John Vere

All covered in my videos. The one about the multi dock shows you the tricks. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7YqVth30eGsURWrKGeu-fFyg3ETjF-Ox&si=qyN03b6MOWh18Ns3

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I have 3 laptops and 3 computers and most of them I run Cakewalk using the on board audio with out issues. That is because I set it up properly in Windows settings. And as well I know the limitations of what a computer sound system is capable of. As well as laptops have junk built in that cause DPC latency so run this test https://www.resplendence.com/latencymon All this is covered in the videos which is up to you to ignore or choose to learn about.

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Here we go again. Watch this first. https://youtu.be/opDwsC4_llg Then you might want to watch them all to answer other issues. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7YqVth30eGsURWrKGeu-fFyg3ETjF-Ox

Same here. What I see is what you normally get in dialogue boxes. If you hover the mouse it opens a pop up dialogue that will show the whole thing. But possibly this is a Cakewalk by Bandlab and Windows 10 thing. I don't remember if these things work on windows 7 and Sonar 8. Example screen capture on Windows 10 is fast. Hold the Windows key and print screen and the screen shot is saved in a screenshot folder that is found in the pictures folder. I have a shortcut for it on my desktop. You double click on it and you can edit the pictures in the Photos app. Takes less that a minute to post a screen shot. I still use Paint to add text to pictures. It's an old friend I've used a million times. I hate the new 3 D version.

This! There is no reason to use Asio4all on a W10 or 11 computer. The WASAPI driver mode has changed all that. Asio4all was useful back in the dark ages of computer audio but is now obsolete. It has one tiny use these days and that is for badly made audio devices that not only don't have an ASIO driver, but that don't support WASAPI either. Toss that POS in the garbage and move on. This is explained clearly in the Audio set up video. When properly set up your computers sound chip can work smoothly with Cakewalk using WASAPI shared or even exclusive. I prefer shared so I can use my computer for other audio applications like You Tube and using Media Player.

This! lot of us use these same plug ins in other software. Like I can use them in Wave Lab, Gold Wave, Cubase and even my Video editing apps. They all have different systems but you can generally access the plug ins you want and create a short list just like Cakewalk. Some of Cakewalks plug ins cannot be used outside of Cakewalk.

Narrative for audio books is not like music and the voice is all that is heard. There’s no music to mask imperfections. Its definitely a talent not to be underestimated. My son in laws Dad has been going into a studio in Scottsdale AZ for years and doing this. He said they only let him record for an hour because your voice gets tired quickly. The big secret to doing this is a treated room, the right mike and mike technique. You certainly don’t want noticeable compression and limiting on the tracks. I do have the Loud max and the SL63x on the master but my goal is they are not working, they are just watchdogs. Cakewalks Boost 11 is often overlooked but I find if you use it lightly is a very good expander limiter. I set my peak at -4 db and if a track needs a little boost I use no more that 2 or 3 db. But that’s the lazy man’s method. I usually manually edit but I mentioned it because manual editing of a 1 hour track would be very time consuming and I’m not sure Audio Book pays good enough for that. I have my set up with a SM7 and I point it at a 45 degree angle towards my left of my face so I’m talking across its windscreen. I keep my right cheek almost touching the wind screen. This needs to never change in a session. I find this totally eliminates Plosives. After a lot of trial and error I have an exact setting on my interface for a level that never peaks. Note that this a bit hotter than the setting I would use for singing. The tracks should never peak past -4 db. If they do I will find the error and I apply clip gain to the peak. I don’t, but you can also use Process Normalize to set all tracks the same peak levels. But peaks don’t tell you about actual RMS or LUFS level. For that I use the paid version of You Lean Loudness meter. You can drag and drop the track into its GUI and it analyzes the level and LUFS. I would highly recommend it for this reason alone. LUFS are way more important than peaks as far as perceived levels go. I put it in the Master bus bin as part of the template. I can open the GUI from there and drag any track to quickly analyze. This is a screen shot of my Template. Notice the setting of the Loud Max Limiter which is what I use to achieve my goal of -1db for You Tube videos. You could use the Boost 11 or the Loud Max on a track. I put it in the screenshot to demonstrate how I would use it but it is not part of the template. The SL63x is just there for the odd time I feel a need for a little compression. The Boost 11 and Loud Max are interchangeable. I tested about a dozen free limiters and those 2 where the keepers. The Loud max is the winner for actually keeping within 0.03 db of it's settings. The You Lean is also the most accurate analyzer I tested meter for peak readings.

Few days ago I set up my studio in serious listening mode to listen and re mix all 35 of the songs I’ve been working on for 25 years. Last mixes were noted as being done in March. Here is another tool I found useful for proofing my mixes. Muting buses. I needed backing tracks for the Summer gigs. I mute the guitar and vocal bus and export a custom mix. This leaves Bass,Drums and keyboards. I found flaws and errors as I was listening and playing along to practice for upcoming gigs. Point is, soloing and muting busses will reveal issues with your mixes. As well as using as many playback systems as you can. Anyways I had to take notes and fix stuff as I progressed which is all that happened since last March. I use Mix Recall to save different mixes. Gigs are almost over and I had some time to apply these changes to the full songs. I sat and listened to them all last night, this time using my headphones. I only made a few notes. It’s usually 2 pages. I think tonight is the night! All I can say is every time I sit down to re mix I have a totally new workflow. You never stop learning and improving your mixing skills.

