Royal Yaksman

V4.5 ~ New Features Overview:

Recording and Mixing
• Redesigned hardware controls gain-phase-48V on mixer channels for compatible PreSonus interfaces
• Input Mixer: software gain - phase controls on every input
• Software input gain - phase controls on every channel, bus and FX channel
• Extended grouping system with attributes Volume, Pan, Mute-Solo, Inserts-Sends 
• Groups definable as Edit- and-or Mix-Groups
• Commands-shortcuts to suspend any group
• Command to suspend all groups
• Support for unlimited nested groups groups within groups 
• New Groups section in Track List and Channel List
• Optional group name displays on channels with Group assign and renaming options
• Customizable Channel Components in Console
• RMS-Peak metering option per channel
• Global Pre-Fader Metering option
• Quick-assign I-O routing for multiple selected channels
• Quick-assign outputs in ascending order
• Basic and Advanced Plug-in menu styles
• Alternative reverse Sidechain routing
• Copy Plug-ins with Sidechain routing

Arrangement and Editing
• Lock Events with position and editing options 
• Lock Tracks option
• Independent Quantize-Timebase-Snap options
• Snap to Zero Crossings

Musical MIDI Editing
• Chord Audition option in Chord Selector
• Chord Audition option for chord events in Chord Track
• User assignable Chord Audition sound
• New Major-Minor Triad scales • Re-organized Musical Actions
menu
• Stretch multiple notes by dragging
• Note Action: Apply Scale
• Note Action: Distribute Notes
• Note Action: Randomize Notes
• Note Action: Quantize Notes
• Note Action: Mirror Notes
• Note Action: Repeat Notes to Part End
• Note Action: Thin out Notes • Note Action: Fill with Notes

Workflow
• Independent Macro Toolbars for Arrangement, Music Editor and 

Audio Editor
• Macro Toolbar: custom menus
• Macro Toolbar: direct macro editing
• Macro Toolbar: Duplicate Macro command
• Macro Toolbar: “move to Group” command
• Impact XT: drag more than 16 samples or slices
• Patterns: support for Quintuplets - Septuplets resolution
• Improved swing timing for patterns with individual lanes resolution
• Stem Export: quick drag select tracks-channels
• Stem Export: save selection when closing window
• Song Data Import retains “Disabled” track state when importing
• Fat Channel XT modules retain state when switching
• Instrument list: “disable all” option
• Instrument list: “remove unused” option
• Store Presets with folder selection
• Assignable F13-F24 keys • Recall any Marker with
shortcut
• One-step Audioloop export drag&drop 
User Interface
• Smooth audio waveforms option 
• Macro Toolbar icons update • Sample One XT - Impact XT:
improved unit readouts

Performance
• Improved CPU performance with Multi Instruments
• Improved CPU performance with Mai Tai, Sample One XT, Impact XT and Presence XT

Hardware and Installation
• I-O Setup: add multiple inputs or outputs
• I-O Setup: re-order inputs - outputs with drag & drop
• New Plug-in Manager with filters by format and vendor
• Plug-in Manager: list and reset blacklisted plug-ins individually

Import - Export
• Import - Export I-O Setups
• Video Export option with multiple codec support platform-dependent 
• MP3 Export with variable bitrate
• AAC support Import - Export , including ALAC Apple Lossless 
• Mono option for Export Mixdown

Presonus have just started selling Cherry Audio in their store, perhaps they have pitched in with some modulation capabilities within Studio One?

On 5/13/2019 at 10:08 AM, SomeGuy said:

A lot of momentum for different DAWs also has to do with market conditions.  If you live in a market where everyone uses Ableton, then the chances of you using anything else are much less.  If you have to collaborate with other artists, then you need to be compatible.  Cakewalk is quite weak in this area, and there are very few reasons for anyone to bother switching off of their current DAW to Cakewalk.

Cakewalk has simple and easy stem bouncing options. Really any DAW that makes bouncing stems easy, is great for collabs because then it doesn't matter what DAW anyone is using.

If you are talking sharing the entire project fx, automation and all? Well the argument could be made that with Cakewalk being free, that it is actually the easiest DAW to collab with because all the other people need to do is download it, watch a couple of hours of 'how to' vids and then they are ready to get going without reaching into their pockets.

I have suggested it to quite a few people. Especially those who use something like Ableton or FL Studio and are looking for a traditional DAW for certain procedures. But most of the time when I get to the part about it being free. Instead of excitement, they tend to pull a face and shrug. Then some weeks later when I speak to them again, it turns out that they ponied up dough for either Pro Tools, Cubase or Studio One and didn't even bother trying Cakewalk.

I'm really not sure how you can beat free as a sales point? But I think it is likely that this DAW needs the similar tales, legends and mystique of the others, to make people want to check it out. Perhaps once some bedroom producers get big and start talking about it, then it will be an awfully easy sell.

So there I was just this last week, testing MDistortion and deciding that I'm going to get it when it comes up on sale and now, well here we are!🤪

On 4/18/2019 at 4:50 AM, mibby said:

Just curious - anyone ever use Regroover Essential?

It's handy for splitting apart busy drum loops and then makes it easier to use drum replacement. But probably the coolest thing is putting non-percussive material into it and then you can put different effects/processing on the separate split parts before summing them back together. It can help with some really interesting sound design on loops that have probably been used a thousands of times before and turn them into something fresh.

