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Shane Taylor

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  1. What I'm suggesting doesn't change anyone's desire/need for Aux tracks. I'm merely suggesting an improvement to an existing feature that would add functionality, not take any away (of course, depending on how it is implemented). I'm not sure what you are saying about "using those folders as a source for your stems" since AFAIK, folders aren't routable as a track (which is exactly one of thethings I'd like to see changed). What I'm suggesting doesn't change the grouping behavior at all. With this change they can also be used to route the sum of the contained tracks anywhere you want, even if the individual tracks are also Sent somewhere else (as in your example). Hope that makes sense.
  2. I'd love to see Folder Tracks evolve into a normal track with all the same controls, including a volume fader, output selections, sends, FXs, etc. Basically, make a folder track a normal track that acts like a buss in that its volume fader controls the output of the sum of the folder's tracks, and to which you can apply FX, use Sends, etc. Why have a folder track that is really nothing more than a container that allows you to condense space? It would replace having to have a separate buss for each folder and then manually route all of the individual tracks to that buss. All tracks in a folder would automatically (by default, but which could be changed) route to the FOLDER track, which would then be routed to a submix buss, or Master. The Mute, Solor, Record buttons already do this kind of "group" function, but Cakewalk stopped short and made Folder Tracks less useful than they could be. Reaper uses this approach and it is very handy. Could this be considered for the Sonar release?
  3. I'm working to re-score a short film I did using Adobe Audition in Cakewalk (in parallel with Rearper and Cubase to see which is most effective and easiest to use). I ran across this too, but something else as well. The TC in the Markers list start to vary after some time in relation to the actual TC shown in the Now Time box as well as the entry box in the marker itself. The Now Time TC matches what's in the entry box when you open/edit the Marker, but what shows in the actual Markers list is different, increasingly being slow by a frame or two as time progresses. Anybody else experiencing this, and/or know what might be the cause. Perhaps 24 fps vs 23.976 fps? See below for an example. The markers list show 01:01:29:04 but when you open it, the Time box shows the CORRECT value of 01:01:29:05. This is only a frame, but it gets worse at time goes on. I ran into the Lock checkbox issue as well. I was copying and pasting from Reaper, which actually IMPORTED all the markers correctly from the WAV file that was exported from Audition. Cakewalk did not (nor did Cubase), so I have to enter them manually. That's what I was doing here. However, I had to check the LOCK checkbox in order to see a TC (versus M:B:T) in the entry box in order to paste in the TC from Reaper. Since it appears BandLab is not looking at expanding Cakewalk (Sonar) as a paid product, I'm hoping that they can add two features to markers that I could have used: (1) Import markers from WAV files (this is huge when working with others in Post Production). (2) Allow the creation of Region Markers that have a Start and End time so you can mark REGIONS. I had these in Audition, and in the WAV file I imported, which Reaper also imported correctly. 😕 So, BandLab, if you are listening... I discovered Cakewalk only a few months ago and am absolutely loving the UI/UX. I hope you spend the necessary resources to bring Cakewalk (Sonar) back up to a leading position among DAWs very quickly, like updaing the look, number, and capabilities of the built-in effects (they look a little "70s", and not in a good way). I know that I'll be watching closely, and if so, will gladly purchase a PERPETUAL license (but if you go SUBSCRIPTION only, I'm gone - that's why I no longer use Audition). Don't make the same mistake AVID and Waves Audio made betting you future on subscriptions alone.
  4. Awesome! Trickery indeed! Thanks for the tip. Maybe we can get a native solution soon. Until then...
  5. Eeeee... That's elegant (but effective, I guess...). That' good to know when I accidentally hit that little icon again by mistake. I wasn't at the time. I just hit the button my mistake and there I went, down this rabbit hole...
  6. Could we have adjustable automation curves beyond just the Fast and Slow fade options please? An S-Curve option seems conspicuously absent here. Perhaps allowing bezier handles on points would be an even better and much more robust option. But if that is too much to tackle any time soon, then please AT LEAST give us an S-Curve function in both the automation lane in on the fades. If I've missed this capability as already existing, please let me know. I have looked, but have failed to find it (but I'm still rather new to Cakewalk - but DO like what I'm seeing!)
  7. I'm not sure you understand what I'm saying. But first, you are correct in that you can do clip automation on the track itself. I'm not sure why I didn't see that option previously when looking for it. Perhaps I had already expanded the automation lane looking for it there (for some reason). For the other issue, thought, if you have a track with a single audio clip on it, and press the GREY Take Lanes button to expand it, according to the manual pg 524 "Any existing clips are moved from the parent track to separate Take lanes", and this in fact happens. The audio clip previously on the track is MOVED to the first track lane when expanded. If you collapse the take lanes, the icon is now pale blue indicating that there is a take, unlike before expanding it. If you delete the take, the track is left completely empty. The original audio is gone. I cannot find any way to UNDO that action, even if a mistake, i.e., you will ALWAYS now have a track made up of a single take. Give it a try and see if you can reproduce.
