John Vere

I recorded live band 16 tracks night after night to a 2008 Sony laptop duo core 8 GB RAM night after night for a good 2 years and never had and issue. I used an old Tascam us 1641 interface for 14 audio tracks plus 2 tracks were midi. Later on I added a Yamaha mixer that put out a stereo USB and used WDM mode( later WASAPI ) . along side the Tascam. So I think your issue might be the Deltas. I did nothing special to Cakewalk. The projects were bare bones no effects added yet, just the 16 tracks. Only noticeable glitch was the graphics were slow.

The problem you'll run into is that software is developed to be used in a way that the the people who design it think we want it to work. We will rarely find software that is designed to work the way we think it should work. So your best bet is to explore the software's options and choose the workflow that is closest to what you would like it to be. 10 years ago I fought nail and tooth with Sonar to try and make it do things "my way" . At a certain point I gave up and just started learning how it works. I have zero issues now with getting things done. I just adopted my way of thinking to the way it actually works. Midi can be overwhelming to new users. But a lot of us have been using midi and computers since day one in 1983? . It's best to think in terms of each track is a different instrument. In my signature is a link to using midi on my web page. It's very simple stuff.

You most certainly make a whole bunch of tracks out of midi data. My easy method is to copy the track and paste to a new blank track and then delete the notes I don't want by highlighting using the piano keys on the left. Example you have a full drum track and want to separate each part or use a different VST for different parts. You can extract a bass line from the left hand of a piano part etc. Pretty common to copy a track a few times and layer it up with different sounds. Then you take each of the tracks and make small changes.

FYI I followed what you did, I opened a new project and called it test 1 using the 4 track template. I recorded a few measures of silence. I then "save as" to a CWB file. and closed everything. It asked to save the Test 1 CWP file and I said yes. Opened CbB and when I tried to open the Test 1 CWB it has a dialog asking to unpack the file. I said yes and it said it couldn't because that file already existed ( Test 1 CWP) so I renamed it test 2 and it opened no problem. But there's no point in using bundle files these days. They are a left over from the days of small hard drives I think. Things have been known to go sideways and lots of posts on this forum from people in your situation.

To bad you used bundle files. They are not what I would recommend for anything you want to keep safe. I know it's too late but for others who may read this. To copy 4 or 8 or 16 track tapes to Cakewalk you'll need an interface that can handle to track count. It is possible to use 2 or 4 tracks and sync them up latter. This is a very rough step by step, there's lots more that I would do but I'll keep it simple. Open a new project, insert 8 ( or ?) audio tracks and assign each tracks input to the corresponding channel of the interface. track 1 to input 1 etc. Insert a master buss You might want to add pro channel and any effects you know your going to use for sure. Save this as a template Now do a "save as" name the song and save as a CWP file. Put in record standby mode and play the tape. Adjust input level for each track. Now rewind and start recording the song. When song is over SAVE. Play it back to make sure its OK. Now for song #2 open the template and immediately SAVE AS and re name as song #2. There are other ways to accomplish the same thing like deleting the track data but the key factor is to make sure to SAVE AS before starting the new song.

My tutorials cover this exact topic. See video # 105 importing midi

Second monitor. The multi dock is always full screen for me.

As said you will always freeze the midi track to create the audio, No point in running the signal out and back in the digital converters. If what your after is outboard effects then freeze the midi and then loop back the audio, It should be in perfect sync. Always use ASIO for this, all other driver modes won't be in sync.

This "track" where the hash marks are,, is this an audio or a midi track??

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The volume slider in the track pane ( or console view) most certainly should lower or raise the volume of the associated track. It's a basic function of any DAW. Cakewalk has a video track and will play back most formats, I know for sure MP4 works for me. You can always convert to the correct format using a free program called Handbrake. I made some videos for beginners that are very basic stuff on navigating the workspace etc. https://youtu.be/cfSOBZbUbsc

Changing the tempo using the tempo widget will only change the midi not the audio. https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=SONAR&language=3&help=AudioSnap.08.html I found this by typing your question into Google. See if it helps.

That screen shot looks correct but not for the 4i4. Why is it showing 5/6 The 1/2 and 3/4 are showing correctly but you don't have a 5/6 . The 6i6 has a 5/6 but they are digital and are shown as such. Are you sure you downloaded the driver for the 4i4? Cakewalk has nothing to do with how that list appears, the Focusrite ASIO driver does. Oh,, Hey, that should say "Right Focusrite ASIO audio 1/2 Are you using ASIO?

