Jim Fogle

@RICHARD HUTCHINS, As others have correctly pointed out, Cakewalk by BandLab only runs on a 64 bit Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10 operating system. That means you're stuck with a Windows computer or you're switching DAWs. If I assume you're sticking with Windows to continue using Cakewalk by BandLab and don't care to become proficient with computer hardware then I second JimJones55's idea to purchase a purpose built music computer. In addition to looking at the Sweetwater computers, may I suggest you contact forum member, @Jim Roseberry. He works for a company that builds music computers. He also provides free advice.

@Tony p and @Jasongs, May I suggest you open a support request. You can use the link in my signature. Also the chief developer, Noel Borthwick, started a thread with details about crash dumps and how to provide them to the developers. Here is a link to the thread: The more information you can provide them the better chance the issue can get resolved. This not only helps you but also helps all CbB users.

Steve, I'm not disagreeing with your post. The developers may not be anymore receptive to the idea now than they were more than five years ago. I did notice you normally do not reply in this forum section but I did not know why you made an exception this time, now I know. You're absolutely correct that no one but one of the developers knows how much effort is required and sometimes the smallest change can demand a huge amount of resources. But how much resources is needed to implement a request should not deter anyone from posting their request. My intent was show support for the request. I figure the more support an idea has the better chance the idea has to at least be noticed. While it is clear to me the developers continue to work hard to increase the product reliability and stability while also addressing many issues that have been frustrations to users the feature roadmap is otherwise hazy. It is difficult for me to believe this section of the forum is monitored by the developers or anyone else responsible for creating the roadmap. Otherwise why have the "what features would you like to have us focus on next?" poll in the One Year Of Cakewalk by BandLab thread?

@Starship Krupa Both this free VST and the free VSTi instrument thread are wonderful ideas. Thanks. Aegean Music has a free Doppler effect and free pitch sifter/harmonizer/tuner effect: https://aegeanmusic.com/

@Starship Krupa Both this free VSTi and the free VST thread are wonderful ideas. Thanks. Spicy Guitar: http://www.spicyguitar.com/ Amplesound Free (sampled acoustic Martin steel six string guitar and electric Fender Precision fretted bass: https://amplesound.net/en/download.asp MT Power Drumkit: https://www.powerdrumkit.com/ A whole bunch of good sounding free instruments from DSK Music: https://www.dskmusic.com/ Don't forget the Studio Instrument suite of electric piano, electric bass, string section and acoustic drum kit available as an optional download with Cakewalk by BandLab!

Noel's quoted response was made April, 2014. Perhaps with the changes created by time, competing products and ownership Noel will reconsider his answer. I can envision how a small change like enabling the mouse wheel to scroll a list can make a huge difference in workflow; especially when the user is accustomed to using the mouse scroll wheel in other programs.

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@Robert Bone Excellent step-by-step. Makes sense to me and I'm as dense as hard rock Maple!

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As I read this thread and respond it is evening time in Norway. I'm sure today has been a very long day. Hopefully you've been surrounded by friends and family and together you've remembered better times. Remember there are many forum members willing to share the coming days with you.

@EDT, I think I like your idea a lot but I want to make sure I understand your idea. Am I correct that what you're suggesting is task wizards? I'm defining a task wizard as a pop-up window with step-by-step instructions describing how to perform a task. Ideally there should be one pop-up window for each task step. Each pop-up window should also include a hyperlink that opens another pop-up window that details how to perform the step. Let's say you want to perform a specific task like copy midi between tracks. You would navigate to the task wizard menu and select "copy midi". A pop-up window would state: "highlight the midi in a track to be copied." If you don't know how to highlight then you can click on the word highlight and a new pop-up window opens that describes how to highlight. There will be a pop-up window to guide you through each step needed to copy midi between tracks. Does that describe and give an example of your suggestion?

Cakemint, I am a big fan of the Cakewalk Reference Guide pdf file. Morten Saether did an outstanding job converting and updating the manual. I did not realize the guide was not included in the download once it became available. The guide is updated with each update so it makes complete sense to me to include the latest copy with each update.

While there is disagreement about the review findings, I'm very glad to see Cakewalk by BandLab appears to be gaining in popularity and is a subject worth bringing up in DAW conversations. There are a lot of computer based DAWs to choose from. The more the name is raised the better chance the program has of continuing to advance in popularity.

@Destire Soner, Welcome to Cakewalk by BandLab and to the forum. Thank you for taking time to share your observation and latency solution with us.

