Kalle Rantaaho

Could be sample rate mismatch.  Audiointerface and CbB having different sample rates.

I find your question a little confusing. As MIDI can not contain audio, It can only include time/duration/pitch etc. information, no sound. 

Do you want to play your keyboard and hear real vocal chops and ad libs, real  sampled voices, no synth sounds?  If so, it's  a sample player you're actually looking for.

You you create an instrument by loading the sample(s) in the sample player. 

Even if a VST is offered free of charge on the market, it doesn't mean Bandlab can add it to CbB without a charge. This was often discussed in the past concerning the MP3 decoder, for example. People were wondering why you had to pay for the app inside SONAR, even though you could get it free  elsewhere on the market.

When Cakewalk was SONAR it included a very respectable set of third party instruments and effects.

On 5/6/2020 at 3:59 AM, John Vere said:

I have always used what ever interface I have hooked up for all sounds on my PC. Never had it not work. And I work in 44.1 in Cakewalk. I watch a lot of utubes and also work in Vegas Movie studio without issue. 

Likewise. I wonder if it's necessary in CbB to check "Share drivers with other programs" ( like  it is in SONAR)   to make  audio work when jumping between applications.

Perhaps there's the start of a new clip which includes its own  key definition. You can check in the Event list if there are  key changes where you don't want them.

Copy-pasting clips leaves  the original definitions in every pasted clip. Inserting a change in the beginning, doesn't affect the later clips.

(Then again, I would have thought key change doesn't behave that way, so maybe I'm wrong).

23 hours ago, vst power user said:

Yeah, thanks. The audio is seems limited to 24 bit as it is greyed and unchangeable in the audio driver section.  Hopefully this can be changeable in a future update if this is not my card restricting the bit rate.... That's the only problem I get with my ASIO.  Maybe I have a WASAPI driver problem with my audio card....

   Does anybody get a restricted bit rate during ASIO mode too??

AFAIK there are no interfaces that can record higher than 24 bits. Has this changed?

I've never known PT shows waveforms like that. It does look easy on the eye, but to my eyes it looks  inaccurate - like 60% of the info is left out (unless I'm somehow misunderstanding the behavior of the video in practice). I assume there's a way to get all the details visible when you want to edit the audio?

I'd recommend using TTS-1, (or any basic soft synth). IIRC,  If you open (not drag'n'drop) the MIDI file in CbB it automatically inserts TTS-1 for use.

It's worth keeping in mind, that a bundle file is not recommended for  the main storage format. It's handy, when you want to send files over or so, but it's a vulnerable format. If the bundle gets corrupted, the project is gone. Using .cwp you at least have all the audio left. 

But when I tried playing the file with the audio tracks muted, none of the MIDI tracks would sound

... you did not accidentally mute the audio output tracks of the MIDI tracks?

I love the one (can't find a link now) where  the shipwrecked guy on a deserted island  hides behind the palm tree when a  cruiser ship passes by.

Humor helps to keep up the spirit, and in grim situations the humor can be a little grim, too.   There's lots of it going around now, cartoons, videos,  manipulated images, whatever.  Lots of brilliantly smart and uplifting, some clumsy and (unintentionally?) rude.

On 3/21/2020 at 7:33 PM, Byron Dickens said:

It's actually far more sinister than most people imagine. 

There is no actual conspiracy,  but they are all conspiring together to make us think there is a conspiracy when in fact there is none. That's how nefarious these people are.

Now you made me scared!!😎 

Have to go get more toilet paper. I developed a nice TP risotto recipe. Lotsa fiber.

During "normal" economical depressions the artists have still had an important role in entertaining and comforting the masses. Income has maybe dropped, but not so radically. Festivals and all kinds of open air concerts have even flourished.

It's hard to even imagine/calculate  how this present situation hits millions of  freelance artist and such, who aren't entitled to any unemployment compensations that the average employees have in most countries.  I wonder if most of that even shows in the standard employment statistics at all.

