John Vere

Behringer @ 256 ms buffer = 14ms. @ 64ms = 5.1 Motu @ 256 ms buffer= 16.2 @ 64ms = 6.1 My Focusrite is @ 256ms= 17.2 ms @ 64 ms =7.3 So the Behringer is pretty good for a more or less medium quality interface.

You open it in the editor, sounds like your trying to do it on the track? The editor opens in the multi dock so possibly you have it on a separate monitor?

Yes I guess it will be up to the driver . I was unaware of this fact until I did a bit of research when making my audio set up tutorial. I noticed that in WASAPI mode Windows audio settings shows various bit rates available, but in ASIO it is always 24 which is also greyed out in Cakewalk. I started looking at the specs for interfaces and it seemed true of all the brands that listed this. Thats when I noticed a few lower end interfaces were only 16 bit. Only mention of 32 bit was with $$$$ interfaces using none USB connections. Interesting the Zoom uses 32! I think that is what Ulf was getting at. 48/24 is about as good as it needs to be considering what music ends up being played back on these days it is really overkill.

It’s odd that the default is to put them in the excluded list. We call them the hidden gems. Seems strange to include a free plug in then hide it from all but a tiny group of users who accidentally found them.

Almost all modern Audio Interfaces are set at 24 bit. I see you have a Zoom. It is possible it is set at 16 bit. So as he said there’s no reason to record at 32 bit and possibly only very high end interfaces are capable of it. Cakewalk uses 32 bit for rendering as that eliminates any errors in the number crunching. Melodyne uses a totally different rendering system and it will be 24 bit.

Behringer makes a decent ASIO driver for most of it's products. I have an X air 18 and I have never had an issue with it. Its an amazing piece of gear. The performance on RTL is a bit sub standard compared to my Focusrite and Motu but it most certainly is an ASIO driver. If you want proof simply open sync and caching. None ASIO driver do not show "Use ASIO Reported latency"

That seems odd that a Midi track wouldn't record the events and a Simple Instrument track would? Something else must be going on. Possibly a midi loopback from another track? This can be fixed by making sure none of your Instruments have Midi output engaged. A workaround would be don't use Simple Instrument track but use Split Instrument tracks

I see, no problem, I usually try to just post the link. On my cell phone the option seems to have disappeared since the update. I hate the way the video shows as this giant picture. If @Jesse Jost is listening it would be nice to be able to re size any picture or widgets like that. A tiny thumbnail would be great.

Why is that confusing? Many people don't learn the basics of Cakewalks Workspaces. New users and even long time users often jump right into recording stuff without first learning the basic navigation of Cakewalk. This thread is a classic example of not understanding how Cakewalks workspace/ Shortcut keys/Skylight interface functions. The default for the PVR is the Multi Dock. This is part of all the preset workspaces. If you want to change this you set it up how you like and save as a new workspace. The multidock works best using a second monitor but it's real easy to use it on one screen once you learn the shortcut keystrokes.

To see if the wheel is causing a problem insert a midi track and set it to record the controller. Don't touch it. Open the event list or PVR and see if it recorded CC events.

For future reference this explains it all

This might be an issue that @Noel Borthwick will understand what that error message is pointing at. Like Tim I have installed dozens of versions of both Cakewalk and Sonar and that's never happened. Could be a C++ issue. The TTS-1 has been causing issues for many users for a few years now so is is best not to have projects depend on it. I would hate to see it totally stop working because I use it to pre view downloaded midi files. If I keep the file I immediately replace all the instruments with much better sounding VST's. But I might leave TTS-1 in the project just for weird things the composer used like the helicopter.

Welcome to the Cakewalk Forum- You should start your own thread as this is an old thread and most people won't see your question.

Every once in a while I go into plug in manager and I exclude all the plug ins I haven't been using. I don't bother un installing them because someday I might want them back. I might occasionally remove ones I know were real bad news so I won't be tempted. to use them again. But excluding them takes them off the lists and keeps things tidy. Don't forget that you might have installed 3 versions of the same plug in. The 32 bit, 64 bit and the VST3. Take note of the colour of the name on the list.

I will disagree at least with the ratio of Quality to price. These are basically freebies. I'm pretty picky about sounds and while these instruments might not be ones other people would use I play traditional bluegrass, folk, rock and country. I mostly look for vintage instruments especially eclectic pianos. Possibly some of the stuff sucks but my collection so far have been very high quality. Simple yes, Some only make one sound but that's also fine by me. I actually used some of these instruments when they were new and I think the problem some might have is these were mostly one trick ponies and cannot be compared to a modern synth or piano. They used weird inventions to attempt to make a piano portable. I've a pretty big collection of electric pianos some I even paid more than I should have for. Glassy is all over a lot of my tracks as well as it was the one I chose for live gigs because it's solid. Colla B I also use live but it's not quite good enough for my recordings, close but not as good as Air DB33. I haven't done much with these new ones but I'm pretty stoked about the Melox Pro Melodion. I used to own a real one 20 years ago and I had used it on recordings to emulate Accordion stuff. It sort of like a human powered reed organ. So far this one is sounding very usable and is a unique sound which for $10! This is an image of what a Melodion looks like.

