John Vere

The Tts1 can and will play all 16 channels without a problem. If your goal is making GM midi files to share on line then it’s a great tool. But if you’re goal is to make backing tracks for live performance or an album of your playing and singing then you should move up to the many higher quality vst’s just changing over to the Studio Instrument collection is a huge jump in fidelity. there’s many free vst’s available from places like Plugin Boutique but Cakewalk comes with a good collection. The Tts1 is really a GM player and tech from the 80’s. I think it only 8 bit sound. Now we mostly have sample based vst’s.

I too keep my Korg 05/RW hooked up. I like a lot of the patches and every once in a while just play it for fun. Inspiring sounds. im glad you explained your mission. There are stubborn people who keep old tech around and miss out on what’s available now.

Or best bang for the buck would be a audio interface with midi

Also you don’t need 2 Tts1 it has the ability to output to 4 tracks. Explore the GUI and you’ll see

My humble creations sound just fine to me and everyone else at 16. I’d use 24 at max. it’s all about the talent and the song. Not the technology

I keep projects in folders sort of like an album. The are either band names, client names or things like backing tracks and Originals. These are also always dated in the file name. “ Orginals 2016”. all folders start life on my working data drive as time goes by I have probably backed them up a few times to at least 2 or 3 external drives. i never delete anything. Why bother storage is cheap. I only use save as to copy a project to a different local folder. For song variations I use mix recall.

yes

+ 1 to what John is saying. You have to really be 100% set on the sounds of the Yamaha to go to that sort of trouble. I would imagine most are easily duplicated by VST soft synths.

This. I just drag the midi clip out a few bars. If that doesn't work an old trick was to add a useless note like C1 a few measures after the last note.

The default is called per project audio folder. Everytime you create a new project Cakewalk saves it to a named folder. In that folder is the CWP icon and the audio folder containing all the audio from that project. There will also be a Mix Scene folder. Most people direct the storage of their projects to a Data drive instead of the default. Pathways are found in Preferences / folders You should always save your projects under the name you want BEFORE you work on them so as to create the file folder. The Audio folder is were audio might be stored temporarily if you start recording on a new project and haven't named or saved it yet, not sure. I moved mine to a Data drive and I use it to save my Mixdowns ( Exports)

There are probably 10 ways to do this. I use the PVR for accuracy if the song was played using the set tempo. If it's midi added to an existing audio recording with no set tempo then I use the track view to line it up with say the drum or bass tracks. In PVR - Select all the notes buy swiping down the piano icon on the left. or Ctrl A- Now just grab one note and all will follow. In the track view- just grab the clip move the mouse until you see the 4 arrow icon ( smart tool) now move it right of left.

We get the problems but don't use any of these plugins. (We're just using ProChannel, Adaptive Limiter, LP-64 Multiband compressor and BT De-esser) Those 2 for sure need to be bypassed when tracking and my guess is the adaptive limiter too. Pro Channel is generally OK. For me if I have any of the BT stuff or the LP 64 I will definitely suffer latency when tracking.

You could record VST Solo piano on just about any computer made for the last 12 years. And if it's a top quality VST then not much else will need to be done as far as EQ and Mastering. You'll want to tray as many demos of the VST pianos to find the one that you like best. I've chosen Addictive Keys for the style of music I play. You might hate it, everyone is different. You really don't need much to record 1 instrument. It just needs to sound excellent before you record it. Good monitors and room treatment will be more important than the computer. And as advised get an Audio Interface to optimize the playback quality and latency.

Use the browser. In the new project, open the file browser, find the clip and drag and drop it to the new location Cakewalk will convert it automatically.

Recording is always a shock to me, it really reveals my bad timing and sloppy buzzy notes. You sound like a prime candidate for trying the drag the audio to a midi track and use a VST bass. Try it with the track you just recorded. You have nothing to loose as it keeps the audio track. Simply insert a midi track and drag and drop the bass audio onto it. Melodyne will convert it. These steps I apply to the whole track by selecting all: Some VST's you have to transpose up 12. I quantize sometimes have to drag the duration back a bit so the notes don't overlap. I will also even out the velocity by dragging to the max let go, and drag back down to about 110. Ample P bass lite is free. https://www.pluginboutique.com/categories/64-Virtual-Instrument?free=true You can also use SI Bass I get a pretty good sound from the Jazz Bass patch.

What VST are you using for playback? Are you dead sure there are no volume envelopes in the track. When you expand the track view and look in the header lower left for the envelope icon. Click that to open the automation lane. You can delete the green line right click on it and delete envelope. Also check the instrument track.

You need to look for a CC volume event on the event list for that track. If it's not showing there look in PVR down in the very bottom left and open the + to add CC lanes that might contain volume as in 7 or velocity Make sure to toggle show controller pane found under view upper left.

