Promidi

2 hours ago, dominique said:

I was just recording my voice on cakewalk for the first time and I played it back and it was terrible i sounded like a chipmunk and i have been up how to fix it for the last few days and it hasnt helped me at all its not my mic either because i used it on audacity and it sounded just fine 

First thing I would be checking is the sample rate of your project in Cakewalk.  Make sure it matches the sample rate in audacity

Settle on a sample rate that you would like to use and then make sure that you use that in all programs (Including Windows itself)

57 minutes ago, Yellowpen said:

Hey,

I´m quite new to Cakewalk (started yesterday :)) and I have the following problem. I use an Behringer U-Phoria UMC22 as audio interface and I use Cakewalk to manage and recording some bass lines and song ideas. I use my USB Headphones (plugged in the Computer) as Audio output and the Behringer Audio interface as Audio Input and it works like a charm without any delay.  Now sometimes I just want to listen to some Music (via Windows Media Player / Spotify) and play along with my bass guitar and maybe recording my own bassline, Music and bass guitar output via USB Headset. BUT when Cakewalk is running I cannot open and listen to any .mp3 file on my Computer and an error occurs. When I close Cakewalk everything works fine again immediately. 

I hope i could make my problem clear. Many thanks in advance.

Preferences | Audio | Playback and Recording > select "Suspend Audio Engine When Cakewalk Is Not in Focus."

See:  (CTRL + F search for "sus")

http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=0x22B19

While I do not have CM Motormix, and I may be way off on this.  My totally off the planet, uneducated guess is that possibly the "MotorMix.dll" file is 32 bit.

8 hours ago, JM2 said:

I need to change 6/8 to 4/4(trip)

TimeBase 120
6/8 to 4/4
(12/8 to 4/4)

Tempo change is ok.

6/8 tick 60
to 
4/4 tick 40

I try 60 to 40
// process length start time and length 2/3

but length command can't set 2/3. 
only 67%
some track are ok with after Qtz.
some are not.

need CAL?

 

Yes, need CAL.

(do
    (int initial_time From)
  (forEachEvent
      (if (== Event.Kind NOTE)
        (do
                (= Note.Dur (/ (* Note.Dur 2) 3))
                (= Event.Time (/ (* Event.Time 2) 3))
            )    
        )
    )
;shift start to original position
    (forEachEvent
        (if (== Event.Kind NOTE)
            (= Event.Time (+ Event.Time (- initial_time From)))
        )
    )
)

27 minutes ago, Paul Young said:

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I decided to get another one and not use the drives anymore.  The issue was not a drive failure but a system upgrade made all of my activations useless.  The worst part is contacting the software developers to reset the activations.   The quickest responder was Sound Toys and the slowest was AIR/Sonivox. A lesson learned, go with the stick.

Or remember to deactivate your licences from the old PC before upgrading to the new.

On 9/1/2020 at 5:34 PM, TheCrazyLunatic8 said:

Thanks! But why does it say that the player expires in 14 days?

 

I believe when you first install it, you're given a 14 day trial of Kontakt Full.  After that it reverts to the free player.

On 9/5/2020 at 1:47 AM, Olive2sing said:

 All are working except 1 RP, and SI strings.

 

RPN and NRPN MIDI events will kill these synths dead in their tracks - requiring a reload.

Go into the Plugin Properties for these VSTis and select "Do not intercept NRPNs"

9 hours ago, Delboy said:

last question what is imput echo for ?

See:

http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Playback.35.html#1067525

Zoom right out so that all of the CC1 events are visible.

With the smart tool enabled (Middle mouse button, press the star), Right click drag a marquee around the controller events, hit delete on the keyboard.

3 hours ago, captainchaosx2 said:

Can I create a song/tune note by note, instrument by instrument. Basically starting with nothing & building up an obviously epic song with every separate note/sound created by me?

 

Yes you can.  That is how I have used Cakewalk (various version up to Cakewalk by Bandlab) for the last 32 years

For me, the Piano Roll View is my method of choice.  The staff view is fine, but I find that too restrictive.
 

3 hours ago, captainchaosx2 said:

Are there a lot of different sounds available on the initial download? Drumkit/bass/piano/synth/rhythm guitar (distorted probably)/lead guitar for solos etc. etc. can I (and how) download extra sounds/effects?

