Johnbee58

I still have my Fostex X-15 and 160 multitracker in my basement plus my Yamaha RX 17 drum machine.

I noticed a small uptick in fidelity going to the faster 260 but don't expect anything near what CbB (or probably any other  DAW , for that matter) would give you,

It's still only 3.34 ips and still only 1/8 inch tape.  I was going to buy an MT2X back in 1988 but went with the Fostex instead.  Maybe I would've made out better with the Yammy, but I'll never know now.

EDIT-Suggestion for Forum-Vintage gear area.  Seems to be a pretty popular topic from this thread.

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I will not update until you guys say you're happy with it.

😀JB

This kind of music is just my cup of tea!  Reminds me so much of Chick Corea and Return to Forever.  And don't feel bad about the modulation.  IMHO, thats what helps make it a great sound.

😀John B.

You make it work well for you.  Sounds great, both guitar & vocal. 😀

BTW-Thanks so much also for the Johnny Carson footage.  I long so much for the days when late night talk shows were just that-Talk, without the damned political BS and unfunny monologues by unfunny people.

😀John B.

15 hours ago, Lynn Wilson said:

Your mother would be proud of this.  You have a way with melodies that stay with you for awhile.  Keep up the good work, John!

I'm sure she would've loved it.  She was probably my biggest fan. 

Thanks, Lynn!

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I just wanted to say that I love this section and the themes that you guys are coming up with.  For the longest time when I was working with X3 Studio I got bored to tears with the same ol' damned look!  Thanks to you creative dudes I have a variety that I can change  every now and then.  Please keep 'um coming!

😀John B.

aether.roots, studioguy 1 and bjorn-

Thank you all so much!

😀JB

If it's an audio track, as per what scook said.  But if it's a MIDI or instrument channel it won't be there.

😀JB

6 hours ago, scook said:

Track Interleave set to mono?

Yeah, it might've been that.  That occurred to me after I posted this.  I wish I would've kept the project as it was but I corrected it with the new audio track and saved it so I can't go into the project and check because it's corrected now.  Hopefully I'll remember that possibility next time I encounter it.  Thanks.

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2 hours ago, Will Hackett said:

Good tune John even with the older synth sounds.

Thanks Will & Daryl.

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I'm wondering how this could happen.  The other day I opened a track that I made audio from a soft synth MIDI track.  The converted audio track sounded the same as the MIDI track and was converted stereo, which was as I wanted.  When I finished the mix I took notice that something didn't sound right.  I soloed the converted track ( which was from a string sample library) and found that something on the audio channel that I opened the track in made the track mono.  This was without adding any effect plugins or eqing of any kind.  All I did was add a volume automation envelope.  To correct the problem I inserted a new audio track and carefully re created the volume automation and it sounded fine.  This happened again a short time later on another track.  I know the audio track is stereo because I verified it in Audacity.  It was something on the audio channel in CbB that "monoized" it.  Any thoughts as to what might have happened?

Thanks!

😀John B.

I hope you all had a great Christmas and that Santa brought you all the musical toys you wanted.  I'm taking a break from my diet and indulging myself with all the goodies and sweets that come with this season.  I just hope I don't wind up in a diabetic coma.😋😃

I've been reworking on a project I created 3 years ago for my Mom who I lost in late 2015.  I really didn't want to remix it per se but I wanted to convert the project from a hybrid (audio & MIDI tracks combined) to all audio WAVs.  I took up the practice of doing this on all projects but hadn't adopted it yet in early 2016 when I created this, so it did turn out to be a small remix but is still very close to the original.

I call this piece "Lighthouse" because that's how I remember my Mom.  She always had my back no matter what kind of mess I found myself in and she never failed to bring me peace whenever my nerves were frazzled about something.

I may have posted this when it was new in early 2016 but I don't remember, so I'll present this as my first offering to the new forum.  My apologies for the instruments not sounding "real".  I did the best I could with what I had.  I know you're all musicians enough to fill in any blank spaces with your imaginations.

😃John B.

https://johnbowen.bandcamp.com/track/lighthouse

Welcome, Bob.  I might take you up on the offer of basic MIDI sequencing tips.  I have virtual string and horn software and many times in reviews I get the "those horns (or strings) sound fake".  I take this as quite discouraging as I put so much time into the arrangement and all they comment on is the "fake sound".   Granted, my software programs aren't the most sophisticated (Garritan JABB 3 for the horns and Native Session Strings Pro for the strings) so I really need tips on how to make  them more realistic, if you can sometime.

I'm also a real sax player (and clarinet) but at my advanced age or 63 and with asthma it getting harder to blow the horns.

Anyway, I don't want to make this all about me but I'm glad you joined not only to make a new friend but looking forward to any help you can give  on your rather impressive list of expertise.   I'll help you with anything I can but most of these other guys have more experience with at least this version (used to be Sonar PLATINUM) so they'll probably get to you first.

John B,

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Man, can I relate to this!  Speaks my 63 year old language.  Just a thought-Better metformin than insulin. 😁😉

😀John B.

Sounds like it's gonna be fun.  I wish I could join you guys but I live on the opposite side of the country and air fare is way too steep for me.

😀JB

I'm not a Mac user, but I remember seeing somewhere (before the Gibson fail) that there would be a Mac version available.  It was also around the same time as the
"new deals" (ie pay per month, lifetime upgrades (yeah right)).  But I guess all of that didn't materialize either.  That's another thing that gives me a bit of hope that maybe this company (Bandlab) will deliver on it promises better than the old company.  I sincerely hope that soon our Mac user brothers and sisters will be able to access the benefits of this incredible DAW.

😀John B.

First of all, kudos on a great job with the new website/forum.  It took me a bit to get to how you insert a picture on the avatar, but I finally figured it out.

Second-I saw in Meng's announcement/introduction to the forum that Bandlab will have a booth at the upcoming NAMM show.  Does this mean that some new products pertaining to Cakewalk (ie, new DAW's, plugins, hardware etc.) are on the horizon?

😀John B.

Don't mind me.  Just trying a test post.

123 test..........?

😀Ooooh!  Love the emodicons!!