No FX on SoundFonts in Cakewalk 6

[tawalker]

I am using Cakewalk Professional 6, in conjunction with a SoundBlaster Live! Platinum soundcard. I've never bothered to upgrade my version of Cakewalk, partly because of lack of wonga, but mainly because Pro 6 does pretty well everything I want it to. Except for one thing:

All my MIDI instruments are SoundFonts, and usually this serves me well, but for this problem: I can't seem to be able to apply any effects to the SF sounds from within Cakewalk.

I'm not quite sure why this would be. Maybe the "Reverb" and "Chorus" controls in Cakewalk 6 only apply to audio tracks; alternatively, maybe it's a limitation of the SB Live! drivers that I currently have installed. Either way, I'd really like to be able to apply reverb to my MIDI tracks, especially on orchestral-type sounds.

Does anyone know if I'd need to upgrade my version of Cakewalk, or my SB drivers, to get this feature?

Many thanks for your help!

Tim.

 

[Torpid-x]

Hi
I use an SBlive platnum with guitar studio 2, I don't hear any changes in my soundfont with those sliders either, I also only use soundfonts for midi(sound producing midi anyway). so I think it is either a SB or a soundfont thing. Guitar Studio is just a track and effects limited version of PA9 1.0.

might not help, but your not the only one!
TX

p.s. you can always convert your midi to audio tracks and add the effects.

 

[AlChuck]

You might have to enable reverb and chorus in the Creative Audio HQ. Sorry, I'm not in front of my machine which has the SB Live in it so I can't be more specific.

 

[tawalker]

Hi guys,

Many thanks for the suggestions - I'll try them and see how it goes. Maybe I'll have to upgrade Cakewalk after all...

Tim.

 

[AlChuck]

Upgrading is a good idea for plenty of reasons, but not to solve the problem you're having. The effects are in the sound card hardware.