Jim Fogle

Great to see you back on the forum. You've been missed.

As mentioned above I asked for clarification about the meaning of Sterling Audio's reply that the hardware uses an "embedded" ASIO driver. Today I received the response below: I'm taking that to mean Sterling Audio created the Windows ASIO driver and it is included as part of their driver software.

@Sal Sorice, Thanks for pointing out my spelling error. I've corrected Mike's name in my initial post. I agree that Mike creates great tutorials.

Mike Enjo with Creative Sauce demonstrates some nifty things you can do as you use a track's "freeze" button.

Below is the April 25, 2024 answer from Sterling Audio: I replied asking for clarification to the term, embedded ASIO driver, used in answer 3.

Great news, I received a response from Sterling Customer Support. I've copied the response below:

I first contacted Sterling using their "Contact Us" page on April 01. So far I've not received a response. I left a second message on their "Contact Us" page today.

Great conversation about ASIO4ALL. I can attest it works better than my onboard computer's ASIO driver. I've reached out to Sterling's e-mail support and will update when I receive a response from them.

Glenn, do you mean backwards compatibility with older software programs that perhaps don't offer ASIO or WASPI compatibility? So your thinking the ASIO driver is likely a wrapper? If so, is there a way for someone to know? I have a utility programming that exposes the individual files in an executable file. I downloaded the Sterling Windows driver package and saw there are 32 and 64 bit WDM & ASIO drivers. The WDM files are about 82K in size while the ASIO files are about 304K. Does that tell of anything?

The +++ Sterling Harmony H224 Audio Interface +++ driver executable loads a audio interface control panel, WDM driver and ASIO driver for use in Windows 10 and 11 operating systems. Can anyone explain to me why the developer includes a WDM driver in addition to an ASIO driver?

Audacity has added a stem separation tool as one of four AI tools Intel developed. Here is a link to an 8 minute YouTube video that demonstrates each one. The interesting thing about these AI tools is they all work inside your computer, not upload to the cloud.

Prior to creating CbB focused videos the Creative Sauce YouTube channel had numerous videos featuring equipment reviews and generic DAW tips using Studio One as the demonstration DAW. Back then Studio One sponsored several YouTube contributors and there were several more contributors attempting to build an audience. Switching his DAW focus from Studio One to CbB allowed Creative Sauce to stand out from the crowd. While a smart business move it also allowed Creative Sauce to quickly collect a loyal audience.

Fluid Synth is a great find John. I like that it can be embedded and appears to be updated about twice a year. Over the past few years PG Music has offered multiple midi sound sources but they are all add-ons, require user setup and are customized in some manner. As an embedded application Fluid Synth eliminates all the setup frustrations users experience. Say what you will about the TTS-1 sound but it really set Sonar/Cakewalk apart from the rest of the DAW crowd when they made it an embedded, default midi synth.

Not from the Bakers but Groove3.com has a 26 video set here. I've viewed both the ADK Studio series and the Groove3 series and both are great for beginners. The ADK Studio is free while the Groove3 costs.

Two files I downloaded in the past seem to be missing from the Cakewalk Product Center 1.0.0.048 Add-ons file list; CakewalkDemoProjectsSetup_1.0.0.8.exe and CakewalkHelp_Documentation_1.0.0.21.exe. Will I have to update my licensed version of Melodyne Essentials after running Melodyne5Setup_1.0.0.7.exe? My install is presently up-to-date at v5.3.018?