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    Solved (thanks!!) Can i buy an ad free forum experience?

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

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    These ads are the most intrusive ones that I have ever seen. I'm seeing them on my tablet (Amazon Fire) and my iPhone. On the computer it's just as bad if I use Opera as the browser, but not so bad with Firefox.

    On Firefox there are just a couple of low-key (targeted) Google ads, one near the top of the page and one near the bottom. I'm not sure, but I think that those might have been there all along and I hadn't noticed them before.

    Best PC for MP (Music Production)?

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    3 hours ago, bobernaut said:

    ...Can you really save that much money by building your own anyway?...

    Building your own PC doesn't necessarily save you money. It might even cost you more. It's really about building the right PC for a specific and specialist purpose. You end up with one that you would never find in the shops. Most PCs are either for general use or for gaming.

    @mettelus is correct about research being important. I build a new one every few years and each time that I start thinking about a new build I find that the technology has changed so much since the last time that I need to do a lot of reading before I begin choosing components.

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    Rapture

    in Instruments & Effects

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    4 hours ago, abacab said:

    Rapture classic was bundled with Sonar X2, X3, and Platinum. If your source was only with the Platinum bundle, you would probably need Command Center.

    Rapture session was bundled with Platinum, so that and Rapture Pro would need Command Center.

    But if you had Sonar X2 or X3, the Rapture classic installer would still be in your download files at your Cakewalk.com account. That and your serial and registration code would still be available if you could sign in here: https://www.cakewalk.com/My-Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2fMy-Account

    I have X2, X3, and Platinum, plus a purchased standalone version of Rapture classic from the long ago days, so I see both options. :D

    Yes, my memory is a bit vague on this but it looks like you are correct. My "My Products" page shows 3 separate copies of Rapture:

    Rapture 1.0 from 2007
    Rapture 1.22 from 2013
    Rapture 1.22 from 2014

    This seems to confirm that the bundled copies of Rapture had their own registrations separate from Sonar and that this applied to Sonar X2 and X3 but not to Platinum.

    Attention - Noel Borthwick

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    On 2/27/2019 at 9:40 AM, razor7music said:

    When you address a post to someone, just start it with the "at" symbol, and then start typing their name (with no space after the 'at' sign) You will see their name resolve, then just press enter and complete your post like normal...

    I've tried using that feature in this forum before but it didn't work for me. But I've been experimenting just now and discovered that it only works if I do it the way that you described. It doesn't work if you type the name first and insert the @ symbol later, which is what I did.

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    getting reverb onto delay echoes/repeats

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

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    5 hours ago, Dilaco said:

    ...I tried using the send on the delay bus to go to the reverb bus and this worked – my echoes were wet with reverb, but it actually affects the instrument track original signal as well, so you get twice as much reverb – you get reverb from the reverb send, and more reverb on the delay send.

    So I am wondering, how do you route the audio so that you can get reverb only on the delay repeats without re-applying reverb to the original audio signal?

    That shouldn't happen if you have set it up correctly. I suspect that your delay fx plugin is not set to 100% wet.

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    Do You Use Drum Maps?

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

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    I recall that I found drum maps a bit awkward to deal with the first time I used them, but I was glad that I persisted. I would hate not to have drum maps now. I use them in almost every project.

    However I do believe that there is room for improvement in the drum map GUI. I would prefer to do less typing and more mouse clicking. There have been several feature requests on this issue over the years.

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    I need some advice using External Insert with Outboard Effects please

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

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    8 hours ago, Klaus said:

    You don't need an External Insert if you want to process real time audio with hardware effects, just record the output of your hardware.

    The External Insert plug-in is needed/handy if you play audio from your DAW through an external hardware device and record the outcome, because it cares about the latency which is introduced by the additional DA - AD conversion of your audio interface.

    Recording a hardware synth driven via MIDI tracks from a DAW also doesn't need the External Insert plug-in but you may have to adjust a possible offset in Preferences > Sync and Caching or manually by shifting notes.

    I've used both methods and I don't really have a preference. It's not really a big deal.

    The timing offset never works correctly for me anyway and I always end up adjusting the recorded clip along the timeline. That's not a big deal either.

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    Stem files: How do I use these?

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

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    6 hours ago, Deckard said:

    Hm, could the clips vs. regions thing be a DAW-caused difference in semantics? Clips are called regions in another DAW?

    Digital Performer has some weird terminology that I have difficulty with. The routing matrix for audio & midi ins & outs is called the Bundles Window. The sequencing matrix is called the Chunks Window.

    Clips/regions are called soundbites. That one actually makes sense.

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    The Great Shutdown - What have we learned?

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted · Edited by Kev
    Again, "at link" to member. Didn't work last time.

    During the period when CW was in limbo I got a good deal on Harrison Mixbus32C, which was on offer at the time. I exported the stems from a major project that I had been working on in Sonar and continued it to its completion in Mixbus. I enjoyed the experience and learned a lot in the process. I got stuck a few times but the Harrison forums helped over some hurdles.

    Meanwhile I had already acquired a copy of Digital Performer (as a crossgrade at half-price) and was gradually reading my way through the well-written manuals. However I never really got to grips with it. It's a wonderfully elegant piece of software and I can't help admiring it, but somehow I can't quite get on the right wavelength to make good use of it. I haven't given up on it though and I intend to return to it again if I ever get some free time.

    I also bought a copy of Reaper for the purpose of trying out @azslow3's conversion facility. It didn't work well on any of my projects so I didn't pursue it after that.

    But Sonar Platinum is still my goto DAW. I'll move to CbB when they eventually get round to fixing the PVR settings problem.

    Operating System Requirements

    in Q&A

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    8 hours ago, Chuck E Baby said:

    Windows 7 updates and Bandlab Win7/compatibility will probably be phased out soon (just as XP was). I wish you gents luck, I personally loved Windows 7...

    ...a flash from the past when many just didn't want to leave Windows XP, myself included. Im not a big fan of Windows 10...

    Me too. I kept XP for as long as possible and upgraded to W7 reluctantly because of Sonar X3 (or was it X2?). But I soon got to like W7 and I've stuck with it ever since. I'm not a fan of W10 but I've just bought a new W10-based laptop and I'm beginning to get used to it.

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