The layout below mimics the hard-wired layout. To reverse, for example, the Volume and Pan order, set W0=Pan and W1=Volume. These settings are loaded *ONCE* per strip when the strip is created, so you can for example make a change to the [MIDI Widgets] section and create another MIDI strip with the new layout (you don't have to restart the application), but all MIDI strips will have the same layout the next time you open the project. [Audio Widgets] W0=Volume W1=Pan W2=Interleave W3=Trim W4=FX W5=Aux W6=Output

W7=Input [Midi Widgets] W0=Volume W1=Pan W2=Trim W3=FX w4=Reverb w5=Chorus W6=Channel w7=Bank w8=Patch W9=Output W10=Input w11=Key w12=Time [Bus Widgets] W0=InputGain W1=InputPan W2=Volume W3=Pan W4=Output W5=Aux W6=FX W7=Interleave

Warning: Input Echo May Cause Feedback Loop

Depending on how your studio equipment is connectedand how audio tracks in a MUSIC CREATOR project are routed--keep in mind that Input Echo on audio tracks may introduce feedback loops which can cause damage to your speakers. If your sound card has a "What U Hear" record input, please disable/mute this input before using Input Echo on audio tracks, and if you are using an external mixer, please lower its master volume before proceeding. In case of feedback, choose Transport-Reset.

Always Display Widgets in Track Header Bar

TVWidgetsStickInHeader=<0 or 1> (default=0) By default, Track view controls (widgets) will only appear in the track header bar if the track is minimized and there is enough room to display at least one control. MUSIC CREATOR has a CAKEWALK.INI variable that allows you to always display controls in the track header bars, regardless of whether a tracks are minimized or not. It goes in the [Wincake] section of CAKEWALK.INI. For example: [Wincake] 11

TVWidgetsStickInHeader=1 When TRUE (value=1) widgets stay in the header bar regardless of the height of a track. Note: the following controls will never appear in the track header bar: Send widgets, Meters, and Vertical FX Bin.

Display Drop Shadow On Clips

ShowClipShadow=<0 or 1> (default=0) By default, a drop shadow is not displayed on clips in the Track view. This is different from previous versions of MUSIC CREATOR. MUSIC CREATOR has a CAKEWALK.INI variable that allows you to always display a drop shadow on clips. It goes in the [Wincake] section of CAKEWALK.INI. For example: [Wincake] ShowClipShadow=1 When TRUE (value=1) clips display a small drop shadow.

Console View Auto-Resizing

By default, the Console view will automatically resize itself vertically as modules are shown or hidden. If you prefer, you can keep the Console view from automatically resizing by holding down the Shift key as you click on a modules Show/Hide toggle (leftmost pane in the Console view). This will preserve the current Console view size without resizing the view to fit all visible modules.

User Control of Pause During File Save

PauseDuringSave=<0 or 1> (default=0) By default, when saving a project file during playback, MUSIC CREATOR saves the file asynchronously while playback continues. While this is not a problem with most projects, complex projects under high CPU load conditions (particularly while running under low latency) may take longer to save than if the transport was not playing. The new CAKEWALK.INI variable PauseDuringSave changes the default behavior and pauses playback temporarily for the duration of the file save. This allows the file save to proceed as fast as possible before playback resumes. PauseDuringSave should be set in the [WINCAKE] section of CAKEWALK.INI. Legal Values are: 0 (default): file is saved asynchronously while playback continues. The save operation may take longer than if the transport was not playing. 1: playback is paused for the duration of the file save operation. This allows the file save to proceed as fast as possible, resuming playback when completed.

For example: [WINCAKE] PauseDuringSave=1

Automatically Sending Controller Resets to DXis

SendResetsToSoftSynths=<0 or 1> (default=0) This new TTSSEQ.INI variable controls (globally) whether MUSIC CREATOR sends MIDI controller resets to DXis. This variable should be set in the [OPTIONS] section. Legal values are: 0 (default): Resets are not sent to DXis 1: MUSIC CREATOR will send MIDI controller resets to DXis. This is what MUSIC CREATOR already does for hardware synths. For example: [OPTIONS] SendResetsToSoftSynths=1

Known Issues
The following topics cover known issues in MUSIC CREATOR that may be addressed in the future.

Audio Metronome Issues

The default audio metronome sounds are 44.1kHz samples. This may result in a pop when playback or record is started and stopped when using audio hardware that use a native sample rate of 48kHz (such as SB Live!). This is an artifact of the internal sample rate conversion that the audio hardware performs. Note: this is not an issue if your MUSIC CREATOR projects use the 48kHz sample rate.

Enabling Mono on a Bus/Main Will Affect Upstream Meters

If you make a bus or main out mono by toggling its Mono/Stereo switch, any upstream meters that is, meters on any tracks or buses that are assigned to the mono bus/main out--from the bus/main out will also display as mono. Note: this only affects the meter display, not any audio that is bounced or exported.

