Jeremy Oakes

Their whole catalogue is covers.  And damm good ones.

J
 

yes, it works fine, no issues.

J

I use the Oxygen Mk IV 61 key as a keyboard and controller. Yes it has the pads.

and as its class compliant, no drivers needed.

J

3 hours ago, bdickens said:

I believe that Crapple has their own proprietary format.

No, you can transfer as aac, mp3 or flac.

J

Aomei Backupper used here for all drives, using the clone option.

J 

3 hours ago, Richard Rose said:

Thanks for the replies; of course I had read all this thread (and lots more besides!) but as i had no knowledge of Waspy and ASIOs  I didn't understand. I do now. Many thanks esp to Jeremy Oakes whose comments were esp helpful. I've manged to do a practice recording and hear it back too...

Couple more questions you may also find ridiculous so feel free to ignore:

I assume I add pan, effects etc on Cakewalk in mixing, I just use the Soundcraft for gain?

If using for live sound (something I've never done but might well do), would you go through Cakewalk (probably a very silly question)?

Thanks again

RR

 

1)  yes its better to add effects etc in Cakewalk at the mixing stage.

2) no, you only need to « attach » Cakewalk if you want to record the concert via USB. My band goes through the MTK (16 tracks) to get the balance correct then via its main outs into a stereo 2x500w power amp. 

J

R.i.p.

Thanks for that steady beat Charlie,

J

An on line translator ? 

Not bad, but certain words, well, no (i live in France) !

J

No, use the web installer.

cheers,

J

you’ve prolly tried all this but : Can you try it on a different pc or laptop ? In a different USB socket ? i see you’re on the latest W10 update 21H1 - do the Presonus drivers actually support it ? 

Good luck !

J

11 hours ago, paulo said:

To me it looks like somebody dropped it and did their best to tidy up the damage with a jigsaw.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that. 😊

This

i’ve never liked headless guitars, the wood pattern is ok, put that on a LP or a Strat/Tele and you’ve got my interest.

YMMV 

J

4 hours ago, Shane_B. said:

$121 U.S.D. for the 50th Anniversary Edition of All Things Must Pass.

I think I'll pass. That's absolutely ridiculous.

When I was a kid I used to go to the town dump on Sundays to see what cool stuff people chucked. One of the people in town committed suicide and they just dumped all the stuff from his apartment right at the beginning of the dump. I know this because he wrote his name on the albums. A common thing people used to do.

I got all the original U.S. releases of all the Beatles albums as well as all their original 45s and a few solo albums. All Things Must Pass was one of them. It was like Christmas and my birthday times a 100. Many years later I lost them all when my basement flooded. I actually cried when it happened.

I'd love to get this set. I've heard the remixes on XM and some on Youtube and they did an excellent job. For the first time ever I can understand all the words. It's like they dialed back the 'wall of sound' and made it more of a George Martin sound if that makes sense. But $121 bucks? My Sweet Lord that's a lot of Wah Wah.

😟

 

 

There are cheaper versions here in Europe…… as prolly in the US

However, The most expensive set is 252 € - so, you’ve got a bargin ! Taxes on cd’s are horrendous here v USA. Same on guitars. Like you, its a no go for me. Isn’t it a Pity?

But you can download the mp3’s for only 13 € from Amazon France. 😜😂😜😂. I’ll get my hat …….

J

2nd gen 18i20 here, now purring along on the beta site drivers after a few BSOD with the Bad Pool Calling message leading to he usb driver from Focusrite in WhoCrashed.

One thing to note, do NOT install both USB and Thunderbolt drivers, only the one or the other. I suspect installing both leads to BSOD, but i’ve no input from Focusrite on this.

J

Really (not) funny.

YMMV

J

I never use 32 bit plugs, and this since quite a few years. Some vst’s automatically install 32bit plugs (Melda for ex) but you don’t have to scan them.

I have two paths that the CbB plugin manager scans : one for 64bit vst2’s and one for 64bit vst3’s. Simplicity is the key word.

To be perfectly clear :

In the CbB plugin manager you should see a LABS entry. If you do, so far so good. When i want to use a LABS sound set, first i  insert the plugin via the Synth rack, (midi and audio tracks), then i choose the sound set i want to use and load it from within the LABS plugin GUI (i have 7 of them they all work, just checked this method).

J

Edit : just a quick thought - if you have reinstalled everything a few times are you sure you uninstalled correctly, ie you only have one instance of the LABS dll installed ? If you have two or more, you may be using that dll which does not know where your piano patch is or if you do only have one instance, its referencing an older deleted set up ?

4 minutes ago, Luke Wells said:

Now that I have selected the "Soundcraft USB Audio ASIO Analogue" driver within Cakewalk the "ASIO4All" should be moot correct?  Or should I still uninstall it anyway?

Personally i only have the Soundcraft Asio drivers installed. At some point something you installed may have also installed the Asio4All wrapper. You do not need it for the Soundcraft unit. Your call, but i would get rid of it.

