John Vere

Have you thought of bouncing the 100 clips to create one track?

Use the UNDUPE CAL script. Works most times for me. PS did you make the double notes or did the midi file come that way? If you getting double notes it's often because your getting a loopback. Make sure to uncheck the enable midi output from the synth properties, Or simply disable all midi out in midi options.

Always one of my favourite poly synths. My friend had the first one that had a weird multi pin midi cable and adaptor. He used it with his Atari. I use this VST anytime I need FAT strings. Its only 32 bit but seems stable still.

For the money , On board graphic cards usually play better with DAW software. And having 2 or even 3 normal lager monitors works real well too. I tried the BIG screen TV thing and got a sore neck looking at it.

I guess I never have this problem because I find myself doing what I've always done since 1984. Play the part until I screw up. Rewind to a pre rollin point, start and punch in at the appropriate place. This can be done in multiple ways. Most times I simply use one hand to hit the "R" key while the other starts playing the part. I can also use the automated punch in if I'm feeling techy, or my favorite these days is my USB footswitch which is programed to transmit "R" "W" and space bar. One track, one take. no muss no fuss. It will contain minor mistakes which are easy to edit. I really do prefer to try to play a part a well as I can as opposed to heavy editing. I find it real confusing to have 10 takes each with flaws.

Thanks James for posting the link. My web page (see signature) has both the text based and the videos on creating backing tracks and using TTS-1 as a starting point. It's most certainly a great GM file player. But in the end I replace everything with other much better sounding VST's. This is also covered.

I find that a lot of the free VSt's are very dated and a lot of them are only 32's which is something I try to avoid. You definitely get what you pay for most of he times. Drums are probably the most needed VST for 99% of the people making music and I've never found a free VST drummer that sounded much better than SI drums. And so far for me, only Ample Bass is marginally better than SI Bass. I'm spoiled because I have a lot of the stuff that came with Sonar over the years, So far my total investment in 3rd party stuff might be $100. I bought the Air complete package on sale for $29 and then a few other audio effects and things always when on super discounts. My favorite freebie is Mr Tramp, http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=Mr_Tramp&id=275 it really has that narly Wurly grunge. Another I use a lot is the Combo V organ. http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=Combo_Model_V&id=1004

THis might be why I still avoid lanes and will use a midi track for each part. I get lost in te world of lanes. I then create a folder for these parts which more or less does the same thing lanes do as far as screen space goes.

If a singer is out of time to a backing track then they are actually not real singers and I would send them home, or make them pay me double to make them sound right... This is not hard to do by simply splitting the vocal takes into little pieces that you drag to the correct place on the timeline. But it's a lot of extra work that a good singer would eliminate. https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=SONAR X3&language=3&help=Tutorial6.5.html

Personally I like it when the overheads are in a mono track. I have to treat them completely differently and a stereo track would not allow that to happen. Overheads pick up the kit as it sits and what you'll have is the hi hats on the right and the low toms on the left etc. These may need different EQ and compression settings. I simply hard pan them left and right but everything else is different including the level. Stereo tracks are for MP3 players. I might have a stereo track for a vintage outboard synth or a guitar processor but mono is the only way to really control a mix. Even when there is a stereo miking involved.

SteveC has it figured, The OP has not set things up correctly here. You always select a mono input channel when recording with a mike. It will be obvious when you open the track input dialog. It should say Left Scarllet ASIO 1 ( or right= 2) Then as said Scarlett interfaces are hypersensitive to setting levels. I have a 6i6 and I really hate the way it distorts so easily. The pre amps are way to whimpy in my opinion. I use a Joe Meek pre amp to solve my issues. So set your levels low and just suck it up if you can't hear yourself. Best solution is to crank the monitoring up to max, You don;t mention which Scarlett you own but if it has mix control you can get your monitoring louder.

I don't see that box in mine? So I guess it's automatic now?

There probably is a 100's of tutorials on something a simple as this, Did you try google? I got 1,000,000 results but Gswitz more of less covered it in the 3 lines.

Funny tread, the OP has not answered

I have always used what ever interface I have hooked up for all sounds on my PC. Never had it not work. And I work in 44.1 in Cakewalk. I watch a lot of utubes and also work in Vegas Movie studio without issue.

First place I'd look is my master bus meters second the tracks VU meters. Turn up your monitors and turn down your tracks until you sort it out.

Insert a vst instrument in the track inspector there is a box "i" for input select the keyboard and omni. Make sure input echo is highlighted. Make sure the VST is outputing to your master buss. You can check most VST's using the GUI to preview the sounds. Example SI Bass pluck a string. SI drums hit a drum. In my signature is a link to a few tutorials on using midi.

I paid $40 for mine Around here things go on Facebook Marketplace real cheap.

Latency should not matter as Dave has said, My system I keep at a medium buffer always and I have zero latency because I'm monitoring at the interface and not at the back end. All systems will have latency and the best of them get things pretty low but this is only needed for using things like guitar sims. 99% of modern set ups will never screw up at a medium buffer, Too high or too low they might. The best way to trouble shoot problems is to strip things down to bare bones. Record your vocals to a project with just a 2 track audio backing track. Nothing else added. If the glitch is still there then it's not a software issue. Then to test hardware you have to swap out each component until you find what is broken. This might require you to use another audio interface you borrow.

Export will create a wave ( or MP3 ) file of the mix you hear if you select the correct boxes in the dialog. For me the default has always work perfectly.

I tried downloading and re installing a few times. The error message is it can't find the sample library so there is no sound. I did not change any pathways etc. I've installed it to a lot of other computer before without issue. I think it's just this one computer which is not important. It's just my office computer and I don't do any real recording with it. But I like to muck about with midi files. My main DAW computer is still in mothballs since we moved into a new house last summer. Busy with reno's and enjoying my cabinet making skills so music as a hobby took a back seat. Spending money on tools instead of music gear. Then to top it off, the only gigs we ever play each year have all been cancelled. One of my reno's will be a real nice music room,,, complete with proper treatment. I hope Cakewalk is still working when I get there.

Something has gone wrong with these freebies. I can't use them in w10 the bass or the guitar. They just give me error messages . I used them for about 2 years before and not sure what has gone wrong. I can still use them on my W7 laptop.

If the tracks are complete takes end to end then all you need to do is drag and drop from the old projects audio folder using the browser. If the tracks are all cut up then bounce them first to make a complete track.

With Cakewalk you should always use your ASIO interface. It will get pissed if you don't. If you want to hear what your song sounds like through the crappy laptop speakers then export the song and play it in media player with Cakewalk closed and the interface unplugged.

I normally choose just the first synth option as I will only be using it for a rough idea of the song. I generally replace with better instruments as I move forward. The TTS-1 is bets used for playback of GM files. Some people like simple instrument tracks some don't. You'll have to try it to see which you prefer. The TTS-1 does have 4 outputs that you can assign the 16 channels to. Think of it as a 4 bus sub mix. Example send the Bass to 1 the drums to 2 , keyboards to 3 and the rest to 4. This would be for processing outside of the GUI features which are very limited. If you need more then you would simply insert another TTS-1.