Chaps

1 hour ago, Victoria Johnson said:

Thanks all . The reason I was recording with the pickup and not the mic I have is ambient noise;computer, furnace, lawn mowers, dogs... noisy neighborhood.  Even my hammered dulcimer uses a piezo pickup which actually sounds very natural. I'll search around for some EQ suggestions.

Consider this. When you hear your piezo pickup live, are you hearing it amplified through a PA or amplifier? If so, that is what you are hearing and not the direct output from the pickup. You can try using a clean amp setting from TH3, or other amp modeler, to see if that gives you more of the sound you are looking for. You can tweak the heck out of those, and combined with adjusting the EQ you might find something you can live with.

24 minutes ago, Mencía said:

 

Hello! We have composed the bass line that starts at measure 1, but we wanted it to start at measure 2. Does anyone know how to change it in Cakewalk by Bandlab ?? I mean, how to delay the bass line?

You can just click and drag it to where you want it. Set the SNAP setting to Measure.  Select the clip and hover the mouse cursor over the clip (not at the very beginning of the clip) until you see an icon with 4 arrows. Then click and drag it to where you want it.

Here is a link to the Cakewalk for BandLab reference file. I suggest you download it and keep it handy because it has the kind of information in it you need to get started.

https://bandlab.github.io/cakewalk/docs/Cakewalk Reference Guide.pdf

1 hour ago, Brad Allen said:

Thank you Chappel for that.  Although the driver does seem to be working, I know that there can be problems that Windows doesn't necessarily realize are problems, and I guess that could be the issue here.  Though as I just mentioned, right now it seems to suddenly be working fine.  So I'm thinking I just roll with it (no pun intended) and if this starts happening again it may be time to just suck it up and look at new keyboard options.  Thanks again!

You're welcome, though I certainly can't take any credit for your problem being fixed. If you do end up spending some cash for a new controller at least you'll be able to get one that is made specifically for what you're using it for, it will have newer drivers and more control over different MIDI parameters. Might be a good use for the stimulus check we're supposed to be getting in a few weeks. I'm using mine to build a new computer.

On 3/29/2020 at 5:03 PM, Brad Allen said:

Windows 10, fully up to date.

Old Casio keyboard (WK-110) with as up-to-date drivers as I can find.  They were for Windows 7 and other Casio users said the drivers work fine on 10.  Windows seems OK with it, and the previous time I had this problem I was running Windows 7.

 

I was looking for information on the device and on the Casio website it shows that the Casio USB driver is not compatible with Windows 10 and compatible with Windows 7 32bit with some limitations. I don't know that this has something to do with your problem but it is something to consider. There might even be some weird MIDI feedback loop going on. You could try changing the device's MIDI mode to see if that has any effect.

https://support.casio.com/en/support/osdevicePage.php?cid=008002002

I suggest you watch a series of videos from Creative Sauce on recording a song from beginning to end. The links can be found in the Tutorial section of this forum (which also includes other media that can be of great value) and is on YouTube. Here is the YouTube link for the first video in the series. Take the time and watch them all.

Record, Mix, and Release a Song (Part 1): Getting Started with Recording a Song in a Home Studio

I also suggest you download a copy of the Cakewalk Reference File and look through it. There's a lot of terminology involved and it's a big help to have a good understanding of the process and the names for specific processes and labels used in Cakewalk.

https://bandlab.github.io/cakewalk/docs/Cakewalk Reference Guide.pdf

Here is what I would try if I were having that problem. Because there are Patch Change events in the repeated events I would disable the recording of those kinds of events in Preferences/MIDI/Playback and Recording to see if that had any effect when recording. Uncheck the Patch Change Box, and even any other kind of event you don't need to record. That might help to identify the source of the problem.

This is what the OP is referring to. I used to have the same problem but it hasn't reverted to Last Touched for awhile. I think it's because I was fiddling around with Screensets and saved the one I'm using now as the default, or whatever the term is. That and I changed my Workspace to None.

18 minutes ago, musikman1 said:

Ok, hang on a minute. I must not be doing this right......when I use that method, ALL the clips in that track are given a Gain Envelope. I only want to use it on one clip, how is that done? I can't seem to get it.  I don't mind if it is destructive, I just want to use a gain envelope on only one clip.  Right clicking the clip does me no good, and highlighting just the one clip doesn't do it either, ALL clips still get the gain envelope when I use Clip Automation. There must be a way to isolate the gain envelope to just one clip without affecting the others....

