Larry Jones

I don't record the way you do so I haven't come across this behavior, but -- since you are say you are hitting "W" and "R" -- I take it you are not trying to loop record hands-free. In that case, a workaround would be to hit "Ctrl+Z," then "W" then "R." Not perfect, but if  you've got a flub stub  and you know you don't want to use it, this will get it out of your life, leaving however many complete takes you choose to keep.

Beautiful, Will!

Big improvement, Lynn. If I could have one wish, though, it would be MORE DRUMS!

Great blues pickin' and you sing like you really got dem bluz.

Good song, Lynn. In fact, if you didn't tell us what the subject matter is I wouldn't have known, at least for the first two minutes. I think you ought to do a minor rewrite and sing it to a selfish lover. More universal appeal😎

The drums are very distracting to me, all that fiddling around on the hi hat. The guitars are heavy. I would make the drums equally heavy -- big hard snare on the 2 and 4.  The slide sounds great, but it steps on your excellent vocal occasionally. I'd give it a supporting role through most of the song, and then a verse of its own somewhere in the middle, or in the fade. And -- I'm not sure about this -- does the whole thing sound a little top heavy to you? I was wanting to hear more bass and kick.

I think you've got hold of something really powerful here!

Thanks Will. Leon has been one of my role models, but I have to admit I don't hear him on this one.

10 hours ago, PopStarWannabe said:

Actually, only Boost 11 is included with Cakewalk by Bandlab.

The others you must have had from a previous Sonar installation.

Probably. The company used to be quite generous with freebie addons over the years.

12 minutes ago, mdiemer said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you have installation discs, you're OK, right? I mean, as long as you kept all the numbers, it should authorize, right? 

I didn't know disks were even a thing for the past several years. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but if you bought recent versions of SONAR, it was all downloads. So you'd need to grab those downloads now and store them somewhere safe.

7 minutes ago, Scott R. Garrigus said:

Yes, it's a good idea to download all your past content. It takes some time (depending on how much you have), but worth it for possible future installations.

Scott - I'm sure this has occurred to you already, but Bandlab has 5 million new users. I'd bet at least a million of them have never seen a DAW before, so might be time for a new book.😉

1 hour ago, Mystery Were said:

Kind of related to this. What is to happen to Command Center. And, will Bandlab ever sell stuff (like Rap Pro, Z3TA etc)

I think you should go to your old Cakewalk account and/or CCC and download everything you can find of your stuff. Then you won't have to worry about the Command Center, or hope that someone will maintain it.

1 hour ago, bjornpdx said:

Larry,
I don't think I've ever heard the original version of the song. Yours has that sound typical of the era - the Phil Spector touch - which always takes me back to those times. Nicely done.
And thanks for posting the link to all the helpful drum programming techniques, something I've been getting into lately. I guess I didn't notice anything that stood out in your drum track.

Thanks for your input. The original version is here. And that drum programming thread gets my vote as one of the most creative and useful on the old forum.

Beautiful, Jesse! Merry Christmas to you!

Since it's the holidaze, I chose a Christmas song -- "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" recorded by Darlene Love, originally released in 1962. I paid homage to the producer (Phil Spector) by cluttering it up with as many tracks as possible.

By the way, I had no trouble with Cakewalk by Bandlab. Everything worked as expected, and I probably will not go back to my SONAR Platinum. And even though this is a Christmas song, presented here at Christmastime, I know some of you Scrooges will comment on the technical aspects. I welcome your criticism.

 
I should note that I used a few of the techniques I learned from this thread to make the MIDI drums sound more realistic. I used Addictive Drums' randomization features, and I played some of it "live" on my Nektar Impact LX61+ drum pads. Anybody notice anything?
 
PS: Crossposting this on the old SONAR  Songs forum.

Thank you all. Got it.

11 minutes ago, Jesse Jost said:

By direct link: https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/settings/signature/

 

Got it! Thanks.

2 minutes ago, Jesse Jost said:

We're still getting our sea legs here. 😅Staffers and Admins can see hidden posts, but Noel probably didn't notice the state. Anyway I don't think we need the hide feature, just seems confusing so I'll suppress it for now. 

Jesse - I asked this elsewhere, but now I can't find it: What about signatures? They can be darned helpful, and I don't see a way to add them to my profile.

I don't see a way in this forum to add a signature to my profile. A list of equipment/software is valuable when asking and answering technical questions. Having to type out this information every time would be tedious, and (my opinion) will lead to a lot of posts saying "What equipment and software are you using?"

Can this function be added?

16 minutes ago, Noel Borthwick said:

No a more appropriate place would be the coffeehouse

Out of curiosity I clicked the "Hide" button on my comment that you responded to. I see that the comment has completely disappeared, with no way to get it back or even see it. Is this the way it's supposed to work?

OK! Happy to see this is happening. Thanks as always to the Bandlab folks. I think pretty much everybody involved has realized that the Cakewalk user forum is one of the best in the biz (OK, the best). Looking forward to seeing everyone here, and meeting the new users.
Also, just looked at my profile page. Good to know that I'll have the opportunity to accumulate "Warning Points" and restrictions.