57Gregy

Transfixed.

On 4/16/2024 at 10:51 AM, William Chan said:

Where about I need to make changes to get it right? Cakewalk? Neo piano? Yamaha keyboard?

You're going to need a better audio interface, one designed for recording and reproducing audio more quickly than a computer sound card.
It takes time for the MIDI data from your Yamaha to go through the processor, then to the soft synth (Neo Piano) and the back to the sound card and out to the speakers. Computer sound cards generally can't do that fast enough and you have that delay, called "Latency" in computer-speak.

If you are using your stock sound card, check its settings for 'What You Hear' or 'Stereo Mix'. Turn that off.
Welcome to the forum.

Process>Length.

On 4/16/2024 at 11:38 AM, Sridhar Raghavan said:

I see references to  SONAR Home Studio 6. 

Yeah, it's an old version from around 2005 which I still use. Cakewalk once had programs with varying degrees of difficulty and more features as they got more expensive.
Starting with Music Creator, then Home Studio and then SONAR at that time. I say I "still use" it, but that may be over now. I can't find the Driver Mode utility that corrects a glitch in SHS 6 that wouldn't allow you to select ASIO for the driver. I'm sure it's on one of my back-up devices; I just have to go deeper.

On 4/13/2024 at 10:10 PM, tparker24 said:

scook   = Steve Cook

 

One of the most helpful and prolific posters here.  Seems to have disappeared a while back (maybe Sept 2023).

I got the impression that he tired of all the 'when is the new version coming out' posts that all had the same answer; nobody knows. And the next day there would be 5 more asking the same question and getting the same answer ad infinitum.

I ended up getting it from the local GC and not mail-order. 
I understand most reputable dealers have generous return policies, so it's not as if the seller would disappear overnight once they got the money.

On 4/14/2024 at 7:24 AM, William Chan said:

What is "settings in the softsynth"?

In this case, the soft synth is your Neo Piano and the settings are in its GUI.

This is from SONAR Home Studio 6, the next most-recent version I have on this computer.
I'm pretty sure it changed with CbB.

To avoid confusion, the new Sonar doesn't have all capital letters like the old SONAR.
Of course. writing "new" in front of SONAR as you did helps, too. 😁

On 4/14/2024 at 5:09 AM, Starship Krupa said:

it should be in the Insert menu.

It was, for decades!

Graphics cards, not women.

It was about 2 or three years ago my brother gave me his now deceased computer. I bought a card not long after that and it couldn't have been more than 40-50 bucks. It is a G-force thingy that I could run up to 3 monitors through on that XP computer. Worked great on that almost 20-year-old computer. I like older women, too. Well, I did before I got old! 
There are still some cheap ones around. I'll cross that bus bridge when I get to it.

Lately, it's been Great Value (WalMart*) French Roast pods.
For the first time since I (debatably) became an adult, I don't even have a regular coffee maker.
I have a small camp percolator for power outages. I use that on my gas grill.

5 hours ago, Notes_Norton said:

You have to drink the thinner. A week or 2 in the hospital, I guarantee you will be thinner.

On 4/12/2024 at 1:28 PM, Grem said:

Didnyounread then article I referenced? That will give you some terminology you can use.

So, it looks like I have PCIe low profile slots. Never had a computer so narrow before.

Man, what is up with the prices of graphics cards lately? And since the machine is a refurbished 12-year-old HP Compaq, is it even worth doing more upgrades? I sure don't want to pay more for a video card than I paid for the computer ($90).

For now, I'll just get used to a single monitor while I wait for W 10's imminent demise and save for the next one. 

Thanks for checking them out! My cousin Adam/Atom Parks is the one with the microphone.

1 hour ago, Grem said:

Didnyounread then article I referenced? That will give you some terminology you can use.

Had to go out for a while. I will read it. Thanks!

I don't even know how they are measured. Which is the width? Side to side or front to back?

And Your Bird Can Sing by the Beatles, Really, all the way through the song. Love that sound, too.

The third time.

It came to me around 4 this morning; Kid sheep are lambs and kid goats are kids. Oops.
I swear ociffer, I only had 1 beer.

What sound card or audio interface are you using?

If it is the computer sound card, use WASAPI Shared for the driver mode.

If an audio interface, you should be able to set it to play Cakewalk and let the computer sound card handle the Internet stuff.

Promidi beat me to it.

On 4/10/2024 at 8:53 AM, Notes_Norton said:

Thank goodness it didn't read 'contains kid'.
Conversely, they missed the chance for a great pun.

On 3/15/2024 at 11:21 PM, 57Gregy said:

The $90 used/refurbished computer arrived a day early. I've spent the last few hours trying to set it up like I want and downloaded CbB before they stopped any more downloads.
It's a lot smaller than my previous machines and wants to lay down instead of stand up. It came with el cheapo mouse and keyboard. The mouse was broken, but it's so rickety I probably wouldn't have used it anyway. The keyboard is intact so I'll use that. There was no mention of them being included, so it's not a big deal.
It seems to work pretty well. Much faster that my last box. 
Waiting for the "gotcha".

With the rapid advancement of computer technology just about everything on this machine is different from my old ones. 
For instance, the graphics card I bought a couple of years ago is too wide for this computer's expansion slots. I really got to like having multiple monitors.
What is a slot about 2 1/2" or ~64 mm wide called? PCI? PCIe? PCIe 3? A reason to become a Luddite?
Hmm. Would the Device manager tell me anything useful?
I'll look.

Nope.