Might it be because I have only the MIDI OUT from my audio interface running to the GR-33's MIDI IN, and I have the other cable unplugged? I tried plugging it back in, but it didn't help. I found I had to keep the OUT from the audio interface to the IN to the GR-33 unplugged, or else I got a bunch of hash in the track where the recorded signal is supposed to appear, and no recorded information was left. Just a bunch of alphanumeric hash. I don't remember having to do this -- unplug the cable that is -- years ago when I was using Cakewalk's Pro Audio and the GR-33. I'm a little confused, if you only have the MIDI out of the interface to the midi in of the GR 33 hooked up, how could you record midi? You need the Midi out of the GR 33 patched through to your computer to record midi. Any how one way or the other you need both in and out connected to record and playback using midi. You may need to disable MIDI through put to stop the system from looping back. there are 2 ways I know of 1- I keep my midi output unchecked in preferences and only turn it back on if I'm using a hardware synth or my drum machine for something weird. 2 - Most every VST has a "enable midi output" in its options or preferences menu. Disable the output to stop the loopback. So to record midi you need the midi out of the GR 33 to your midi in of the interface. You then arm a midi track and record. I found the midi recording does not play back exactly what I was hearing when I originally recorded the part anyways. There's always a small difference. I think that's because the GR systems play the synth directly , there is no midi involved in that part of the system. That is how they got around the midi latency. I basically gave up on trying to use the GR 50 as a midi input device. It worked best for me to just record the audio output and live with the built in LA synth sounds. The midi data was just to garbled to try and edit into a usable part. I just had to get better at playing a keyboard which in the end was not that hard for what I wanted. And the main reason I wanted the midi was to play bass parts, now this is easy with a real bass and drag and drop the audio track to a midi track and it is converted automatically. I've not tried it with a guitar lead but I guess it would work.

I just looked and this is probably why your having issues Echo web site under drivers-- DUE TO OUR PRO AUDIO PRODUCTS BEING DISCONTINUED, WE DO NOT CURRENTLY SUPPORT WINDOWS 10, AND HAVE NO PLANS TO UPDATE OUR DRIVERS. IF YOU ARE USING WINDOWS 10, USE THE LATEST DRIVER VERSION LISTED FOR YOUR HARDWARE, BUT RESULTS MAY VARY.

Someone mentioned this above and it's important to run windows updates a few times as well as update all your drivers for hardware. It even might be that W10 is still running updates while your trying to work. Is there W10 drivers for your audio interface?

Whats odd is that drop down on your screenshot says "workspace" mine doesn't have that as an option,, It say's All, Custom Mix etc. But I think we all get caught by that one at some point. It's usually the template that does it.

Always update your OS before installing the software. I also recommend after you update the OS run windows updates a few times to PU stray updates that don't stick the first few times. Then update all the drivers for any hardware especially your audio interface directly from manufactures web sites. If you have a special video card do this as well, Windows generic drivers suck. I update my VST's like Addictive drums and I make sure everything is activated and updated. Then I install basic versions of Sonar 8.5 , X3 and the last release of SPLAT. That seems to cover all my stuff that came in the past. They take up very little room. Last thing is Bandlab Assistant and Cakewalk. As far as old audio interfaces go,, all of mine are getting old, some are 12 years old, and all work real good under W10.

Yes it's very helpful with these questions to give some info on your set up otherwise we can only assume. But here is some basics that might help MIDI does not transmit audio. So a 5 pin midi cable is for midi only. Modern keyboards might have both midi DIN and USB connectivity for MIDI connectivity. USB can transmit midi or audio but I'm unaware that both could ever happen together. Possibly this is your issue. You normally use the DIN jacks for midi and the keyboards audio outputs for audio. The audio outputs could be either 1//4" RCA or the headphone jack. Then the USB jack, if it has one, could be set to transmit audio or midi.

That's good to know. I just looked in my back up of the old downloads folder- Its only 17.5 GB and I might have a few things missing, mostly what ever they are I don't use them. My engineerFX is 1.0.5.41 and I don't see the old one you mentioned so I should make sure to back that up too.

I guess your "interface" is just a MIDI only device. But why are you using that? Most Keyboards have MIDI output via a USB jack these days. If this is your keyboard shown above then you simply use the USB port directly to your PC. You would not need to use the DIN jacks. But as said, midi does not transmits audio. It only transmits DATA. To record the audio of the keyboard you will need to purchase an Audio interface with the correct inputs. Be careful choosing one that has 2 inputs that are matched. Many split the 2 inputs into Mike and Guitar. I have this covered in my tutorials found in my signature.

I found part IV and V. I guess I did the screen captures and never got around to editing and publishing. Here's number IV

What I see is you had all the versions of each application. You really only need to keep the latest. And if you don't use loops no point keeping those either, they take up a lot of room.

When I see this-- USB audio and MIDI class-compliant - eliminates need for drivers- I run for cover. Probably works fine with Apple but Cakewalk has a long history of only running smoothly using a ASIO driver.