RICHARD HUTCHINS

I think I have this sussed thanks all

OK thanks

Thanks, I will look at this link in detail, meanwhile, so where exactly ( ie which path) does Cakewalk store the templates that open up when it first starts? For eg "basic" " empty project" vocals etc. It would help to see this so I can get it in my head! I think this is why I'm not getting it, despite its apparent simplicity.

Hi I am struggling to understand templates, even though it should be easy. Basically when I set up a template, I save it as "template" in the drop down and then choose " template files" on the choose folder drop down. As per advice given by lots of people. But when I do this it goes wrong somehow,. All I want is for the template to appear in the " new project" choices when CW first opens ( " lets get started") But when it opens it doesnt seem to have saved all my changes, its not the file I " designed" for my project. I think the path should be cakewalk content/core/track templates/ and this is where I navigate to using " save as" But next time I open CW its not there. I know I am missing something here, and its embarrasingly basic to ask but I just cant see what I'm doing wrong?

It is indeed a paid up version. Thanks for the steps

Yes I suspected Melodyne, it causes me problems as my use is a bit amateurish. I'll redo and try that. Thanx

Hi all, Its been reassuringly refreshingly quiet for a while on the problem front, so the CW gremlins decided to annoy me again! Tried today to export audio and save a track in MP3 format and got an error message, see screen grab. Tells me it cant save due to an internal error. Very helpful...not. I checked to see if I needed to log on to the app and update my copy but this didn't seem to be an issue., although the update button was grayed out. I usually get a pop up message when I need to refresh my copy. Did this a while ago but no pop up message this week so I assume its not that. Clues anyone? I've got pals waiting for this song!!

What can I say? Mouse scroll wheel solved it in a second. And "V" gets rid of video, saved me ages of trial and error thanks all for taking time to help a novice.!

Hi all, This is a simple question, but not for me. God knows what I have done but I've lost my track view, probably when switching to piano roll. See screenshot. Can someone tell me how to get back to my track view please? I know its a no brainer question but I am short of time on this project and I've already spent an age trying to sort it myself when it would take two nano seconds for the forum to show me. One day I will be posting complex and impressive questions... but not today folks! Apropos that I've looked for a keyboard shortcut to switch views, I use "D" to go from track view to console, great shortcut but as soon as I use Piano Roll it all goes pear shaped as above. Rich

I think punch points is most likely, I do a lot of that especially on my vocals as I dont like using the comping method. Sorry late response for some reason I dont get e mail notifications even though its switched on

Yes it didnt seem to signify anything, just curious really.

Hi all Today and for no apparent reason I got this red horizontal line along one of my clips ( see screengrab) . I'm sure knowledgeable people know what it is but can someone enlighten me? I suspect its Cakewalk deciding to spring a new annoyance on me to spoil my weekend but that' s nota rational thought!

Good tips Terry, I often use melodyne for Octaves, once in the mix they dont sound too artificial. But often I tweak a note or too and yes it just sounds odd. An app to make my voice more "interesting" would be nice. And an app to stop my wife grimacing when she hears me sing would be priceless.

Hi Yes, vocals are mine, I do everything myself as I don't know anyone who can do it for me! By " my vocals need a lot of help" I meant that whilst I can sing after a fashion, the tone and range of my voice is limited and I think it lets my songs down. So I use melodyne for the odd note that is not pitched correctly, and also sometimes for a range I simply cant hit. Some good ideas and suggestions in your reply which I will look at thanks.

Noted! Thanks I'll try those approaches, my vocals need a lot of help!

I agree, except it does take a lot more time. And everything takes forever for me as I am a bit of a novice. But to be fair a couple of tracks is all it takes to beef things up.

Hi all After a long hiatus ( dont ask) I'm back to recording. My voice is pretty poor ( to say the least) I can sing in tune but its weedy and lacks any redeeming factors whatsoever. So I often use the multiple tracked method outlined in Creative Sauce. My question is this; how do I correct it using Melodyne ( essential!) and then do the copy tracks to beef it up? Do I correct them all using Melodyne or just the initial master track that then gets copied? Wish I could sing! Rich

Yep, that was it, all sorted and thanks for saving me a load of time!😀

Hi all, Forgive me if I've asked this before. I have dragged a drum track from AD2 into Cakewalk, and then moved it along to where it should start. But heigh ho it is completely ignoring me and still playing from the first bar which I don't want! Okay so I delete it. .... it still plays, I cant see it anymore, but it plays. I've had similar problems with Melodyne and I worked around this. But Drums? Please! Here is a screenshot, take my word that pressing play means I still hear drums even tough there is no midi visible. I know its something daft but I havent time to spend hours trying different things, I need cleverer people than me! Ideas folks? I could start again but if theres one golden rule in Cakewalk its to minimise the messing around time and maximise workflow.

Yes I agree, it looks like re recording it. But thanks everyone ( as usual) for taking the time to spell it out to me! My vocals are poor and so as a consequence I dislike re doing them, it really doesnt come naturally to me, much prefer to be playing keys or guitar etc. But in this case there is clearly no option. Longer term I need a brilliant vocalist who is not working and is unknown, tried advertising but to no avail, all the really good ones are in bands, or have egos the size of a house! Or both. Deep breaths here we go... Thanks again though for sparing your time in replying and helping.

Hi all, I am reviewing my 2 year old tracks armed with a lot more knowledge ( thanks to this forum) but sadly not nearly enough! So I have a track where the vocals are clipping, and to get the fader out of the red I need to bring the gain right down.( see screenshot) Then of course I can hardly hear the vocals anymore. I know I did everything wrong when I recorded this last year as I was very much a complete novice. Am I right in thinking a solution would be to bring down the gain on the vox to stop the clipping, and then route the rest of the tracks to a bus so that I can bring all the other volumes down? So the end result would be that relatively the vox would be back up in the eventual mix? Or does this sound like one of my many bonkers solutions? I so need a recording contract and an engineer. ( And a Lear Jet please 😉)

I looked at this in light of htese answers and comments, I think its to do with using punch in with "overwrite" instead of " sound on sound". Tried the latter and it works fine. No good for vocals but for piano its a decent workaround.

Aha! Through the fog of my ignorance a light is appearing! Okay thanks to all, I'll go away and try these things, its also useful to learn some new stuff at the same time as fixing problems.

Okay, that's something new for me to be honest. What do you mean " without the midi data"? I usually right click and choose the default options when I duplicate a track.

Hmmm, in the end I gave up and just drew the notes in, but the problem hasn't gone away. It just seems to select a chunk and stop anything recording. Its not me coming in late thats for sure. And it only started messing me around yesterday! I'll just keep looking at what I ve done wrong, but the problem is time! You can spend hours sorting stuff out, and I simply don't have the time. If I find a fix I will post. I know this will happen again, probably with vocals and then I will HAVE to fix it.