RICHARD HUTCHINS

Yep workspaces set to 0.

I've checked the binding and it seems correct, ie press i and get inspector. So I didnt change any bindings it was correct.

However, today, this time it works!

Dont know why, but for sure I was doing something odd. wont be the first time. No amount of good programming can legislate for my daily ***** ups I'm afraid. Anyway I got there.

And yes I'll place a shortcut on my desktop for the manual thanks

10 hours ago, Wookiee said:

I would check what MIDI port your tracks are pointing to.

Press I to open the Inspector. If they are just MIDI tracks all the track and port information should be displayed. 

Also if at the top of the track view you can see the word Custom change that to All andbyour Workspaces to None, so much more information and functions will be revealed. 

Thanks, that sounds helpful, but...CW as usual throws me a googly. This has NEVER EVER happened before but when I press "i" for inspector all that happens is the cursor jumps forward or back. So I went to "view" " inspector" and the same things happen. Aaaagh! I love cakewalk but I also hate it when it does this.

To add to this, all I did was open the file, and that is how it is on the screenshot

1 hour ago, Wookiee said:

@RICHARD HUTCHINS it never harms to share solutions, there is a range of users here from peeps who having been using DAW's for 30+ years and those who downloaded it yesterday. 

If it helps us oldies we were swanning in the dark 30 years ago, with no Internet and only doorstop manuals. 

As to your silence issue can you provide a little more details on what instruments you are using and how they are routed. It looks like you are not using a Master buss.

I was sent this  midi file to look at for our band. They wanted more sustain on the piano part which I did manage to acheive after help from the forum.

I simply open it in CW and then it plays, ( or it did until tonight)

I am plugged into a steinberg UR22 interface, and from there via midi in and out leads to my Juno Keyboard, which I assume responds to the midi instructions from the file. But I could well be wrong. it could be using my PC soundcard, i dont really know.

I'm still trying different things, whilst hoping for help ,  changed the midi channel to general midi from " normal " and now I get lots of sounds but they are all mixed up and its all piano,  no strings or drums just a mess of the wrong sounds. I'll still try and work it out myself but Im not holding my breath.

Okay he's back!

So, having learnt how to add sustain,( thanks all)  I then adjusted the piano track, saved the file and tonight reopened it.

And this time the CW demons had an overnight meeting and decided to annoy me with a completely new problem. Basically all I can hear now is the drum track, and it now sounds like a piano. I can see all the other tracks but they are silent. 

It all worked perfectly last time i opened the file... so what has changed? I attach a screenshot. In my defence this is all new stuff to me..

On 4/6/2024 at 8:23 PM, Canopus said:

Seriously, if you still have got your Roland Juno-DS, the only sensible way to add sustain would be to use a sustain pedal. According to the Juno-DS Owner's Manual, any Roland sustain pedal in the DP series should work. I don’t have a Juno, but I do have a Roland DP-10 sustain pedal which I can highly recommend. Simply connect it using the input called PEDAL HOLD.

I dont use the Juno for this track, I use the keyboards from the band I'm practicing with. But anyway I don't get this; surely the pedal needs to be manually activated during the songs?

On 4/6/2024 at 6:14 PM, Wookiee said:

Might be useful to others if you shared the method that worked for you.  Just a furry thought.

Yes good point.

I opened the stave view and used the pedal button to place the on and off points. As a piano player I found this intuitive.

I didn't post this as I felt my queries were so novice like, I didn't think anyone who had replied on the thread would learn from it, but I'll make sure to do this next time!

.....because there may be people out there with my level of knowledge. Or maybe a simple protozoa is reading my posts with a view to surpassing my ability!

All sorted thanks!

Great, all very helpful, thanks. I'll try all approaches and see which works best for me.

Hi,

I'm wanting to add sustain to a MIDI piano, I've watched a few videos on this and tried to follow it, but its ground to a halt, I've attached a screenshot of where i got to.