Most of The Beatles records the main mix was the mono mix. At that time (say 1965 to 1970) stereo was far more popular in the US than the rest of the world but most popular albums and 45s were mono. Most record companies believed stereo was for classical recordings and mono was okay for popular music since popular music was played mostly on AM radio or jukeboxes. Read about the remastering Giles Martin did for the reissues. He spent much more time on the mono mixes than the stereo mixes. As you noted in most cases tracks were just panned hard left or hard right to create artificial stereo.

At least no one smashed everything or run them through a chipper/shredder. I've seen both occur (luckily not to my stuff!). It's not purty!

@bliane cox, You may want to remove your email address from your post. A lot of automated robots collect email addresses for SPAM distributors. The Blue Snowball has been available for awhile and uses the native, Windows class compliant USB driver. All that means is it works for a lot of people but isn't working for you. How does the audio sound if you use the snowball outside of Cakewalk? Have you tried using it with Audacity, https://www.audacityteam.org/, or another free to download recording program? How does the microphone sound if you use it to speak with someone over the internet? How about if you go into the Windows Control Panel and test the microphone under the record tab, how much does the VU meter move? What I'm trying to do is think of tests that can help separate the problem into either (1) there's a physical problem with the hardware, (2) a problem with how Windows is set up or (3) a problem with how Cakewalk is set up.

I like some of the Behringer products. But products include other things beside hardware such as packaging, included accessories, technical support, web archives and support software. If I see packaging with bad grammar or misspelled words I'm leery. If I contact technical support by telephone and we can't understand each other, or by email and there is no response, I'm leery. If I can't find product documentation online I'm leery. Finally, if a manufacturer does not state their device is class compliant but does not provide the device driver I'm leery. There is nothing wrong with inexpensive or cheap but it likely is not the best way forward if you're thinking of purchasing a product for long term use and being cheap excludes consumer support.

@Ludwig Bouwer, Thank you for including the link to your recording studio website. and providing the additional detail about the AGT process. As a hobbyist it is interesting to see how professionals present their work. One Big Room tells me you have a passion for music and production. That's an impressive website. I appreciate how you present the tools and process used in audio production to the website viewer. Will you be adding a link to the America' Got Talent video clip on your website? Tricky question because of copyright clearances perhaps. Anyhow, wonderful achievement for The Ndlovu Youth Choir and a great opportunity for your talent to gain exposure. Kudos and congratulations once again!

I'm not trying to find out how far the choir advances as much as I'm trying to gain some insight into how much preparation and planning the acts need to plan for. By the time these shows air I'm sure several tapings have occurred. It wouldn't surprise me to learn the theater auditions (where the show is presently at in the process) are taped over several weeks or months to accommodate schedules. Did you prepare enough backing tracks for the choir to have enough material for multiple performances if they need them? If you don't mind my asking, are you based in the US, South Africa or someplace else entirely? If you are a music business professional even one performance of this magnitude is a feather in your cap. Kudos once again!

The RX-7 has a 5 pin din MIDI out jack, doesn't it? Does your computer have a 5 pin MIDI in jack or are you using a MIDI to USB convertor cable? What activity are you seeing on the MIDI activity monitor when you hit play?

Excellent job. The soundtrack sounded as good as the visual performance. Well done! Since they received four "yes" votes the choir advances to the next level of the competition. Are you providing the music for the next performance too?

The Sforzando plugin is available in both 32 and 64 bit versions. By mistake could you have tried to use the 32 bit version?

May I suggest the Groove 3 video series, Sonar Mixing Tutorial. https://www.groove3.com/tutorials/mixing-with-sonar YouTube videos are great. I watch a ton! But it's easy to waste time viewing a video with bad information or on information you don't need. The way Groove 3 video series are organized is just as important to comprehension as the video itself. There are 36 videos in this series that time out to 5 hours, 27 minutes and 24 seconds total viewing time. $30 US and you can download the videos and view online or offline as you desire. Load them onto a tablet or e-reader and you have a wonderful resource that you can also use as a quick refresher and reference as you try things on your own. The other deal they offer is $15 US for online only access to everything Groove 3 offers for a month.

. . . and it is an excellent suggestion. I agree with you. Some people adapt midi files they find purchased or find on the internet. They'll think to look for drums on midi channel 10 but forget the drums might lie on midi channel 16. This is an easy mistake to make when starting with a midi 0 file.