2021.04 Update 1 (build 27.04.0.175)
Change to in-app activation
Cakewalk will now auto check and renew your activation status whenever a new version of the application is installed and run for the first time. It will also do this when you sign in to BandLab from within Cakewalk.
You will see a "Cakewalk activation has been refreshed" message on starting the application for the first time. If you were not signed in to BandLab, you will be prompted to sign in, after which it will auto renew the activation status. Note that you must have an active internet connection for the automatic renewal process to work.
As long as you stay logged in to BandLab within Cakewalk, and use Cakewalk occasionally, it will automatically stay activated with no further user intervention required.
Improved Error Detection
Using a DAW with many plug-ins can sometimes result in stability issues and crashes. It can be a difficult to troubleshoot issues like this. To assist, we have made several improvements to our error handling.
- Enhanced error detection is now integrated into the DAW. This feature is opt-in for now and may be enabled by adding the ExceptionHandlingSeverity value to the Cakewalk.ini initialization file. We appreciate users helping make Cakewalk better by reporting crashes to us as well as plug-in vendors when necessary.
- To control the error detection sensitivity, you can now add a new ExceptionHandlingSeverity value in Preferences > File - Initialization File. Valid values for this setting are:
- 1 - Unhandled errors are caught (default)
- 3 - All access violations are detected and unhandled exceptions are caught
- 5 - Unhandled errors and heap corruption is detected
- 7 - Unhandled errors, all access violations and heap corruption errors are caught (this is the strictest error detection mode)
- To control the error detection sensitivity, you can now add a new ExceptionHandlingSeverity value in Preferences > File - Initialization File. Valid values for this setting are:
- The error detection dialog has been redesigned and now has links to the crash dump file as well as a link to log an error report with Cakewalk directly.
- In addition to the crash dump file, a text log of relevant data specific to the session is also listed. Please include the log file as well as the dump file when submitting errors.
- The error detection dialog has a direct link to log an issue with customer service. We encourage you to report issues and include relevant information about the crash including the log and dump file.
- When applicable, the crash dialog allows you the option of continuing after a crash. Please note that the behavior after resuming is not guaranteed and is provided as a last resort to access project information when a crash occurs. It should only be used in cases where the crash is known to be continuable.
If you have enabled ExceptionHandlingSeverity, to go back to the default value you can delete this variable. To troubleshoot problems that may arise when using plugins we recommend users set this value to 7 which provides the highest error detection capabilities.
Bug fixes
Recording:
- Recorded audio clips placed late on timeline by the ASIO record latency.
- Punch recording writes wave file data past the end of the punch region.
- Punch Recorded clips punched out too early in projects containing containing synths.
- Punch in recording occurs late with Aux or synth tracks.
- Last take punches out too early when loop and punch out regions coincide.
- Various improvements to punch and loop recording.
BandLab integration:
- Instrument tracks upload to BandLab as separate audio and MIDI tracks when frozen.
- Track Mute state does not persist when uploading to BandLab.
- Revision description not setting project notes when downloading a revision.
- Browse BandLab Projects dialog does not display Unicode double byte characters.
Tempo track:
- Process > Fit to Time supports Tempo track when Tempo Map is selected under Modify by Changing.
- Tempo track tempo not being set by New Project dialog.
- Tempo nodes are selected when selecting an Arranger section, even if Arranger Exclude is enabled on the Tempo track.
- Loading pre Tempo track projects by default will not attempt to create envelope shapes from the tempo map.
- Tempo node delete can delete selected clips.
- Deleting Arranger section clears the tempo envelope.
- Tempo nodes being added past the end of the project when loading older projects.
- Offset Tempo Map doesn't respect time selection.
- Default envelope shape for tempo track should be Jump (when using Clear All).
- Delete Hole and Ripple Edit don't work with Tempo track.
Arranger Tracks:
- Deleting multiple Arranger sections doesn't work after changing section colors.
- Unexpected behavior with overlap threshold when not using Split MIDI Notes / Non-Destructive MIDI Editing.
Articulation Maps:
- Articulation selected unexpectedly in some cases.
- Selecting a clip with articulations should partially select articulations outside the clip extents.
- Unexpected behavior using CTRL + right button drag articulation selection.
- Cut & paste articulation can cause overlapped articulations.
UI:
- Misc. menu issues on multi-monitor systems when the monitors have significantly different resolution/scale settings:
- Menus not appearing.
- Menus appearing on the wrong monitor.
- Incorrectly sized menus
- Track view no longer visible in Keyboard Shortcut category dropdown.
- Piano Roll view Aim Assist line slightly off when left is scrolled beyond zero.
- Staff view not updating after nudging nodes.
Misc.:
- Preferences > File - Initialization File saves a blank Cakewalk.ini entry which prevents adding new options.
Note: Custom user themes saved in the public release of 2021.04 or Update 1 Early Access should be updated and resaved in Theme Editor after installing 2021.04 Update 1. Specifically, the following items should be updated:
Meter/Key view:
- Insert
- Delete
- Properties
