Johnbee58

PARTY POOPER!!! 🤣

I really like the lyrics and the playing/singing is top notch. The harmonica playing really caught my attention. 😀John B

Thanks all! You're all great people and exceptional musicians. @Hidden SymmetryWhat meant the most to me in your comment were the first two words "Good tune". and @DeeringAmpsIt meant a lot to me when you said about how you were whistling the melody.❤️ Addressing the "demo" sound: It's been a long time fantasy of mine to hear anything I create interpreted by somebody else. I know what you mean about the overly sterile-ness of MIDI. But right now, it's all I have to work with. I don't personally know many musicians who would be willing to spend any of their precious time working on anything of mine, and the few I do know have better things to do than working on material other than their own. I understand there are online collaboration organizations where for a fee, you can get other real players to work with you, but that's a luxury I can't afford. I can only offer to say that any real musicians /bands here who would like to have a crack at any of my tunes are welcome to have at it, but with the understanding that I can't pay you, but neither will I expect you to obtain license from me as in the professional world. We could work out something legally if any performance royalties or sales royalties were involved (assuming there would be that potential). At this point I'm doing this for fun, and it means so much to me that somebody likes the song and thinks it's worth that much effort, even if it's not possible for me to do, but if somebody really believes in anything I do as a song and would like to take it "to the next level" I would be willing to work out an agreement with you. Thanks 🙂❤️ Peace & Love John B

I know about the options and I can lock them in the order I want or center or justify, but what I want to do is make the whole bar locked to the top so that it won't move even if I accidentally drag my mouse pointer across it. Doesn't seem to be an option for that. 🙂JB

Is there any way to lock the Control Bar so you can't move it out of place? I get so tired of accidentally pulling it out of place when I'm changing tools! 🙂John B

Just wondering-My Focusrite interface is a Scarlett 6i6. It has an AC adapter and requires being plugged into an AC outlet. Focusrite interfaces below the 6i6 (the 2i2, for instance) get their power strictly from the computer and do not require AC. Why is this? When I bought my Scarlett three years ago, I was hoping that since it needed to be plugged into the AC it would use less processor power, but that's not the case. Actually it requires more of the computer's CPU power than my old Line 6 Toneport. 🙂John B.

Thanks. Sorry. You have to pay real musicians. Can't afford it. Besides, I'm having a lot of fun doing this by myself. 😉 🙂JB

Beautiful! Reminds me of the style of Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin. ❤️John B

Another original. No religion or politics this time. Hope you like it. https://johnbowen.bandcamp.com/track/how-will-you-know 🙂John B.

Yes. And that's OK. I appreciate your trying to help. 😉JB

Just so you don't misunderstand. I don't mean I'm having trouble accessing Aria. When I'm working on the open project it's right there where I need it and I can move it anywhere I want it. My issue is when it's LOADING at the point where all the project and the plugins are loading and the little blue rectangular box is on the lower right saying whats loading. I guess this isn't a big deal. In fact, the only ones I've seen actually loading at that point is Kontakt Player and Aria. Trilian Bass never comes up there nor does EZ Keys or EZ Drummer. But, like I said, in the open project everything is there and can be accessed fine. Thanks for your help. 🙂JB

My current resolution is 1920 X 1080 🙂

Windows 8.1

When I'm using virtual instruments and they load into a project upon launching the project file most of them load in the center of the screen. The exception is the Aria Player for my Garritan instruments. For some reason this load at the top left hand corner of the screen and I can barely see the progress bar. It's not real important, but I'm wondering if there's something I can do to bring this at least where I can see most of it. I tried just "grabbing" it with the mouse but it won't budge. Is this something that can be controlled in CbB or Aria Player, or is it something that can't be resolved? Thanks for any suggestions. 😀John B

If Noel mentioned the Hotfix for the Hotfix the other day, then why wasn't that included in the update I installed yesterday? I still don't get it. 😖JB

I installed the latest update (or so I thought) yesterday (10/10/2019) and today when I launched CbB there was an announcement for another update. I checked the version that I have and it's definitely 2019.09 Build 68. So what's going on here? Nobody else seems to be talking about it. Is there another small fix (just two days later) or is something wacky going on in my system? 🙂John B.

But 1489 was an even better year for home computing!!! Chris Columbus would soon test the newly developed navigational software for sailing vessels (about 3 years later. 😉 😛) 😀

Right. I was responding to the OP's question as to if anybody else was having issues with CbB on start up. I had none, even after performing the latest update (10/9). I don't use GS synth, but rather the drivers that came with my Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 interface. 🙂JB

The tech told me my PC has the capacity to go to 32 gigs. I might expand further later on but for now I just want to see what 16 can do and I'm impressed with even that much. 🙂JB

Revisiting this thread: https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/6922-cpu-performance-meter/ Today I took my music PC to a local PC repair guy and he upgraded the memory from 8 to 16 GB and the difference was WOW!! When I got it home I ran 9 plugin instruments which would've KILLED the system on 8 GB and ran the performance meter up to about 76%. With 16GB the 9 plugins hit about 32 % usage and didn't burp at all. Also, plugins like Kontakt Player and Trilian Bass loaded much faster. The tech put in 2 4 gig sticks added to the original 1 8 gig stick so I still have a free slot but for right now it's like having a new computer!! Oh, BTW-my PC tech, who has his shop about 3 blocks from my home has a plaque on his wall that looks like a Platinum record with a Platinum CD where the label would be and it's autographed by Taylor Swift. This is Reading PA and Taylor grew up here. I asked him if he knew Taylor and he said he was her first guitar teacher. The dude's also into home recording/songwriting but uses a Mac (he mentioned Garage Band). He said he used to use Sonar years ago, but not recently. When I told him about CbB he was surprised about the takeover from Gibson. His shop is somewhat of a museum of old recording gear. He has a vintage Teac 3340s 4 track reel to reel among other bits of old classic gear. Small world! 🙂

S'Ok. I probably would like them too, if I ever take the time to learn them. 😉 BTW-I got the info today of yet another update. I went ahead and installed it, but I didn't see anything different on this issue. 😀

I can't read!🤣

I updated about an hour ago. Just did what you said freezes yours and I have no problem. Hope you find a solution. 🙂John B

Yeah. I got the email too. Does it pertain to Windows users or just a Mac fix? 🙂

I appreciate this. But it is a bit vague to me, especially the second paragraph. 😁JB