Kev

9 hours ago, Wibbles said:

The left brain/right brain idea is a load of bollocks.

Just google "left brain/right brain myth".

Pretty much every widely accepted idea has its critics and detractors. Try googling anything and include the word "myth".

3 hours ago, craigb said:

Um, no.  It might be shite in this specific instance (and the general stuff that most people know about), but there are some serious differences in the brain halves (just ask someone who's done PhD work in this area - oh wait, that would include ME!).  My guess is that this specific instance has FAR more to do with how people process color...

...Which direction is the girl spinning?  Clockwise?  Counter-clockwise?  Do you see her stop and go back the other way?  Well, the reality is that she isn't spinning, but your brain will show you she's spinning in one direction or the other.  To prove there's some truth to the left brain/right brain try watching the girl while doing math in your head then continue watching and start thinking about creating a tune.  I'm able to get her to stop and go in whichever direction I want...

Thanks for sharing your expertise.

My perception of the colours in the shoe picture changed back and forth according to whatever I had just been engaged in. On the one hand it was technical stuff and on the other it was visual or musical. Surely this is an example of right-left brain phenomena, just like the spinning girl example. Or, if it is something different, then what is it and how is it different?

1 hour ago, Tezza said:

I just see a grey shoe with Green/Aqua laces and linings...

Apparently so do the vast majority of the population. I'm in the minority.

1 hour ago, Tezza said:

...What is the scientific basis for this test?

I've been searching but I can't find a definitive science-based statement about any of this. Only hearsay so far.

Maybe most of you have seen this already, as it's been on various social media sites. Apparently, different people perceive this picture in one of two ways, depending on which side of their brain is dominant. It's actually a pink shoe with white laces, but a slightly-greenish blue has been overlaid on the image, dramatically altering the colours of the main elements in the picture. If your left-brain is dominant you will take what you see at face value and see blue laces and a grey shoe. On the other hand, the right-brain automatically make allowances for the lighting conditions and sees the original pink shoe.

I got called into the lounge room to settle in argument between family members. My wife had been the only one to see a pink shoe, while the other people in the room couldn't see any pink in the picture at all. They were wondering whether this was due to my wife having recently suffering a stroke, until I said that I too was seeing a pink shoe.

The right/left brain explanation seems plausible to me. I returned to the room later and the image was still on the computer screen but this time I was seeing bright blue laces and a grey shoe. I had just been working on an assignment for a part-time library studies course that I'm doing. I guess that the other side of my brain must have become active for this. Hence the change in my perception. But next, I walked over to dining table where there was a partly-completed jigsaw puzzle and began to put a few pieces in. I glanced over to the screen and saw the shoe had returned to its pink colour.

What do you see? You guys are all musicians and probably have a highly-developed right-brain. This also applies to anyone who spends time doing artwork, craftwork, design or anything visual or spatial, e.g. movies, video, maps, architecture. I'm anticipating that most of you here will see a pink shoe.

Is this the one?

You will probably see an improvement in the image quality with a Matrox card.

On the other hand 32MB might be a bit too low. At one stage when I was running Sonar X3 I had a 4-screen setup with 128MB each on two screens and 64MB each on the other two. There was a noticeable different in performance. The latter two were more sluggish.

I've never heard the term either but I get it. I take it to mean a product that has a hyper-abundance of unreasonably overenthusiastic advocates that people find off-putting. I would put Studio One in that category.

If your interface has a S/PDIF out, you could connect it to the S/PDIF in of the internal soundcard. You will then be able to monitor the audio through the computer speakers without changing driver mode.

On 4/12/2019 at 1:26 AM, Byron Dickens said:

Why in God's name would you downgrade a Focusrite to a SoundBlaster?

On 4/12/2019 at 1:43 AM, msmcleod said:

I have to agree with Byron here.

I've got a 18i20, a 6i6 and a 2i2 - all 1st gen, and all working with CbL (on different PC's) with a latency of 1.5ms. I hardly get any dropouts, and if I do I just up the ASIO buffer size.