Already your question revealed one possible problem: You mention USB mic and audio interface. USB mic also works as an audio interface, so you have two gadgets that may not like each other. If you're unable to tell any specs of your system, you can't expect to get much help.

Where in your PC do you plug a guitar?? No PC has an instrument input ( - I think) ??   

"I have been using bandlab for a while without any problems".  So, what did you change when  the problems started? Or, by Bandlab, do you mean the actual Bandlab or Cakewalk by Bandlab?

On 3/19/2020 at 10:21 PM, craigb said:

[Note for those that love to do knee-jerk reactions and parrot whatever they've heard on mass media: Just ignore this reply, it's not meant for you.]

While a nice story, the version I've been reading about behind the scenes is quite a bit different.  Yes, it's "novel," but scientists have already noticed that it includes sequences that are not natural - i.e., they were man-made.  Therefore, this is a "weaponized" strain (which explains why it's soooo much more contagious than others).

I'm hearing that this exact strain has been around since 1982.  Yes, it was developed outside of China (most likely in the U.S.).  However, while it was being researched at Canada's only Level-4 biolab, samples were stolen by undercover Chinese agents posing as legitimate employees.  These ended up in two biolabs, coincidentally in Wuhan and, even more coincidentally, with one funded by the Soros Foundation.  (Side-note:  A biolab in Sierra Leone that is funded by both the Soros Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is under investigation in regards to the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Africa.)

Another interesting point:  An outbreak simulation of this exact strain of Coronavirus was performed in September only two months before the actual outbreak.

(I ignore the first line, sorry)

So you don't find it ridicilous that someone would design a virus-weapon that kills too slowly, spreads uncontrollably to friends and foes,  etc. There are also lots of scientists who have confirmed 100% that the virus is not man made. In general, I think  conspiracy theories are just one version of toilet paper hoarding - you feel more in control, as if you were actually doing something hatching the plots.

13 hours ago, antler said:

Don't forget the risk of other non-Covid related scheduled hospital treatments/operations being deferred; and the risk of doctors/nurses getting sick, exacerbating the situation

Exactly. When the collapse of medical care is mentioned, this is what people usually forget. That includes the ones who think it would be wise just to let the (assumed) natural immunity develop through the population. It's not only the ones killed by covid 19, it's also the ones who can't be treated due to covid 19 blocking the hospitals.

It's not only that xx thousand people die, but xx times 10  hospital beds are needed for those who eventually survive the critical phase.

16 hours ago, Byron Dickens said:

Jesus H. Christ! Get a grip! 81% who get it have only mild symptoms.  5% of cases become critical.  Mortality rate for those under 20 is. 0001% .  Most people who get it are cured.

 

SARS and the swine flu were both way worse.

Should people take precautions? Of course.  But there's no reason to hoard toilet paper and ammo like it is the zombie apocalypse coming.

 

You are absolutely right. The economic damage is surreal. Get a grip, people!

Now you admitted it yourself. Do count what that 5% of critical cases means in practice. If the peak of the  covid  19 comes too rapidly, the medical care can't handle it. It will paralyze the whole system. You're comforting yourself with the wrong facts. Of course most people get the mild symptoms and are cured,  and the mortality  isn't higher than that at the moment, because the hospitals still function. But that's a feeble comfort if you one day have 100 000 people suffocating due to lack of breathing machines. If the virus can be slowed down, the critical cases can be taken care of.

If, say in the US,  only 100 000 000 people get the virus (about one third), 5% means 5 000 000 critical cases.  If that burst comes within a month or three, it means catastrophy. The estimates are, that 40-80% of the population will eventually get covid 19.

SARS and swine flu were much worse statistically, MERS was the worst, but they did not spread like covid.

Peoples reactions - hoarding toilet paper and whatever - are poor efforts to get a feeling of being in control, being able to do something.

