Jim Fogle

Very nice video. Your voice sounds different in this one; sounds good. Thanks for adjusting the balance between your voice and the incidental music.

Great to see a new video from you. Missed you while you were gone.

I also like Sound On Sound (SOS). I find it even more surprising Cakewalk by Bandlab (CbB) is listed even though SOS dropped Craig Anderton's long running Sonar\CbB column. Craig's column was the main reason I visited SOS's website each month. I rarely visit their website now.

@tjmicsak, Welcome to the forum and to Cakewalk by Bandlab or CbB for short. One plugin suite you will enjoy are Style Dials. The online Reference Guide states: The eight style knob effects are available as add in selections in the Pro Channel. The eight effects are described here: https://www.cakewalk.com/Products/Style-Dials

This is an informative video. Although other DAWs have the same feature under a different name, I don't use other DAWs so I haven't previously seen or used articulation maps. It looks like it will be a great aid to using VST instruments.

Does Cakewalk by Bandlab support Midi Polyphonic Expression or MPE as it is sometimes called? MPE is a method of using MIDI which enables multidimensional controllers to control multiple parameters of every note within MPE-compatible software. In normal MIDI, Channel-wide messages (such as Pitch Bend) are applied to all notes being played on a single MIDI Channel. In MPE, each note is assigned its own MIDI Channel so that those messages can be applied to each note individually. +++ This article +++ indicates the upcoming release of Ableton Live 11 will support MPE. I don't have any hardware that supports the feature but, what got me curious was this statement:

The current release is now November, 2020. Mort and all the developers involved in maintaining the Reference Guide, thank you for your tireless effort. 😂 Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 😁 Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 🙄

Good idea. It would be nice to be able to enable or disable the choice as a preference option. I have the luxury of two computers, one a high power desktop and the other a very old laptop.

Very nice overview. The opening and closing music is nice too!

CPU-ID is a free, mature and well known utility application that will poll all your motherboard chips as well as accessories and display a report of what you have. The application is less than 2 MB. You can download the app here: CPU-ID

Page EN-52 of the Casio CT-X800 user manual lists the following steps to turn on the USB midi connection between the keyboard, computer and DAW (CbB in this case). Turn OFF the CT-X800 and turn ON your computer. Connect a USB cable between the computer and the CT-X800. Turn ON the CT-X800. Note if this is the first time the CT-X800 is connected to the computer a generic Windows driver will be installed. Open Cakewalk by Bandlab. Press P on the computer keyboard to open CbB preferences. Navigate to MIDI > Devices. Select CASIO USB-MIDI as Input Driver and Output Driver. The user manual has a note with an exclamation mark. The note reads, "Be sure to turn on the Digital Keyboard first before starting your computer's music software." My guess is the keyboard was not communicating with your computer and the generic midi driver was not loaded before your opened CbB. I've attached a copy of the user manual. Here is a link to the CT-X800 webpage: CT-X800 webpage Web_CTX800-ES-1A_EN.pdf

Hello @jono grant, Your post may get more views, discussion and support if you post your suggestions in the Feedback Loop. That section is intended to You've got some nice ideas. I'd like to see them get the attention they deserve.

Here is a link to download the X-Touch overlay file. +++ X-Touch Overlay File +++ I've updated my signature to include a link to the png overlay file

I like how you concentrated on just the Console view.

@Jack Stoner, I'll be happy to store the overlay in my DropBox and post a public link in this thread.

Good video to watch as it covers a number of subjects centered around using AutoSnap.

@Will_Kaydo Your suggestion is unclear. Are you suggesting a Cakewalk by Bandlab DAW mobile app or for this forum to have a phone screen compatible mode? Also, I don't understand where the revenue is coming from. Why would someone pay for an app when the forum and DAW is free?

Good video tutorial. I learned several ideas.

Hello @Martin Kučera, Welcome to Cakewalk by Bandlab and to the Bandlab forum. The Cakewalk by Bandlab developers will be adding Articulation maps in the next product release. As it stands, the next release is presently in public beta testing. You may want to download the beta test, which is called Early Release and add your comment and observations. You can do that +++ HERE +++. The developers actively seek product improvement suggestions +++ HERE +++ This forum section is for Bandlab announcements so you may get more views and comments in one of the other forum sections.

@Simon Lopez, I believe @Xel Ohh is using the Cakewalk by Bandlab October, 2020 beta release. Once the beta release has finished testing it will be released. You can find out more +++ HERE +++

Nice tribute. I appreciate the video editing as well as the playing. Classy all the way around.

Paul, Blue For You has a distinctive sound, I really enjoy listening to this mix as everything is clear but there is nothing that is in your face. The only thing I would change is I would reduce the number of crash cymbal hits.

I enjoyed listening to this. The lyrics are a little repetitive but that reflects today's reality, doesn't it, every day is the same. Would the Forum Monkeys have the inspiration or the time to write and record this song if there was no quarantine? Thank you for putting a smile on my face.

@Starship Krupa great suggestion.

I think this is a great suggestion because implementation would make track insertion consistent between views. Thanks @Starship Krupa for the suggestion. I wish I'd thought of it first!