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Blogospherianman

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  1. I personally like to disable "input echo" on the track I'm recording and monitor the direct signal from the Audio Interface control panel. This way my latency settings are not affecting the actual direct signal that I'm monitoring coming in. You don't wanna hear both. Either monitor in Cakewalk OR the audio interface control panel, just not both together. Either disable input echo or pull the direct signal fader down in the interface. You might have another track with that same input with Input Echo On as well. You might disable all track Input Echo from the control bar.
  2. Checked mine and I’m on Win 10 Ver 1903 but it does say there is a feature update. I’m guessing that it will turn game mode on... Currently game mode is off. Not a fan of Win 10 update practices. I had uninstalled Catalyst Control Center and cleaned in safe mode only to find 2 days later Windows had reinstalled it. I’ve since unchecked the box for other drivers besides Windows. Fun stuff! 😄 Thanks for the heads up! 👍
  3. It’s not allowing me to set the position and select the clip at the same time during playback with Comp enabled on the smart tool. I can select a clip but playback won’t start where I click. I can click the middle of the clip which will start playback at that position but won’t select (isolate) that clip. It will select the clip and playback from the clip beginning If I Shift Select. It will select the clip and move the playhead there when the song is stopped., I need it to select the clip I click on and playback from where I’ve clicked. What I’m used to is pre-slicing the phrases of the takes I’m comping. Then during playback I’m selecting each take one at a time till I decide what’s best. Then clicking and listening to the next phrase and so forth. Previously, while comping, selecting a take during playback would play everything from the start of that clip. So now to do this I’m having to hold Shift then select. I would at least like to not have to hold shift to accomplish this like before (Tablet pen in right hand selecting listening and choosing while the left hand holds the frosted fudge little debbies) . But a step further would be to allow both the selection of the clip and setting the playback while comping when that setting is set. It’s a small thing but definitely noticed the change. I really appreciate all of the hard work going into Cakewalk and don’t want any of my small nags to over shadow all of the Greatness that’s being done. Loving all of the new features as well as the squashing of old and new bugs! I didn’t mean to nag at the bottom of an announcement thread Sorry! ✌️
  4. I think the part throwing me is having to hold Shift where as before it was simply Clicking while comping both selected the clip and played it from the start of the clip. I don’t want to have to hold shift the entire time I’m comping. The more I can do one handed with my graphics tablet pen the better. I would prefer comp mode to allow for selecting the clip as well as playing from the point of selection (when set during playback is selected) , all the while not having to press shift.
  5. One small issue, in comping mode even with Set during playback I have to hold shift when clicking a take lane to get the newly chosen clip to play. With Comp disabled from the smart tool It’ll play where ever I click. With comp mode enabled it will let me click the middle of the clip to play from there without selecting it. I personally liked clicking the comp to choose and have it playback instantly without having to hold shift. I does work to hit stop first then select and hit play. I wanna here the newly chosen clip to play instantly from the place of the clip where I clicked it. Holding shift plays it from it’s beginning. Slows me down when comping. 🤔
  6. Originally South Arkansas, but been in Branson, MO USA for 20 years now though. ✌️
  7. Have you tried unchecking ‘plugin load balancing’ in Preferences, Audio, Playback and Recording? I’ve had issues with certain plugins generating noise in places where there aren’t any clips with load balancing checked. Works fine while the clips were playing. Unchecking fixed it for me. J/c
  8. You can assign your expression pedal to send any CC you want via your keyboard. CC11 expression, CC1 Mod, CC7 Vol, etc I didn’t mean to sound like you shouldn't use the expression pedal to control the leslie. I meant for you to not use the CC11 as you may want to use that for swell, assigning your expression pedal to say CC1. Again there’s no wrong way. Plenty of freely assignable CCs to go around. Whatever CC you use you can assign in your Hammond VST. Which Hammond VST are you using? Also, what model keyboard are you using? In my live rig I have one Expression pedal for CC11 (expression) and another Expression pedal for the Leslie control (via CC1). At home I have 3 Hammond Organs. I added a toe switch (still can use the half moon switch as well) to my 57 B3 for those moments I don’t wanna let go. 😀
  9. You should be using expression to control the swell (volume) of the organ and instead use Mod for the leslie. I have a pedal in my live setup for Leslie control via Mod CC1. Also use it to soften the horns while on my piano/string/horns patch. Separate pedal for expression, then using sliders to attenuate volume CC7separate of the Expression pedal CC11. No wrong way but some ways can help the flow.
