Ælleden

Damn that's dope thank you so much, that's exactly what I was looking for!

Hello, So I would like to be able to load a specific synth preset that I saved aswell as a specific FX Chain I made for that preset in different project files for example. I am aware that once you created a track lane, then loaded a synth, then loaded a preset inside the synth, you can load an FX chain onto that lane. However these are quite a few steps, that could be pretty confusing when you saved multiple presets and FX chains and require you to load the synth first aswell. Is there a way to load everything at once and even before creating a specific track lane with the synth first? I watched tutorials on Logic Pro and Ableton and the guys were loading presets of their past made instruments in just 2 clicks with all their old EQ settings and reverbs and all the FX they spent time tweaking in the past in just 1 right click and 1 left click. I would like to know if this is something you can do in Cakewalk aswell or if you have first to load the specific synth you want, and then have to go in the synth to load the preset you saved, and then go in the FX chain to load the FX chain you made in the past instead. Thank you Aelleden

Thank you sir ❤️

Hello, I'm trying to automate the bus volume, which I found on the forum you can do enabling Write mode if I understand correctly. So i did that, it seems to work but I would like to understand how I can visualize the automation I made in the bus, cause there is no automation lane with a curve or anything like you would usually have. So how do I see how it visually looks like? Thank you Aelleden

@John VereMmh, the inferface is powered by USB which is plugged into an USB Hub (self powered) maybe issue could come from that, I haven't tried plugging it directly on the motherboard since new setup cause the cable is too short lol. No the PC is almost new I changed the motherboard and the CPU, I believe 32 bit audio is new cause it was default thing when I got these things, I tried to go to 24 watching some tutorials but everytime it returns to 32bit in Windows. Cables are almost new for all my equipement, nothing is older than 7 months or even more recent for the speakers and headphones. I can't check now if the HUB is plugged on USB 2.0 or 3.0, I'll try later and see if that makes a diff aswell. Also I noticed that using one specific sound design seemed to cause WAYYYYYYY more crackling in audio than other sounds I'm making, so maybe Serum is not helping, maybe I'm doing something wrong somewhere in the sound design aswell.

@John VereI did watch your tutorial on how to setup stuff, it was a very good video and I did all what you said. Yes I'm using ASIO in cakewalk as it's what seems to be working the best, and using the latest specific ASIO drivers for my product. I was using 256 at the beginning and had the same issue, so i tried higher buffers to see if it would change anything, it didn't I reverted back to 256 after the screenshot. @57Gregy Yes Shure SM7B for recording audio, going through M-Audio M-track solo and outputting to both BeyerDynamics DT700 Pro X and IK Multimedia iLoud Micro monitors. I'm aware this is not the best speakers for music producing but it seemed like a good compromise between space and sound quality. Also I notice more cracks from listening to the Speakers than when listening through the Headphones.

These are all the screenshots I can provide to show how my stuff is setup, let me know what else I can share. Also on the last screenshot, I noticed that if I toggle ON or OFF the Audio Engine, it makes a crack sound every time, not sure that helps but at least it's easy to redo.

Ok so here is an update about my problem. I ignored this issue for a long time since I was suggested to get an audio interface to solve the issue but the one I had had a driver that literally killed my PC. I eventually got forced to update my system. I'm now on the latest version of Windows 11, with my M-Audio M-Track Solo, the proper driver installed. My project settings are in WASAPI Exclusive, I also tried WASAPI Shared but it doesn't solve anything. At some point i thought it was maybe because my project was too heavy with a bunch of tests and tries stored inside, so I started a brand new. I'm forced to realize that I still have massive cracks in the audio after a few seconds of the project playing back what I made, there are only 3 tracks going on, each from Serum. I don't understand why it's happening and it's literally impossible to work like that, I tried using Speakers or Headphones aswell, still have the cracks, I'm using 48000 MHz which seem to be the recommended setting for my driver. Thank you Aelleden

Yep I found 5 mins after posting here but I didn't find how to delete the post unfortunatelly, thanks for the headsup

I thought he meant "Windows" as in the "Windows logo" key on the keyboard, like the ALT+TAB version with the Windows key to switch beteen Cakewalk projects which is why I went onto a long explanation for not being able to have 2 instances of Cakewalk open at the same time. User 905133, everytime I come on this forum to get some help or advice, there is always one dude that bashes me publicly or points out every mistake I did etc. I'm tired of this, so yeah, when you willingly pointed out the fact I didn't mention your "if" when responding to you, while you already knew that you edited it AFTER I replied, I think it's fair to say that you don't have any purpose of calling me out in an extra comment just to make me look dumb. Why would you call me out on that otherwise "That's why I said IF" (no you didn't when I wrote my answer) what would be the purpose of this sentence if not making yourself look right and me wrong? Anyways I don't want to argue with you. I disliked your edited comment cause you disliked mine, just like one of the dudes that bashed me on my first day here, disliking all my comments to make sure I'm stuck at 0 reputation. Dislike all my comments if you wish, I don't deal with toxic people. If you are not toxic, then admit your sentence was looking like so. Have a good rest of your day. Ælleden

Oh my god thank you so much, will help a lot! Have a good rest of your day! Ælleden

Ok so this works with the shortcut you mentionned, but I can't find where to do it manually to switch between files. I didn't understand that openning 2 files was about having 2 files open in the SAME Cakewalk instance. I thought it would be like it usually is for most apps, so like having 2 explorers open side by side in different windows. I can't quite find how you can tile them in collumns, I can switch between them with the shortcut you mentionned tho. I have 2 monitors, so maybe I could extend my Cakewalk app on them both and then split in columns inside the instance.

