chuckebaby

20 hours ago, Calvin said:

Yes the noise gets a little lower when i touch the bridge. I am trying to get a decent metal tone so there is a bit of gain in the signal chain x.x.  @chuckebaby

Then your probably going to have to put up with a little bit of noise.

Let me ask though, what kind of guitar are you using ? If its a fender with SSS (single coils) then the 50 cycle hum is a killer, its one of the main reasons I switched to a Humbucker in the bridge of my #1 axe (an 06 Fender USA).

As you can see its a one knob (volume/tone bypassed) 1 Humbucker racing machine for one thing only... Metal !!!

Similar to Eddie Van Halen's guitar set ups on his early VH albums.

10 hours ago, Olaf said:

@Jim Fogle

I think I'll break it down in smaller chunks, of 10 or so, so people don't get discouraged by it being too long. Need to find the time to choose/start with the things that will be the biggest gain in the short run. Any preferences?

I think that's a great idea.

You have put a lot of effort in to this list, i would love to see the points you made in a more focused section.

There was another user who put up a list of 50+ ideas once and was meet with a similar point of view.

I love hearing others ideas, so keep up the good work.

7 hours ago, Jim Fogle said:

@chuckebaby, I'm confused.  Okay so you place focus on a track so you can work on the track while a second track is selected.  What can you do with the selected track?  Why would you want to have a selected track while working on the track in focus?

A few places this comes into play is in the Piano roll view and also Auto track zoom. I cant explain this in 2 sentences. I wish I could.

This feature was created with the inception of Sonar X2 (close to 8 years ago) so its nothing new really. But I will say this.. It is still to this day, confusing to users, so I totally understand ones frustration in understanding the two. Documentation is also not something easy to find. Unless you look up "Auto track zoom" and even then search results are limited.

Here is a pretty good comment by FBB that describes it nicely

http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/2707352

As you can see, even 8 years ago my response on that thread is pretty much the same as here :-)

You can tap out in 1/8th notes. then use the formula based, tempo=

For example, if your BPM is set to 150 and you tap out 1/8th notes, divide that number by 2 = 75 BPM.

You might relive some of the noise with an XLR cable but that to me sounds a lot like a high gain plug in. It adds to the noise floor. What's it like when your playing ? Does the noise seem lower when you touch the bridge or strings ?

Another factor here is the plug in, your audio clip sounds very close to a high gain distortion plug in. The intriguing thing is the oscillating  sound (like birds).

Run me through your I/O (Input/output) diagram @Calvin.

Are you running the guitar via 1/4 input thru the parallel and the output from the XRL into your mic pre amp on the  u-phoria umc22 ?

Or running the 1/4 parallel via 1/4 parallel out ?

3 hours ago, Calvin said:

it does have a ground switch

Possibly a unique question... but, have you tried the switch ?

4 hours ago, Calvin said:

behringer d.i. box

What kind ? Active or passive ? If active and you have it powered by adapter, try using a battery instead, this will help rule out a grounding issue.

does the box have a ground switch ?

Its typically the kick drum and Bass that are fighting for a lot of the same frequency's.

Try cutting the kick drum track placing a sweep on the lower 50-60 HZ range.

Then notch the kick between 150-250 range. Pull it up/down to find the offending frequency.

Your not alone here, a lot of us fight in this range because the Kick and Bass guitar are a marriage of sorts. They not only carry the foundation of the song but also lay in the same frequency path.

16 hours ago, ashtangakasha said:

I was trying to fade a MIDI clip

People have asked for this as a feature. TBH, Its a pretty good request.

I use Track lane automation myself. Like this... (courtesy of MsMcleod)

I second the advise of a 3rd party analyzer like Span. Great free tool.

Im going to say this one last time, please be mindful of your comments. I locked this thread but have decided to reopen it as long as everyone can play nice and not add any insults toward one another.

Users Comment has been deleted to avoid conflict.

32 minutes ago, CosmicDolphin said:

What is the differnce please, I think I only ever select tracks...what's the benefit of having one in focus and another selected ?

You can work on one track while still retaining selection of another track.

16 hours ago, Sergio Miranda said:

chuckebaby
I think you're right, I was confusing "focus" and "selected". thank you for your explanation....

Hey no problem. Easy mistake to be honest.

They each have their own uses but it can be confusing sometimes.

Cheers.

On 1/25/2020 at 9:09 PM, Jeremy Jensen said:

I think it would be really useful to be able to have a way to automatically turn down every track in the project by a certain number of db

Isn't this why the master bus was created ?

Nested folders in CV has been a feature request by many users for a long time now.

2 hours ago, Rod L. Short said:

I don't remember if you use 2 monitors or not.

I do use 2 monitors but i dont bring CV to my 2cnd monitor, i used to, but now i only bring plug ins to second monitor. Especially during mastering when i have 5 pinned at one time.

2 hours ago, Rod L. Short said:

chuckebaby - Glad you joined in! Is this a bug or ?? I don't remember if you use 2 monitors or not. If you do, are you seeing the same behavior? For my personal workflow, this is maddening!

It just doesn't seem intuitive to be hiding pinned plug ins no matter what screen they are on. Let me look more into this and see what i can come up with.

21 hours ago, Rick Derer said:

I am recording pretty much at full volume

What is full volume ? 

To get a commercially sounding song your best bet is to export a mix from -3 to -6 db and then bring that file back in to Cakewalk and master it to 0.1 or as close as possible. Use compression and limiting to control your signal. this changes the perceived loudness.

Are the speakers plugged in to the scarlett or are you using PC speakers ?

8 hours ago, Starship Krupa said:

plug-in UI's open and pinned they should never wind up behind a Cakewalk window.

Totally agree.

8 hours ago, Starship Krupa said:

Good heavens, @User 905133, thank you so much for trying all these permutations and documenting them so well!

Absolutely, those are some great illustrations and documentations. 

The reason i suggest updating to the latest version is because troubleshooting a 2 year old version while we are all using on brand new versions is almost impossible. Especially after there has been 1000's of bug fixes and updates since.

Hope this helps and Welcome to the forums.

I saw your other post and believe you are using a version of CbB (Cakewalk By Bandlab) from 2018.

You might try updating to the latest version and see if that solves your issues.

FYI- Your soundcard may be at fault with Browser samples not playing back right if your soundcard does not support higher sample rates or a buffer rate to low.

@nacrainter18 I'm sorry, I wish i could be more help.

Keep me posted on how this works out. I'll keep looking around for solutions.

Only other things i can think of is trying the VST2 64 bit version of the plug in (vs. the VST2 32 bit version).

What sample rate are you running it at ? If 48 or higher, try doing a test with lower sample rates like 41.