Billy86

Bump. This is a really cool possible new feature being discussed in case you missed it. Chord Track allows you to quickly get traction on composing a song. A powerful companion to Arranger Track.

So... you had me at chord track. This is an incredibly interesting discussion and possible future feature. I can’t add much (anything really!) to the tech discussion on what/what isn’t a heavy programming lift. I have some music theory knowledge and so use EZ Keys, for example, to compose songs using the program’s provided Circle of Fifths, general chord construction (inversions etc), and coloration (7ths, 9ths,13ths, etc). In effect, having a player play things beyond my performance capabilities on a piano. I’ve watched some of the linked Studio One and Cubase vids, and a good deal of thought has gone into their implementations and look super useful in terms of composing. Just starting with the basic chord/melody construction capabilities would be great. One thing for sure is the ability to have tracks follow/not follow the Chord Track, which would create a train wreck for MIDI programmed drums. Thanks Bakers for continuing the great work! The arranger track is fantastic! Sure, there may be future tweaks, but if you can replicate that type of functionality in the Chord Track, that would be so great. Keep a Chord Track alive!

Perfect! Found Strips | Buses in the Console view of Functions drop-down of Keyboards Shortcut and assigned it to CTRL-B. Just learning how to work with key bindings, and I didn't know what the function was called I was trying to create a KB shortcut for. Now, SHIFT-B shows/hides buses in Track View and CTRL-B shows/hides in Track View. Really a time saver for me when mixing. Here's a graphic for those who might want to do this. Thanks so much!

you’ve given lots of good help on the forum, friend.

That's what I thought, too. That works in Track view for me, but not Console view.

I've been through all the keyboard shortcuts and can't seem to find one for Show/Hide Bus in the Console View. I see it for show/hide in Track View. Am I missing it? Thanks.

Hi. Yes. Thanks for weighing in. I’ve used Imgur here as as well. Great idea for larger files like vid. Just a lot quicker to drag/drop a little Gif where is says “drag files here.” It’s a 320 KB file. I’ve cleared out a couple of previous file uploads, so my quota is empty. Just don’t understand why it’s not working, so was curious if anyone else is experiencing.

Thanks. Will check these out.

Please see this .png screen cap. On a post about wayward audio coming via MIDI channels, I tried to include a short GIF for clarity. My computer properties say it's 320 KB. Tiny. When I try to upload it, I get the Uploading... dialog for about 10 seconds, then I get this reply. Also, the uploader apparently thinks it's a 19 MB file... I know this because I've tried uploading it three times on two different computers/browsers, and I run into a message that I've exceeded my upload limit. When I go to delete them, each GIF is listed as 19 MB apiece. Anyone else having problems upload a little GIF?

I can't figure this out. I have an instance of Kontakt, a multirack, with a 6-string Strummed Acoustic and a 12-string Strummed Acoustic. Each is on its own MIDI channel, and each outputs from Kontakt to its own channel in CbB. I have the CbB track of each (where their audio is routed to from Kontakt ) going to an Acoustic Guitar Aux Track so I can control their levels with one fader; that goes to the Master. However, when I mute the Aux Track, I'm still hearing both guitars, like they're bleeding through somewhere via their MIDI channels. I can even mute each instrument/audio track, and I still hear their audio somehow, although at a lower volume. Can't figure out where it's coming from. There are no Sends on either audio channel, so the audio on each track is not going anywhere other than the Acoustic Guitar Aux Track, which also doesn't have any Sends. It seems like the MIDI tracks are still outputting audio?? I tried muting their respective MIDI tracks and then all the audio gets muted. I've turned echo off on the MIDI tracks. Doesn't help; they're still output audio somehow? What should I try next? Thanks!

Thanks, Noel. I'll investigate that.

Yes, Channel name. No weird characters.

When I go to CTRL-S to save a project, I get a popup message that says, "Channel name contains illegal characters and won't be changed." I've looked for the usual suspects such as weird symbols, but all I'm using are Upper and Lowercase letters, the dash and this _ Not sure what's causing the issue. What else should I look for? Thanks for any assistance.

This is a great idea.

+1! The articulation map feature is so incredibly useful and helpful.

I’ll look into it. Have been getting more into MIDI lately and have never used this function before.

Thanks. Got it working. I think the PRV view needs to be refreshed after a change like this. Similar to refreshing a browser after making a design change to a page in order to see that change.

Is that sheet music something CbB produced from your song? It would be cool to see sheet music produced from a song.

Anybody?

I have a song project. I'm using Kontakt. I have to adjust the MIDI notes to -2 in Preferences to match up with Kontakt's MIDI notes. Works great. But when I close out and re-open, the MIDI setting is Preferences is back to 0. How do I make this stick so I don't have to re-set it every time? Thanks.

Yes, I’m iLok.

I'm on a Dell 8930 i9. All SSD. I've got Izotope 9 Advanced. Everything loads fine here, from the full OZ9 module to the individual modules: Tonal Balance Control 2, Dynamic EQ, Vintage Tape, etc. Literally a second or two.

So, I'm trying to punch in a progression beginning at measure 30 (see pic). Novation impulse 25 triggering a Kontakt Elec. Sunburst guitar. And it won't punch in at measure 30. It begins recording MIDI fine from measure 31 onward. You can see the events at that point. It's like the entire measure 30 is a dead zone. I can hand draw the note in there at the right spot, but Kontakt just ignores it, and it doesn't trigger the virtual Kontakt keyboard that visually lets you know what's going on with it in terms of keyswitches and such. But there's nothing. It activates no key on the Kontakt keyboard, and it generates no sound. I saved, exited CbB and relaunched. No effect. Anyone have any ideas?. EDIT: Rebooted the computer and it went away. Always on my ladder of escalation when things get wonky.

the EZ line of products have MIDI capabilities built into them, so the MIDI data is contained within them. You never have to have a separate MIDI track external to the VSTi if you don’t want to. I chose to bring the MIDI out of EZ Keys so I could route it Addictive Keys as the piano, instead of EZ Keys. But I understand what you’re saying about instrument tracks not having any audio to freeze. That makes sense given what’s happening here. Thanks.