  10. You’ll want to assign what the pedals are sending via your keyboard first. Sure, you can reassign but if you always want CC11 for expression from the pedal and CC1 for mod from the wheel then it’s best to do it at the source for consistency. Most companies use standard CCs so you don’t ‘have to’ use s learn functions or saving the odd or unassigned CCs for the things like all the other things you can use it for like delay feedback or hall level. You don’t want to loose functionality of one thing to gain another. I have multiple controller patches saved in the Master Keyboard which I change to match the setup. VSL, NI, EW. In East West you just load your patch and then right click any knob or fader and hit midi learn and then wiggle your midi controller. It will then learn whatever CC you previously told your keyboard to send when receiving your pedal or mod input. You didn’t mention what the keyboard is. Hope that helps! If not, type more. 😀 ✌️
  11. On a real piano you really figure out how to work the pedals in their full glory. Growing up on acoustic piano I really miss it when a library doesn’t have continuous CC64 (0-127). Vienna’s Synchron Pianos nail it beautifully!! Roland keyboards do a great job of it as well. When I was using Quantum Leap East West Pianos I created a script for Bome’s midi translator and Cakewalk ACT make their Pianos Sustain pedal Continuous and gradual for pedaling as well as repedaling (lift pedal then repedal before the strings are completely dampened. Worked really well. Vienna’s new pianos are amazing though. CFX and Steinway D. Their new Blüthner has a fourth set of strings in the mid to higher range tuned an octave up from the strings they’re next to. They don’t get struck by the hammer but simply vibrate sympathetically. A Blüthner is what was played on ‘Let It Be’. ✌️
  12. Technically 0 is no pedaling, 127 is full pedaling. 64 is half pedaling, 32 is 1/4 pedaling 96 is 3/4 pedaling. Saying anything between 0-127 is ‘half pedaling’ simply is incorrect. There’s other fractions between these values as well using division. You’re not at half until you reach 64. 😄✌️ I agree with you on the other stuff.
  13. Say I’ve frozen a virtual synth down and l need to adjust some timing in a certain place and don’t really need or want to reload the synth just to snip and slide a few notes. Also say if I’ve Auto tuned in graphical mode by hand and freeze that track. Auto tune can get squirrelly when jumping around the timeline so it makes sense to apply the tuning. nowadays I’ll bounce it to a new track and archive the tuning track which I may revisit to tune a phrase harder or softer or fix something that didn’t work good. I always do tuning first and then Timing adjustments. In the Old days I’d just clone the track before freezing and archive (for revisiting purposes, then freeze the original and add more layers and get to slicing and sliding for timing adjustments. I’ve adjusted my workflow to more of a bounce to track flow, but there’s many a time I have a frozen track I wish I had layers to accommodate further editing. I edit plenty before freezing or bouncing but there’s always more editing to do. Sometimes you don’t wanna load the entire vSL string section back in MIR in their on stage positions just to adjust a timing thing. I typically will edit the midi at the same time if I make a timing adjustment so if I do need to rebounce I have the midi corrected as well. Or I bounced the drums and now I wanna steal a cymbal crash and place it in a new layer to Reverse and lead up to a moment. You get the idea. It was very annoying when I switched to Cakewalk from the X series. I have since altered my workflow and it’s only a minor inconvenience. We had more freedom before though.
  14. A lot of newer pianos actually have half pedaling that goes gradually from no sustain to full sustain 0 - 127 with 64 being half pedaling. So be mindful you may have to account for that as well.
  15. I like to make a new track and name it, then bounce to track to the track I just created. Then I archive and hide the original. Skips the step of having to unfreeze. (Unfreeze will sometimes flip the phase button out of phase) Click the top half of a clip in a take lane and press K to unmute it. You can have as many lanes playing as you like. I do wish layers were still available after freezing like back in the X1 days so I could freeze and then still edit with the lanes without having to bounce to track or drag copy.
  16. Uncheck the Midi sign and marker sign next to the 1/2. Having those checked will snap to midi events and markers. Pg 809 in the reference manual. 😄
  17. I’ve used it as a Vocoder using Reaktor Razor. Very cool!
  18. I love to change things. I used to copy the dlls to the Cakewalk VST folder. I got tired of copying so I made the change of adding their folders to my scan. I'm certainly not the type of guy who gets scammed. I drop companies very quickly if I feel scammed or taken advantage of. Not sure why the C drive license method is tied to CPU/MOB but I have seen cases of such even with Microsoft Windows. I've had my Waves plugs on the same OLD USB for quite a few years now (quite a few computers as well) and probably should move them to a different USB stick. I definitely sympathize with your frustrations and wish I could be more helpful . Good luck creating music with which ever software suits you. You certainly have a good enough CPU to handle ANY software you throw at it. 😀 Let me know if I can help in any way! Peace!
