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Choosing a quality cable is easy: Does it cost 10x what it should? Does it claim to be made from unobtainium? Have they removed all the oxygen from the metal? Using it is also a piece of cake: 😆

Franzis Black and White Projects 4- A set of filters you can use standalone or as plugins in Photoshop, Lightroom, etc. Black and White Projects 4 Project Dogwaffle Artist- A paint program with a multitude of brushes and options. PD Artist Microsoft Hyperlapse Pro- A video program to smoothly create smooth hyper videos from your normal speed videos. Microsoft Hyperlapse Pro HitFilm Express 2019- A feature filled video editor(upgradeable by purchasing various extra modules or going full boat to Pro). HitFilm Express 2019 ON1 Effect 10.5- Extensive filter suite, it can be used as a standalone or as a plugin in Photoshop, Lightroom, etc. ON1 Effect 10.5 Bookmark Shareware on Sale and you can find some real gems from time to time. Enjoy, Bill

First man: "Check out the horse I got for my wife!" Second man: "Nice trade!"

I never ride my horse when he's high, that's just asking for trouble. We both walk if either one of us are buzzed.

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It would be 'Pedant's Day'. 'Pedantic' is an adjective, not a noun.

Great article! Funny enough your previous suggestion had already led me to the power management and so far this seems to have resolved the issues. This is my first laptop so power management hadn't crossed my mind. Thanks again, Cheers!

In the past, Celemony support has supplied v4.1 installers on request. This version works fine with CbB.

I looked closely at making my own cables but decided that for me it was ultimately cheaper to buy what i need. I use cables that don't crackle. I use the shortest cables reasonable for the task. I try not to walk on cables. I do have favorites. Regarding cabling, the best thing I've bought is a patch bay. This gives me easy access to everything. I love it. I plug mics into pres but most of the cabling into my interface always stays the same.

Same here. My position is 60 degrees left or right of the monitor (which is basically almost having my back to the video monitor) PS- My Fender J-Bass is the same way

Belief in a flat Earth has become popular again too... It's the Dark Ages all over again! 🙄

Okay, sorry, I've been cooking lunch. No Becan, but a roast garlic chicken with roast potatoes, Kenya green beans, some leeks, gravy and a little bread sauce. A glass of chilled wine to wash it down. Burp! Pardon me. So, and I'm really going back a long time here, I did my electronics training, would you believe, back in '64 to '66! Yup, I'm an oldie, 70+. I've used StudioSpares before, but a long time ago, they were good back then, but that's maybe 15 years ago. Basically, according to those specifications, any standard decent balanced cable should do. More specifically ... The output of the OCTA-Capture is TRS according to the pictures and the spec you quoted. Input of the Tannoys, again balanced, a combined jack means it usually has a TRS socket contained within an XLR socket. So an XLR with a large hole in the middle. Both output and input measured at 0dBu. dBu is a professional way of measuring signal level into an electrical load of 600 Ohms impedance. The important thing is that they match. It's normal to have a lower impedance output (in this case 1.8 k Ohms) driving a higher impedance input (32 k Ohms). So that's all good. So you can go TRS to XLR lead or TRS to TRS lead. Check that I'm correct about the combined XLR/TRS combined socket on the Tannoys. Radiospares call their TRS to TRS "Stereo leads", "cables" are without terminating plugs. My own choice would probably be one of their "Pro" range e.g. https://www.studiospares.com/Cables-Leads/Leads-Jack/Pro-Neutrik-Balanced--Stereo-Jack-Lead-5m-Black_579320.htm That's five metres I think, but double check the sockets first, okay? A cable like that should last a lifetime depending how much traffic/footfall it gets across it. JohnG. P.S. Check Radiospares Ts & Cs to see whether if you get a dry joint they'll quickly replace the lead. (it happens, rarely, even with the very best soldered connectors.)

craigb: Now, if you were to find a music video of this event... It played a lot on MTV in the early 80s. Usually you would see it between a Poison video, and a Frankie Goes To Hollywood video.

