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Posts posted by Ernie Tamminga
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I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I don't find info...
I'm looking for a good usb keyboard controller to work with Cakewalk by Bandlab (latest release). I'm currently using a little Novation Launchkey Mini, which is limited but serves the purpose of playing notes into Cakewalk. I want to "upgrade" to a 61-key controller. There are a bunch on the market, and lots of them say they integrate with any DAW -- but when they list the DAWs they work with, they don't mention Cakewalk.
I'm not sure I even need a controller to "integrate" with Cakewalk. I'm basically fine with using my computer keyboard & mouse to do the actual DAW-controlling stuff, and it may well be that all I need is any controller that can send MIDI via USB (I think they all do).
That said, if anyone here has experience/recommendations about a controller that works particularly well with Cakewalk, I'd love to hear what you have to say.
A bit more info: I use Kontakt7 in Cakewalk, so any info pertinent to that, in this context, would also be appreciated.
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I'm using the latest Cakewalk release. I've been watching the video tutorial on mixing.. For trimming a track, it shows having the cursor in Smart mode and clicking on either end of a track, then pulling inward to do the trim. When I click on the end of a track, nothing happens except that the time-now indicator gets placed there. The cursor does not change to a two-arrow icon, it just remains the normal arrow. If I "pull inward" with that cursor, all it does is create a time-selection.
I really want to trim the track... how can I actually do that??
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This seems like an AWFULLY basic question, but... In my Cakewalk by Bandlab interface, I want to apply an fx (Izotope Ozone 😎 to the Master bus, but...
I can't find the Master bus.
The documentation says it's below the tracks, but it's not. There's a Bus Pane, but there's nothing in it.
Do I have to explicitly CREATE/INSERT a Master Bus? Currently, the outputs of all my tracks are assigned to the first stereo pair of my Focusrite Scarlett. I can hear everything just fine on playback, through the Scarlett., but I can't assign an fx directly to the stereo output pair. Do I have to create a Master Bus and assign the Scarlett's outputs to that bus??
I had assumed that a Master Bus would exist "automatically", but apparently I misunderstood...?
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Thank you!
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Within Cakewalk (version 2018.09), I do Help/Check for Update.
It tells me there is an update.
I click the Update button. I get a message saying the update failed - something went wrong, and I should try again.
Trying again doesn't do any good: same result. Repeatedly.
Is there a better way to update?
Good usb keyboard controller for Cakewalk?
in Cakewalk by BandLab
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Many thanks to all the responders. Lots of actionable advice.
Now for some action...