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Question: Didn't Cakewalk and a lot of other software makers go with gray and less vibrant contrasting colors because over time the high contrast colors cause eye fatigue? I'm pretty sure Cakewalk said that was the reason they went with the current gray and duller colors. Sorry if I derailed the original topic.

Just curious what this does or why is resets the split clip function?

Ta-da!

Kind of like free-form writing or drawing. I like it. Just jam on something and then comp those parts that sound good. I think I'll try that. Thanks Amiscus!

Off the rails after only three posters...this has got to be a record. Did I mention the genre I like to write in is not comedy? :-p

Yeah, I try to be positive, but in reality, I don't think this particular forum 'Feedback Loop' has any real value--at least I haven't seen any.

Yup--I've used it.

Hey Group-- I've been doing back to back track production for years, and I feel like this time, I don't want to jump right in with the next track. I want to produce something different than what I've been producing. Not necessarily a different genre, because I like the genre I write in. What I mean is, I want to do a different kind of song. My bottom line is I have to like to song, because if nothing ever turns out from it, at least I'll have something to listen to later. I'm thinking that if I start composing with different instruments, or different settings on those instruments, then that will start me off "differently" than usual. So far, I just grabbed my six string electric and started going through the Guitar Rig 5 presets one by one to see if anything inspires me. I think I'll pull out Massive, or some other soft synth and see if any patches or grooves start me going. What do you do?

+1 - I just checked to make sure. All is well. Thanks

All in-the-box these days. I transformed from outboard gear, to modules, to all in-the-box over the years. I've had no issues with Cakewalk (Sonar), but I have had to improve my PC specs--especially with my samples. I remember buying NI's Abby Road Modern Drummer and I just didn't have the RAM to handle it. Talk about ruining the creative juices. Now, with the current rig I have, I can really push things and I don't have issues.

Hmm. Honestly, I was a little underwhelmed. I can create folders, sub-folders, categorize plug-ins, soft-synths, etc. all within the plug-in manager in Cakewalk, and then save it for later use . I didn't see much in additional features to make it worth $20. Did I miss something?

Hey Percepto! Welcome back to creating! I'm a little confused from your post. You're saying you have footage from the EOS 5D which is a camera, and you want to make percussive sound effects from it? One is a graphic file (from camera) and one is an audio or related file (percussive sound effect). Not sure I get the correlation. Any clarification would be helpful.

Hey Feral-- I'd be interested in how you came to this conclusion: "...It was not used by the majority of the music professionals..." If you mean it didn't have the same market penetration as say, Pro-Tools, then that could be said about the majority of software DAWs out there. I'm not trying to be contrary--so I'll clarify, because sometimes things can get misunderstood in posts. I have found quite a lot of music professionals use(d) Sonar. I would meet and hear from music professionals at conventions, watch online music industry seminars, and speak to people in the biz, and although there was a spattering of many different DAWs out there, I would hear of Sonar just as much as any of the others. Now, I did hear of a few music pros that left Sonar after Gibson bailed, but I have no idea whether they came back after Bandlab bought them. For some, they just didn't want to deal with the uncertainty. To be honest, I was about to switch just before Bandlab made the announcement. It would be interesting to know if Cakewalk is picking up more market share now that Bandlab bought it, but whether Bandlab is willing to share that information outside their organization is a completely different question. I would think that making the software free had to have some positive effects on market penetration. Whether those additional downloads are music pros--I don't think anyone but Bandlab knows, and then they might not even have ways of telling whether someone with their software is a 12 year old who wants to be a DJ someday, or a successful music pro. Finally, if you look at who is posting in this forum and the FB group, you've got the diehard lifelong regulars, and the noobs that just got the software because it's free, and just about everyone in between. Being one of those diehards, I just hope Cakewalk stays around for a very long time to come, and does become a market standard!

Hmm, guess the OP figured it out, or it wasn't that important.

Me too. I tried auto-save but it distracted me. I use the Ctrl+S habitually now. Does the trick.

You go get 'em Robert! Q: "What's the best song you've ever written?" A: "I don't know. I haven't written it yet!"

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So, in my scenario, just a bundle file back and forth and as long as I don't try anything like applying 3rd party plugins on one DAW where I don't have them installed on the other, I'm good?

Well, I was thinking more in the line of Blue Man Group, but thanks?

Hey, make that thing splash blue paint all over the place and it might get its own Las Vegas show!

Hello Group-- I have the option of deciding what to do with a laptop I inherited. I wasn't sure I needed another laptop since I already have one for work, but it crossed my mind that I might be able to install CW on it and use it as a portable DAW. The thing is, I love my full PC DAW and it's a ton more powerful than this laptop, so I would only use the laptop for things it can handle, and then transfer the project over to my PC DAW for all the heaving lifting. --Subjective Question Alert-- Is this worth it? I would love to be able to work on projects while I travel for business, have some extra time at lunch, etc. But, the process of moving a project back and forth between DAWs has me thinking that it might not be worth the trouble. Que up this awesome forum! There has to be someone here who either does this or has done it in the past that has some insights they can share. Thanks in advance!

So, instead of replying to the same basic questions of how to use CbBL to every new user that joins the forum over and over again, we just point them to your vids? I love it!

Exactly what I was thinking. OP lists the MIDI signal path, but there isn't anything about the audio output path.

Hello-- I'm not sure I completely understand what you're doing. You should be selecting the audio clip, or part of it. Then creating a region to apply Melodyne to it. Once you've completed the Melodyne edits, then from the clip, bounce to clips to apply your edits and close out of Melodyne. Are you saying that when you do that, you don't see anything in the Melodyne edit window?