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You should have the choice of both software monitoring and direct out on that unit. The direct monitoring button on the front mixes whatever is coming in through the microphone input with what is coming backfrom the DAW. I think this is the unit we are talking about:

I don't think there is any reason to be scared of instrument tracks, I moved from Studio One which only has them, no midi tracks specifically as separate from instrument tracks. I don't even use Kontakt as a multi-instrument, just open as many instances of kontakt as I need. I do not do orchestral work or have a massive instrument track count though, probably 15-25 tracks maximum virtual instruments (not all kontakt) , the rest would be guitars which are recorded audio or amp sim 6-8 tracks and then vocals 6-10 tracks, drums 8 tracks. I use instrument tracks exclusively in CbB and have not had any problems with them. I would like to use midi tracks though if I can find out why I should use them in my projects.

The OP is not talking about connecting external equipment, he is talking about operating a waves plugin synth via a midi keyboard, that is what I meant to refer to. However, being an "in the box" person myself, I confess to not thinking much about midi driven external hardware modules and synths.

I've got a chance to get one of these cheap, it has the analogue digital card added, just tossing up what the thing does and whether it's worth it.

Hardly surprising i guess, men googling on scantily clad women on a public forum is just not cool anymore in todays society...and not really related to music production! Lads, get your eyes off the girls and back to business, what the Cakewalk GUI doesn't do it for you?

If this happens on a laptop, you can reseat the keyboard. If it happens on a stand alone keyboard on PC, verify it is indeed the keyboard and then toss it. I use the Microsoft keyboards and mouse combo's (wired 600, 30-40aus), they have never failed me and I like the feel of them. I have written some incredibly long documents on them. You cant go wrong with Microsoft or even logitec, although I don't like the logitec feel. I would never buy the really cheap ones, tried that once (or twice), never again.

I am glad I learned of this, thanks.

I now eat Hungry Jacks Vegan Burgers. I can once again enjoy fast food. Their first attempt was disgusting trash, tasted like cardboard with the same texture as well. These new ones are much better, taste better and perhaps a little soft but I am going to get one tomorrow when I drive into the city. Vegan Burger with orange juice and fries. Looking forward to it. In addition to enjoying the taste experience, I know I won't die of a heart attack or bowel cancer and some poor terrified animal does not have to suffer so I can enjoy a burger.

Great, thanks, I'll try it out.

I got Scaler from plugin boutique about three months ago but have yet to actually use it. Just forgot I had it on my system. I think there have been some updates since my version, so I will get those. I intend to get it up and running with Cakewalk this week, have downloaded some videos with it to watch when I set it up but I don't think I have any specifically for using it with Cakewalk. Anyone using it with Cakewalk?

How are they for clean fenderish type sounds, anyone used them for that?

Midi has to use a virtual instrument in order to create any sound, the sound from that instrument is audio based, as Scook says, there is no ASIO for midi but you still need a good ASIO driver to get low latency from midi based virtual instruments. So if you set up your ASIO driver correctly for low latency, that will also be reflected when you play a midi keyboard for example.

That is exactly the phrase I've been searching for in the last 6 weeks or so when the anti-cakewalk trolls raise their heads here and there. Spot on Chuck!

Someguy, All I attempted to do was to identify the different kinds of people who use DAW's and where Cakewalk fits in there, didn't expect the response to end up in the stratosphere. Having difficulty reading your post, It's just too long man, meditate or take another pill or something, do whatever you need to do to control those obvious obsessive compulsive desires of yours. You really are overreacting and just looking for argument. My post is fine, saying it is patronizing and condescending all the way through is a dreadfully distorted characterization of my post. I'm not insulting younger people, I am stating what I think the marketing position of DAW's is, how they are marketed to young people. It's no different to the way the gaming industry drives computers, the EDM crew drive DAW creation at the moment, this is evidenced by the massive popularity of those EDM type DAW's. However, the marketers are making the whole business of music making appear more easy than it really is. I am not even comparing DAW's or saying which is better, just stating the obvious really. Not really interested in talking about Sonar, I use Cakewalk, different program, different owners. Whatever your past gripes there, try to move on before you bust a blood vessel. Sonar is dead. Long live Cakewalk. Cakewalk has all you need as a songwriter/musician, yes I'm well aware you can buy add ons for the other DAW's the point is, Cakewalk has it in the box and it is the only DAW that does have lyrics and notation with cute little guitar chords, together with console emulation, tape saturation etc all in the one place and easy to use. That's why I think it does very well against other DAW's in the musician/songwriter category. All it needs is some dedicated in house multi-instrument/sampler like Halion etc then everything will be there. But if you have your own instruments as I do with Kontakt, then you are good to go all the way. Samplitude is very difficult to master, I do see you advertising that program a lot on this forum. Oh, that's where I went wrong, I forgot to mention your beloved Samplitude! sorry about that. I am just not sure where it fits in, which category, don't really hear much about it. I think it's a bit rich of you to criticize Bandlab when they provide this DAW for free, that's just ungrateful. And I am not that old.