OK I see, so you have audio track and you want to both create a tempo map and quantize it. I've run into that as well so be interested to see if it can be made to work. I've got a few old band recordings where the drums sound good but his timing was terrible. I gave up after trying Audio snap etc.

Funny I totally agree with this. I know it's 100% my fault but every attempt at using that feature ended with an un repairable mess. I just released 2 videos on recording guitar and vocals and I demonstrate my long standing workflow that never screws up. I use 3 tracks. It's really no different than take lanes but it's way easier and faster for me to grab the parts I want and compile a good track. If there's a part that I'm struggling with I use Auto punch in and just keep looping until I get it right. I am not a fan of cluttering projects with badly played parts. I delete anything that is iffy. And once I comp a track together from the parts I export it as a stem and bring it back as one complete track. Everything else gets deleted or archived. https://youtu.be/MNifJq9U3lM https://youtu.be/JU_ywVn2d40

You just drag the audio file to the timeline. I do this a lot. It works best with music that has solid transients. It wont work with audio that is slammed to the max.

I had one small issue with getting the email link for the free Wursy plug in so I inquired and Lucia got back to me in less than a half hour with a very nice reply telling me how important his customers are and any feedback is more than welcome. I like this company. I don't think I've spent more than $40 so far. I also have the Colla B organ which they made and is a freebie found on Plugins 4 free. What I really like is most of these can be used as stand alone. This is something I never needed before but I'm experimenting with a live set up which avoids having to load Cakewalk.

Windows 7 =Device Manager Windows 10 & 11 = Manage Sound Devices in Windows settings/ Sound. No need to uninstall anything. Just disable. I think I’ve said this 3 times now?

I’m afraid you might have an issue that 99% of Cakewalk users don’t have. We get many threads started here with the heading “Cakewalk is Crashing Help!” And it is most always a plug in. If it isn’t it is computer or audio interfaces issues. Cakewalk on its own is not something that will crash. At least not for a long time now. You need to figure out what it is about your computer that is not the same as everyone else. I have Cakewalk on 5 computers some are as old as 2008 and it doesn’t crash on any of those unless I inset TTS-1. Which is a plug in.

It’s really been a matter of paying attention here on the forum. Mostly people seem to have issues with funky freebies. But then there’s Waves which seems to have ongoing issues that might have been resolved. Isotope doesn’t crash Cakewalk but it can bring some under powered systems to there knees. Then there’s been some issues with transition to VST3 keeping some people away from using them.

That was what I was trying to say. The default is always going to be wrong! It takes 2 seconds to select the correct input for a track. I do this when inserting a new track . I often insert 3 new tracks at once. Selecting the input source and the output buss is part of the Add Track dialogue. As well as how many tracks you want. The pan controller has zero to do with recording. None of the track controllers have any bearing on recording.

Disabling the Nvidia audio driver in manage sound devices completely shuts it off and there’s no need to do anything else. But the above mentioned Experience app definitely need nuking

It is my understanding that the Realtek ASIO driver is only installed with the initial drivers when the computer is built. I have built dozens of Computers that have Realtek audio and I simply DON"T install the ASIO driver when given the option. But off the shelve computers and laptops will probably already have it installed. Just to be clear, Realtek doesn't need the ASIO driver to work. It is 100% happy to use the other Windows drivers like WASAPI. I use Realtek audio on at least 5 of my computers full time with out issues. The ASIO driver has been deleted in the Reg Edit App when it shows there. It has never returned. This is just a routine of mine as part of optimizing a computer for audio. I don't think it's possible it can be re installed without you choosing to do so. It would probably be offered as a optional user installed Windows Update. Realtek sound cards do not interfere with Cakewalk, The ASIO driver should not be used because it's badly written so best to remove it in the Reg Edit. On my Office computer I easily switch between my Focusrite interface or the Realtek audio by simply turning off the Focusrite. I have worked using WASAPI shared and using the on board audio for a zillion hours with Cakewalk without issues. I only turn on the Focusrite when I want to do some recording which is rare. My powered monitors are connected to the RealTek so I just use headphones with the interface. My main DAW all other audio devices are simply disabled in Manage Sound devices in Windows Settings. I use 48mHz so I never have conflicts with audio and can have multiple apps and You Tube running along with Cakewalk. I most certainly shut everything down including the internet when tracking. But playback and editing is not an issue otherwise.