El Diablo

So, being the Devil and all... I've had the A.I. paint me red for the music video, but sometimes it didn't understand RED: ^^ Western song completion ^^

If you don't know what this feature is, then your missing out on a great production boosting feature! The ability for all your plugins to "dry run" thru the whole project gives you a fuller understanding of the ending LUFS, average EQ, any clipping you didn't catch before, etc. Plus, the "dry run" can be 3-4 times faster than realtime listening, which in turn makes you more productive. Since I've used Reaper, I can't find myself living without it. I've asked other Cakewalk users and they are baffled why I need it and say that feature doesn't exists in Cakewalk. I frequently used it for my plugins to adjust overall levels for the entire project. If I put my favorite "The Normalizer" plugin (I understand that Cakewalk includes this process, but I prefer my plugin) on any track, I set the target DB or LUFS and it will adjust based on what it hears. Dry running would help speed up this process faster than human ears. The plugin also has a "continuous" mode where it can adjust all the time based on if you change levels on a track or not. Currently I have to export the project and delete the exported file. A dry run feature would help me not have to worry about deleting a file each time I export. If Cakewalk adds this feature, it could incorporate a dry run button so that you can just press the button (which you can preset how it works in preferences...set up the dry run dithering options, but rate, khz, etc). I have Sonible Smart Limiter, and if I had a dry run feature, I could see all my levels for the finished product then make adjustments as needed. Having a Dry run feature would be indispensable feature to include. Nobody understands how precious this feature is until they use it elsewhere and miss it. Until Cakewalk adds this feature, I don't see Cakewalk as much of a value in the Mixing criteria. I'll probably just use it for Mastering, because I love the pwr-3 dithering capabilities.

Ignore WHY I'm trying to find the DRY RUN feature in Cakewalk and just say if it exists or not? Can you Render the whole project without exporting it to a file in Cakewalk?

When I visited years ago, Bandcamp was over saturated in the Hip-Hop genre all over the front page. There was no way my genres would ever see the front page, so I decided not to use them.

You wonder why I usually post questions here, because there tends to be a lot of clueless people in the Q & A section. So, cheers! All the smart individuals exists in the Deals section. Probably, because they come from many different DAWs of life. Cakewalk only individuals are missing out on many features that other software DAWs have that if Cakewalk had, would make it more useful. I'm thinking that I should use Reaper to MIX, then MASTER in Cakewalk due to the dithering of pwr-3 that I love. Cakewalk mixing is a pain in the @ss without the "dry run" feature Reaper has. I am less productive with Cakewalk currently due to it missing that feature. I can't find any texts in Google or Bing, nothing anywhere, that the feature even exists in Cakewalk. So, IMHO, Cakewalk is probably best for Mastering, and to Mix in Reaper due to this missing feature.

Why doesn't Cakewalk have "dry run" mode like Reaper does? Too many clueless people in Cakewalk don't understand this.. maybe y'all Reaper people can shine a better light on why dry run mode is so important.

There seems to be a bunch of clueless people in the Q & A section. Can someone here shine more better light on them:

This plugin was badly used as an example. Let's say you want to use the old Melodyne app again where you need to let it listen to the whole track in order so it can see the whole track. This is the reason I would need a "dry run" feature. To speed up this step by 3-4 times faster than listening in realtime.

The only reason I was thinking of going Studio One was Atmos ability, other than that I'll keep using Cakewalk, I own Reaper.

Wrong reply, please delete

This IS becoming a new habit. Are you craving attention? 😜

Please delete this reply. I edited my question to make it more clear.

Reaper has this feature, why can't I find this feature in Cakewalk? In the old days, you used to have to listen to your whole track for Melodyne to "record" your track. If Cakewalk had a "dry run" mode, I'm sure it would have been faster. I still have plugins that need to listen to the whole track to make it's math work correctly. Where you can have your VST plugins run thru the entire song without you listening? It would be a great thing to have so that if you need to have a plugin adjust itself for the entire song, you don't have to listen to it multiple times for the adjustment. For example: If I run the normalizer in analyze mode, in Cakewalk currently I have to listen to the whole song for it to adjust itself to the song: https://www.hornetplugins.com/plugins/hornet-thenormalizer/ You set the db of the track you want the volume to get set, and it will either gain + / - depending on what your track needs. It isn't A.I. You used to have to do the same thing with Melodyne, until it added ARA feature. In Reaper, I can run "dry run" in the Render menu, but I can't find "dry run" for Cakewalk. Dry run let's you "render the song without outputting it to a file" this allows your plugins to work 3x faster than normal listening mode. Other plugins I wish to run in "dry run" mode: Sonible Smart Limiter, iZotope RX modules, several different Waves Audio plugins, etc. Mainly benefits being able to adjust your plugins faster without having to listen to the whole song over and over again. Most of these plugins have an average or meter you can use to base your judgement on without having to "listen" to make the adjustments.

Currently I have to reload the instrument every time I make a change in the piano roll as it continues to make volume changes to the instrument where I can't figure out how to undo it! I literally have to reload the instrument with a new instrument just to hear it again!! Any ideas how to fix this issue??

This a Duplicate?? https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/67029-blue-cat-audio-studio-to-stage-sale-exclusive/#comment-476943

The only issue I've had is the accuracy isn't very good.

I remember using it with Reaper with no issues. Haven't tried it in Cakewalk yet.

Melodyne by Celemony https://www.celemony.com/en/melodyne/melodyne-5-editions Cool Feature of using Melodyne with Cakewalk is the ability to turn any audio file into a tempo map for Cakewalk: https://youtu.be/M_SKmr_07Is?si=Y51gOq8ElQJEFSv3 Important reading / help (uses of Cakewalk & Melodyne): https://gaga.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Region_FX.04.html Anyhow, I've got the Studio version, so I have to look at what the different versions do... for what you need, Essential would work to show you the chord names. In order to see all your notes (like the different notes a guitar or piano plays), you'll need Melodyne Editor version. Check out the version editions in the above link. "Melodyne essential is the easy-access point of entry to Melodyne’s unique editing environment – with the option of upgrading to a larger edition at any time, for only the difference in the price of the two editions." - https://www.celemony.com/en/melodyne/melodyne-5-editions For just seeing the Chords on the top bar, I think all you need is Essential, but since I don't have that version, I can't say for sure. I've got the Sudio version myself, and never regretted it. Melodyne is a must have tool. ------------- If you want... you could send me your audio, and I'll send you back MIDI version of it (both the chords and the notes). That'll help you out, right? We could share files using Discord or if you have any other idea?

Reaper doesn't have Pwr-3 dithering.

TheNormalizer is a solid plugin. It's one of my go to plugins.

When you reply to DELETE topics because there's nothing better on Deals... 🥺

🙊🙉🙈

I can only recommend Normalizer as I've had no need for the others. HorNet is good

cclarry, we need to GoFundMe DELETE signs

I've recently switched back to Cakewalk... Thanks for the update!