CJ Jacobson

Never master individual tracks. Mastering is done after you are done mixing and its only done to the stereo mix or dual mix. Do not put your stock into plugin presets. There are never a one setting fits all for any kind of instrument, including vocals. Presets were made by someone who doesn't have your tracks and doesn't know the sound of your tracks and doesn't know the sound you want for your tracks. Also, Often presets are overly exaggerated to show off the plugin as well. Examples of why one setting doesn't work : 1.) Lets you you record the same vocals in 2 different rooms. Your vocal will sound different in each room. So how in the world would the same preset for an EQ or reverb work?? It wont... 2.) Lets say you have the same identical vocal tracks for 2 different mixes. That same vocal track will sound different in each mix its in, ev en though its the same identical vocal track. This is because all the other instrument effects how the vocal is heard. So how would the same preset work for that? It wont... You should learn what each knob and setting does, this way you can dial in the sounds exactly how you want, by knowing how each knob and setting works and does. The same theory i explained above goes for this also. Some vocals and instruments just need EQ and Reverb. Some just need a compressor and EQ, Some need a lot more. Every vocal in a mix will need different things depending on hundreds of variables. Just learnt the effects and the settings on each effect , then dial in the sounds you want. Its easy, after you learn your tools. Learning is the hard part, but its a necessity, if you want to dial in the sounds you want.

I would just undo the update, if you are sure the update is your problem. If you are not sure, then you have a lot of troubleshooting to go through first and foremost.. Start with the obvious sound card driver settings and then go from there.. Do you get the artifacts in all audio or just your DAW? Is the CPU meter you are reading the one in your PC or the one in your DAW?

I would check the box in the preference menu that says 'Share drivers with other programs'

What are your PC specs? What are your audio interface driver buffer settings set to? What make and model is your audio interface? What else is in your project? What other processes (background and foreground) do you have going on in your PC?

What edits are you doing? What plugins are in this project? I never seen this before when i do edits that do not require bouncing. so maybe you have a plugin and/or doing edits that needs real time processing..

I do not have QuickTime on my DAW and i been running the last 3 versions of Cakewalk/Sonar/Bandlab just fine. Come to think of it, i never had QuickTime installed on any of my PC's/DAW's

Try a different preset , just to rule out the setting for that one you are using. Also, delete that track and make a new track to record your bass on n and insert a new instance of the Ampeg plugin. If it still does it with every pre-set in that plugin, try recording the bass dry and then enabling the Ampeg plugin.

Is the soft synth connected to the MIDI track? This would be my first guess

My 2 cents and it worked for me for over 30 years. If its working the way you want it to work, do not mess with it. If you are having issues and problems, then you need to start troubleshooting why you are having those issues.

Have you tried it? That wouldn't be the easiest what to find out. Just record and select and look at something else while reoccurring. Just try it... My guess (because i don't fully comprehend your question) is that you can look at anything and select things while you are recording. I do that all the time when recording

Try de-selecting the Microsoft GS Wavetable and that may solve your issue Try a different USB cable & What external hardware sound modules are you outputting to?

I have one of the most invasive antiviruses ruining in real time while im using my DAW and i have no problems and dropouts (norton sym) Todays PC's can run virus p[programs and DAWs at the same time

I doubt an antivirus program is causing your drop outs, especially with today's PC's and how streamlined antiviral programs are now. One fast way to find out is to disable the program and see if you are still get drop outs. But drop outs are cured by raising your ASIO or WDM buffers. That should cure it

It probably is because of some of the Edits / Recording and etc you did. Depending on the edits and what ever else you did, those edits can effect the save time. Try another project and see. FYI: I have not noticed any difference after the update.

For me, everything is on the C drive., except audio. I keep that on another Internal hard drive (not external) Today's drives are very powerful and can store large amounts of data. Hey but that is me!! If your drives are suffering, Do what ever works for you and makes your workflow easier, but if it isn't broke, no need to fix it.

What is this so called 'MIDI Stuff' you want to do? Do you want to record actual audio form the machine mk2 inside your DAW? Do you want to play and trigger already recorded MIDI Data form inside your DAW? Do you want to record MIDI Data and have soft synths triggering it inside your DAW? As far as configuring it. What have you done or tried? Do you have it hooked up to your PC? Does your PC recognize the machine? Are you trying to use the 5pin MIDI ins and outs or a USB to connect it to your PC? Did you con figure the ins and out sin the DAW's preference menu? Did you install all the native drivers/firmware for your PC's OS architecture? check this out - https://www.native-instruments.com/en/specials/maschine-setup/ CJ

Processor speed and hard drive speed Same as #1, hard drive speed and processor speed. Make use you have a dedicated hard drive for audio only. do not put audio project on your C drive Ram, Processor speed, hard drive speed and how well your audio drivers are written for that audio interface That monitors your entire PC, so you have other programs running in the background. So your PC is doing hundreds of task in the background. FYI: 59% doesn't mean your DAW is using 59%, as you are looking at your entire PC. yuo need to look at the CPU monitors inside your DAW

I never saw the OP mention he was using it in his signal chain. If he is, then he can do it, if both cards allow master and slave designation

Its impossible to run 2 different audio interfaces for recording. Its a clocking issue (sample rate issue) as even if they are both set to 48kHz, the clocking will be slightly different for each audio interface. If you where to use 2 of the same interfaces and they are capable of being daisy chained, then you can do it. But not 2 different ones So you cannot use 2 different audio interfaces at the same time for recording to get more inputs into your DAW

Try adjusting your audio interfaces ASIO buffers. Most likely raise them AND/OR try going into your AUD.INI file and raise the 'DropoutMsec' setting in the aud.ini file. If its too low, it can cause a lot of drop outs that in normal circumstances, may not happen

A Few Things: it can be one or 2 or all the above 1st - When using a laptop with you DAW, the internal hard drives can be at a speed of 5200rpm in most cases. So you should get an external drive that spins at 7200rpm or higher, as 7200rpm s the recommended speed for hard drives. 2nd - Lower your sound card buffers to its lowest possible settings. 3rd - Try using ASIO driver modes, if you are using WDM and make sure you are using the most current version of drivers for your audio interface 4th - If you are using any sort of plugin in your DAW, they can be causing the latency as a lot of plugins have hidden buffers.

The BSOD (Blue screen of death) are usually caused by faulty drivers form a 3rd party manufacturer. Make sure all drivers are up to date that are in your PC and make sure all are compatible with your PC architecture

It depends, its not black and white. It depends on the clock speed and the amount of cores you are comparing. For example, if the clock speed is just slightly lower, I go for the 'more cores and lower clock speed. BUT, if the clock speed is a lot lower, i may go with the faster speed and less cores. They should but it depends on the big picture of all your PC specs. The video card is a piece of the puzzle.

If you are maxing out your PC resources, try raising your audio interface drivers to 1024 or what ever setting that makes it larger. If you are at 256, try 512 before going to 1024. As others said, the sample rate cannot be changed unless you export each track at the same rate you want and then import them back into a new project at the new sample rate. Sample rates are your clocking.

You should be able to click on the ruler in the track view and get it back.