  8. New to Cakewalk and one thing I've been unable to figure out from the manual is how to undo accidentally Expanding Take Lanes. When you click this button, whatever audio clip(s) you had on the track get copied to a Take lane. As far as I can tell, you can't reverse that, even with Undo History. You can't COMP it to get it back, because NOW you have a permanent COMP track too. This also appears to be the only way to do clip automation, i.e., in Take Lanes (which is how I got into this situation in the first place!). Any advice would be appreciated. SURELY you can undo such a move (or mistake). Thanks!
  9. The max on my MOTU is 1024 samples, which is where it is currently. Hmm... that makes sense, if that's what it is doing. I guess Cakewalk does this differently than Reaper, for example, because any interruption there only happens with the most intense plugs, like a high quality algo reverb added to an already long chain. Most times, even with 5-6 EQs, Comps, or even Consoles, I can bypass the FX chain without interruption. Anyway, it is just something to get accustomed to, and use a different approach (e.g., duplicate tracks) to do A/B. A bit of a pain, especially if it is most of the time. Thank you both for your help. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. Cheers.
  10. I'm new to Cakewalk, and have noticed a lot of times when moving around Cakewalk, doing various things, that Ca kewalk pauses playback for a split second, or interrupts it, rather. This seems to happen more in Cakewalk than in other DAWs I'm accustomed to, like Reaper, Audition, Resolve's Fairlight. In particular, I've noticed that enabling an FX chain on a track often interrupts playback, which makes easy A/B comparisons difficult. Even single plugins often causes this. It doesn't have to be a long chain. I can create two separate tracks and use exclusive solo to A/B, but I find that sometimes even a single FX on a track will have a dramatic effect on playback. I expect it (and it occurs in other DAWs as well), with FXs like Reverb, but compression and EQ, not so much. Interestingly, even things like changing preference unrelated to playback in the Preferences dialog interrupts playback for 1 second (even just closing it does this too). What is interesting is that if I bypass the plugin in its own panel (either the plugin's own bypass or the one supplied by Cakewalk), there is NO interruption. But bypassing the same plugin in the FX rack causes an interruption to playback. What's the difference? Am I missing a setting in Preferences that changes this behavior. I'm not recording, so I don't need low latency. Is there not a look-ahead function that can handle this sort of thing?
  11. Ha Ha. Something to look forward too! It seems Cakewalk testers may not be challenging themselves enough. IDK, I tend to find obscure bugs of new SW I'm exploring right out of the gate. Being able to experience quite unexplainable behavior compared to documentation when a few values are non-default, versus default, when things work much as described, to me, at least (as an old SW engineer), points to a deficiency in testing. At least once you figure it out (or get help), you can sometimes work around it. Thanks for the heads-up.
  12. I think I found the problem. The first time I opened the Mouse Wheel Zoom Options, X = 1.0 and Y=1.5 (I think). I played with those numbers a bit trying to get things to work. They've both been set to 1.0. I set them to 2.0 and things appear to work as expected and as described in the manual. If you set them to 1.0 or even 1.01, or something low, the zoom functionality starts acting weird. The simultaneous H/V zoom is weird, but I think I can live with it with that box checked. The settings shown in the attached image seem to be working. I was so pleased how intuitive CW was to me, until I started trying to zoom things. Yikes.
  13. So, at first, I saw the same behavior. But also noticed that the uninstall did not remove the settings in the appdata folder, so I renamed the audi.ini file and let it recreate it, and now it seems to be working as follows (while over the clip pane) MOST OF THE TIME: * Alt+wheel scrolls horiz * wheel scrolls vert * Adding Shift to either makes it "fast" Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Wheel scroll zooms horizontally (although at times, it stops working, like it is hung, or missing mouse signal). I've verified that my wheel works perfectly in other apps, or Explorer windows, for example, so it isn't the mouse. It IS working much better than before, but there is still an issue somewhere. I may still log a ticket just to see if they can reproduce it anywhere. The same scroll behavior works for the Console as well, if there are scroll bars present (except zoom, of course). I'll keep playing with it. Thanks again. Shane
  14. I will do that for sure. I uninstalled it completely, and am reinstalling it and will give it another go. If I still have the same issues, I will log a ticket. I also added a feature request for the Markers. Appreciate your assistance, and thanks for the links. Cheers, Shane
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