Re: Cakewalk Problem-"Me Too"-Help Please?

I'm not sure why you are asking about this in this newsgroup, as your post
does not specifically apply to laptops, although of course one can use these
programs on a laptop or desktop. Newsgroups that discuss MIDI sequencers
like Cakewalk are alt.music.midi, and comp.music.midi. You might want to
look at those NGs next time you wish to discuss MIDI programs.

Frankly, I doubt that is costing Microsoft a GREAT deal of revenue, people
who wish to use ancient versions of programs that don't work well in XP.
Most people update their software. (And in fact, most people don't buy
operating systems. They just use whichever one came on their computer. They
end up upgrading the OS when they buy a new computer, that has the new OS
installed.)

Perhaps I missed something, but why are you using Cakewalk 6.0? That is an
ancient version, probably about ten years old. It kept going until version
9, then morphed into a new program, Sonar, which is now in its version 4.

Can you not afford the upgrade? They also have lower cost versions, such as
Cakewalk Home Studio, and Cakewalk Music Creator. They might not have all
the features of Sonar, but they will still have a lot of features not
present in Cakewalk 6. There have been a lot of advances in music technology
in the last ten years!

I actually stuck with the last Cakewalk version for a long time, Cakewalk
Pro Audio 9, before I recently upgraded to Sonar 4. I can tell you that
Cakewalk 9 works just fine in XP. In fact, I still have it installed on my
computer, along with Sonar.

I find that many programs that were written for Windows 95/98 work fine in
XP. (I can't say the same for hardware. If it doesn't have XP drivers,
hardware will not work in XP with 95/98/Me drivers.) In fact, I have even
used some old Windows 3.1 software on Win XP, and it worked. There may be
something wrong with your system configuration, that gives you problems in
running CW6 in XP.

But----why not upgrade?

Oh, I see you write that "Version 6 is VERY important to working
musicians as it is the BEST on stage product Cakewalk have". Well, I doubt
many musicians would agree with you, most CW users are not still using
Version 6. Again though, this NG isn't the best place to discuss this, as it
is not a music NG. I'd suggest you bring up your theory on the MIDI NGs I
mentioned, and see if there are many who agree with you. Also, you might
want to look at the excellent forums that Cakewalk has on their web site,

www.cakewalk.com

and discuss your idea with others there.

>....they finished selling
> version 6.0 a couple of years ago

Oh, please! How do you define a "couple of years"? A "couple" usually refers
to two years, sometimes that definition could be stretched to three, using
the word not as precisely. Is ten years a "couple"? Is any software company
still selling the same version from 10 years ago???

> from Microsoft's point of view,you should be interested in selling your
> operating system and you will sell more of XP if you can fix this problem.
I
> hope then,you will take my request seriously and take up my request on
> behalf of working musicians.

Who is "you"? Do you think that in writing to comp.sys.laptops, that you are
writing to Bill Gates? ("You should be interested in selling your operating
system".) I guess it's possible that Billy is reading this newsgroup and
your post, but I doubt it. Again, I doubt Microsoft is losing any money due
to your having a problem running an ancient version of a program on a newer
OS. For one thing, they don't mainly sell Windows directly to consumers, but
to computer manufacturers. (I'm surprised you bought XP, if you mostly wish
to run programs created long before XP.) Most people update their software,
and are not trying to run versions of programs from 1995, when much newer
and improved versions are available, designed to work in XP. And you are not
writing "on behalf of" anyone but yourself. Again, I'd suggest you go to the
Cakewalk forum, and ask how many users are still using CW6!

If your programs run better on Win 98, you should go back to it. You should
have thought twice about buying XP, probably for an older computer that may
not be able to support it well (if you had a newer computer, it would have
come with XP, an OS already four years old.), and wanting to run old
programs not designed for XP. In a year or two, there will be a newer
version of Windows out. Perhaps you've learned your lesson--don't go out and
buy it, to use with a computer not designed for it, to use software not
designed for it. If you wish to stick with an old computer and old programs,
use the OS they were designed for.


"Ray" <travman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:bj50s5$8cf$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> SUBJECT:Cakewalk Pro Audio,Version 6.0
>
> I hope you take this request VERY seriously as it is costing
> Microsoft a GREAT deal of lost revenue.I have just purchased(at great
> expense!!) Windows XP.I am pleased with it in EVERY way but I have had to
> UNINSTALL it and put Windows 98 back on as my operating system. Everything
> works well with XP EXCEPT my most important Programme:-Cakewalk Pro Audio
> Version 6.0(Made by 12 Tone Systems Inc.).I have installed all of
Microsoft
> Updates and tried the programme in the various "compatability" modes...it
> STILL does not work.I get the following error message:-
> "cakewalk.exe-ENTRY POINT NOT FOUND. The procedure entry point FT_Thunk
> could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNELL 32.dll"
> Now I have checked on the Net and have found that this is a VERY common
> error with Gamers.In many instances Microsoft have developed a patch to
fix
> up their programmes.I have contacted the manufacturers of Cakewalk and
they
> say if it works with Microsoft 95/98/ME you should be able to make it work
> with XP.Now as this programme is used by thousands and thousands of
> musicians across the world I am hoping you can create a patch so that I
can
> use my new XP that I have bought. Now Cakewalk has Versions:6,7,8,9 and
> SONAR,the latest programme.BUT Version 6 is VERY important to working
> musicians as it is the BEST on stage product Cakewalk have. Versions 7,8,9
> and SONAR all work with XP. What many of us would like you to do than is
to
> do for musicians what you have done for Gamers. Obviously,you have
something
> in Windows 95/98/ME that opens cakewalk audio.exe.All we want you to do is
> put that "something" into Windows XP in one of your next updates.I know
many
> many people who wish to purchase XP but will not because Cakewalk Version
6
> will not work.Now I can understand why the Cakewalk Company(Twelve Tone
> Systems) is not interested in making an update....they finished selling
> version 6.0 a couple of years ago and are only interesting in selling the
> LATEST version(which by the way I own too!!).
> BUT
> from Microsoft's point of view,you should be interested in selling your
> operating system and you will sell more of XP if you can fix this problem.
I
> hope then,you will take my request seriously and take up my request on
> behalf of working musicians.
> Ray Armstrong(AUSTRALIA)
>
>
>
>
> Kindest personal regards:-
> RAY THE TRAVELLIN' MAN
> Let's Keep Music Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive!!!!
>
>


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