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18 hours ago, Will_Kaydo said:

I still think this needs a slider or knob popping up on the area selected, instead of the dragging down method.  

This is a pretty good idea. you would just have to find a way to incorporate it, maybe a shortcut to pop up the fader control.

I typically work in a lane (Automation lane) which gives me a good amount of room to focus in on nodes but it can be dicey at time dialing in fine measurements. Though there is a shortcut to make fine adjustments it would be nice to see the db scale a little larger too.

51 minutes ago, kc23 said:

If you look around the web, you´ll find this plugin has not changed at all since it was released in 2007 (thirteen years ago!) with Sonar 7.

You are indeed correct. But i believe its mostly because a lot of users have moved away from using the External FX plug in. 

As a mastering engineer i use external FX but i don't use the External FX plug ins. I route almost all my hardware through my interfaces input/outputs. I know this is tough for some because you need the interface with multiple I/O's. If i need to tap an insert, i do it right from the source of my Interface.

I hope its an easy fix for them, that way you can be happy. This doesn't come up much because i dont think many users use the External FX as much anymore but i'd like to see it updated so i can play around with it, maybe i can find some uses for it.

Practice and Preamps.

Those are my 2 T's. Sound wise though... Buy a pre amp, it will warm up your signal before it hits Guitar sim. Give it a tube like sound..a soaring sound.

I use a Focusrite ISA ONE. Ive had/used a couple but the ISA ONE has been the keeper for me.

This is guitar rig (Dual Riff through an ISA ONE)

59 minutes ago, brandon said:

the Focusrite 2i4 works on USB power hence the reason i cant turn it on or off. Its not the best design in the world and i do wish it did have an on/off switch but it is effective and suits my needs.

I've gone through this scenario myself. My Focusrite does plug in so i use a switching system built in to a power surge outlet. This lets me power up the focusrite, Speakers, Mackie control and Mackie monitor selection device (Big knob).

With USB i used have a switch. It was a USB cord that allowed one USB input.

2 hours ago, brandon said:

The Focusrite works fine I downloaded the drivers before using it. 

But your not using the Focusrite drivers if your using WASAPI and not ASIO ?

The drivers that came with the scarlett 212 are ASIO and very reliable. The "No hardware detected" is a tell tale sign of your interface not being detected (either not plugged in or power off). 

8 hours ago, Starship Krupa said:

screensets are just saving whatever state your views are in when you saved it in the various slots (right?).

Screensets are per project, workspaces are global.

Screensets are more than just views.

Did you install the Focusrite Scarlett ASIO drivers ?

I think you can set up a workspace or a screenset to use a default smart tool.

essentially what you would do is set up your staff view with a screenset using your default tool, lock the screenset and then use the screenset to navigate through views.

10 hours ago, Josh Wolfer said:

OMG. This Studio One work flow clip is a dream compared to how Cakewalk does it currently.

 

I just watched this video and Its pretty much the exact same way in Cakewalk. Unless i'm misunderstanding.

That drag/select menovour (using the smart tool) 

On 6/26/2020 at 12:52 PM, Josh Wolfer said:

Now if there was a way to adjust the gain of the clip, outside of the gain automation, that'd be the final piece that would make this a perfect workflow for me.

This is what i don't understand. But you can always click on a spot outside the gain automation and then that spot will become highlighted/selected and the same drag up/down procedure will work. 

I can see in the back ground of your pop up menu, it appears a lot of clips are selected. Try positioning your pointer... Then deselecting everything (Using CTRL+SHIFT+A) Then try the insert measure.

10 minutes ago, Josh Wolfer said:

Yeah. I'd love to see a melodyne style short cut for scrolling / resizing. It's super convenient. 

I agree, ive given up on using the shortcut for melodyne zoom. i just use the sliders on the side of the app within region FX.

7 minutes ago, Josh Wolfer said:

Not a bad suggestion. Basically turning track folders into DCAs. I personally just bus everything that should be bussed together and then you get the same functionality, but with the extra flexibility of the bus (such as plugins)

I do the same exact thing. buses have 2 main functions for my use.

1- FX sends (a place to route your FX using sends)

2- group busing (a place to control over all signal/levels)

I'm not sure if you mentioned it.. but you need to install the Focusrite Scarlet driver. That can be found on Focusrite's website.

 Once you install that, you will want to uncheck your soundblaster sound card from this preference menu. You will want to select ASIO as your driver mode and then check mark next to your Focusrite input/ouput.