Yes.  There is TTS-1 which contains many instruments.  There is SI-drum kit which gives you rudimentary drums.  These will be enough to get you started

There are also some effects included.

After a while, however, you will find yourself wanting third party instruments for added realistic sounds.

Maybe MSoundFactoryPlayer does - that's free

https://www.meldaproduction.com/MSoundFactoryPlayer

Just just tried having Msoundfactory (with MIDI trhu enabled in settings) as the master driving multiple VSTi synths.  It worked fine here - from playing the keyboard to having MIDI events in the MSF track.    Of course for it to work, you have to set local echo to on for all of the synths in the layer.  But it definitely works.

You just have to find a VSTi that sends a copy of what it receives, out to it's MIDI out.   Not all do.

If you want Cakewalk by Bandlab to support MIDI routing, out of the box, in the same way that it supports Audio sends, then put in a feature request

https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/forum/8-feedback-loop/

1 hour ago, Starship Krupa said:

Drat, I keep getting an incomplete download.

Have you tried using a download manager?

37 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

I'm trying to use MSoundFactory as the first in the chain, because it supports MIDI out. The next one in line is Surge, which doesn't. This is mostly learning how to do it so that I can apply it in the future.

 

Why don't you just connect the MIDI ins of all of the VSTis to MSoundFactory's MIDI out?

Is this a particular NRPN or all NRPNs?

I have had plugins do this.  Once, a version of Meldaproduction did this  - that was an issue with the plugin which the vendor acknowledged and fixed.

Does this happen on a fresh project with just one MIDI track that is no longer than, say, 10 measures

Also, what are your PC specifications?  (Operating system and build number, Ram, CPU, GPU, etc). 

Are there any tasks running in the background?

Have you considered dropping a note to Cakewalk support:

https://help.cakewalk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360000025633

The only way to download Cakewalk is via Bandlab Assistant.

Which part fails, the download or the actual install.

When it fails, are the cakewalk installers in the following location?

%appdata%\bandlab-assistant\Downloads

4 hours ago, TheCrazyLunatic8 said:

I'm trying to make a song where a certain arpeggio pattern slowly rises in pitch, but it's too long for me to draw out all the MIDI. Is there any automation feature that lets me do this?

Pitch bend?

Also, which synth are you using?  That will determine the method you use to increase the pitch bend range.

How many measures is your project.....

That controller data looks pretty dense (Many controller events packed in a small time frame).

You might want to run the CAL script "Thin Controller Data.cal" on those controller events.

Select your controller events - CTRL+ F1......  will bring take you to your CAL folder where you should find this CAL script.

Also, which version of Cakewalk by Bandlab are you running?

2 hours ago, paulo said:

I have only the .exe and one empty .bin file. The download said it was completed at 4.1GB so I have no idea where the rest of it went. 

Search your entire system for a file called "VG-CARBON.blob"

1 hour ago, Heinz Hupfer said:

HI:)

@Promidi

Thanks for the answer, but TIMEBASE*4 does not help with other meters. there should be a variable to read out which meter we have. 3/4, 4/4 or maybe 7/8.

With (meas From) we can re3ad out the number of the measure so it doesn't matter which meter we have to get 1 measure forward!

 

Greetz;)

Bassman.

 

Whoops...  you're right.....  forgot about those pesky time signature changes....    the meas command would indeed come to the rescue here.....

There is a fixed Variable called TIMEBASE.  This will always be the number is ticks per quarter note.

So the number of ticks for measure would be TIMEBASE * 4

Note: If you rely heavily on CAL scripts in Cakewalk by Bandlab, always have your "ticks for quarter" notes set to 960.  Any other value and CAL has issues with any time related commands.

This is set in Preferences | Project | Clock.  Furthermore, this is a per project setting.

Have you gone through all of your hardware (audio, graphics card, network, etc) and checked for the latest drivers.

Do this by actually visiting the hardware manufacturer's websites.  Don't rely on windows updates this.

Note: Even if you have told Windows 10 not to update drivers via Windows update, this is only honoured for Quality Updates, not Feature Updates (Windows 2020 is a feature update)