I purchased Cakewalk Music Creator some years ago, later moving onto Sonar Artist and Cakewalk by Bandlab. All my projects are composed straight from my PC, using only software VST's, synths, etc. I'm an amateur music composer who doesn't sing or play instruments. Now, switching the focus to the other aspect of this topic: making the switch to Studio One.

It looks as though the verdict is unanimous that the Cakewalk plugins won't work in Studio One without a Cakewalk installation in place. Is this at all possible? In the meantime, I'm trying to sway myself to just dive into Studio One, enjoy it to the fullest, and leave the Cakewalk mess of software behind.Īny insight to this conundrum would be much appreciated! I'm frustrated and disappointed - and skeptical of Studio One's claim to support third-party VST's.Īlthough I'm sure Studio One possibly offers all the instruments I need, I'd love to be able to use Cakewalk's VST plugins there also. It seems those plugins have a dependency on their former location (which no longer exists). To my astonishment, all those plugins seemed to work fine. I attempted this by dragging Sonar's VST folders (Sound Center, TTS-1, Studio Instruments Suite, Session Drummer) into Presonus' respective VST folder. So I would like to use my Cakewalk VST's with Studio One, as it doesn't seem to have as much variety as I hoped. Meanwhile, Studio One is faster, simpler, and cleaner - possibly much more to my style. It also requires Command Center and BandLab Assistant to download all the necessary goods. But it feels like a large footprint, creating folders all over my hard drive. I found Sonar and Cakewalk to be robust, stable, and more than adequate for my needs. However, one thing holding me back is parting with the wealth of instruments I've accumulated for use with my Cakewalk DAW's. I'm an amateur musician hoping to transition from Sonar/Cakewalk to Studio One 4 Professional.

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