Try Piano roll view/ View options/ Show grid lines. There's also other options in the PRV/View menu to synch Global resolution.

Could be on another track and you are mistaking it for being on the vocal track ?

Have you tried to solo the track and isolate the noise ? Zoom in real close to visually inspect for the noise, be the noise...remove the noise.

4 hours ago, Trensharo said:

For some styles of music 1/4th or even 1/16th notes are simply not small enough.  It's hard to work that way if you're producing Trap or some forms of Hip-Hop, for example.  It simply doesn't work, because often you want 3-4 closed hats to trigger in the length of a 1/4 Note (depends on tempo, ofc).

I use 32 notes and 64 notes all the time using this same exact method. You are suing triangle drum grid. Piano roll is a lot easier than grabbing those little triangles.

A word to the wise, Take caution when mixing different reverb plug ins. Different reflections on different tracks will totally cloud the perception of a mix if not done properly.

I use the Sonitus plug ins loyally, especially the delay. for guitars its not one of the best.. but it is one of the easiest to dial in a great repeats. Ive used it for Vocals but it really shines for guitars. The sonitus reverb, Delay, Compressor and even the Wha are valuable plug ins.

I would love to see an overhaul/facelift for these plug ins. However i'm also a firm believer in don't fix what isn't broken. I know what all these functions do now, why would i want to reinvent the wheel and possibly risk having a darker background and not being able to see entry's as clear. 

Kind of a yes id love to see it but im sure its worth the risk for me.

For what its worth.. i have never had a client once complain about plug ins i use. Myself and any clients i work with are always most concerned with the end results not flashy GUI coins. If they were.. they wouldn't be in my studio trusting my skills. They would be in their own studio trying to figure out their awesome looking plug ins.

18 hours ago, Blogospherianman said:

Which interface and Focusrite Control software are you using? I’m currently using 18 i20 (2nd gen) (Firmware 1653) with the Focusrite Control version 3.6.0.1822.  I’m able to save and recall presets via the Save Snapshot and Load Snapshot. Just curious.

Its not really related as much to loading snap shots or saving snapshots.. its more about once the unit is powered down, the snapshot is no longer stored in memory.

you have to load it each time you open a new session/power on the unit).

1 hour ago, Pastor Luiz Rêgo Neto said:

I'm using ASIO4ALL 2.14 and the audio always hangs when I'm starting to record audio

How full is the hard drive ?

I get this as well with my focusrite interface and craig is correct, its in the software for your soundcard. You are hearing a blend of DI/Amp sim. 

I typically change mine to DAW control in Focusrite software settings. Though oddly enough, i have to do this at the beginning of each session because of a bug in Focusrite's mix control software that wont save presets.

3 hours ago, brandon said:

Hi I have tried SI Drums and TTS1 but the synth is probably irrelevant as its the midi notes i am trying to 'combine' that their resultant sounds. 

The 3 midi tracks were set up before soft synths as such, so that I could pan the drums left, centre and right hence the 3 tracks. All i want to do is combine that information now and run them through one synth and control the panning etc. from there.

You cant multi output using SI Drums or pan multi output tracks using SI Drums.

You'll need to keep 3 instances of SI Drums active to achieve this. SI Drums does not support multi output. Session Drummer 3 does.

Ideally, SI Drums should have one midi track as show in this video

You can use Panning within the VST itself. You might be better off bouncing down to audio tracks instead or use a beater drum synth.

1 hour ago, brandon said:

Hi - its Midi. I am trying to achieve all my drums on one track. They are on 3 separate tracks at the moment but for some reason I am not having any success in merging them.

What drum synth are you using and how did you set up your midi track ?

For mastering it is pretty straight forward. Open a new cakewalk template and use the basic CWP template.

Delete the midi track as it wont be needed. You'll be left with one audio track and a master bus (plus your hardware output bus).

I usually add a few more audio tracks for reference tracks.

I load up my Track FX bin with limiters, compressors, multiband EQ, analog coloring, exc and i use the Master bus for all my spectrum analyzers, Meters, LUFS.

any time i hear playing back at different speeds on export..i think sample rate.

Try a test by removing that one audio file you didn't record in cakewalk to see if that is the problem.

If it is, try bouncing that track using Bounce to tracks and remove the other one. remember we are only testing here to see if that's the problem so i wouldn't save the project after these tests.