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Nigel Mackay

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  1. The Sonar/Cakewalk bit is not all that big, so they can stay on the SSD. When you start downloading/installing VSTis and effects, put them on the hard-drive. Some can be very big.  Most installers will allow you to choose your install folder.

    What I do is I have a folder VSTPlugins on my data drive. Then I have subfolders VSTi, Audio FX, Samplers. Some people have subfolders named after the manufacturer. You can also have sub-subfolders according to category. Whatever makes life easier for you.

    The spec for VST3 says they must be in the folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3, but as far as I know, at the moment, that doesn't seem to be necessary. Who knows in the future. You can always use

    mklink /j "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3" "D:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3"

    in a PowerShell to make Windows use the hard-drive for those VSTs. Will work fine.

    Enjoy.

  2. What @scook said.

    To get started:

    Have a MIDI track routed to the drums.

    And then one of these:

    1) Open the Piano Roll View  in the MIDI track, start recording, click on the correct note for each drum.

    2) Select the MIDI track, open the PC keyboard as a MIDI input (Alt-0), start recording, press the correct keys on the keyboard for each drum.

    3) In the MIDI track's PRV, write all the correct notes at the correct times to get the beat track you want.

    Do one drum at a time - kick, snare, hihat, ... - which makes it easier to remember which note to use.

    If you are going to record a few times to get all the drumbeats in, remember to set record mode to Sound on Sound.

    Most types of music need drums, and unfortunately, doing a drum track is not a quick fix.

    Also, go to the Tutorial section, do a search for beginner and watch all those YouTube videos. The great thing is you can run Cakewalk at the same time, pause the video, and do what you have just been shown. Just remember, it doesn't have to be the exact same instrument as the video, it is mostly concepts and techniques which are being taught.

  3. Other synths. I added TTS-1 to a project I am working on, and it crashed. That's what started me experimenting. Does TTS-1 work if it is alone in a project. Does it work if there are only a few other synths. Does the order they are added make a difference. Will it work if the number of synths is reduced after adding it.

    But even if I could get it to work saving closing and reopening a project cause it to crash.

  4. If VLC player struggles, there is something wrong with the file. You say you experimented with different formats earlier. If you still have copies of them, see if you can find one that plays in WM. That will play in Cakewalk.

  5. Thought I had something, but now I can't make it crash, no matter how I try. In a new, empty project.

    But adding to existing project with other tracks, synths, it crashes. Except if I delete some of the instruments. Then it doesn't crash.

    While TTS-1 is still there, I put those instruments back. Still doesn't crash.

    Remove that instance of TTS-1 and add a new one, Still doesn't crash.

    Save and close. Reopen. It crashes. At last some info for support.

  6. Cakewalk uses the codecs installed in Windows to play video files. Download and install K-Lite Codec Pack and Windows (and Cakewalk) will play almost anything. Video playing apps, such as VLC, have their own codecs, and that is why they can play the files.

  7. If you install Cakewalk to the new drive, you lose the benefit of all the plugins from Sonar. Copying the folders before installing CbB might work, but personally, I'd delete the folders on the old drive, install Sonar on he new drive and then install CbB.

    When you run the new Cakewalk it will find all the Sonar plugins.

  8. I ran Latency Monitor  as recommended by @slartabartfast  and it states unequivocally that my system is not suitable for real-time audio. In red. NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver has a unacceptably long execution time. Updated the driver (the new one is only a few days old) but it didn't help at all. 

    The problem is not there until I run Cakewalk. Don't know if that is because only Cakewalk is accessing the driver. Or it could mean that there is a problem with the latest Cakewalk update. Or it could be a Windows update problem.

    New info: Not Cakewalk. Left Latency Monitor running for a while with Cakewalk not running and the latency problem slowly gets worse and worse.

     

  9. Try Latency Monitor   On my system it shows a serious execution time problem in NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver. Latency Monitor states unequivocally that my system is not suitable for handling realtime audio. Written in red. I updated my NVIDIA driver (a few days old) but it doesn't help.  Will backup my boot drive and rollback a few Windows updates and see if that helps.

     

  10. You are using a Kontakt drum kit. This probably means that you can set different audio outputs for the different classes of drums. Check in the setup of the instrument. With almost all drum kits the crash and ride will be in the overheads channel. Abbreviated to OH. But those mikes also pick up the other drums, so iy is a fine balance.

    In the MIDI data the velocities are at 126, where 127 is the maximum, so you will have to make everything except the crash and ride lower velocities. That does translate to volume. That is how a drummer plays louder, he hits the drum harder.

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