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John Vere

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  1. Yes a breath of fresh air on the song forum this is absolutely amazing stuff. Funny that someone commented about liking the shots of the band playing in the video. I'm keeping quiet. ( I do the same thing in mine)
  2. Thanks @msmcleod In one video the presenter recommended choosing 3 distributors that seem to meet your needs and post a few song on each. You cannot post the same song on more than one Distributor. Then you see how each does and get a better feel for the system. Like some don't have very good reports but might earn you more money over time. If 2 of the ones you chose suck you can always take the songs down and take them elsewhere. At least make sure any site you use allows taking songs down. Some charge you money for this. Yep, a steep learning curve but I'm not in a hurry. I've waited 20 + years already.
  3. Not sure exactly what problems you are talking about but possibly the fact that is can crash Cakewalk is a biggy. What some of us have found is if you start a project with it, like opening a midi file, that it seems stable in that project. I still have it lurking in dozens of backing track projects that started life as a free midi download file. I open those and it creates a very basic project with the TTS-1 and the midi tracks, nothing else. I've never had a crash with those projects. +1 to the demo of Addictive Keys I have used that to replace the TTS-1 piano a million times now. I tried all the free VST pianos and most are worse than the TTS-1. I didn't find anything worth while at all. The only other pianos I have is True Pianos which I like a lot and Airs Mini Grand which sound OK but it's buggy.
  4. Yep, cheap USB programable foot switches are easy to set up with the transport controls. I have a collection of them.
  5. And seem hundreds of people are installing this version which is not the actual final release it’s the test version. Why on earth did they put it in the toaster? Actually the toast never popped up on my main DAW but it did on the other 2. I installed it on my office computer and really haven’t had time to use it.
  6. I actually ignored it for the first few years and just added synths using drag and drop from the browser. I hid the synth properties dialogue cause I always used the same settings which were a split instrument track, a midi and instrument pair. Everything slowly changed for me as I poked around options when making the beginners tutorials. I soon figured out that for a new user the most straightforward method was the Add Track and it’s default settings. This includes a simple instrument track. I completely switched over to this and have used it since. But I do use the advanced dialogue to choose a bus. And now when I open older projects and find split midi tracks I replace them with the streamlined one track does it all now. My workflow most definitely changed over the last 2 years and I really find it’s sped up my productivity 10 fold.
  7. Thanks @Jesse Screed I guess even though I thought I read the info I didn’t catch that part.
  8. " As a BandLab user, you can seamlessly create music, distribute, and get paid – all within one platform for only $14.99 USD per month. " This is possibly the most expensive Distribution fee I've seen yet. Many are free. Some take a cut of your royalties etc. My membership with Distro was only $22 for a year. You get 100% of most of your royalties. This is normal. The ones that are used the most have been around for a long time. CD baby I think is the oldest but it needs to improve to compete with Distrokid and Tunecore and a few others. Read the info on the link that @hsmusic posted. There are reasons most people use the same services that are on the top 10 lists. I've been doing a lot of reading and there are literally 100 of Videos on the topic. The story goes that Covid took the musicians off the stages and into their basement studios so the outflow of new releases became crazy. One Distribution company expanded to over 300 employees because of this. So everyone jumped on the bandwagon ( pun intended) because as we all know $10 a month from thousands of people adds up to a pretty good profit. And nobody cares if the material sucks and is badly recorded. But some of the distributers do because they can also make a lot of money by sharing in your profits. And some are the ones who can actually pitch you music just like a record label if they like your stuff this is what appeals to me. Getting your music on Apple or Spotify means nothing if it just sits there. Like all businesses Music has it's sharks and there are people who believe in the actual music and others who are just after you cash. When you take your music to this level you are venturing into a business model. I've always had both the hobby and the business aspect of my music. That's what Cactus Music was and still is. I retired from most of it but I still play gigs and I even still do a little bit of live recording and sound. So I'm approaching this like any business deals or venture I embark on. Who will be my partner and what will they really do for me if I pay them or not. My original music I always treated as a hobby. So that is about to change. In the old days getting a record deal was a 1 in a million chance. I'm not really sure that has actually changed. And generally music recorded in a home studio or even a small semi pro studio was only considered a demo. There were what we called the Gatekeeper so that only good quality recordings were the norm and you had to go buy it in a store. Now the "store" is a digital delivery system and it's instantly world wide. There's might be a glimmer of hope that somehow these global listeners stumble across your collection and like it. It's worth a shot but I'm only going to do this if I can connect with the right partners. I don't like sharks. And I can smell them a block away.