Any help appreciated, thank you!

What scook posted is spot-on. Here is a visual aid. This is a blank audio track split into 10 separate clips. Before any changes to the gain envelope it appears as a (mostly) solid line across all the clips. The nodes are more visible because I have increased the vertical size of the track.

Here is the same track but I used the Move Tool to move some clip envelopes between the nodes and the Smart Tool to add nodes. I didn't edit the Gain Envelope in the first clip so the gain in that clip would be unaffected by the envelope.

1 hour ago, Castor Castro said:

Hello, i need your help because i don´t know how to show/hide the volume and pan sliders in the Track controls.  (S and V in the following image) 

When i open new projects they don´t appear at all; and in  all my older cakewalk sonar projects they appear.

 

You can change which controls (widgets) you see in tracks and busus in the Track Control Manager. There are different presets that will show different controls. There is also a Custom preset where you can show/hide the controls you want. All the presets can be modified and changed back to the default.

Here is the Track Control List and the presets in it. Click the Track Control Manager to make any changes to a preset.

The Track Control Manager has a separate strip  for Audio, MIDI, and Instrument tracks as well as for Bus and Surround. Your Volume and Pan sliders are showing because they are checked in the Track Control Manager being used in that project. You can select a different preset, or use the Track Control Manager to uncheck and hide them in the preset being used.

9 hours ago, Simon Corbett said:

Hello again user.

1,2 and 4 work perfectly. It seems ok adding a MIDI track but not quite so happy splitting an existing track. But I've now got the menu options, drawn in some automation and it works exactly as I'd hoped. Many thanks for all your help.

Any ideas why this would be?

 

Think of the Simple Instrument Track as an Audio Track that lets you work with MIDI in it, but it's not a MIDI track. The Instrument Track has the same Automation Lane options as an Audio Track. Using a Simple Instrument Track can limit your options if you want to use MIDI controllers. You can do a bit more using the PRV to enter controllers in a Simple Instrument Track, but it's still limited compared to a dedicated MIDI track. My advice, when you insert a synth use the MIDI Source and First Synth Audio Output options unless you have a reason to need additional audio outputs, like with a drum synth.

14 minutes ago, Lucy said:

Hi, I'm new to Cakewalk.

I've noticed that when i record through MIDI keyboard and i wish to edit a note that's been played out of time through piano roll, the notes (shown as lines) tend to like to stick to each beat rather than allowing me to simply drag it wherever i want it. I can usually hear exactly where i want a note to fall just by listening, and looking at the playback, but then the software won't allow me to drag it to that exact place.  It doesn't sound quite right when it's exactly on the beat because the rest of the notes have their own sort of... flow.

Is there a way to allow for more flexibility in terms of dragging notes, for example decreasing the fractions by which a note can be dragged/ not weighting them towards the beats?

You can either turn Snap off, or use a smaller note subdivision in Snap, either globally or in the PRV.  Enabling Snap in the PRV will override the global Snap setting. Turning Snap off in the Control Bar also disables it in the PRV.

You can enable/disable Snap and pick the notes you want notes to snap to in the Control Bar.

You can enable/disable  Snap in the PRV.

On 3/24/2020 at 11:47 PM, bryan11357 said:

Hello,

I just started using cakewalk with my Jamstik+ midi guitar and I was wondering if it was possible to mute certain notes (strings) with, preferably, some sort of midi pedal? For example, if you were to hold down a chord where you would usually mute a string or two in the fret hand, the Jamstik doesn’t process some of the strings as muted. The Jamstik does have 6 individual channels for each string, so I figure there has to be a way to do this, probably pretty easily. In theory, I’d hit a pedal to mute whatever strings I wanted. Thanks a lot for your help.

If you want to mute every instance of a specific MIDI note, that's pretty easy to do with either the PRV or the Event Inspector. If you want to mute some instances of a note but not others, you can do this in the PRV pretty easily. This would be done after the notes are recorded.

