paulo

4 hours ago, msmcleod said:

I use instrument tracks almost exclusively.

Even if a VSTi is multi-timbral, I'll usually opt for having separate instrument tracks and accept the overhead of having more than once instance of the VSTi running.

My reasons are:

• I can easily swap out one synth for another on a per track basis
•  I only have to worry about one track instead of two and I can freeze them separately if needed.

Are you me in disguise?

12 hours ago, MUDGEL said:

I don’t feel abandoned but I have lost that lovin’ feeling

Is that why you feel the need to shout your name?

You can just direct the midi tracks output to the soft synth question, but as to whether it's quicker than a copy/paste to an instrument track, I'm not sure.

Personally though if the midi is going to end up driving a soft synth I prefer to record it using that soft synth as things like velocity, note length,  modulation etc will sound different.

<awaits "here's Sampletank 4 for next to nothing deal" in very near future>

My wife left me because she said I was arrogant and took her for granted................

She'll be back. 

1 hour ago, synkrotron said:

Perhaps we should start a Self Help Group

Wait........I thought that's what this place was already.

5 minutes ago, S.L.I.P. said:

Dragging the audio clip to a midi track used to work like a charm, but for me, 9 out of 10 times Cakewalk/Sonar crashes.  A safer bet is to right click on the audio clip and create a Region FX, and then drag the audio clip to the midi track. That has worked for me, every time. 

Works fine for me.

15 hours ago, garyed said:

does anyone know how to use a CAL  program? There used to be an undocumented key combination that would let you access them.   

Ctrl+F1 ?

Drag the audio clip to a midi track.

Going from memory here, but pretty sure that there is a CAL option called VARYVEL that does what it's name suggests.

12 hours ago, Paul G said:

Yes.  I think it has to do with how Melodyne interprets the pitch and breaks it into blobs. 

For example, if you split a blob into several segments you'll see these new  blobs readjust to different pitches.  Make some adjustments and then render.  If you re-open that clip in Melodyne it will reanalyze the note pitches and the blobs well look different but the audio will sound the same.  I see this all the time because when I edit in Melodyne I typically will split a blob into several pieces and make my corrections more surgical.

HTH

Paul

Thanks for replying. I do split the notes up too, I just figured that once spilt, moved and rendered that they would stay where they were. As you say the sound is ok, just the display looks off.

If I live to be 100 it still won't feel right to call them blobs. ?

56 minutes ago, David Sprouse said:

Craig I would have thought you're the type that can do it all without the manual.

I heard that prefers to do things manually.

You just said  it twice.

True dat.

A long overdue section IMO.  Good to see.

1 hour ago, ØSkald said:

Still miss PC Hardware, PC Software and Techniques tho…

I guess that "Instruments & Effects" could be the new Software section if people choose to use it that way.

I suspect that Hardware and Techniques were dropped because of relatively low traffic, but Techniques was often interesting to read even if you had nothing to add to the discussion and was also generally far more civil and drama free than the main forum. Even though I rarely visited the hardware section I think it's important to have as not all problems are to do with software and where else is anyone supposed to ask those questions? 

I recommend starting your search in the last place.  Everything that I have ever misplaced and then successfully found again was in the last place.

She was only the Handyman's daughter, but there were always a tool  in her box.

........and let the rejoicing continue.

45 minutes ago, JohnG said:

paulo,  shouldn't your name start with a capital P? Methinks thou art a 'legless' man, and not equipt to pass critique.

My low sense of self esteem will not allow me to capitalise something that serves only as a  reference to myself. 

I see you are also a fan of ye olde English words - how queynte.

25 minutes ago, craigb said:

Yep!  Just like how you missed the word "how."  ?

 

Congratulations, you passed the test!

Now go to bed.

10 hours ago, treesha said:

I have seen notes be slightly off when i apply melodyne a second time after i had corrected the pitches the first time.  

Thank you for confirming that I'm not going mad, or at least that if I am I'm not alone.

5 hours ago, craigb said:

Mighty pendantic coming from someone who doesn't even capitalize his name! ?

 

(Me?  I don't care any more.  LOL!)

See the first words of my statement.

That said, I can at least spell pedantic.?

But you probably did that on purpose to show much you don't care, right? ?

I've done it and not noticed anything that stands out in a mix.

In a related subject - has anyone ever corrected the pitch of something in melodyne,  bounced to clip and then later re-opened the same clip in melodyne and found that the corrected notes are displayed as still  being some way off pitch?

The ones that instantly spring to mind are  old, but in case anyone hasn't seen them.....

Sound City (netflix)

Inside the Rhapsody (you tube)

VH1 channel also did a whole series about  Classic Albums which are pretty good if you like hearing how they were put together.