No, 600 Ohms is the characteristic impedance of the load that a pro audio cable, e.g. XLR to XLR or TRS, is working into. The cable itself is a very much lower resistance than 600 Ohms. Resistance and capaitance change as the length of the cable increases, and hence impedance. Take a look at Thomann in Germany under the tag PA. They have their own sssnake cables and snake pro. They advertise in English too. When I lived there I bought a few snake pro cables, as far as I recall they used Neutrik connectors, unsure now. But with all/most of the cables they sell you'll find there are two grades. The more expensive ones, of the ones I bought, were definitely better quality. I did try a few brands and all of the slightly more costly versions were well made. Never spent a fortune. The cable itself felt better made, the connectors were quality not flimsy. Gold plating of the plugs is too soft if you're connecting disconnecting often and only any good if the socket is gold plated too. Quality nickel is the thing, hard as hell.

haha - yeah, I've noticed that CCleaner does a proper job.

The simple key to understanding this is that low impedance to low impedance there is a significant current flow, this can lead to distortion. (N.B. simple) Low to hi means that it's predominantly a voltage flow. Pre-amps are primarily built to allow sufficient headroom over the normal voltage generated. It doesn't matter how loud the sound is it's about the underlying electronics design. Ribbons are low impedance like pickup coils so it's not unusual to have a guitar pre-amp impedance up at 1 MegOhm. Any help?

The quality of cables is, at least to me, about quality of materials and connectors. e.g. copper quality and thickness plus number of strands in each conductor, if shielded the density of the shield, braided or wound, the construction of the plug and thickness of the nickel plating on the mating parts. (Sorry) Also impedance and capacitance of the cable make a slight difference. So the type of insulation used can make a small difference. Then there's their application whether they're intended for +4dBu or -10dBV use (pro 600 ohm impedance or domestic use), balanced or unbalanced. The latter is decided by the electronics both at the driving and receiving ends of the signal. The cable should match the electronics. Yes, Neutrik make excellent plugs and sockets in my experience. Many cable suppliers use Neutrik connectors in their offerings.

I agree with James about the full-on start from the get-go. Might build it a little. Vocal clarity needs a bit of help - I think that excellent phaser flangey guitar is masking the vocals. And your vocals have gobs of treatment on them. Might look at some different pannng, or better yet, if you haven't already, cut an eq dip in the guitar where you want to poke the vocal through. Something like that. When the guitar solo comes in, really really sweet!!! Now this is how you groove with a Pict! Loved it. __- - -- the second song, that acoustic guitar is really bright, and the vocals are doubled with delay? I'd knock some upper 6 - 10khz eq out of that guitar and that might help vocal clarity. --- third song, like that groove and the guitar lines. Drums are a little buried on this. Turn 'em up a tad maybe? Very very tasty lead guitar choices. I didn't like how it ended abruptly so the UFO's could come in. Q- why is this a blend of songs, as opposed to giving each one a life of its own? I'm sure you have your reasons . . . just a thought. Overall it's an ambitious collection of seriously good tunes, just needs some mix polish. Your vocals sound good, just maybe less goop on them and turn them up a little. cheers, -Tom

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I use the smart tool almost exclusively. To make multiple selections with the smart tool - after the initial selection (right-click+drag to lasso with the smart tool), hold the CTRL key and repeat the right-click+drag to lasso more notes. Here is a small video - after the initial selection the CTRL key is held the rest of the time to select and deselect notes across two clips.

Got tired of chrome putting pressure on my cpu and make my pc fans speed up and sound like a jetplane for long periods. Renamed a file and that worked for a day until chrome magically renamed it back. Now i'm using Firefox. Nice, quiet and adfree. Imported bookmarks and saved passwords from chrome and a little bit to my surprise Firefox have no problems logging in to my sites or viewing videos and listening to audio. I highly recommend Firefox. PS. Hm..it seems i remember it wrong. You probably can't import/export passwords.

