Will.

2 hours ago, Colin Nicholls said:

I use Studio One for album mastering but I'd love to be able to stay in Cakewalk. One feature that seems like a no-brainer now that we have the Arranger lane is multi-track export.

I would love to see the EXPORT module allow me to save a project out as a series of named FLAC files (or even burn to CD!) using the sections defined in the Arrangement:

In this use-case, for example, I have recorded two sides of a tape cassette that I am restoring for a friend, and I have defined the song/track breaks using the Arranger Track; set up stereo adjustment on each recording run; I have mastering effects in the Master bus (not shown), and at this point I have done everything I need to the audio. I just need to GET IT OUT of the project, as separate MP3, FLAC, or WAV, or similar. Or even straight to CD. Cakewalk has CD Burning ability but it requires mixed and rendered WAV files on disk and, dammit, everything I need is right here in the project. Including album/artist  information in the Project Info dialogs...

Being able to set up an alternative track sequence (using the Arranger) and burn a test mix to CD to listen in the car would be JAM.

Please consider adding this feature to the development hopper.

I'm understanding you correctly, do yoy want to export the stems individually as it's in the project?  If so - this can be done in Cakewalk. 

Step 1: 

Step 2: Choose your channel format. Best to choose Follow Source. This will render Mono and Stereo tracks in their individual formats. 

Step 3: Choose your file type. 

Hope this is what you were looking for. forgive me if I'm way off track here, but that's how it works for me. 

Excellent - I'm not the only one requesting this. We need more requests and positive replies on other threads on this. 

On 9/24/2020 at 6:46 PM, Justin P Brown said:

The recording I attached is not of the original recording. I posted it only as an auditory example of the popping effect through the speakers. I have no idea how it was recorded. There are probably all sorts of background noises present.

Its highly Audible on my phone too. Sounds like no Pop filter? 

On 9/28/2020 at 10:57 PM, brandon said:

I struggle to get to grips with the 'freeze' facility.

In a nutshell is it purely to save CPU power? If so, this has been a feature for many many years when processing power was at a premium. Now that processors are ten times faster is there any real need for it or is it because VSts and effects require more power than they ever did?

And secondly  - I watched a video of a guy converting a midi track to audio. But first he used the freeze command on the track and then used the resultant audio and saved it as an audio file. He then imported that audio file into the project. That seems to be beating about the bush a bit i.e.  the long way to go about doing something that should be very straightforward.

I feel I may be missing something here (as I don't see me ever having to use this facility) and would welcome any comments on this subject that may enlighten me.  

Cheers

I've argued this recently on the forum. It only "converts" the instrument file to an "audio file" - It does not render it to a "wave file," which I requested and argued for plenty reasons. One would be -- "Freezing" brings certain limitation for me. I can't manipulate the file 100% as what I'd like too. So, I rather record it in-house to an Aux track. It would've been nice to "Bounce/Render" it to a "Wav.File" in-house though. 

One benefit of freezing is the ability to "Undo." 

@Jeremy Jensen This is how I do my Wet/Dry effect. Plus, you have more control over the effect too.  You can add a Mono effect with the interleaved set to mono - it does not affect your Stereo instrument track at all. 

GIVE AWAY TIP: Extremely handy step when you're doing Mastering. SHHHH!

As soon as I can get this GIF to insert URGH!

The site don't want to take the GIF sorry. It shows a (-200) ERROR message - so pictures it is. 

1: Insert your instrument track and record a few notes. 

2: Insert an Audio Track. 

3: Route the Input of the Audio Track to your instrument track. 

4: Mix to your desired taste by lowering the instrument fader to balance out the volume levels with the newly created wet effect and vice-versa. It makes good work for side chain too.  

Note: This routing method does not work by sending the instrument track output to an Aux track and works only on "Instrument Track Inserts" 

Enjoy. 

On 9/28/2020 at 3:27 AM, Jim Fogle said:

@Will_Kaydo, I apologize if you believe I'm busting your chops.  That is not my intent.  I'm curious, that's all.  I would think it would be easier to periodically bump a thread than it is to re-write it.  Again I'm sorry you took offense.

Lol. None taken, I know it was with good intention. I was merely just throwing in some humour. 

