BandLab library import/export

Cakewalk provides complete integration with your BandLab library, with support for downloads and uploads, tracking revision state, and setting song properties directly from within Cakewalk. You can export Cakewalk projects to BandLab as well as download projects from your BandLab library and open them in Cakewalk.

BandLab integration allows you to publish Cakewalk stems and mixes to the BandLab cloud, continue working on your songs using BandLab on mobile (iOS and Android) or web, and import your changes back to Cakewalk. This workflow presents many possibilities, including:

Publish Cakewalk projects, stems and mixes to your BandLab library, and easily share audio on mobile and web

Quickly open BandLab projects in Cakewalk

Collaborate easily by sharing audio tracks via the BandLab cloud

Bring projects started on mobile into Cakewalk for VST effects and advanced editing

Fly in vocals or other parts for a Cakewalk project from iOS and Android

Curate your music as playlists that you can play anywhere from your mobile device

Quickly audition multiple mixes on different platforms (fo example, check the mix in your car by connecting via Bluetooth to your car stereo)

Publish your Cakewalk projects to BandLab, then embed the song on the Cakewalk User-submitted Songs forum at https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/forum/30-songs (this is much more powerful than posting a stereo mix to your song, because if you additionally provide stems others can offer more constructive advice on your mixes)

For more information about the free BandLab social music service, visit www.BandLab.com.

Publishing to your BandLab library

When publishing to BandLab, a project can be uploaded as a new project, or as a revision of the current BandLab project (see What is a revision?).

To publish the current project to your BandLab library, select File > Publish to BandLab or choose Export > BandLab from the Export Control Bar module.

Use the Upload Settings options to select the combination of project assets you wish to upload to the BandLab project. Tracks and buses are mixed down prior to uploading to BandLab.

For details, see Publishing to BandLab.

Importing from your BandLab library

To open a BandLab project, select File > Browse BandLab Projects. You may open as a new Cakewalk project or import into an existing project. Note that revisions are only tracked if you open as a new Cakewalk project. Use the Download Settings options to select the types of assets from the BandLab project you wish to download and open.

For details, see Importing from BandLab.

 

Important: Cakewalk is no longer compatible with projects downloaded via BandLab Assistant. As of version 2021.04, BandLab Assistant should no longer be used for BandLab project integration.

What is a revision?

A Revision is a revised edit of your project with a unique date/timestamp. A new revision is created every time you make a new BandLab project or save an edit of your existing BandLab project.

Revisions ensure that nothing is overwritten. All revisions are saved, and you can go back to an older version of your project at any time.

You can upload as a revision to an existing project. Here are two ways to do it:

Upload a new project from Cakewalk. After you have published as a new project, any subsequent updates to the SAME project will upload as revisions to the BandLab project. The Cakewalk project will store a reference to the uploaded BandLab project and tracks changes from that point on. For details, see Publishing the current project to your BandLab library.

Download a project created on BandLab to create a NEW Cakewalk project. After you load a BandLab project to create a new Cakewalk project, any changes to this project will upload as revisions to the ORIGINAL BandLab project. The Cakewalk project stores a reference to the BandLab project and tracks changes from that point on. For details, see Opening or importing a project from your BandLab library.

Cakewalk projects opened from BandLab songs automatically inherit the song revision they were derived from. Subsequent uploads of the project by default are automatically linked to the last song revision.

Projects that originate from Cakewalk also follow the same rules. You may also create fresh BandLab songs from a revision by selecting Upload as New Project in the Upload Project dialog box (File > Publish to BandLab).

Collaborate with others

You can invite other people to collaborate on a project via the BandLab cloud. For details, see Inviting collaborators.

Switching BandLab user accounts

If you have multiple BandLab user accounts and would like to sign in as a different user, select Help > Sign Out from BandLab, then select Help > Sign In to BandLab to sign in with a different account.

 

See:

Publishing to BandLab

Importing from BandLab

Inviting collaborators