Using the PRV and the Smart Tool, double click individual notes and change the velocity to 0. If you want to mute more than one note at a time, use the PRV and the Smart Tool to select Multiple notes and enter a Velocity of 0 in the Event Inspector. You can also use the Select Tool instead of the Smart Tool to do the same thing.

If you want to mute some notes while playing your MIDI guitar, if your guitar can transmit each string on its own MIDI channel you could use a MIDI pedal to mute notes as long as you could attach the pedal to a single MIDI channel.

Move the Undocked Track Inspector up until the blue hi-lite disappears and leave it there. Now when you use the 'i' key to show the Inspector it will open to the same spot with no blue hi-lite.

In the track Edit Filter click the down arrow to select Clip Automation and Gain.

Clarify

Is the Beats headphone a USB device? Are you using another device as an audio interface?

'Shift+f' is the shortcut for Fit Content. Pressing 'f' resizes tracks vertically but not horizontally.

1 hour ago, Justin P Brown said:

I have recorded a MIDI hi hat track but cannot move the notes in the track pane. The tool will not show the + tool tip on the note, though all the other tools work okay. With the other two drum tracks I have created I am able to see the + tool tip & move notes okay. All the track settings seem to be the same.

Does NUDGE have any effect on the notes? This looks like a good use for it if it does.

It is detecting the SPLAT settings on the computer you are installing it on.

Would it work if he created a .wav file with the name of the missing audio and put it where Cakewalk is looking for it? That might stop that annoying missing audio message if nothing else.

2 hours ago, Justin P Brown said:

I'm new to CW. I have a drum track which I have somehow accidentally altered the view of, but don't know how to reverse. I have searched the shortcut list, but don't know the name of the view, if it is a view change at all. I have attached a screen shot. There are 2 drum tracks. The one coloured orange is the one which has changed. I might prefer to use it with this look, but I don't know how to change it, why this is an option or what benefits it might have over the original style (the second drum track with blue dashes below it).

 

I can reproduce that view by right-clicking and dragging the mouse cursor up or down in the area shown below. Where you right click in that area makes a big difference in how the notes display. You may have to Right-Click that area and select Fit Content for that to work.

18 hours ago, D Chance Gold said:

On some projects the metronome works fine, but on others, nada. Does't matter whether I choose audio or MIDI metronome, recording or playback, I hear nothing. I can see the count-in in the now time module.

What David Baay posted is good advice. There are only so many things that can go wrong when using the metronome so you just have to start at the beginning and go down the chain to make sure every setting is correct.  That you can hear neither the audio metronome or the Midi metronome in some projects suggests that one of your settings is wrong. Maybe not, but you have to check every step to make sure. It would help if you posted screencaps of your metronome and bus settings from a project you can't hear the metronome in. This is what my default metronome settings looks like. What does yours look like? Rather than explain it, please post a screencap. It makes things a lot easier for everyone concerned.

This is what my default metronome bus setting looks like. What does yours look like?

To help identify the problem those settings are the first thing to check.

2 minutes ago, User 905133 said:

AHA!  Not a problem for me, but I now remember, I did change the "Lock Height" setting when I was exploring an issue someone described where tracks were not visible because the Audio/MIDI/Synths/Hidden panel was obscuring  them.  So evidently I did it knowingly after all! 

Sometimes it is the simplest things that vex us the most.

On 3/13/2020 at 5:39 PM, greenedrum said:

As of the latest update, when I hit "Shift-F" to "Fit Project to Window", folder height is not affected. In the past, everything would adjust to fill the window, tracks and folders. I looked around, but could not find any new feature or setting to remedy this issue.

 

Right-Click the folder to get a menu and see if Lock Height is enabled. That will cause the problem you are having.

1 hour ago, winkpain said:

How/where is this done?

Go to this page and login to your Cakewalk account.

https://www.cakewalk.com/My-Account/Products

On 3/8/2020 at 2:07 PM, sadicus said:

Have audio that has a few flat tops. without re-recording, how to fix clipped audio?

I have never used this but Audacity has a tool called Clip Fix.

"Clip Fix... attempts to reconstruct clipped regions by interpolating the lost signal. It is only likely to be effective for repairing lightly clipped audio"

There are several YouTube videos showing how to do this, Here is one of them.

How To Fix Audio Clipping In Audacity - Tutorial #37

Download Audacity