Good Day Bakers and Members. 

I see when selecting two or four tracks to resize together does not work. It never bothered me until a few weeks ago. 

The Auto Zoom on tracks works just fine. I see the Shift+Z command has also been disabled to be manually added in keyboard shortcuts - which is not a deal breaker. 

What is though, is the ability to highlight selected tracks to resize in on tracks with Ctrl+Drag option on highlighted tracks alone. 

Thanks.

~Will

Good Day Bakers and Members. 

I see when selecting two or four tracks to resize together does not work. It never bothered me until few weeks ago. 

The Auto Zoom on tracks works just fine. I see the Shift+Z command has also been disabled to be manually added in keyboard shortcuts - which is not a deal breaker. 

What is though, is the ability to highlight selected tracks to resize in on tracks with Ctrl+Drag option on highlighted tracks alone. 

Any thoughts on this from anyone? 

Thanks.

~Will~

9 hours ago, Vernon Barnes said:

No - not it, I have disconnected the Ethernet port again and the problem persists. In Waves Central the ID of my C drive has changed with a connected local drive C with no licenses and a disconnected drive C with the licenses,

 

Support case opened with Waves.

Windows defender - I hate it. When you update windows, always disconnect or uninstall any antivirus you might be running during this process -- especially Avast. 

1 hour ago, Max Arwood said:

And a scroll bar.

Yeah, that too. 

14 hours ago, Jim Fogle said:

@Will_Kaydo, I've got a curiosity question.  You stated

and

 

Let's say each request gets 10 positive responses.  At 4 requests for 2020 that's forty positive responses.  Do you think forty positive responses on one post would carry more weight and has a better chance of being implemented than 4 requests from the same person?

Well, It didn't get 10 or 40 responses. So, I'm gonna keep requesting until it get's picked up. 

Why do you find my four requests problematic? Everyone has some idea's that falls on deaf ears a few times, before it eventually gets noted. This will benefit me in my workflow and I'm sure for others too who hasn't seen the request yet. 

Why hide the strip with the global on and off switch of the pro channel when hiding the eq module? Just because I don't use the channel EQ doesn't mean the entire pro channel features should gets hidden. I do use the channel compressors, tube and saturation  especially the console emulator. 

@Jim Fogle Don't bust my man parts like this. 😭

Hi Bakers.

Mouse wheel on "vocalsync" does not work. 

Mouse wheel on a stretch out "Insert Audio Fx" tab, does not work in Track View or Console View - to add an effect. 

Good Day Bakers. 

We all know the comfort of working with keyboard shortcuts and how it saves time, right? 

Another add-on option to an existing keyboard shortcut would be amazing to have at our disposal too. Can the option of choosing a "Mono and Stereo" Audio or Midi track output be added in the box below when pressing the "Insert key" on your keyboard in both pictures? The option is already there for instrument tracks - can we just add it to Audio tracks too?

This option on the computer keyboard is an instant insert for audio tracks. So whenever you hit "insert" on your keyboard the option should follow all the properties chosen for this feature and should the need be to choose a stereo audio track - it should be with Alt+Insert. 

Having it available in the second picture will benefit other users too.

It would be extremely awesome to have it available in all aspect of track inserts, as all of our workflow and creativity differs from one another.  For instance, I'm a shortcut and floating window nerd - so I hardly do the mouse click inserts.  

I pray that this reach someone's attention. 

~Will~ 

It's probably my fourth time requesting this for 2020. 

When hiding the "Pro channel" under the module tab in the console. Can we get it to only hide the visual eq square and not the "Post; Clip indicator and on/off button." 

I like to work with as minimum visual as possible. However, the pro channel on and off switch/button comes in handy a lot. I rarely use the pro channel EQ that's why I hide it's visual box,  (called ""PRO CHANNEL" under the Module tab in console view.) but I do use the Console Emulators on every track and one or two FX dials. Having the global Pro Channel on and off button visible is essential - I don't see why it should get hidden with the clip indicator LED and post button too. I've requested this a few times. 

Please bakers. 😭

42 minutes ago, greg54 said:

Thanks, Will!

Sweet. 

