The Advanced lens displays the full set of modules, the timeline, console, and folder browser. At the top right corner of the screen, there is a drop-down menu with quick access to workstation view presets.

Workspaces in Cakewalk are referred to as lenses.

The GUI and layout of Cakewalk is sleek, professional-looking, and largely has the same feel to previous Gibson-owned incarnations. You’ll find a bunch in our sample pack marketplace. Since MIDI controller names and audio drivers can often have long, unwieldy names that are difficult to remember, users can select the box “Use Friendly Names,” which allows the use to custom rename the drivers and MIDI devices to something shorter.

There, the user can select their audio interfaces drivers, activate or deactivate inputs and outputs, setup MIDI controllers, and set the sample rate and bit depth for the session.