ManuelGuerrero

I am building a Surface Controller based on Arduino. I want to start recording pressing one single button, not two, but at the ACT learn mode the Record function is always set as "Shift + B3". How can I activate the Record function without shift; with one single CC?

Having to simultaneously press two buttons to record is a thing of the past, since it was a disaster to accidentally over-write a tape. But it doesn't make sense with a DAW. I always use the shortcut "R " at the computer keyboard, and I want to use one single button at the Surface Controller or at the MIDI pedalboard

1 hour ago, scook said:

Offset tempo map

Thank you!
 

I already tried right click, but I did it over a node 😅

Dragging the mouse is not very precise, and it also displaces the tempo left/right accidentally. Is there a way to specify a numeric value?

 

 Temp sync for this project finished! 🙂

After many Ctrl/Alt/Del, I think that it is crashing only when I drag a clip that is right after a measure change. I had to manually adjust the tempo at the measure following a measure change, then drag the next measure, and it didn't crash

BTW, the song is Genesis "Firth by Fifth". The tracks are from karaoke-version.com. It is a great version that perfectly matches the tempo of Genesis studio recording, beat by beat. I will use it as a base to record our own.

This is how the tempo looks now:

Thank you for all the helpful suggestions.

7 hours ago, msmcleod said:

@ManuelGuerrero - I've gone through the extract tempo process through the debugger.  Melodyne is telling Cakewalk it failed to extract any tempo information from the clips.

The clips have audio transients, though


BTW. Today the behavior is different.

I have opened the bundle file, the same  one that I posted yesterday.

On a first attempt, Cakewalk was frozen after dragging that 3 measures clip to Ruler, with the message "Analyzing Audio". I had to terminate the task with Ctrl/Alt/Del

On a second attempt, it has correctly generated the tempo!

I keep working on it, with the following measures, but it crashes too often


 

12 hours ago, David Baay said:

I have not used the drag-to-timeline feature for a while - certainly not since the new tempo track feature was introduced. I'm finding that it's not working in the current release at all with any audio file - no errors or hangs, but no tempo changes are generated.

Possibly the last time you used it successfully was in an earlier release...?

Not in an earlier release, It is happening now, with the latest release. Sometimes it fails, sometimes it is OK, as you can see at the video that I have posted above. With the same clip, at the first attempt Cakewalk crashes, and at the second attempt it successfully generates the tempo changes. And sometimes it doesn't generate any tempo change.

I've made an experiment:

The project has 18 audio tracks. I have deleted them all except the click and the drums tracks (I can add them later). So far it has not frozen, but dragging the audio clips to the Time Ruler does nothing. It doesn't change the project tempo.

I attach a link to the Bundle File of this project (compressed to rar). I want to synchronize it from measure 29 until the end. Now I am stuck at measure 58. I drag a clip that contains measures 58-59-60 to the Time Ruler and it doesn't sync.

https://mega.nz/file/w3AzyCCI#zscu0-3tIlmIvGNI60Nq4JYk5D9wFYa6oa2ueD2SL2k

 

20 hours ago, David Baay said:

You might try Bounce to Clip(s) each of the split clips so you have a separate audio file for each instead of a slip-edited copy referencing the original file. It may be there is some issue with processing the slip-edited clips.

I've tried Bounce to Clip and also Apply Trimming. It is still frozen, and with a clip of just one measure

I have several audio projects with a click track that I am using to synchronize the Project Tempo, for adding MIDI tracks.

In order to have consistency, I split the audio click track into small clips at the points where there is a drastic tempo change or a meter change, and I drag them one by one to the Time Ruler

Very frequently, Cakewalk is frozen after the conversion is finished, with the message "Analyzing Audio" at the progress task. I have to press Ctrl-Alt-Del to terminate the Cakewalk task.

The error is not consistent. Sometimes the same operation fails, and sometimes it success.

I have recorded an example where I drag a clip to the Time Ruler and it fails. I repeat the same operation after restarting (at 00:38), and it succeeded.
 

Is there some workaround for this? It is very time consuming because it fails very frequently
 

I have all my Cakewalk Content on D drive (D:\Cakewalk Content)

However, the Themes are only accessible from C drive. Themes is the only folder that I keep on C drive

I cannot see how to change that at the folder locations preferences. Is there some way to change that?

It is not a big issue. Just for consistency, and to avoid adding more paths to my backups

At the old forum there were instructions to create a custom icon in a template:

http://forum.cakewalk.com/Startgt-New-From-Template-Custom-Icons-m3415439.aspx

1) Create a .png image at the Project Template folder (100x100 aprox) - Cakewalk Content\Cakewalk Core\Project Templates
2) Save the template with the same name as the image
3) The image can be deleted. It will be embedded at the template

That doesn't seem to work with Bandlab. Has the procedure changed?
 

You could try troubleshooting with MIDI-OX, a little utility that displays all the MIDI traffic coming from your devices

http://www.midiox.com/

I've found it!
 

It is well explained here:

I am still struggling with this. It should be very simple, but I am probably missing something.

I have several projects with only audio that include a track with a metronome click, and I have to synchronize it with the project tempo in order to use MIDI tracks

I still cannot make it to work. According to this instructions here:

https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=AudioSnap.05.html

the button "Set Project from Clip" (G) should set the tempo according to the clip, but nothing happens when I click it.

Perhaps that feature has been broken with this new release?
 

50 minutes ago, Promidi said:

What happens if you import the metronome audio file into a blank project.  Then drag the imported track to the time ruler to capture the tempo.

Take a note (or copy the value) of the tempo that is generated.  Then open your MIDI project and then enter (paste) your noted tempo into there.

See if that works.

Thank you for your reply.

That has made an automatic audio to tempo adjustment without options to control the process. It has doubled the tempo (1 measure every 2 beats of the audio click track instead of every 4 beats)

 

I have a multitrack with the metronome on an independent audio track and I want to synchronize the MIDI tempo with that track (without stretching the audio files)

I have tried to follow the instructions here, but it is not working. I am following this steps:

1) Select the click track

2) Open the Audio Snap (Alt-A)

3) Click on "Set Project from Clip"

I see the white vertical lines perfectly aligned with the audio metronome clicks, but MIDI tempo doesn't align with these marks.

What step am I missing? I think that I;ve already touched all the buttons
 

"J" That was the magic key. Thank you!
 

Selecting a note and pressing Tab  only plays single notes, not chords

How to audition all MIDI notes while scrolling the mouse at the Piano Roll?

I used to do that long time ago (Twelve Tone Systems Cakewalk), but I forget things as I get old 😅

I find this feature useful for learning to play chords from a MIDI file with the guitar

The issue is solved with the hotfix. Sorry, I didn't realize that there was a dedicated thread.

I've been using Cakewalk since it was just a MS-DOS MIDI sequencer by Twelve Tones System, 30 years ago.  It has always been improving, but I could never imagine that it would get better than ever when it was released for free.

Thank you very much for your kind support.

This never happened with the previous versions:

• Long time to start Cakewalk, frequently displaying "Not Responding"
• Cakewalk crashes if the sound module is switched off before closing Cakewalk

Computer: ASUS GL552V quad-core i7, 16GB RAM

OS: Windows 10 Pro

Sound Module: Fractal Audio Axe-FX III