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How does Cakewalk LP EQ (set to non-linear) stack up to the mentioned above? I think the GUI is OK but not sure about sound-wise.

On 5/20/2019 at 6:45 PM, Craig Anderton said:

I always use pitch correction on bass. Bass strings violate the laws of physics; they simply can't be under enough tension to produce notes that low, yet still be part of a playable instrument that doesn't have a 7-foot-long fretboard. So the pitch varies wildly as the note sustains. I use Melodyne to flatten the notes past the initial pluck. 

Thanks for this nugget. Tried it and I'm surprised how much it helps on the overall clarity of my mix.

Anyone has tips on how to add (a lot) of reverb to a vocal track without it become muddy and "washy" ?

A good example is this song by Suede (vocals start at 00:23), which sounds huge, but still clear.

Are there ways to get V-Vocal if you don't have the old Cakewalk (Cronus.dll) ? I really liked it and have wanted it back for a while.

25 minutes ago, abacab said:

TTS-1 is mostly used for the standard GM (General MIDI) sound set it provides, although it seems that you are looking into the Synth FX category.

Ordinarily I would point to a GM alternative for TTS-1, like the virtual Sound Canvas from Roland Cloud. But in your case, if it's "Synth FX" you are seeking, the sky is pretty much the limit with the free soft synths and FX available today.

You could buy the Sound Canvas for the GM sounds since the "Synth FX > Echo Drops" appears to be a standard GM2 sound.  But it would probably be cheaper to try some experimentation with a free synth organ sound, possibly layered with another sound, and some free FX to re-create that sound (definitely FX is what makes that swirling chorusy sound).

Also consider that the GM spec and sound set are decades old by now, and since the TTS-1 was powered by Roland, I'm not sure how much of a "higher-end" GM alternative you will find out there. The original hardware Sound Canvas (1991) is likely what the TTS-1 was based on, as well as the "classic" virtual Sound Canvas that Roland is selling today. https://www.roland.com/us/products/rc_sound_canvas_va/

Great and informative reply, thank you! I'll sure check out Sound Canvas.

Do you have an idea of what this swirling chorusy sound FX might be?

Hello good SONAR users

Can anyone recommend a more "high-end" alternative to Cakewalk TTS-1 synth? There's a preset in TTS-1 called Echo Drops I really like (Presets -> Synth FX -> Echo Drops). It's a organ-like with "swirling" sound.  I have tried to look into f.ex. Waves Element, but what you get is like 1000 presets and none of them seem to sound anything like it (and I don't even know how to begin to create this sound)..

Any tips?

Echo Drops.mp3

My reason to click (actually double-click!) a synth is to open the synth's GUI (as the title of this thread says) and make some changes there. For me, once the midi arrangement is done, it's done. My reason to open the synth is almost never to work with the midi track (does anyone?), so the jumping is not helpful at all. On the contrary, most of the times I want to continue working on a different track I was working on. A good example is a drum synth - I'm mixing the individual tracks for the synth most of the time (and not arranging midi). I want to open the synth and stay on the track without scrolling up and down all the time. Just one example out of many.

I understand we have our own workflows, why I wish it could be possible to open synth without jumping to midi track. Perhaps shift+double-click or something like that.

Please make it possible to be able to click on synth in Synth Rack without having Cakewalk jump to associated midi track. It's so annoying and unnecessary 99% of the times.

I asked about this here https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/40449-open-synth-without-jumping-to-track/&tab=comments#comment-322524

Seems to me it's not possible.

Hi,

Is it possible to open a synth in Synth Rack without having Cakewalk jumping to the associated midi track? I find this very annoying, escpecially when I'm working on a different track. Or is it possible to disable this feature?

2 hours ago, msmcleod said:

The export code behind the scenes is basically the same between SONAR and CbB.  The only changes that have been made in CbB are fixes to the way buses / aux tracks are handled when dealing with a selection. 

It probably isn't necessarily about export but just the overall sound. There is no doubt in my mind CbB sounds better/more detailed for whatever reason..

4 hours ago, siordanescu said:

Of course, Cakewalk has been massively renewed in recent years. I think 3 or 4 updates from last year were dedicated to export. What I don't understand is something else ... how can you still work in an old and outdated program morally and physically, when you have a new and friendly one at your disposal?

I tried when CbB first came out, but a number of plugins didn't work. Tried again later with same result. Just didn't have time to do more about it. Now it seems to work great 👍

Hi,

I have been sticking with SONAR Professional (2017.06), but today I decided to try CbB...I compared by exporting exact same project and found that they sound quite different (I AB'ed). CbB sounds much more open to me and there's more seperation. Could this be true?? export settings (sample rate, bit depth, dithering etc) were the same.

Have bandlab been improving this? better summing?

4 hours ago, pilu said:

Wow many replies, thank you very much! The music shops are closed bc of Corona, so this is very helpful. For clarification it's mainly for recording. It's a bedroom studio, but I would like to get fairly pro-sound. From I understand even a 5 watt could be enough?

What I mean is if you lose anything when you choose lower watts instead of higher watts. Is there a trade-off?

Wow many replies, thank you very much! The music shops are closed bc of Corona, so this is very helpful. For clarification it's mainly for recording. It's a bedroom studio, but I would like to get fairly pro-sound. From I understand even a 5 watt could be enough?

My next project in my little studio is to get a guitar amp. I read somewhere that a 15 watt is enough (which is good news because they are cheaper). Is this true? Anyone has experience with this? Currently looking at Vox AC15 C1