Yes you could definitely just hide finished tracks. It would be a choice between that and the folders, which ever seems easier. And yes, the export Tracks Trough entire mix feature will do all tracks. It shows a confirmation list before you hit ok so you can make sure the correct tracks are selected. The Export dialogue is very powerful and there’s a lot of options like in how the track are named and if you want automation and track or bus effects added. I use the entire mix selection because it includes the master bus.

To make my tutorials I first record all the narration so as to not babble. I suck at live recording of narration so I write a script and I read it from my second monitor. I would think my workflow would be exactly how I would do what you are doing. The only difference I can see is your tracks would be much longer. Mine are never more than 30 seconds. I have a template with 30 Audio tracks. It is easy to add or subtract these. I don't bother, but you can name each track. After I record a track I listen and fix and edit mistakes. I then turn off record and Mute the track. I move to the next track and set in record. And so on. I'm very careful to stay same distance from my mike and I always record at a safe level. After I'm done I might top and tail the tracks with fade ins and fade outs to remove unwanted noises like breathing. The master bus has a few compressors, limiters etc. to make sure the voice stays at the same level with a target peak level of -1.0 db. That's it, no folders nothing complicated at all. Then I export as "Tracks through entire mix" at 48/24. This creates a stem ( track) for each of the " Chapters"

Yes in preferences under VST you can check the box In plug in manager if you open the VST 2 lists you can choose to exclude plug ins. That’s what I do. Then it’s easy to bring it back if you need it again

This is the whole series here on this playlist which i you are a new user will help you learn quickly how Cakewalk works. There's a video on the topic of Audio set up that should solve your currant issue.

Ya I deleted all my videos last winter. It sucks that You Tube has no way to update videos so links won’t die. But I probably won’t be redo that particular video because I’m not even sure what it was about? I’ve redone some of them but put that aside for now. I’m waiting for the new versions before I waist too much time on the old one. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7YqVth30eGsURWrKGeu-fFyg3ETjF-Ox&si=3cyicYjqpob4CPV2

I’m not sure what you are trying to accomplish . I have a tutorial about using the TRS-1 and how you can customize and select the patches.

On the almost free side is me using my wireless computer keyboard. Tablet control of live sound mixers is almost universal now. With our Behringer x18 everyone can access the mixer and that’s using Apple/ Android/Windows devices. If I could add to that control if Cakewalks transport I might consider using it instead of WinAmp for playback of backing tracks. Because the X18 is also a ASIO interface Cakewalk can stream multi track mixes. I’ll be checking thisTouch DAW App out today. Thanks for sharing.

Why don’t you use an external drive? I use cloud storage for lots of sharing between devices but 48/24 audio is a bit much to ask. Lots of people use SSD external drives with laptops so they don’t fill up the C drive. But I would still want a backup plan A second option is to set up a network and use a 3rd Computer as as a server. It can be an old junker with a SSD.

Well no problem and to answer that simply split the clip and drag it to a new time line and place it where you want. . I don’t use light works but in the 3 editors I use this is how you work. Video editing is a lot like a DAW.

Then use Ctrl to highlight the clips you want and then use Ctrl again holding left mouse and drag and drop. I don’t see the problem as there’s possibly 10 ways to copy and paste clips in the track pane. Try them all and use the one that works best for you. I’m a mouse person so I prefer those options.

This is a weird one. You recorded the mid in a project that was 75BPM . At that tempo the midi track matched the audio. So now when you move it theoretically it should play faster? In other words it was recorded out of sync to the tempo at 75, and now your trying to play it at 100. Midi always follows the project tempo. Are you dragging and dropping the midi track from the 75BPM into the 100BPM project with the 2 projects open? Or are you saving the 75BPM project as a midi file and importing that? Or did you Export the midi track? One option is to do just that, export the synth track as an audio stem.

Great recording and Talent involved. My kinda stuff. No noticeable sibilance here on Yamaha NSM 10 or headphones. Yes on the edge maybe but if nobody had mentioned it I wouldn't have been looking for it. Just goes to show how different playback systems can be. And then I'm also very old.....Great job.

Here's a screen shot of the project for those interested in what I used to make it happen.

https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14648196 ( updated version Sept 16 2023 ) I haven't posted here for way to long. I keep forgetting how entertaining the song forum is. I just spent a half an hour listening and enjoying the creations. I then thought I should post something. I wrote this for my 70th Birthday last January. Song facts. It was one of those songs I quickly wrote down scratch lyrics and I had a good idea for the arrangement. Being in a hurry to get something recorded before it vanished from my head I loaded a basic project added an extra track for the guitar and put it down using just the metronome. As you know the default is 120 BPM. The next day I fleshed it out with drums bass and a few other guitar parts and after the drums where down I turned off the metronome. ?? It became obvious that 120BPM metronome actually sounds like a clock ticking was going to have to stay. I went in a found some better tick -tock sounds in the metronomes collection. I had to actually watch my own tutorial on how to record the metronome as I had totally forgotten how to do it. Right, use an auxiliary track! This song has been going over real good at my live shows. People seem to "get it"

Agree with above. I just love Melodyne ( hint, hint) I think there's too much low end on the guitars so it's masking the Bass and kick. Put a Spectrograph like Span on the Master Buss and solo each part. Sort an overall boomy sound. But I like the song. Nice and loud compared to the first 5 I previewed here today.