  9. What’s interesting is the OP screen shot shows that stupid Basic workspace control bar which does not include the module with the global mute toggle.
  10. I read and understand the exact same info as Will. The only real change for CbB users will be absolutely no more bug fixes or updates. So not really a big deal for the vast majority who still desire a free ride. In a way it will become sort of a free full featured demo to entice new users into the wonderful world of Cakewalk. The continued 6 month(?) activation will still be in place so they can track potential customers for Sonar and Next A good guess is as Windows updates screw things up CbB will slowly fade away. But I’ll be really old by then! What will definitely change will be the dynamics of this forum. Say the majority of longtime users switch over to Sonar or Next. Those sub forums will get the most attention. The CbBsub forum will have way less help from the long time members. It’s like when we had a Home Studio sub forum.
  11. @hsmusic Big thanks for the link. That was exactly what I was after. Took over an hour to read it all but was worth it. Now I can clearly see the options available. I paid for the basic membership for DistroKid but I might look into the others a little more. It’s so hard to navigate the waters of the music industry these days when you produce actual singer songwriter stuff. Everything is loops and AI generated or some guy grunting out cuss words. I like the idea some services offer that you first need approval for.
  12. Windows key / print screen key will save a screen shot to your pictures/ screenshot folder. If you click on the picture it will open in photos where you can edit and crop it. Drag and drop to the blue area at bottom of your post.
  13. Yes. I've been reading for 2 hours and they seem up front. I bought a Musician's license and will go from there. Need to fix up my Pay Pal account as I have changed banking since my E bay days. But at least they gave me all the info I was seeking. CD Baby seemed very elusive and until I give them money not even sure what I'm buying? Those seem the top 2 so I'll stick with Distrokid. From there I now figured out that then Distokid handles the distribution to the DIgital stores for you. Spotify seems the top of the heap but I keep reading how they rip you off and your lucky to see $10 a year from them after 1,00,00,00 plays. I have had Sound Cloud and Sound Click accounts for a long time. Sound cloud is a very clucky interface. It's difficult to set up what you want in the way of albums and making things safe from download. I only post to share with family, post here in this forum and proof mixes. They tell you your song is #3 on the charts to try and sucker you in to paying. I think this is the sole reason these sites are available for free. To sucker in wannabees. I bet you I could post a recording of my dog farting and It would rate #14 in Hip hop that week. Sound Click does a bit of that as well but at least Sound Click has a way nicer interface and you can easily choose what happens to songs as well as the most important feature- you can update a mix. Both will be way off the radar for non musicians. So I don't think anybody would glean any income there. I also have a Reverbnation account somewhere but forgot my password 10 years ago. I was expecting a lot more feedback but this sub forum is sort of quiet right now. But thanks for the feedback.
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    Well done yes agree the mix is next to perfect what ever that might actually be? Lot's of cool details I like that.
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    Saving Edits

    I have an easy to follow set of tutorials that will quickly get you started.
  16. That’s actually not a solution to the original problem because then Cakewalk would have been in mono as well. Very few audio interfaces must have that option. Sort of a handy thing if you want to proof a mix in mono. But you are correct that when this happens first place to look is any audio settings be it an interface control panel or in Windows sound settings. A quick visit to the speaker icon in the system tray.