  19. Waves has multiple options for keeping up with your ‘Keys’. Cloud (where your keys are when you buy the plugs), C drive (where they go after installation), USB stick ( where you SHOULD move them to after installation) Waves doesn’t even make you buy iLok! You can use any old USB stick. If you put your licenses on the C drive and wipe your drives clean to change CPU or hard drives then you’ve essentially thrown away your cars keys and then complain that the dealership will only give you 1 new set a year. Waves will let you download as many times as you like, even multiple computers. Keep up with your keys! Use a USB stick for crying out loud. 😂 You can also move licenses back to the cloud for changing CPU or hard drive and then back to C drive. Why not just keep your ‘keys’ on the USB stick? You probably have the latest and greatest one of those I’m assuming. 😉 Also their plugs can be found in c:\program files (x86)\common files\vst3 c:\program files\common files\vst3 c:\program files\vstplugins Add those to your scan path and rescan in Cakewalk when you install or add new stuff. Fairly straight forward. 😄 Lastly, they aren’t forcing you to update or upgrade any of your plugins. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. I’m still driving a 96 Ford explorer. Does Ford want me to upgrade to the 2019 model with bluetooth and Sirius? YES Do I upgrade? NO my 96 Ford is still getting me where I need to go. I do understand your frustrations, but a lot of that could be self inflicted. I am definitely feeling CPU envy though!😄✌️
  20. I’m having an issue when dragging an FX Chain with Waves plugins from one track’s bin to another. It drags fine but all of the FX on the A side of all the Waves plugins are nulled. It worked fine when I tried to replicate it with a brand new chain until I saved it as a TEST Chain preset, then inserted the newly saved preset in a track’s FX bin and then dragged it to a new track. At that point they null. Workaround is copy A side to B side before dragging or just reinsert the preset on the new track. Drag copy also works fine. Any thoughts?
  21. I guess that would be the short scale trillion used by most folks. For those in countries using the long scale it might go like this: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 /133 beats a minute =7,518,796,992,481,200 /60 =125,313,283,208,020 /24 = 5,221,386,800,334.167 /365.2422 14,295,683,248.80762 Over 14 billion years!! So even if it kicked off with the big bang 13.8 billion years ago, we’d still have... 495,683,248.90762 years to go. Very cool!!
  22. I’m really good at multitasking but at what point are you trying to play notes and simultaneously edit them? Other than input quantize... You wouldn’t edit snare drum from the 1st two bars while you were still recording the 3rd and 4th bars would you? 🤔 (There is Live editing happening in your brain while playing. 😄) Just like audio, you must hit the spacebar and stop to start editing. Just cause you have to hit stop, doesn’t mean you have to stop the flow. If you must maintain your groove while editing, It’s easy to time your spacebar - spacebar or spacebar - R to keep your loop going in time while letting the clip appear in the PRV to edit while the clip is still playing. Give yourself enough time to stop and then start right on the downbeat again (Keep the groove alive). I’m assuming you’re speaking of not having to spacebar (stop) to begin editing, unless there’s some other ‘Edit while recording’ process that I’m not familiar with. That’s why I LOVE this place so much though, to learn yet another way of doing something. Cakewalk is a giant sandbox, not much you can’t do with it.
  23. Assuming you don’t literally mean editing while actually playing, simply hit the spacebar to stop and adjust your notes in the Piano roll view. Then hit R to start recording again. Your passes will be separate midi clips in the lanes which you can keep that way to have elements separate or bounce them to a single clip if you like it altogether. And now that they fixed the nudge in the PRV you can lay that snare back with nudge without fear of changing lanes! 😉 This method of Drum pattern like recording has worked with every Sonar as far back as I can remember. 🤔
  24. It works in piano roll view for me. 🤔 Sounds to me like the classic case of arming the midi take lane instead of the parent track. With Sound on sound recording of midi, if you arm the Parent track of the Midi track you Can hear what you’ve previously recorded and add more and it will add new track lanes each time (which you can also hear). It works with loop recording as well . When loop recording you’ll hear them but won’t see them until you hit stop. With a higher midi buffer shorter Loops of say 2bars the recorded midi might not play the 1 loop around (midi buffer dependent... say on 2500 midi buffer) It’s not a problem on say a Midi Buffer of 250. I usually hit spacebar then R and add more. Plays each previous part while recording
  25. I'm curious as to what's preventing you from doing this? Cakewalk is a Drum machine on Steroids! 😃 We do have sound on sound recording of midi and Looping for not having to stop, as well as rewind on stop.
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