RICHARD HUTCHINS

Hi, I am using an AD2 drum clip for a song, I need about 5 minutes. Clip groove looping has proved a bit unreliable, so I tried copy / paste "special" for say 10 reps. to extend the drum track. All fine except now I have an echo on the drums that were pasted in. Any ideas? ( My own view is the little man who lives in my DAW has today decided to annoy me with a new problem, but for a more rational explanation I am sure someone knows what has happened? ) Richie

Yes that's what I am coming round to realise! Its almost instinctive to use the pedal, I even do this when arranging string parts, until I listen to the mushy sound I generated! Translating my music into a digital language after years of an acoustic piano is difficult. But.............. thanks to the kind folks on this forum I am emerging from the primeval swamp ! ☺️ But seriously , thanks for helping out. 👍

Noted thanks for your time.

Ah ok got that. It seems I fixed it and learnt a lot in 10 minutes, thanks. Would have taken an age otherwise. 👍

Okay got it I think. I put the value for 127 to zero, and this deleted the command. Clumsy but it worked. Still don't know how I managed to do this error in the first place, maybe from my keyboard pedal? Anyhow I got there with your help thanks. Now I know what the event viewer does!

Thanks. I can see it in the events list ( never used this view till now!) and it is highlighted in orange, don't know what the significance of that is.

Yes, but how do I do this?

I'm trying to sort this while I wait for help from someone who knows what they are doing, I kept looking for a reason, and now I can see what looks like a big endless block of sustain, again see image. So assuming this is the problem, my next question is; 1. How on earth did I manage to do that? 2. How do i delete it?

Hi all, I am busy with a song with Spitfire Audio Orchestral strings playing, and I have split the track, and deleted the end section, as it didn't work, but the strings are still playing.(endlessly) I've done a screen shot, anyone know what todays ***** up is by yours truly? How do I shut it up? Thanks.

Thanks, I just upgraded to Melodyne 5 assistant, maybe it dint work on this track or others i'll check. All new to me.

I will take this on board.

I either press Ctrl M or load it in the FX part of the track. But to be honest I have little real knowledge of what the difference is! I think when it is Ctrl M it does a similar thing to the "create region FX", and is preferable as it updates melodyne when the track changes. So, it seems the best way is to bypass the region FX as this is the non destructive method. Steep learning curve for me but my vocals are poor so I need to prioritise my learning of Melodyne! Thanks again.

Okay, had an exhaustive look, and I think its a Melodyne problem with the upgrade. But my new tracks work fine when I open Melodyne 5, so I am simply going to move on, this problem track was mixed down anyway and I'll just accept the mix. I simply haven't the time to figure out what went wrong, but if it happens again obvs I will have no choice but to investigate. Its not ideal but I am so short of time i cant be going down these rabbit holes when I hit a glitch, and not writing or recording anything! I couldnt figure out how to delete melodyne from a track retrospectively, how is this done?

Thanks for the pointers. I'll look at this tomorrow as its New year's Eve. But yes I agree, something is wrong and the problem now points to melodyne.

Nope its okay on another blank track, Melodyne seems normal. .. back to the drawing board as to why its greyed out on the problem song

Okay, working through the replies and suggestions; 1. Yes the master bus shows an audio signal. 2. The instances of melodyne show vocals, however the red and yellow "blobs" are greyed out. I'm thinking something went wrong with my upgrade to melodyne 5.1 yesterday and its effected the vocals. see screenshot. I will now try to look further into this.

Hi all, Just when I thought it was safe to get back into the water and do some work without pleading for help from the forum yet again, disaster. Opened up the track ( see screenshot) and all of the vocals will not give a sound. Signal is there as can be seen, but in terms of sound output, nothing, zilch, nada. Obviously I have used melodyne and vocal thickening, but none of the tracks emits a squeak. Solo them all one by one and still nothing. Checked the buses etc. Everything was fine last time I worked on the track. I'm baffled. It seems every time this forum helps me out and I move on, another weird problem turns up out of the blue? I dont think I have done anything, never mind anything wrong, I simply closed the project and opened it again. Its the same for my three saved earlier versions. AAAAAGGGHHH! help appreciated....

Thanks for taking the trouble to spell this out for me ( pictures too, always a bonus for me!) yes I now understand what I was doing wrong, its yet another thing learnt from this forum. Appreciated!

😄 Okay, I think I see. Basically open up the midi details and then make sure the clip is split where it doesn't interfere or break with the midi controls such as sustain am I right?

Hi, Latest problem for me; Often I split a Midi clip, say a piano part, and delete a chunk I didn't like. But I've noticed that the remaining clip which I retain, seems to lose its "memory" and for example the piano notes no longer have sustain on them. I can fix it by opening the Midi and manually dragging the sustain controls upwards, but this seems laborious. I know I am doing something wrong here but what? It seems the deleted clip was the one that controlled the original clip before it was split. But how to stop this command being lost? The more I learn about CW the more I realise that all these little errors accumulate to take massive amounts of time out of the workflow, better spent recording! Thats a good thing in that I am learning lots but I still need hand holding, sorry!

Cheers I'll have a look

No sure! Time and again I mix a song down, sounds good on headphones, play it on my phone or laptop ( as many people do these days) and it sounds all wrong. So something deliberately "normal" I suppose.

Hi all, I need some small speakers to listen to tracks after mixing to see how they sound on a normal setup, not headphones. I don't mean £££ Studio quality, this isn't a studio, just decent ones to stick on the shelf. Any suggestions? ( I'm UK based)

Can I just wish everyone here a Happy Xmas, this is such a great forum. My questions as a novice have sometimes been idiotically simple but always I get helpful, measured responses and nothing rude or disparaging, even though everyone has forgotten more than I know. My recordings get better all the time ( from a very low start to be fair) A big thanks to all who replied to my posts over this year, even doing screenshots and little vids, wow, and somehow kept their patience. And a special thanks to John at Cactus Music for helping me, and doing those little " how to" videos. Out there, this is clearly a completely bonkers and often quite nasty World, but this little forum is a part of it that shines out as being pleasant helpful and , well...just NICE! So what I mean is all the best to you and have a lovely Christmas and new year! Rich

This topic has been a fun one for sure! Okay, my Bagpipe story? 1000 years ago I was in a band and the guitar player had bought one of the first mini Moogs in the UK. He tried to get the bagpipe sound for " Mull of Kintyre" by Wings. Trouble is he was over ambitious and also wanted to get the "tuning up" sound as they fill with air before the wail comes out. We all know it and its a lovely (?) sound. Trouble beckoned. He used the tone wheel to do the tuning up bit, and you've never heard anything like it. The club emptied. I still smile when I think back to those happy days before digital came along!