Good idea, but if i add them, it would be sounds like a song lol

I'm still playing Pedal Steel Guitar in a weekly show and at Cowboy Church. Just giving up the studio.

I see the balanced cable as a fix to the problem. The balanced circuit and cable still gets noise, but the signal gets inverted on one wire before the cable, and then re-inverted after the cable. The hum interference is induced in both wires during the cable run and when the sum is re-inverted at the end the signal is strengthened and the hum cancels itself out. That's simplified, and I don't know if I'm explaining it in a way that's easy to understand. The important thing to know is that if a balanced option is offered by your gear, use it. Insights and incites by Notes.

Nvidia 1080ti, with 12 core Intel I9 PC, w/3000mhz RAM (and tons of hard drive space) sitting on the floor, Kustom speakers, (1) 4k Sceptre monitor (1) 4k TLC Roku TV and one standard def Acer monitor, M-Audio Oxygen 49 keyboard controller, Elgato Stream Deck, Logitech BRIO webcam and Logitech C920 webcam, Panasonic HC-X1000 60p 4k camcorder, Epson Tank 2550 printer, Nokia phone (taking the picture) and Samsung tablet, Audio-Technica AT2035 large-diaphragm condenser microphone, Roland Quad-Capture audio interface. (12 stringed instruments in the closet) My latest song.

If this is a precursor to adding this feature to the program itself, I am so in, so to speak.

I have experimented with this, and, yes, it certainly does solve the problem, but while I have equipment that is supposed to be grounded I am quite nervous about disconnecting any grounding connections. In this country our residual current breakers rely on that ground to trigger and make the situation safe.

Not if you start your project with one of the many handy templates in the Start Screen. You do when starting a project completely blank, but that is what I call doing it the hard way. If you're new to Cakewalk, don't do it the hard way. Even (especially) if you're not, don't do it the hard way. As far as Buses being visible in the Track View, you have to click on the little arrow down at the bottom of the Track Headers.

Yeah, Chuck, that is one of the things that I have noticed... I also noticed that if I position the guitar at right angles to the video monitor any interference pretty much goes away, and being further away from the video monitor also helps.

I think International Man day is small think. Would be pro something like Global Man Year, lasting 364/365 days ... involving plenty of good beer and quality music. No bitching or complaining allowed.

The A Pro series are still available from Roland. They are rebranded as Roland, duh, but everything else is the same. I also have the A 800 Pro and it works great with CbB . They are listed as Keyboard Controllers.

Gee James, you could of waited for International Pedantic's Day! 😆 (Have at it.)

I wish I could. I've got microphones but I rarely use them and certainly don't know enough to bring anything to the party here. I'll get me coat

Since my primary instrument is saxophone, I can relate to this one:

If you don't need the specificity of Mark's CAL script, there's always the Process > Deglitch menu (aka "the MIDI guitarist's best friend"): BTW Mark - good job on the sampled piano!!

The && operator only works on two expressions, which is why they're nested, as there's 3 conditions: So if you change "(&& (== Note.Vel 0) (== Note.Dur 0))" to "(== Note.Dur 0)", it should pick out all notes of a duration of zero. You still need the (== Event.Kind NOTE) as you only want it to affect notes. So the adjusted code would look like: (forEachEvent (if (&& (== Event.Kind NOTE) (== Note.Dur 0))  (delete) ) )

I was almost too embarrassed to post this (until I saw Chris Jones's post). 😀JB

Current setup: I need to redesign the whole top of part of my studio desk. I'll be removing the 2nd Mackie C4, and adding a Yamaha 01X and Alice 828... and I still need to find somewhere to put my GA Pre 73 & Joemeek preamps. And at some point I need a decent electronic kit, rather than my DIY one.

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My latest synth patch

My little corner...

This one is a little out of date - I recently made the jump to Windows 10

Here are my Side A and Side B shots:

Main studio.

Here's my control room and a kit in the live room respectively: I get a sunburn every time I turn on all those screens at once... 🤨