Helios.G

13 hours ago, bjornpdx said:

Beautiful video and song. I wish you success with it.
-Bjorn

Thank you so much Bjorn!

4 hours ago, jack c. said:

i don't think i know me own style.thanks for listen/comments.jack c.

 

explain how you obtain such soft/loud.jack  c.

 

              i don't understand explain more.jack c.

I'm sorry, I thought I heard a vocal sample of Crazy Train in your song, my apologies.  I guess it just sounds similar.

3 hours ago, Douglas Kirby said:

Excellente - this one surprised me - it sounds like a pro performance and mix - nicely done. I really enjoyed your vocal - well done there.

 

Thanks so much Douglas, I try my best to keep my standards high, but I'm not a pro, I'm just working my way to that level still.

This sounds very catchy, Like Jack C suggested, maybe some more low end, but considering you only took 3 hours, pretty good stuff.

This sounds very professional

Never in a million years would I have thought of dropping that sample on a track like this, but not only did you think of it, you made it work. This is very catchy!

very new wave depeche vibe going on here, good job.

14 hours ago, Lynn Wilson said:

First class all the way!  Your voice is killer and reminds me somewhat of Seal.  The video is superb, as well.  Keep it up!

I appreciate that so much Lynn! Thank you

3 hours ago, mark skinner said:

L.A. , Wow that was a Great production. I love the airy quality of your voice. It especially came thru on the chorus. This was Very enjoyable from the first note to the fade ..  mark

Haha, I really appreciate that! If you only knew the budget I work with! These were recorded on a CAD gxl2200, not exactly the greatest mic.  It's actually died since then, so there's that. Anyhow, thanks for the love!

1 hour ago, Kevin Walsh said:

Beautiful vocals in a great song with a stellar mix. Thank you!

Thanks Ken, I really appreciate that, especially coming from a real pro like yourself!

On 5/4/2021 at 8:08 PM, Chris Boshuizen said:

Hi All! Here is a song I wrote in Cake/Sonar.  I just released the music video that i made over the last 6 months. I think the video makes the song sound even more nuts!

Editing the vocal samples in this I used a pretty unconventional workflow. I wanted some of Haji Mikes phrases at natural speed (unedited) and others with a slightly quicker cadence. In fact, in this song are many sentences he didn't record exactly that way, I made them up in editing because it sounded cool. I also wanted to drop the vocals down one 1/2 step in pitch. 

Rather than using Cakewalk's clip tempo/stretch tool, or melodyne, I went offline and made two new audio files rendered in high quality, both pitched down, and one faster. I did the changes in Image Lines Edison because I liked the sound and quality best. I then dropped those into the project, applied a temporary tempo change to the sped up one to slow it back down and time match the original. Then I muted one clip, grouped them, and then split all the phrases and words I needed out of both audio files simultaneously. That was a super fast work flow, and gave me hundreds of linked pairs of vocal samples and phrases to select from. I then selected all of the clips corresponding the tempo changed clip, and took the temporary change off.  That left me with two tracks: one full of natural speed sliced clips, and the other with sped up clips, temporarily muted, but with each clip starting at the same start time. And this last point was the key - after split, everything was still in the same place. I could then drag each pair to where I wanted them for creative purposes. And one of the nice things about grouped clips in Cakewalk, if you mute them, the state of both clips flip, so the muted one becomes unmuted, and vice versa. So for every phrase, I could audition the faster or slower clip and see which sounded better just by hitting the k key. If you didn't follow any of this, I'll post a screenshot!

It is a bit strange, but I feel this way I got a higher quality result than just splitting on track, and stretching clips willy nilly as I needed them. 

And without further ado, here it is:

 

 

Oh, I like the energy you got going here, nice work!

2 hours ago, jack c. said:

totally professional all around.jack c.

Thanks Jack, that's what I'm always shooting for, glad you liked it.

2 hours ago, Johnbee58 said:

I love it!  Beautiful song and arrangement.  Pretty chorus. Love your vocal work.  I understand part of your lyrics but not many, but that doesn't matter.  A great tune is universal.

Nice work on the video too.  Thanks for your "thumbs up" on my new song too.

🙂John B

 

Thanks John, I really do appreciate the kind words.

Something I did not too long ago, completely in cakewalk, figured I'd share it here.  Hope you guys like.

https://open.spotify.com/album/56HLqKL3Z2zZunEtJ9QI7w?highlight=spotify:track:3Cj5qz0JrbKzANB48UNDKQ

Edit: Sorry for any confusion, was trying to get it to post an embed without a click through link. Hope you all like it all the same, thanks.

Welp, I figured it out. It's a bit cumbersome, and so I thought I should put it here in case anyone else has my idea or problem and can't get it to work.

Situation: M-Audio Keystation either maps it's transport functions properly, but not it's fader, or maps the fader but not it's transport.

Solution: I ended up using 2 ACT Control setups at the same time.

   1. For general Transport functions I setup ACT control with the inputs/outputs being MIDII2 not Keystation 49.  These you can use the normal click and learn function to get your regular transport (play, stop, record) buttons setup.

    2. For the single fader on the keystation, I setup a Cakewalk generic surface control using Keystation 49 as the input/output on the controller setup page, and did the learn function afterward, moving my fader.  IMPORTANT: make sure you pick different colors for the controllers so that you know which one is which.  For the fader controller, I use red, that way I know which track I'm on at all times.  The transport functions work even if I'm on the fader setup.  To move the fader control to a different track, grab the color, left click it and pull to the track you want it on. Simple as that.

I hope this helps anyone that is in my same situation. I just wanted to control the daw without having to buy a mixer or a seperate fader when I had a perfectly fine fader on my keyboard.  Now I can do fader rides and simple level adjustments with the actual feel of hardware, without having to use the mousewheel.  

Yes Reginald, thanks, I already have it connected, I'm only trying to configure the fader specifically on my keyboard controller. Everything else works fine, thanks for the heads up though.

Hi everyone.  Quick question for those more knowledgeable than me. I have a simple midi controller, m-audio keystation 49 mk3. I have it mapped out to my liking, but I would like to map the fader to the faders in the daw. I had this setup with this exact keyboard when I previously owned it in my sonar days, but I can't for the life of me remember what I did different. I used to be able to ride the individual track fader of the track selected no problem.  Now no matter how, even act learn, nothing seems to work.  Anyone else have this setup could point me in the right direction? Thanks.

I'd used Sonar for years, and migrated to CBB (is that the acronym?) a while ago, but this is the first time that I've been motivated to write or post anything in the forums.  Great great update guys, very smooth.  So far no hiccups whatsoever.  And is it me, or did you guys do something about the gui resolution scaling? My screen isn't the best or biggest, but I swear everything looks sharper and crisper. Text, wave forms, you name it, just looks a little clearer and sharper to me.  Tell me I'm not going crazy here? lol.  Anyhow, great job as always guys.