I just tried to open a new instance of Cakewalk from a different workspace in Windows and it sends me back to the workspace where Cakewalk is already open.

Lord Tim, yes I am, it was like that by default, I never changed it Edit: just tried without "running as admin" mode and it still doesn't open 2 sessions at a time, when I try to open the second one, it just maximizes the previous window like if Windows was telling me "Hey look, you have it open already it's there"

You didn't say if, you edited your message AFTER I answered with that comment you quoted. So don't try to make me look like a fool please, thank you. Ok maybe this is a bug then, what version of Cakewalk are you using at the moment?

That's what I have there: "Allow Only One Open Project at a Time" is already unticked by default. And I still cannot open either a .cwp file or open a fresh Cakewalk file if I already have one open. In the scenario where I want to open an existing file, from my explorer for example, it will open it from my already openned session and close the one I had open. In the scenario where I want to open a fresh Cakewalk, it will show the "as administrator" prompt but will never open when I click "yes"

Wait how do you open 2 Cakewalk files then cause I tried countless times and if I have one already open, the app never launches a second time.

Hello, I would like to copy paste some of my clips from one cakewalk file to another cakewalk file. The problem being is that you cannot have 2 cakewalk files open at the same time so my question is: - How do you transfer things from one file to another? The way I would do it on another software would be to have both files open, CTRL+C in the source one and CTRL+V in the one I'm working on but obviously it's not possible there. I know that for instruments you can save your instrument as a template or something but how about like a whole clip? Or even samples you used, it would be convenient to just be able to have 2 files open and see instantly what sample it was for the kick for example and just copy paste it in your other scene instead of having to manually write down the name somewhere, then openning the other file, finding it back in your folder of samples to use it again. This is getting annoying as openning Cakewalk is not something that happens instantly, especially as the file gets bigger and bigger or when you open an older hefty file. Is there any trick to "solve" this issue? Thank you Ælleden

Hello, I'd like to move the groups in the arranger track but without moving the clips that are inside, just the group start and end range. Kinda like if you were moving the loop range or selection range. By default if you move the group (ex: the verse group) it moves everything that is currently included inside this group, which I don't want. Does anyone know how to do this? Thank you Ælleden

Hey, sorry for the late update, I kinda gave up on everything about this issue because the drivers of the interface make my PC crash (and actually ruined it now cause now my PC crashes even with the drivers uninstalled and with the interface unplugged, it probably messed up something internally idk what's going on, M-Audio is going deaf with my requests since the last 4 months.) I will need to update my PC and change my system so that's why I didn't report feedback earlier, I'm stuck with MME and my default monitor speakers at the moment (yikes) Will come back here when I get a new PC with drivers of the audio interface that work on it. (Will never buy anything from M-Audio ever again)

I received my Audio Interface but.. - it's not working. - doesn't detect my new microphone. - I can't register it because it says the ID is invalid.. Such a pleasure I will keep you updated on that when supports responds

Ok thank you, will update you after!

@Lord Tim Well I'm glad to hear that then because my Audio Interface should be arriving today, I bought an M-Audio M-Track solo. Can't wait to install it and have all my audio problems disappear in one go ahah

@User 905133 Yep I'm forcing updates off since 2017 because there was an issue with one of the updates that Microsoft made at this time. After the update, I had all my displays going completelly black with no options to see anything I do. I got really lucky at the time because I was still living with my dad and he had a backup bootup USB key that he made like 5 or 6 months prior, so we were able to do a full backup and then got an app to force Windows not to update ever again. Now I don't live with him anymore since a long time and I don't have such an USB key so if I update I'll have plenty of Windows updates to do and everytime you try to do many updates at once, it always causes loads of issues in my experience, so I've been keeping it that way with my old 2017 Windows, which works perfectly so far for everything I use it for. Long story short the issue was happening with me because I had an ASUS motherboard, when the update happened I wasn't the only one having this issue and it was then found that was due to some ASUS motherboards being poorly designed. I will update to the latest version of Windows 10 when I change my motherboard (and definitelly not buy an ASUS one) Maybe the issue is coming from that but as of now I'm unable to test it right now.

I think WASAPI doesn't work because non of my devices support it, it's all greyed out when I select it. And I don't have speakers to plug into my PC so selecting Realtek options won't work I would assume. The signal is here but since nothing is plugged in, I can't have sound with it.