MP3 Files With 256K Bit Rate May Not Play in MUSIC CREATOR
MP3 files that are created in Cakewalk MediaWorks version 1.0 with a setting of 256K, may play back as silence when imported into MUSIC CREATOR. This may also apply to MP3 files that are

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authored in MUSIC CREATOR at 44.1kHz, 16-bit, 256K joint stereo. Other bit rates should be fine.

Using Cakewalk Kinetic Groove Synth in MUSIC CREATOR

If you are a Cakewalk Kinetic customer and you are using the Kinetic Groove Synth in MUSIC CREATOR, please be advised that any saved MUSIC CREATOR projects that make use of the Groove Synth can no longer be opened if you uninstall Kinetic. Attempting to open such a project may result in a crash. The Kinetic uninstaller is removing the Groove Synth sample file, but not the actual synth. Both must co-exist or you will run into the issue above. To address this, make a backup copy of the P5antom *.DAT file before uninstalling Kinetic, then copy/move P5antom *.DAT file back to its original location after Kinetic has been uninstalled.

Importing MPEG 2 Files in MUSIC CREATOR

MUSIC CREATOR does not directly support MPEG 2 import, but if you have installed Cakewalk Pyro Plus, MUSIC CREATOR will be able to import MPEG 2 files by virtue of the shared libraries and filters from the Ligos components of Pyro Plus. However, please be advised that if WinDVD or Power DVD have been installed before Pyro Plus (or MediaWorks) is installed, MUSIC CREATOR may crash when attempting to import MPEG 2 files. .

Successive Snapshots Do Not Update Envelope Node Values

When taking multiple automation snapshots at the same Now time, new envelope nodes are created instead of updating any existing envelope nodes. To address this issue, undo the previous automation snapshot before performing a new snapshot.

Staff View Font May Require Reboot After MUSIC CREATOR is Installed
MUSIC CREATOR installs a font that is used by the Staff view. This font is only installed temporarily when MUSIC CREATOR is installed, and becomes permanently installed after the machine is rebooted. On some machineseven if the Staff View font is successfully temporarily installedsome functions that reference the font may fail until after a reboot. The problem is easily identified by corrupt Staff View graphics.

Error When Using UAD-1 Plug-Ins as DirectX Effects While Looping

When using the UAD-1 powered DSP card plug-ins as DirectX effects and MUSIC CREATORs transport is looping, a Powered Plug-Ins Error dialog may appear, and audio may eventually become silent. If this occurs, disable looping and restart MUSIC CREATORs transport in order to regain any audio signal. The UAD-1 plug-ins should work properly if looping is disabled. For the best possible performance in MUSIC CREATOR, we recommend that you use the VST versions of the UAD-1 plug-ins wrapped with the latest VST Adapter (version 4.4.3). For more information, please see the UAD ReadMe.txt file that is included with the UAD-1 powered DSP card.

M-Audio Midisport 8x8 Compatibility

The M-Audio Midisport 8x8 driver (as of v. 4.1.21) has a limitation that only allows you to use up to 15 MIDI input ports simultaneously.

E-MU 1820 Compatibility

96kHz Sample Rate If a 44.1/48kHz session is loaded in the Patchmix DSP application, a crash may occur if you change MUSIC CREATORs sample rate to 96kHz. To address this, load a 96kHz session in the Patchmix DSP application before changing the sample rate in MUSIC CREATOR. ASIO Panel If the E-MU ASIO Panel is open, a crash may occur if you try to launch the MUSIC CREATOR online Help from the Audio Options dialog (Options-Audio). To address this, you must first manually close the E-MU ASIO panel. A host application has no way of knowing if the ASIO panel is open or closed.

MUSIC CREATOR Only Supports GigaStudio Sample Rate When Using WDM Drivers
When using GigaStudio and MUSIC CREATOR with WDM drivers, MUSIC CREATOR must use the same sample rate as GigaStudio is using.

Can't Print if Staff View is Floating

It is not possible to print the Staff view if the Staff view is float-enabled. If necessary, temporarily disable floating if you need to print from the Staff view.

RIFF/MID Will Not Launch MUSIC CREATOR When Double-clicked

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Double-clicking RIFF MIDI files and Standard MIDI files will fail to launch MUSIC CREATOR even if these file types are associated with MUSIC CREATOR.

FXpansion BFD Version 1.0.9.0 May Crash MUSIC CREATOR in Rewire Mode
When using FXpansion BFD version 1.0.9.0 in ReWire mode, MUSIC CREATOR may not start properly. Use BFD as a DXi or VSTi synth instead.

MUSIC CREATOR Does Not Record When Using Ping DXi Without a MIDI Track
Ping DXi must be fed by a MIDI track, or else MUSIC CREATOR will fail to record audio.

MIDI Note Will Continue to Play If Moved During Playback

If a MIDI note is already playing when moving the note away from the Now time, MUSIC CREATOR will continue to play the remainder of the notes original duration. This behavior is necessary as a result of addressing various gapping issues when editing MIDI data during playback.

Dual Video Monitors Set to Different Color Bit Depths May Affect Performance
If you are using a dual monitor system and experience sluggish performance when selecting and dragging clips in the Clips pane, confirm that both monitors are set to the same Color Quality bit depth.

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