So what your saying is I simply make my custom theme in the latest theme editor. I didn't realise it had been updated. I'll try that. I found an easy solution. While looking for the location of the theme editor I noticed the menu below Themes called Colours. I used this to change the PVR grid lines to white and problem solved.

Another way to achieve a very tight bass track is to drag it to a midi track where you can quantize and easily move notes around. I use the Ample Bass for VST bass and it's real hard to hear that I'm cheating. This of course is depending on the type of music. It also allows you to use radically different bass sounds. One I use a lot is the Acoustic Bass found in Dim Pro. Pretty convincing. I used to play upright bass and got rid of it because it was just to dang big sitting around the studio like that. And the maintenance was expensive too.

A few updates back it would seem any custom themes caused a glitch in the new graphics. Only example I see so far is the pro channel toggle in the inspector is half hidden. Question 1, are there other missing graphics if I use a custom theme? And question 2, are they planning on updating the theme editor so this won't happen. I have one HUGE reason to use custom themes and that's to get back a white background for the PVR. For now I either put up with Mercury or hope I'm not missing important GUI features. It seems like a small thing but the graphics DO make your DAW experience better. I thought it was pretty rude to change the PVR background without asking me first!

You probably don't have everything set correctly. I just tested this to make sure there wasn't some new bug and I'm not having an issue. Try this to test. Insert the TTS-1 and open the GUI interface. Set it's output to your Master buss. Check it is working by clicking the note icons at the bottom of the GUI mixer. Insert a new midi track Set the midi tracks input to your controller ( i used the virtual controller for this test) Set the midi track output to the TTS1 Set the midi track Channel to desired channel. Now toggle the midi tracks input echo until it is orange and play a few notes to see if the meters are moving. There should be 3 meters responding, the midi track, the TTS-1 instrument track and the TTS-1 GUI channel strip. If you don't see the meter responding then you might have more than one TTS-1 inserted. Check " Tracks" - " Tracks Manager" for hidden tracks. Toggle record for the track and then hit R for record. You should hear the TTS-1 as well as see the channel level meter responding as you record. Another issue is if you have the Microsoft GS Wavetable synth checked under preference/ midi/ devices. Un check this, you don't it.

At the top of the track pane on the left are some drop down menus. One say's Tracks. click on that and then bounce to tracks. Make sure the dialog box is checked for the options you want. It defaults to what always works for me. This is a great way to clean up untidy tracks that are cut up in a million pieces. Make sure the whole track is highlighted first. Use the magnifying tool to shrink your view to see the whole song.

Don't confuse the OP talking about midi cables. The TD25 uses USB, not midi cables. Midi latency can happen if your project contains a bunch of CPU intensive VST effects plug ins. Always bypass all FX while tracking. Yes a low buffer will cause dropouts depending on your system - audio interfaces build quality, drivers and CPU all contribute. Yes a good quality interface like Moto or RME interface will probably solve the audio latency issue. No you do not need an interface with midi. You have the midi via USB which is just as good if not better. I use a plain midi track to record my drums. I like my drums to all be in one track so as to make editing easier in PVR. And I have my own reasons for not cluttering that up with a simple instrument track. Midi in a track(s), VST in a track(s) You can start with just using the mixer built into the VST GUI. Later you can learn how to insert a VST with multiple audio outputs. Myself it's rare I need to do this unless I need a better effects or processing than the VST supplies. I don't have EzDrummer but Addictive drums seems to have pretty good EQ, reverb and compression. I used to always track the drums using the sounds from the Brain. I found I played tighter to the tracks. I used a small mixer to blend the computer playback with the brian output. So I leave input echo off during tracking. Otherwise there is always just a tiny echo. On rare occasions I might use part of the brain sounds I they worked for the song. Example the cymbals and hi hats works better from the brain. They don't sound better than the VST but they respond correctly to CC.

As said it works 100% to just simply copy all your folders to the new machine and open them there. I do this a lot. Never had an issue. I use a custom workspace on the new machine to convert the Laptops 1 screen setting over to my main DAW's dual screens. As long as both have all the same VST's installed I've never had a project not play properly. I have always used pre project folders. Each song has it's own folder.

I tried it a few times as well and found it way off the mark for my likes. I do own a GR 50 which works way better but never really translated to bass lines properly either. Way to much midi editing involved... The best results so far is to play them on a real bass and drag the audio track to a midi track. Which is Melodyne. This works brilliantly. There will still be some editing needed but very little compared to the guitar synth method. When done and using Ample Bass it can even fool me as to which I'm hearing live or memorex! OK so you do need a real bass, but it can be a very cheap bass as long as it's playable. I have never tried doing this with a bass line played on a guitar which also might work but that would throw my playing off. Guess you record an octave higher and then just drop it down once it's midi.