chuckebaby

I didn't see the words "playing live" in your first post, which makes it difficult to assess what is going on. I almost didn't even reply to this post yesterday because it lacked "detail". Those are the hardest kind of Problems to solve. Im guessing that's why others haven't replied either. It might help to know... - What Midi controller your using, - What kind of cable your using to transmit your midi (USB to USB ? .. MIDI to MIDI ? .. USB to MIDI ?) - What VST Instrument you are using.

I will assume this is the Bandlab version. I will also assume this is with Midi only. Are there any FX on the tracks being worked on ? this could lead to latency. Might want to try bypassing FX to check. It could also be your midi buffers need to be bumped up a notch. I don't know of any bugs where freezing/unfreezing midi would cause a total loss of production. If there was im sure we would all be in some trouble.

Waves vocal rider, Melodyne's ARA interrogation. VST 3 wasn't just promotional hype. https://www.cakewalk.com/Support/Knowledge-Base/2007013317/SONAR-X3-VST3-version-of-Melodyne-is-required-for-ARA-integration

I thought it was like Disturbed meets Pantera. Both bands I absolutely love. It doesn't sound like one of their songs, it just has that flavor to it. sorry I didn't hear that. It might be because its heavily compressed. Im not a fan of Ozone to be honest. I do think they make great products and a lot of people love them, for me though, I just prefer other plug ins. When I master something, I use about 6 different plug ins on 1 bus. I believe Ozone does it all in one plug in. I'll say it again though, awesome song man.

yup, I was wondering the same thing.

I listened to all 3 mixes. I would feed that 3rd mix to the birds, its toast. im hearing heavy digital overload and drop out @ 1:31. This is a great song man. A wee bit heavy for my liking (genre wise) but wow this song kicks serious *****. everything just blends in well. Especially from a skill standpoint (vocals, drums, guitars) are nice and tight.

I took vocal lessons for many years from some of the best teachers in Boston. I also gave lessons for many years. Though the most ironic thing...I learned more about singing by listening to my own students make mistakes. It made me look outside the box. Sometimes its more about stepping outside and looking in at yourself, than it is about being inside looking out. Accept criticism and use it to learn. @Grem Made a great point. Play music for you and to make you happy.

I sat here wasting 5-10 minutes of my time searching through 3 pages for an updated link to your song in hopes to help. and this is the response I get ? PS- The "Poor me" attitude. wont get you any where..and listen to peoples criticism with a grain of salt. or you'll never learn anything..

The link in the OP doesn't work. And for what its worth, I would try to take criticism with a grain of salt when asking for help/opinions. If you don't and become upset every time someone gives you there opinion...you'll never progress properly.

Is it a current project or an old project ? Because your title says "old project nothing in the track view". Did you possibly hit the screensets button by accident again ? or is this something totally different ?

What kind of tracks Audio or midi ? (im guessing Audio because you mentioned Picture cache). Never heard of this before in my life. Can you upload the project so I can take a look at it ?

That's a pretty good idea (plus/minus in one button). I can respect what your saying and after your last post I can even understand why you feel the need for a delete button. Kind of makes sense. This is a good example of how we each work in different ways and might not always see one another's point of view because of our work flow. That's perfectly find my friend Good people always find a way to discuss things and still respect one another's opinions. Even if I don't agree with you, I still respect where your coming from.

Have you by any chance checked the track manager ? Press H and see if the tracks are hidden.

This is the normal size of the Markers module Where is this "extra button" supposed to fit ? As I said before, larger modules means less space in the control bar and we are already having to hide modules in order to see our "most used modules". Im all for improvements but taking away real estate is important to me, especially when there are multiple other ways to accomplish this task.

You seriously believe deleting markers is a common task ?. This action is performed how many times during a project ? If someone is having to delete markers 100's times per project, wouldn't it make sense to use the view that specializes in removing markers (the markers view) ? Adding more buttons to modules means larger module sizes, which in turn means less space in the control bar. That's something im not willing to bargain with.

You can click on a marker in the timeline and then press the delete button or in the markers view you can delete them real easy.

test: WTF? CTRL+V working here as well.

Ive got one of those Jet City JCA 20's as well. Great little amps that are easily over driven at decent volumes. I used to have an ISO cab but now im more for sticking a 2X12 or a 4X12 in my drum room (removing the drums first) and putting a Mic in the front and back.

Great thread. It never gets old hearing others explain the way they go about performing the same tasks only slightly differently.

I can totally relate here but not like you might think. See I don't run into hardly any bugs using Cakewalk (especially these newer Bandlab versions) this program does everything I want it to and then some. But if I was using another DAW and my workflow was disturbed by normal operations, I would change back to my original DAW or one that worked for me. The upper hand here (IMO anyway) is the developers. They are really helpful. They are constantly going out of their way to ask users for test projects to fix issues. The choice is yours really.

Did you send in the dump files from your other thread ? Maybe that will help in solving this issue.

I mix all 8 songs first and put each separate mix in a folder called "Album Chuck bla bla Mixes" These mixes are typically 24 bit mixes that I dither down to 16 once I start the mastering phase. I master each one at a time. (not the same CWP). this way if I need to tweak the master later, I don't have to open up something really big looking for needles in hay stacks. After my masters are done, I import them to CD Architect. This software only acts as an orginizer. There are typically no plug ins added in this phase, its only for alignment and song order.

This happens to all of us once in a while. We mature as engineers and realize we need improvement. Every few months I go through similar growing pains and I've been mixing for years. Just strip it down, restart from square one and remove all FX and EQ and go back to work. Try not to use too many built in VST-I FX, Choose track FX instead.

Laptops are easy to relocate and use on the go. But a desktop will always be easier to repair, easier to expand and easier to use. I used a laptop for a good portion of 2010/2011. Heat became an issue when I would run intense projects with lots of plug ins. I did have a fan/cooler to sit my laptop on but it did little. I have used a Desktop for the better part of my recordings since digital audios inception. I have built many PC's (including the one im using now) have built both AMD and Intel based Desktops. IMO, and this is only my opinion, Intel wins the race when it comes to using Sonar/Bandlab. AMD is probably better in the gaming scene and for the price, hell that's why I built one. Paid under 200 bucks for an 8 core bulldozer back in 2014 or so. But when I moved to an Intel, I saw increase loading, increased processing and increased stability.

Copy the installers before you run it.