On 9/25/2020 at 11:30 PM, Blogospherianman said:

I don’t always want my stereo guitar or Tambourine to stay stereo, so having a switchable interleave is nice.

Doesnt a stereo effect turn a mono channel to stereo? and a mono effect a stereo channel mono? 

On 9/22/2020 at 10:08 PM, greg54 said:

I was playing around with some things in CbB and was wondering about the stereo/mono button on my mono tracks.    On vocals, when I press it to Mono and hit Play, the vocal is a little louder.   My question is whether it makes a difference on vocal tracks, other than the loudness.    Does it matter if I keep it on Stereo or Mono? 

 

 

1: Go to preferences.

2: Under Audio Tab select "Driver Settings." 

    • Click Stereo Panning Law

    • Set to 0dB center, balance control. 

3: Apply and do a test. 

Record in mono, set the interleave to Mono and do a pan test - this should work for you. 

@marled Your request has been picked up and noted. Send the project. 

Request to add the ability to scroll with the mouse wheel through your effects via "insert audio fx tab" when it becomes stretched out. 

I don't normally work this way. I always use my floating browser to add an effect, but this feature sometimes comes handy whether in console view or not. Clicking through all the effects feels so ancient. 

What @Blogospherianman said. 

That's why most other DAW's on the market do this by default and gives you the option to either add a Mono or Stereo track for recording vocals or instruments - with the interleaves in straight mono-on-mono tracks and stereo in stereo tracks.  

On 9/23/2020 at 1:03 AM, kurt soderquist said:

Thanks, that is what I was looking for. I gave it a try. I solo'ed my bass after the bounce and was surprised to hear some weird sounding notes, it must be from all my manipulating the wave forms to get them on time.  It wasn't the bounce that did it, it was the editing. I may have to re-record the bass.

Are those weird noises pops and clicks? If so, use your cross faders where it was cut - front and back. 

On 9/23/2020 at 4:57 AM, Robert Bone said:

Well, those licenses are tied to Sonar Platinum, and aren't directly available to Cakewalk, and I am quite happy they can still work, just by keeping Sonar installed.

Bob Bone

True. I also never said it wasn't license to sonar. What I said was it's a hassle to have to install sonar first to be able to get it open in Cakewalk. 

If you open SD3 or True Piano in Sonar their tap will say Cakewalk and not Sonar.

The DAW was owned sonar, but Cakewalk still owned the instruments and Effects if the label tap showed "Cakewalk" instead of Sonar. I'm sure if sonar owned the effects and instruments it would've also said Sonar. 

I know I might be wrong on this, but that's how I would've negotiated the deal if I had to buy Cakewalk. 😂 

On 9/21/2020 at 1:53 PM, Robert Bone said:

Session Drummer 3 came with Sonar Platinum, so if you own Sonar Platinum - and install it, you can access SD3 from within Cakewalk by Bandlab.  Sonar and Cakewalk by Bandlab live happily alongside each other, though I dimly recall a recommendation to install Sonar Platinum first, and then Cakewalk by Bandlab should be installed afterward, because of updates to things like the VstScan.exe component, that have taken place in Cakewalk by Bandlab.....

Bob Bone

 

Yeah, it sucks to install sonar every time to get your old vsts to work in CbB.  SD3  rocked. 

True piano was another amazing addition. 

12 minutes ago, Kevin Perry said:

I've just checked the last version of SONAR Platinum and the mouse wheel doesn't scroll there - I thought it did too, but I think both our memories must be wrong

Lol. One often forget the little things that makes life so much better when you mix.  

I've dropped a copy of this in the 2020.09 feedback thread too. I really hope it get's picked up and be edit in a near update. Comfortability is key in any workspace. 

I hope someone can shine some light on this -- regarding the mouse wheel feature on the insert audio tab. I'm not sure if it worked before. I've made use of the drag and drop feature from the browser for some time now and hardly use the insert menu. 

Recently, I had installed new free vst bundles and it stretch out my "Insert Audio Fx TAB" in the console view, but i see the mouse wheel does not work on it. Was it always this way? Cause clicking down the list to get to a certain effect plugin, instead of rolling the mouse wheel - feels kind of "ancient."