On 3/16/2020 at 8:29 PM, Byron Dickens said:

It's a PANDEMIC, 😲 yet more people die in automobile accidents over a long holiday weekend than have died from coronavirus so far.

( I can't quite decide if you're just trolling or not, but I write as if you were being serious)

It's a pandemic that has roamed only about three months, and already done all this damage.  It will be much, much worse after another three months.

It has no relevance whatsoever in this how many people commit suicide or die in traffic accidents.  Total collapse of health care systems is the big threat in practically all (western) countries. If the  virus can't be slowed down, hell breaks loose. Nearly 500 dead in Italy yesterday, and they say the peak is still to come. Army trucks are called to transport the deceased. One week que for cremation.  All  over the world non-critical medical care is being cancelled.

But I think you knew all this, you must have?

Some optimists think it starts to get better in China, but I find it hard to believe. When the local restrictions are cancelled,  and people start moving again, the virus pops up again somewhere.

The economical damage is  surreal. There are many artists on this  forum, and all forms of art have already taken the first hard blows  in the forefront of the battle. All festivals and concerts cancelled, theaters, museums...all closed.  This won't be over very soon. Millions of entrepreneurs have suddenly lost all income, totally.  Let's hope we get the vaccine before next spring.

IIRC, (I'm not 100% sure, though)  if you press Undo immediately after recording a take, the audio is erased, otherwise it's saved in the audio folder.

The safest and fastest way of getting rid of unnecessary audio is to save the project under a new name  with "Save all audio with project" (or how was the wording exactly?) checked. Then delete the old project.  This deletes all audio, that is not a part of that particular project.

There used to be, and maybe still is, a function called "Clean audio disc" (or something) which erased all audio that was not attached to any project. However, that was/is very clumsy, because it scanned all  darn places, took forever to perform the task.

I assume you are using "Per Project Audio Folder", instead of saving audio from all projects to the same folder.

My info may be outdated as I'm on oooold version.

21 hours ago, lmu2002 said:

I have 200Mb of files in the pictures folder, so nothing strange there. It's set at 500Mb max.

When the disappearing take issue happens next time I will check if the audio is there. That would be a mess though, ghost takes without images 😲

Doesn't "Re-compute pictures" or "Re-draw waveforms" (or what's the name of the function nowadays) do the trick?

What a strange issue, really!

What turns your MIDI audible? Are you using simple instrument tracks or separate MIDI/audio output tracks?  If you're using external synths, it's another story, but the audio output tracks for soft synths (also the hidden one in a simple instrument track)  are audio tracks as much as any.

I don't know if it's even theoretically possible, but could the ghost audio lie at the end of a soft synths audio output track? So it would only play back when bounce function is used and the MIDI-signal has stopped?  If you're using simple instrument tracks, could changing them to  "traditional" pairs reveal the hidden audio waveform on one of the audio tracks??

If , for some reason, you're using the motherboards wavetable synth, I don't know what to say.
 

Bouncing a MIDI+Audio output track combination you must select both the MIDI and audio output track.

I've had much, much bigger problems with sleep mode than having to restart the driver, and I've read dozens of forum posts about having to reboot, loosing changes or worse. There used to be a consensus that it's risky to  use the sleep mode in DAW-work, I don't know how it is with modern equipment and software.

Anyway, controlling the sleep functions is Windows' job, isn't it? I don't know if Cakewalk can do anything about it (??) As there are also HDD's that have their own power saving systems.

20 hours ago, David Baay said:

Right-click the numeric peak value in the track header, and choose Go to Peak.

...and learning new things just continues. That one I had never heard or stumbled across before. Thanks!

Does it check the whole track or only the clip the Now Time is at that moment?

11 hours ago, Terry Kelley said:

I learned long ago to not add plugins while it’s playing. And don’t change certain parameters of some plugins while it’s playing. 

I'd be surprised if there were no hiccups adding a plug-in during playback.