J

3 hours ago, RICHARD HUTCHINS said:

Yes but I have installed it, see screenshot. It just doesn't show up in LABS?

Try re downloading it. Make sure the download goes in the drectory you specified in Settings.

8 hours ago, InstrEd said:

Don't worry about it if you're dead. Just sayin

😇👍😇👍

8 hours ago, Luke Wells said:

  I have a Soundcraft Signature 22 MTK that I previously used with GarageBand no problem.  Now im on a PC and I wanted to try out CakeWalk but am having some issues.  Originally I was able to get a signal from the board into DAW, record and play back.  On playback there was a clicking noise on the recording (wasn't same tempo as metronome) that I couldn't get rid of.  I swapped Driver Mode from MME to ASIO, got rid of clicking but cant get signal into DAW now.  I have install/swapped driver modes/reinstalled drivers and cant get signal.  Not even a blip on the meter on any configuration.  I've enabled record/echo and still nothing.  Playing back sound from youtube and demo tracks is no problem. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

They are a little fiddly to set up sometimes.

Only use the Asio drivers, whilst they are rock solid, its an idea to re-install them only after a major W10 update.

i have a Cakewalk 16 track template set up with EACH input AND output assigned to a specific channel eg : track 9 will have as input (click on the input downward arrow to select) “Left Soundcraft USB Audio Asio Analogue 9” and as output (click on the output downward arrow) set to “Left Soundcraft USB Audio Asio Analogue 9.”. 
Note  1 : if you don’t set the output to a specific channel it will default to master = slider 1. Note 2 : as another eg, to set up Cakewalk track 10 for both input and output select “Right …….. Analogue 9” - Left is for the odd numbered track numbers, Right for the even numbered tracks. Do NOT chose Stereo ……. !

Once  you have assigned an input and output to each track in Cakewalk, save and name as a template. If you don’t you’ll have to go through the above set up again. Its a hassle, i know ……..

Once you’ve armed your template in Cakewalk, on the MTK 22 set up each channel you’re going to use as follows : push down the (grey) button MST to send the signal to the onboard master slider. Set your pan, effects’ EQ and gain levels. For recording make sure the small USB switch to the right and underneath of each (purple) input gain knob is NOT pressed down. (For playback make sure each button IS pressed down. If they are not in the down position for layback you’ll not have sound - this setting sends each track from Cakewalk through the desk and out into your amplified speakers so make sure for each track you recorded said button is down).

The MTK is not a control surface. When you change the volume by moving a slider, that action will not be echoed in Cakewalk. Use the Cakewalk sliders for that.

when i record our group (7 drum mics, bass & 2 guitars DI’d, 3 vocal mics) my i5 laptop plus the MTK  can handle an hour or more long set without sweating.

Hope the above helps, the manual sets it out pretty well.

J
 

11 hours ago, RICHARD HUTCHINS said:

I did this, see screenshot, but all I get is the LABS plugin I already have, there are no other choices to be seen?

If you’ve only downloaded one set of sounds, then you’ll only see one sound set in the plugin.

The way it works is this : using the Spitfire downloader select then install other Labs sound sets on your PC.  Once the downloading and installing process have both finished the new sound sets will show up in the plugin.  The same downloader will work with other Spitfire products as well.
J

Never heard of this guy, is he trying to be a comedian or just plain trying ?

J

ps : i wouldn’t be seen dead in such a tie …..’

4 hours ago, RICHARD HUTCHINS said:

Nope, still not fixed. I'm pulling my hair out and at my age I cant afford to do that! So;

I re-downloaded the Spitfire App and ran the installer. I changed their suggested path from C/users/me/spitfire/spitfire audio. Changed this  to

C:/ program files/common files/ vst plugins. I think thats what the forum advice was?

I added this path to the plugin manager.

I rescanned.

I now open a new project to try things out, and I still only can see "LABS" but its the one I've always had, not the piano download, i.e. the wind and birdsong effects. No sign at all of "soft piano" But its on my PC obviously. Grrr

 

Ideas anyone?

I have 2 scan paths - one for vst 64 bit plugs and the standard vst3 folder as mentioned above.

To use a labs instrument, you must first insert the Labs dll as a vsti, in other words via the synth rack. Then  WITHIN said plugin you select the labs instrument i want to use. I have 7 instruments and they all show up in the one plugin. You can only use one instrument at a time.

J

What sad news indeed. RIP Dusty Hill.

J

23 hours ago, Zo said:

maybe they don't even know lol

Yes, they were aware and have fixed it. 

i have successfully updated now.

J

For those (like me) that use the Izotope Product Portal to update their various products ........ don't bother opening it up and updating to v 1.4.2.

Apparently there is a permissions issue with the said installer and it will only install/update itself in Windows safe mode ! Which basically renders it unusable.

I was advised by their chat line to wait for a further update to the Portal software.

Cheers,

J

Fixed now