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I decided to get better midi sounds than CWT for my old laptop, happily running Bb2022-918 so tried to get Bandlab for the TTS-1.
No dice - only supports down to Win8 now and stops the DL.
Can anyone offer an EASY TO INSTALL midi sounds that works with Win7?
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shame about that but a reasonable change would be to use the synthfont64 you got free with BIAB and load a soundfont. i have timbres of heaven and omega. just tried them side by side with an old midi track i have and the timbres of heaven comes close to the TTS1 and so does omega but each has slighly different sounds for the instruments. for example the rhodes piano on timbres of heaven is virtually the same as the TTS1 but the omega patch is more upfront and to me a little more like a rhodes in real life.

all free and reasonably easy to use. try it and if you get stuck post again in the forum.

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Don't know what changed; I used TTS-1 from BandLab on Win7 for a long time. Is your Win7 32-bit or 64-bit. Cakewalk by BandLab is strictly 64-bit.

Or possibly the issue is that Win7 is end-of-life and they just don't want to support it.


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Officially Cakewalk stopped supporting Windows 7 when Microsoft support for Windows 7 ended. Microsoft continues to support Windows 8 and 8.1 and Windows 10 so Cakewalk does support all of those. However as Microsoft ends support, so will Cakewalk.

Unofficially, Cakewalk works with Windows 7 just fine. The Cakewalk forum has numerous users that use the DAW on Windows 7 computers.

Ian, There are two ways to install Cakewalk, using the Bandlab Assistant application or using an installer downloaded direct from the web.

If you tried using the Bandlab Assistant and it didn't work, try the +++ CAKEWALK WEB INSTALLER +++.


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Originally Posted By: Jim Fogle
Officially Cakewalk stopped supporting Windows 7 when Microsoft support for Windows 7 ended. Microsoft continues to support Windows 8 and 8.1 and Windows 10 so Cakewalk does support all of those. However as Microsoft ends support, so will Cakewalk.

Unofficially, Cakewalk works with Windows 7 just fine. The Cakewalk forum has numerous users that use the DAW on Windows 7 computers.

Ian, There are two ways to install Cakewalk, using the Bandlab Assistant application or using an installer downloaded direct from the web.

If you tried using the Bandlab Assistant and it didn't work, try the +++ CAKEWALK WEB INSTALLER +++.

Yes Jim, Bandlab Assistant binned me. Lol.
However, your link worked and it DLd fine with just a pop up note saying Win7 isn't supported and might not work. It does! Only Melodyne took its bat and ball home and refused to install. No issue there.
Many thanks for your help.
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SOUNDCLOUD-tracks using BB-
http://soundcloud.com/sixchannel
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Six/Ian.
for further interesting plug ins you can plug into
individual daw traks eg in bb or rb or reaps; ....
while your eating a nice big english bfast (darn docs go me eating oats n yoggie lol..)..do yourself a favor n check out computer music mag on you tube.
its a uk publication n comes with loads of fab plug ins
and vsti instruments etc. demos on you tube.
theres like about 80 plug ins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo1LBm8L600&list=PLE90EC6DE32E81D76

listen the klev geetar plug in as one example.
you might be very surprised.

best
om

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