  17. That can work too, but my experience is if I do that the groove clips copy out wrong and the clip goes off time. That’s why I use the step sequencer because it automatically creates a groove clip that works. Take note that you will have to bounce the created track afterwards or it cannot be edited.
  18. Apple phones are a PITA as you cannot drag and drop media files, at least I never figured it out. You are forced to use iTunes. But, as we speak I just uploaded 22 songs to Sound Click an I’m listening using my iPhone and my crappy Bluetooth headphones, It’s the acid test for my music. This is the way the whole world will be listening. You can set the songs as no download and private so no danger of that BS happening. There is also an free app called Sono Bus that uses your network to send from your master bus in Cakewalk to any device that has the app installed. It’s a plug in in your DAW and a app on your phone. Brilliant. But I still go through the process of uploading because otherwise you have to sit in the studio and I’d rather be out on my deck or on the nice soft couch! I prefer Sound Click because it’s seems the only hosting site that allows you to update the song without the usual BS of deleting etc. I must have updated a bunch of songs 4 time already. I listen with a pen and notebook on my lap. Back to Cakewalk, make the changes, save as mix recall, export, top and tail in Wave Lab , batch convert to MP3 inGold Wave and update the file on Sound Click. I think I’m done but one more listen. I was uploading as wave files but it keeps screwing up so I return to mp3 320 kbps for now. Once I’m happy these will be deleted and all will be posted properly on DistroKid etc.
  19. Mr. @Vyacheslav So you have had the use of a $500 pro DAW for a long time now and now things have changed. Nobody will really care about what you “want”. What you will get is the latest release of CbB absolutely free. Its a very simple concept. Free = Latest release of CbB. If that doesn’t suit you then go by an old copy ofCubase 5 off eBay. It will never need authorization.
  20. Please everyone don’t install the beta release unless you are willing to be a tester. I think they should not have put this version in the toast pop up. People are obviously installing it with out understand that it is a beta release and not a tested update.
  21. Lots of options. I actually find it much easier to simply play parts in real time as then in 3 minutes I’m done. Then it’s a simple matter of quantize and fix the velocity if necessary. Other options are create a one measure clip in Step sequencer and drag it out for whole song. But then you have to spend 20 minutes deleting and editing the clips to get what you want. You can also just record one measure and turn it into a groove clip. Same difference as the step sequencer. The slowest method would be drawing or copy pasting.
  22. Read the announcement in the early access release. The wording is that this will be the final release and you will need it installed if you want further activations down the road. I gleaned from that statement that you will therefore not be able to use older versions. Which is totally fine as why would you? Where as I agree with you and I am certainly one to carry on with older software sometimes the last few years have been the most stable and every update has been even more stable. Your choice will be. NoteSept 14, 2023. Update what I originally said here as since this post I have gathered more accurate information. Use Sonar 2017 or earlier. Purchase Sonar or Next. Change DAW.
  23. To the people who where in the middle of important projects who installed the early access version- why did you do that? Did you read the terms and what an early access version is about? It’s so long time users can test it and find bugs before the developers release it to the public That I’m afraid is you. So please don’t complain if you find what you think is a bug. Report it. That is what you agreed to do by installing it. Myself I’m also in the middle of an album and no way I’m putting that sucker on my main DAW machine. I’m testing it on a second computer and so far it’s actually very boring as there’s nothing really different in my world . This is really a maintenance release to fix accumulated bugs from 2022 forward . There’s no reason to install it other that helping the developers do there job.
  24. You sure you watched my videos? I even have a complete tutorial on using the tts1 which also shows you how to select the correct bank that shows the names. Cakewalk takes a while to sort out and you are off o a good start by the sounds of it. It might take a few more views of each topic to really catch the small details like this. I can relate because I’m just learning how to use a new video editing software and I had to watch one series of 5 beginners videos 3 times so far and I’m still not there.
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