So, from here i click on the + and choose 64 sustain. But....nothing happens, the sustain "blocks" that I can adjust, are nowhere to be seen. ( screenshot 2) I chose midi event type, drop down 64, click OK and ....nothing happened. What didnt I do? Cakewalk drives..me...nuts! 

Yes I agree, it must be the audio track. I can send a copy if you want, its on Karaoke Version ( "Imagine") but they charge for it. ( fair enough!) Or... I can use my Juno and tap along to the click track I suppose, a method that suits my Luddite level of understanding!

Struggling here.

I can see that when the SI hi hat starts off at 75bpm as per the backing track, first 2 beats are fine and then it gets slightly ahead of the click track after a few bars. But the temp map says it is 75bpm and surely the midi hi hat must follow the 75bpm project tempo? So why is it going out of sync? One of the tracks must be wrong. 

I'll look at this today, internet was down so just seen these replies thanks.

OK great, lots to learn!

I didnt know about this at all. How do you check the tempo using a temp map? I assume "views" tempo but where does it show the consistency of the tempo? I see a long dotted line with 76 bpm throughout.

A question; is there a quick reliable way of replacing Karaoke version click tracks with a midi hi hat? Obviously its what triggered my request for help, but whilst I now seem to have the groove clip looing thing working, I still struggle to get it to match the Karaoke version click track. It starts off in time then creeps out of synch, I wonder is the downloaded click track out a little?

19 hours ago, Glenn Stanton said:

so, using the smart tool you're seeing this icon on the edge of the clip you're trying to extend?

in this example, it was a single measure using Step Sequencer to create the MIDI and then groove loop it then stretch using smart tool. so far, i have not be able to reproduce this issue - in existing or new projects.

Hi Glenn,

Just did this again with the smart tool and yes the cursor changes as per your screenshot. Now I know this seems unlikely but I guarantee last time I did exactly this the cursor didnt change at all, I tried several times.Maybe its me but CW seems to do things then decide not too. But so far it works now thanks. 

17 hours ago, David Baay said:

If the clip was created in Step Sequencer, it's already a Groove Clip, and there is no need to right-click for anything. Just hovering over the edge of the clip will display the slip-edit cursor as Glenn's screenshot shows and left-click will grab the edge to roll it out.

I know you want to figure this out for yourself, and I'm all for 'teaching a man to fish', but did you try the Groove Clip I shared?

I did, but embarrassingly, didn't know what to do with it! Remember you are dealing with someone with the ability of a small Hamster when it comes to CW!

And now, just to add to my stress, I opened another ( different) track and tried to extend the drum track. ( i don't want anyone to think I am not trying to suss things out myself instead of relying on the forum all the time) and this time the groove clip looping worked fine. It didn't line up though so I deleted it and did it again. This time guess what? it didn't work. No change of cursor not able to drag, and yes the right hand corner of the clip has changed to indicate looping is on.

I am now pulling what little hair I have out. CW is SO inconsistent, I literally did not change one setting, and it decided not to work.

I'm still looking to see if I can do this fix myself; I opened a standard template, and created an SI drum kit track. Then I went to the step sequencer and programmed 4 measures on the hi hat. I right clicked for groove clip looping and this time the cursor changes shape and I can drag the clip along to create a complete track . I always used to do this with no problems, dozens of times in the past, but with my latest track it stopped working. Either there's a gremlin in CW out to get just me, or ( more likely) I've inadvertently changed a setting. 

To expand; the cursor turns to an arrow but...then nothing happens no dragging. I used to do this all the time so cant understand what setting has changed.

Well that didnt take long, I'm back! Yes its a groove clip but it wont drag, nothing happens with the cursor. tried the smart tool but that just crops it. Something is off I assume?

Thanks all, appreciated these comments so.. here we go... if I don't post again its worked!

Thanks all, loads there I didn't know, will try tomorrow to get it sussed.