G Randy Brown

Hi all,

 I just updated to the latest version and suddenly have an issue I've never run across before.

In a 21 track piano/orchestral piece I reopened the piano track and some of the strings tracks now have random notes that are shortened to what looks like milliseconds (I have to zoom in all the way to grab the tails to stretch them back out).

Any idea what could have happened?

I updated this morning, worked on the piece, closed it and reopened it several times with no issues but this last time it changed 1-2 second notes into fractions of a second long.

Thanks,

Randy

Hi all,

After having issues with not getting sound from Kontakt I went to prefs and under devices/input drivers,  Studio USB ASIO Driver input 1 (as opposed to 1 and 2) is checked.

My other choices are Studio USB ASIO Driver Virtual in 1 and greyed out (and uncheckable) is Magix low latency 2016 HD audio...

Please find screen grabs for devices and driver settings attached.

Do you see anything abnormal here or have suggestions I can try?

Thanks,

Randy

Craig, I don't use Windows drivers, I've always used whatever ASIO drivers the interfaces wanted to install.

Steve, yes I know Universal Control is not the drivers...I was just saying back when I had audiobox I had it installed and then uninstalled when using a Focusrite. I installed it this morning to see if there were settings I may have used before that gave me volume control with my PC keyboard.

BTW, do you or anyone know why I don't get notifications when someone replies to my posts (with "notify me of replies" checked)?

EDIT, actually it does show notifications on this site but doesn't send me an email like the old forum did...is there a button that needs to be flipped I didn't see?

I guess what I find so strange is I'm using the same software (Universal Control by Presonus) as I did with another Presonus interface (Audiobox) and was able to adjust volume thru windows but Sonar Platinum showed it was using their ASIO drivers...it's not a huge deal but a bit of a PITA.

Oh well thanks Steve.

Has that always been the case Steve?

I ask because I've used several interfaces that use ASIO over the years (15 +) and never had this issue.

So do I have no choice other than using the volume on  the interface or CbB master volume?

I just bought one and wondering why win 10 can control volume on everything except CbB.

It shows I'm using the drivers everywhere and my sampling rate is set the same but whenever I use my PC keyboard volume control there is no change.

Is there a setting in prefs I'm overlooking?

Thanks,

Randy

I thought I should follow up and let you know it has nothing to do with CbB.

When I install the drivers I get no sound period...Focusrite support opened a ticket on it so hopefully I'll get this resolved.

I'll try to add solved in the initial post.

Thanks,

Randy

47 minutes ago, scook said:

When using the same audio interface for CbB and Windows make sure CbB and Windows are set to the same sample rate.

ahh, I think you're onto something...it seems I use 48K in CbB because the music almost always winds up in a video.

I'll try to set CbB to 44K and see if that makes a difference.

Thanks very much,

Randy

Sorry for the delay, I'm not getting notification emails even with "Notify me of replies" checked.

Anyway, yes Scarlett 2i2 shows up in Sound Settings regardless of whether the drivers are installed or not.

After uninstalling I downloaded the drivers again (thinking maybe the last download got corrupted somehow) and installed.

I open CW and it acts like everything is normal and recognizes the drivers...I hit play and there's no sound from an existing project.

I close out and try to play a wav file with VLC media player and get no sound.

I uninstall the drivers, restart and CW reports no drivers.

I open VLC, play a wav file and it plays fine and Sound Settings (right click speaker icon in lower right and left click on Open sound settings) and it shows the device.

I'm biting at the bit because I have a subscription to Composer Cloud and they recently added "Hollywood Background Singers"

I would just buy a new interface but I just maxed out my credit card on camera equipment : (

Thanks very much for trying to help!

Randy

Yes I have 2  bi-amped Event 2020s plugged into it.

So apparently it's no longer a CW issue but after installing the drivers I get no sound at all.

I've uninstalled/reinstalled twice now and it does the same thing.

Uninstalled I get sound except in CW and Win 10 recognizes the device...installed I get no sound.

Any more advice other than buy something newer?

Thanks,

Randy

Ohh man do I feel dumb?!

I guess my only excuse would be that I was running it on this PC a couple of years ago and forgotten that I uninstalled after switching to Presonus...sheesh, that was an easy fix thanks very much!

BTW, I didn't get any emails stating I had a reply to this...is there something I need to do besides check "Notify me of replies" in the bottom left?

Thanks again all!

I switched out my Presonus audiobox with the Scarlett and it states I have no audio devices.

Win 10 recognizes the Scarlett but nothing shows in prefs under devices...when I unplug the Scarlett it tells me it was disconnected.

Can someone tell me how to get CW to recognize it?

Thanks very much,

Randy

What a great closing statement!

The idea/question really does tie it all together well and I appreciate it very much Bjorn!

10 hours ago, bjornpdx said:

Today's history books show us that one side or the other was correct in some deeply divided issue of a previous time. What will a history book written 50 years from now say?

I would like to finish it up today and publish.

I plan to add your wonderful statement/question at 00:03:10. I can credit you in the description if you let me know the name you'd like to use.

I do want to rephrase this part though "What will a history book written 50 years from now say?" to "How will the History books written 50 years from now read?"

9 hours ago, David Sprouse said:

The music is spot on (IMHO).

That's great to hear David!

7 hours ago, bjornpdx said:

How about something like:  Today's history books show us that one side or the other was correct in some deeply divided issue of a previous time. What will a history book written 50 years from now say?

Ohhh great idea...I had to google to get the date for the Scott Carpenter speech and added it in the text in an effort to show how long the issue has been around.

With your permission I'll post your question at the front or back along with your name if you'd like?

I would like to publish this asap and would appreciate any input/comments/suggestions as to where to go next with it.
I feel like the music is close but open for suggestions on anything.

Here's another one I'd like to update 😊

Thanks!

I looped this piece for like 20 minutes in Windows Media Player and used a screen capture recorder (Bandicam) to capture G-Force visualizations.

I then synced the takes on separate tracks in my video editing program and picked my favs of each track  for the different sections of the piece.

If you like dreamy/floaty stuff like this you might want to try their demo version and listen to your favorite music in WMP...well worth $20 IMO.

Thanks again,

Randy

24 minutes ago, chuckebaby said:

your voice is similar to another very talented singer I know. And that is... Mr Craig Anderton.

oh cool, I like Craig's vox, thanks!

7 minutes ago, bjornpdx said:

I'd suggest the piano not follow the vocal so closely in places.

LOL, I never noticed that until you pointed it out...probably bc it was instrumental I added lyrics to 😁

9 minutes ago, bjornpdx said:

It's time to finish them or just go ahead and declare them done.

I only have a couple that I'm satisfied that I feel I can't do any more for and that  I've declared being finished...well, you know what I mean 😂

10 minutes ago, DeeringAmps said:

I think this and “So Much More” could be the basis of an operetta.

That's very perceptive of you Tom, this along with some other unpublished pieces I have were written for a short film project I was wanting to produce but never finished the script...maybe some day 😁