There I was telling myself I don't need anymore libraries or plugs but then I had to go and listen to the walk through's for dream guitars... Now my wallet is open and I'm not even sure how that happened?!! Damn you and yet simultaneously thank you cclarry!😁

If the guy's studio is near Chernobyl, maybe the residual radioactivity is messing with his setup?😁

Did XLN seriously just try to sell us a collated version of our DAW browsers for 180 smackeroonies?... I mean sure I'll pay that, but only once I see an official promise to deliver a complementary reach around in the licensing for the product.

Stop making libraries for instruments that I don't own!

Kontakt and Halion are where it is at!

Now get on that! Chop!👏 Chop!👏

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

With the 10 credits for signing up and 20 % off with TheSteven's code (thanks again), got the MConvolutionMB for 10 euros!

Thanks for the discount code.

Fartstep is going to takeover by 2020!

Just got through playing around with this and now I'm almost certain that it is going to be hard not to put it on every single track in a song.

This is actually better than I expected and for a freebie it's pretty great actually.

8 hours ago, craigb said:

Who needs 999 bpm anyway?

A new genre called: Drum & Seizure

8 hours ago, craigb said:

While I agree, most of us don't have ready access to a "real" drummer (I tried keeping an unused couch near a fridge of cheap beer to see if I could trap one though...😀).

I definitely will use any robot willing to make the initial drum track so I can get on with things, however the plan is always to eventually replace the track with a real drummer later.  If you've heard my work-in-progress song Berry Jam, you can tell I tried to play the drums myself (but had only been playing for two weeks, they were V-Drums and it showed!).  Not sure if that helped the creative process or distracts.  The drums still make me cringe!  LOL.

All of that said, I can't see myself paying that much to have REAL drums and not find someone to play them.  Who needs 999 bpm anyway?

I think the only reason your drummer trap didn't work is because you also needed to put a sign on the front lawn that read:

"Drummers I respect you as musicians. I will also allow you to write songs and even try my best to play to whatever weird rhythm/timing/groove that has taken your fancy on any given week. This is not just BS so I can finish my EP and later dump you for someone much better, or replace all your hits with much, much better recorded samples. Though please note this is a world of give and take and that being said, would it kill you to shower?!!"

A drummer and a bass player are taking a bus, which one is the better musician?

The bus driver!!!

3 hours ago, paulo said:

That's exactly what I was thinking, but the real question is........

 

Does it smell like a drummer?  

Imagine opening a new box expecting to smell factory fresh, new plastic toy scent, but instead that smell is sweaty armpits, whisky breath and the remnants of a questionable wiping technique.

I guess they could call it: the stench of authenticity. 

1 minute ago, Grem said:

Well that was different. Usable? Unknown.

I guess the next step is seeing how fast a robot can strum, finger pick and... scat... I suppose?

If you can't drum at 900bpm, don't @ me!!!!

I use a Quad Capture and I would recommend making sure that you have listed the Octa Capture driver as an exception in your antivirus program. There is something weird that seems to have happened under windows 10 with the older Roland devices. My PC kept wanting to switch or deactivate the driver. Listing it as an exception fixed all the freeze ups and issues I was having with it.

I like Neely's stuff, even though I'm not sure I'd ever use much of it? His vid on 7/11 polyrhythms is a mind bender, though he does a good job of explaining how to count it out:

12 minutes ago, InstrEd said:

I'm sorry I just don't see the point.  Mac users are what about 5% and Apple has Logic at a very low price plus Garageband too that is iOS. Apple is valued at over a trillion $. How will Bandlab even remotely compete.  So far there seems to only be a few coders at Cakewalk in Boston.  Now I can see Bandlab expanding Bandlab part  more into the iPad market. Would make more sense that way.  It takes a lot of work to build a functional DAW.  Tracktion Waveform has a Mac version and most complain that it not as stable as the Windows version.  MOTU made a Windows version of Digital Performer and took several versions 4-5 years to get it up to the Mac version on stability.  I think I would rather have Bandlab make Cakewalk DAW the best Windows DAW on the planet IMHO

I agree that a Mac version of Cakewalk would likely lag in stability by comparison. All DAWs that were windows first and then create a Mac version suffer from this to some degree.

It's interesting that you mention Mac is only a small percentage of the computer market. Because whilst that is true, what are the figures of Mac vs PC specifically in relation to DAWs? As many musicians and producers still hold to the mantra of "must have a Mac for music production."

DAW users are a niché to begin with and specialty operation equipment is sought by the users preference. Therefore I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that in terms of music production, that the two platforms might be closer in useage than the total useage of their machines for all computing purposes. For example, there has always seemed like a relatively even number of Mac and PC users on many music/gear/software forums. Except for Cake and Samplitude.😉

I know Logic is a Mac behemoth but surely free beats $200 every time for low budget DIYers? And as for taking up resources, a dedicated Mac team, completely separate from the Windows team would be utilized in an endeavor such as this. So it wouldn't impede anything on the Windows side of the house.

8 hours ago, InstrEd said:

Never going to happen🙃 

Do you think a company like Bandlab would be happy to offer a product that ignores their Mac users? It is of course all just speculation, but my thoughts are that as soon as the purchase went through, a team of coders were hired to build a Mac version from scratch. Sure they wouldn't likely advertise it. But consider what Bandlab are attempting to do with these products. To me it doesn't make sense to not be building a Mac version and that is coming from someone who does not have a Mac and would not ever buy one.

I just cannot see that a company like this would be happy to essentially say: "Hey Mac users please use our online service, but if you want deeper editing from us you are going to have to buy a windows machine."

Another thing to take into consideration is that this is not the Gibson days anymore. The original Sonar on Mac thing failed because of lack of demand, financial pressure and an inability to have a product in development with an elastic runway for release. Bandlab on the other hand have the time, money and they also have a demand as they have a raft of Mac users utilising their products daily.