Definitely stick with your existing interface. I don't have any experience of Focusrite myself, but despite this I feel that I could confidently recommend Focusrite products for use with Sonar/CbB, based on what I have read on these forums over the last few years.

On 4/2/2019 at 2:05 PM, Starship Krupa said:

brainworx bx_saturator and bx_subfilter and the guitar amp sims.

Softube Tonelux tilt EQ, Sonnox Dynamic EQ, Antares Auto-Tune....

....to name a few that are available in both versions.

Thanks. I don't have any of those. Hence my ignorance on the subject.

3 hours ago, Larry Jones said:

...If you just want to get started fast (and have LOUD mixes), buy iZotope Ozone Elements for $129 and use it. In time you'll want to be more sophisticated in your mastering, but this plugin will get you going right away...

Another alternative:
Voxengo Elephant

It could be a graphic card issue. Try updating the drivers.

On 3/31/2019 at 4:36 AM, Starship Krupa said:

...Many plug-in companies make two versions of the same plug-in, a version that will use the UAD processor and a version that just uses CPU processing like everything else ("native")...

I was not aware of this. Can you provide some examples.

7 hours ago, msmcleod said:

If you can fill the shelves up with books (preferably paperbacks), it'll make a huge difference. It'll also change the measurements of your room so the length doesn't match the width.

 A shelf full of books is like having 6 inches of fibreboard over the wall.

Also, don't order the books by size. Put an assortment of different-sized books on each shelf.

4 hours ago, Cactus Music said:

If you look at what people use in "real" studios" for near fields you do not see brands like Presonus or KRK...

Not any more, but KRK used to produce a high-end model and Alan Parsons endorsed it.

5 hours ago, Tezza said:

...None of the Rokit series sound harsh in my opinion though....

But that can be a problem. When I tested out some Rokits a few years ago (Gen 2's I think), I found that they seemed to blur high frequencies and consequently improve the sound of electric guitars. They were doing exactly what I would want from a guitar amp, but not what I wanted from studio monitors.

If the laptop is low spec, that should not be a problem for just editing. It should be ok if you set the buffers high enough. If you still get drop-outs, then just click the Archive button on some of the tracks that you are not using and these will then be ignored by the audio engine. You might find that you can work on some bigger projects than you originally assumed.

1 hour ago, greg54 said:

...both the M-Audio's and KRK's cause the audio to sound the same...

It's not about the brand. The Rokits are just KRK's cheerful entry-level model. I'm guessing that your M-Audio monitors were too. 

I used to take with me a 10-year-old laptop for editing Sonar projects while sitting on a train or a bus. Some plugins were missing, but that didn't prevent me from working on the projects. I also used a pair of noise-cancelling headphones and a small lightweight USB interface (Line6 GX). When finished I would copy the project back to the main DAW PC via a flashdrive. I always used project folders and never bundle files.

On 3/22/2019 at 3:24 AM, Gswitz said:

It would help to hear the recording.

I agree. There would be a better chance of identifying the cause of the problem if we could hear an example.

On 3/18/2019 at 3:36 PM, Vickie_V said:

Although the Sonitus suite as most of us know it is DX, I believe that the version that used to be available for purchase separately was VST.

4 hours ago, Jonathan Hunt said:

...All I really want is an activation code so I can use it again...

The activation code should be listed on your My Products page.
https://www.cakewalk.com/My-Account/Products

3 hours ago, Craig Anderton said:

... in my musical workflow, I'm always jumping around among the various nooks and crannies of the program. I almost never just mix or just track or just use MIDI. I'm all over the place...But maybe it's time to give Lenses another try. 

Me too. I often start out doing one thing but then go off at tangent and end up doing something else. It therefore suits me to have all functions readily available. That's probably why I have never bothered with lenses. However, Noel's explanation has intrigued me, so maybe I will give them a try now.

On 3/10/2019 at 7:18 AM, msmcleod said:

Screen Sets

• Per project, so you can't "apply" it to a project (although you can start off with a template that has the screen sets applied)

 

But you can also import screensets from one project to another if you have two projects open at the same time. I tend to use this method as a way of keeping consistency between projects.