Roy Slough

Thanks I will give these a go

I am trying to add a SideChained gate from the kick to a rhythm guitar. currently it strums all the time and using a SideChained Gate gives it a different impact. However, I only want it gated at certain times but I cannot find an automated method of turning it on/off. Currently I am using the SonitusGate but the Bypass is not something available in automation, similarly I cannot automate the turning on/off of the FX nor on the send from the Kick. Is there a method to automate this OR another (free) Gate I can use which can be automated. The method I can currently considering is using the automated mute on the rhythm guitar but that is long and tedious OR I can cut and paste the sections I want into a separate "gated" track also long and tedious AND difficult to amend. N.B. there are other FX (or sends) I only want at certain times so knowing how to automate turning them on/off in general would be useful.

I am working through my drum midi track. I have the basic beat and am now adding fills and highlights. When I have completed this for the 1st verse I would like to name that clip and copy it for the second and third verse and use a similar process for the chorus. I know a real drummer probably would introduce further variations as the song progresses and maybe I will but just getting the structure complete would be great. So.... I have added a snare fill at the end of the first verse to bring in the chorus. When looking at the tracks I noticed a small section of the clip at the end of the verse which appeared separate and when I expanded to show the take tracks I noticed the snare fill was in a separate take clip. I had thought I was editing inside the "main clip" but it seems to appear as a "take" clip which runs from the verse just into the chorus (see screenshot) How do I deal with these separate Clips/takes? When I copy the drum verse I want to copy the snare fill as well. Then there may be further fills etc. I add, sometimes I may want to include these as part of the "main" clip but do I have the option of leaving these separate so I can choose to copy or exclude as desired. I have watched a video on track comping to choose sections of recordings in multiple takes, which has educated me in the concept of take lanes, but this concept does not apply here as I want all of the take lanes. Therefore does anyone have advice on dealing with take lanes processing midi information OR can direct me to a video which could educate me, Thanks

Thanks Guys, I will have to accept that I will need to re-do the work and will take more care before doing anything destructive.

Thanks David, This is good advice on how to achieve what I need. I had already "re-Arranged" earlier parts of the song (reducing the intro, Shortening the 1st chorus) But it was tricky and I had to try several times to get it right (no knowledge of Rippleing) So I will try your method when I have completed all the other tidying up, level matching, inclusion of effects and mixing.

There is no auto-save but there are 4 versions configured. (None now available since last save)

I would like to repeat the final chorus (maybe 2 or 3 times) and Fade out. There are approx. 20 tracks in the mix Any suggestions on how best to achieve this would be useful. Obviously, I could just mix what I have and work on the result and repeat and fade that, but I thought there might be a better way? Thanks

Hello, While I was busy working on Bass clips I deleted what I thought was a redundant Drum Midi track. Now I have finished with Bass I have lost the chorus drum parts which were probably in the deleted Midi Drum Track (I had 2 or 3 to compare different drum patterns in various sections) I cannot find it in Undo, undo history Or Revert. Is there any chance it is still in some Cakewalk work folder where I could retrieve it. Obviously I could re-make it but it was a couple of hours work to make. Thanks

Thank you David, By the time I read this I had already started again from the beginning, I have learnt so much that this is a far better organised project than before (and on beat). I still have the previous project so can refer back if necessary. Once again thanks for the offer.

I seem to be having difficulties..... I could find no way to drag/drop the .cwp into the new one, While I am in the browser window (where you can select which project to open) I cannot drag any project. If I open the new project, then open the start screen (which shows the select project screen) then those projects cannot be dragged into the new one. Therefore I must not be understanding the (from the Browser->Projects) instruction. If I have both projects side-by-side The tracks cannot be dragged, they can be copied and pasted but I have to select "new" for the destination, none of the track details such as effects are copied. Then I have to drag/move the clips in that track so that the first transient lines up with the beat (I started with drums) . when I then copy/paste the following tracks it becomes difficult to move the resultant clips to line up with the first, sometimes all the clips move, but sometimes only the first clip in a track moves, others remain where they were creating a small gap. I can see this if I have the entire track length in the window, but I need a close up on the start to align with the first track. OK, Enough of my whinging. I will begin again importing original audio, starting with the drums and ensuring the tempo matches. Then I will add the other audio ensuring they align before any splitting/editing of clips. I remain baffled as to why I cannot follow simple instructions OR my installation of CbB operates differently

Apologies for the delay in getting back = been busy at sons house. Now... I got as far as set 7 CTRL-A did select all track clips but nothing would move. If I clicked again the drum track became the only track selected as would move. Is it because I have a soft synth with Midi track already added? If so what is the easiest way around? N.B. I have done some work with a drum map and soft synth rack to separate the individual drums. Thanks Again Mettelus

Thanks John, I have purchased an USB midi interface which arrived today. Hopefully my Roland Handy Pad5 (from the 90s) still works and I can map/use that. Not being a keyboard player I have given away a keyboard I had but might try to get it back OR get a small velocity sensitive keyboard controller.

Dear Glenn, Thank you for the suggestion. It raises 2 questions though 1. Is there a free session drummer available to download? 2. I have been following YouTube videos from Mike at https://www.creativesauce.net/ In this video he creates many tracks for the drums. He creates them in the synth rack and this creates the tracks. To a novice like me this appears the same as creating the instrument in the track BUT is this how he circumvents the 2 track SI-Drum limit?

I have seen on YouTube that clicking on different areas of the drum when I have the interface open alters the sound of the drum. (still a newbie) I intended to experiment with this to see how the midi note altered, was it just a velocity change? However, any attempt to record Midi by clicking on the drums creates no content, no clip, nothing. I can drag one of the drum patterns to the track and those midi notes appear but I wanted to manually create the midi notes from the interface. is this possible? Thanks

I want to separate the individual drums for stereo effects and different FX , SO I began putting those I wanted separate on different tracks. This is now making Midi editing too hard so I want all the Midi info in one track and will use a drum map to divert those I need different processing/pan to other tracks. When I create a new Midi track the solo button appears linked to one of the SI-Drum tracks. I do not want these tracks linked in this way. what did I do wrong?