Jim Fogle

@Craig Anderton, Nice to see you posting on the forum once more. We've missed you here and missed your columns in Sound On Sound. Just yesterday I read a post wondering about the absence of your Sound On Sound column .

@msmcleod indicated in another thread that pre/post Prochannel setting is presently not saved in a template but that it should be. He has presented a bug report to the developers.

@razor7music, thanks for starting this post. It has generated a really great discussion with many, many good questions and answers.

@Fred's Gratis Scores, By the way, welcome to the forum. Thanks for stopping by and asking your question.

And don't forget soda - pop - fizzy 😉

@Starship Krupa, I saw @msmcleod mention in another post that Cakewalk by BandLab was updated to include many of Mark's control surface features. You may want to look back through the release notes. I've connected my Korg nanoKontrol2 to my older XP computer with Cakewalk's consumer product, Music Creator 6. It did everything I wanted including switching between plugin and DAW when I changed focus. I haven't connected it to my new computer yet so I haven't tried it with CbB.

@Jim Roseberry brings up a good point of discussion, development time is precious. One solution would be to adapt and integrate a free sampler that already exists. One example is the Windows only free sampler from One Small Clue, Grace. Here is a review of Grace by the Bedroom Producer Blog: https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2015/09/14/grace-sampler-free/ and a download link: https://github.com/s-oram/Grace/releases/

There has been several requests in the Feedback Loops forum section requesting the addition of an integrated sampler into Cakewalk by BandLab. Perhaps it would be faster and easier if Cakewalk integrated an existing sampler rather than developing one in house. Big Fish Audio introduced a free sampler called Momentum. According to Big Fish Audio, Momentum Here is a webpage that offers a deeper description and video links. I've created a poll for use as a guide to help BandLab develop a feel for how much desire exists for an integrated sampler. Thank you in advance for responding to the poll and for your comments.

@JohnK, Thank you for taking time to answer my question. I understand you're two note example is just that, an example. In my mind I agree that you've demonstrated a bug that can easily be duplicated.

@JohnK, thank you for providing your response to my question. Your description and screen shot answered my question. I do not use the trimming command so I am not familiar with using it. I use forum questions and responses as a learning tool. I was having trouble understanding how the program was supposed to "know" what you wanted without you telling it. Normally there is more than one way to perform a task. Alternately could you have split each clip again adjacent to each note and then deleted the resultant two empty clips?

I'm not understanding. At step # 3, "I try to trim the first clip, but it does not change." and then at step # 4, "I manually trim the end of the clip a little." If you manually trimmed at step 4 what kind of trim did you attempt at step 3? Will you clarify step 3 please @JohnK?

The icons include a Ludwig kit (ugly), TAMA and DW. It would be nice if they had a Gretsch or Premier kit too. Strange how times change, Ludwig use to be in Illinois. Now their factory is in Wilson, North Carolina a nice day trip from where I live.

Greetings, While reading another thread about a similar issue with another chording VST @Matthew Sorrels suggested I had this thought after watching your video. On the track where midi data was recorded, look at the event list. Look at the velocity level for each note. My gut feeling is it will be zero. If I'm understanding the Chordz screen correctly, each note has a slider you're moving to set when the note triggers that determines when each note is output. To the right is a rotary knob that sets the velocity for each note. I'm thinking that when the slider is moved, velocity goes to zero. Here is a link to the thread. There are some more thoughts that may help: https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/9338-captain-plugins-from-mixed-in-key-anyone-got-this-to-play-nicely-with-cakewalk/

I use the start screen and I agree there are some neat looking icons. The icon of the Slingerland drum kit is what made me think of the path I provided. I used that icon. That sucker's pretty.

Greetings @Dd, Welcome to the forum and to Cakewalk by BandLab. There is a good chance the software developers may miss this post and your observation. The developers have started a thread to post feedback on the current version here:

The Workspace Manager includes a description text box that describes all six factory Workspaces and is available for use to describe user Workspaces. Workspaces can also be selected any time after the Cakewalk by BandLab program opens, including before a project opens. In fact a Workspace can change what modules are displayed on the control bar before a project is open. However the Workspace Manager selection is not available until a project is opened. This prevents users from reading descriptive text until a project is open. I would like for the Workspace Manager, and it's description box, to be available anytime a Workspace can be selected; in other words for the selection to always be available.

Very nice and relaxing. Well done.

I can't think of any 19 year old I knew back in the day that could write this song. It take life experiences, or the ability to sing like you've lived them, to sing a song like this.

Very energetic. I enjoyed listening to it. I like all the background detail you provide about the song. Good singing and playing.

Gary, Instrumental 3 version sounds nice. The only change I would make to the sound is I would make the bottom end a little more pronounced. It's there but the notes are not distinct. I have a problem with the introduction. After the count-in the first sound seems to be a high hat sweep, then sustained keyboard chord, then closed high hat hits and side stick and then guitars. I would eliminate the initial high hat sweep for two reasons, the sound interferes with the initial keyboard sound and all the instruments have their own introduction except for the drums which is introduced twice, before and after the keyboard introduction. I'm looking forward to hearing the final product.

@Starship Krupa, take a look at c://Cakewalk Content/Cakewalk Core/Track Icons

@Reinielle Matt, I don't think any forum member has tried a BandLab digital audio interface. Certianly no one has published a review in the forum. However, your question prompted me to look at the BandLab store again. There have been some changes since 2019. There is a note that the BandLab Store in the link only ships to Canada and the US. For the continental US, also known as the lower 48 states, shipping and delivery has changed to free with any sale above $25 US. Sales less than $25 incur a flat $10 US shipping and delivery fee. The shipping and delivery fee is $20 US to Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. Also, BandLab published Link Digital and Link Digital Duo specifications. The specifications are the same for both digital devices except for differences created by one versus two channels such as the number of controls and dimensions. Finally the webpage for each device has a link to a device specific quick start guide.

Unfortunately I haven't found any music staff or instrument characters yet. ☹️

@lapasoa, Sonar may include XLN Addictive Drums but Cakewalk by BandLab does not.

@chuckebaby, Windows 10 recently added a new feature. Press the Windows key + the period key and a pop-up window opens. The pop-up window includes a lot of special characters that Windows formally did not support. I just tried "∆.txt" and Windows accepted it.