Troy Winemiller

apropos of nothing...

I use a Focusrite scarlett 18i20 3rd gen and a Roland TD-10 (so I'm using crusty drum brain also)

I found the Focusrite MIDI-in totally unstable with the drum brain and had to punt back to an old MidiSport to record the kit.

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Thanks!   

I'm still using my VS-700 console.

Does anyone remember how to get to channel branch mode?  Does it still work?

Thanks.

So I have a Scarlett 18i20 and an Axe-Fx 3 connected USB.

I have the Axe I/O all disabled in the Drivers pane on pref.  But on the Sync and Caching pane, the Axe device is the only thing I can select in the Record Latency Adjustment setting.

Obviously if I disconnect/power off/disable drivers  (Axe-Fx) in Windows...then the Latency Adjust goes to the Focusrite.    I don't want to do that as it cripples my Axe-Edit app.

Edit: the latency reporting is the same for both devices (328 samples) but it's still annoying.

Any ideas on how to force that setting to the Focusrite when the Axe is still on?

Thanks guys.   

this is going to be dumb.

I've been using cakewalk forever.  

When I automate a track (volume lets say)  now the envelope shows on the track, and the clips on the track are grey and I cant slip edit  them.   I'm sure I'm missing something stupid.

What is it?

Just Sharing...

I spent the time (lots) going through the steps to make my beloved VS-700 c/r work in Win10.  I had been working on Win7 since Sonar 8.5.   I was having the Prochannel EQ crashes when trying to make the console knobs do stuff.   But overall, once I installed X2 for the VS Utilities, it was mostly functional.

Then my 700 rack  USB section died.   Won't connect, blah blah.   Total loss.  I will NEVER buy another Roland product. 

I picked up a FocusRite Scarlett1820.   I know that's not the flagship, and it costs 1/8 what I spent on the VS rig.   But it sounds better.   And the control software is more versatile.

I managed to get the VS console driver installed, and it mostly works.  It still has it's quirks.  But I'm dealing.   I've decided that It's dumb to try to make the knobs drive the EQ anyway.     Transport and faders and the common buttons are really what I want to work and they do.   It's entirely maddening that Reaper will NOT see the console driver.  I'm so engrained in the CW/Sonar way I guess I don't care since CW is actively improving. 

TL/DNR Scarlett is a better sounding interface.  And the console is useable in Win10.

Jeez.   I feel dumb.   Thanks guys.

Solo with MIDI is not what I'm used to either.

Used to be, when you Solo'd a MIDI track that was routed to a virtual instrument, It would Solo the track and the VI, and if you un-solo'd ...you'd go back to the main mix.

now, the VI remains solo'd and you hear nothing.  It might be a pref, but jfc.

So, I love Cakewalk.  25 years and zillions of dollars.

I hate that there's no quick manual.

Anyway... you used to be able to expand a MIDI track and have a KEY thingy.   Where you could plus or minus a MIDI track and transpose it.

Where did this go?  Do I really have to use a plugin?

Cannot confirm, but I have seen odd mouse behavior and my Axe-3 Midi device continually 'not available' message while edit is up.

will monitor.