Patronizing tone? what are you talking about? Please explain where I have been patronizing. I'm looking at the main users of DAW's. Athletes and coaches and choreographers really do not shape the DAW market. Neither do videographers really. "That's why those DAWs survived and Cakewalk died." Cakewalk hasn't died, it's only just started??? "Cakewalk is quite weak in this area, and there are very few reasons for anyone to bother switching off of their current DAW to Cakewalk." Not correct at all, I've switched from Studio One to Cakewalk and am enjoying it. I don't know what the numbers of people who are changing DAW's are but then again, neither do you. There are many good things about Cakewalk that would attract other DAW users. "Cakewalk hasn't been well developed the past few years." I think they have been doing a great job developing Cakewalk, why would you even say this, it's only a couple of years old? "This leaves it with fairly obvious workflow and functionality holes" What "obvious holes"? I switched to Cakewalk because I prefer the workflow, it does some things differently to other DAW's but that is just difference between DAW's. "No AAF/EDL Support. Mediocre Video Support. Laggy and Mediocre Notation and Score Editor" No AAF/EDL support isn't relevant to me nor 90% of the population that use DAW's, mediocre video support is normal for DAW's, have you seen Studio One's black screen bug? Laggy? I am not finding that, Mediocre notation and score editor, that is because it is aimed at simple songwriting, not orchestral needs, no other DAW has this built in as well, you have to buy in extra and even in Cubase, you cannot put your lyrics straight in. "Then the statement about Studio One completely contradicts your earlier quoted statement." I have no idea what you are saying here. You seem to be wanting to start a fight. You also have a lot of negative things to say about Cakewalk, a lot of it doesn't make sense. You also seem to enjoy attacking people who say good things about Cakewalk, are you Chenobyl Studio's under another identity?

I don't have that one but it is a Kontakt instrument so I wonder what is the difference between that one and the others? maybe installation paths for samples are not right or something? You might try contacting Heavyocity to see if they have any explanation.

I use Kontakt a lot in Cakewalk, I've not had any problems with it at all. I am on windows 7 sp2 and convenience update (not updated) and Komplete Ultimate 10 (not updated) with other Kontakt instruments as well. I also do not have any problems using the non-Kontakt instruments with Cakewalk like Massive, FM8, Battery, Guitar Rig etc.

This whole popularity thing is also driven by genre and "what's happening now". At the moment Electronic music (in the box) production is driving the industry, the concept is, anyone can become a star overnight if you just buy Ableton Live suite and sit down at a computer. You don't need to know anything about music at all, just move your mouse, twiddle dials, press buttons and you will become a millionaire star DJ overnight. The majority of young people buy DAW's with these high hopes and then after having them for 2 weeks to 3 months, they find out how complex the whole process really is, they then move on to something else, just using their DAW as a hobby occasionally or not at all. We can call them "EM newbies". Some of these have some success at electronic music production where they may become semi or fully professional with their songs. We can call these "EM artists". The others might be engineers who want a DAW to record others in their home studio etc, they might be making money from a studio or have hopes to, we can call these "Engineers". The last group would be singer/musician songwriters who can play instruments and or sing and want to mainly record their own instruments and songs. We can call these "musician songwriters". The DAW market is driven mainly by EM newbies and EM artists. Musician/songwriters are probably next and then engineers in terms of popularity. DAW's try to cover all of these different needs in one DAW but it doesn't work really. The EM people are going to get Ableton, Bitwig or Fruity Loops etc, they may try Studio One or Mixcraft. The Musician/Songwriters are likely to get Cubase or Studio One or Protools/Logic. The Engineers will get Protools Studio one or Logic. The question is where does Cakewalk fit in here, my view is that it fits mainly in the musician/songwriter category and it does that category better than any other DAW. Everything is there to produce your songs easily and to support hardware instruments. However, there are only a certain amount of musician/songwriters. It can also fit in the engineer category. Studio One tries to get a bite of every cherry and probably has some success at that. I think that Cakewalk should go after the Musician/Songwriter category mainly, it may not be the most popular category but seems to be more relevant to Cakewalk than the other categories.

Even with Cubase 10 Pro, I don't think you get full versions of any of the instrument samplers, that cannot be right, light editions of Halion and Groove agent?

Can you use Cubase VST's in Cakewalk or are they locked to Cubase?

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I think there is something wrong with the way you have set your devices, I use the GX and LX61 but I won't be at my computer until tomorrow (my DAW computer that is). So I cannot see how I've set it up. Check that you have installed the correct files from the Nektar site for your LX88, it looks like you've got the 49 ones there, are they the same? Remember that you have to install your LX as both a keyboard and a control surface in preferences. You will have 2 inputs that might be "impact 88" and Midi in 2". One has to go in devices, the other has to go into the control surfaces dialogue box in preferences (Preferences------->Control surfaces) I don't remember which way round they go at the moment but If you get those two muddled up you might get no sound or weird behavior. When I get to my DAW tomorrow, I will be able to help you out a bit better. Someone else might be able to chime in before then.

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Some free and some paid training videos for Cakewalk by Bandlab by Obedia training: https://obedia.com/cakewalk-by-bandlab/

Hi, I don't know if this has already been added but I found this link https://www.cakewalk.com/CakeTV There are many great videos, yes they apply to old Sonar but many of the techniques are the same.