Terry Kelley

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I normalize to raise the level. If I can get the level I want without it, it won't bother but there are times where with the fader is up and the prochannel is maxed and throw in the Sonitus compressor cranked to the right, it's still not enough then I will normalize, but only to -6db tops to give me some headroom. Why didn't I record at higher levels in the first place? Damn good question but I didn't and I need to fix it since I can't do it again. I don't see any reason to be scared about it, it's just gain which is all over Cakewalk in every step. Cakewalk isn't analog. That said, I use it sparingly post-effects since many have a processing noise floor that can become obvious real quick. But Noel's point about the 'dynamic range' available makes it generally unnecessary in most cases. And what is wrong bring up an old thread? There seems to be people that just can't handle it. And if they start a new thread, someone will post that a thread already exists. Put down the badge and enjoy the forum.

There is nothing wrong with him trying to understand what changed.

"Actualicé Cakewalk hoy 2 - 08 - 2021 y se me cierra, algún dato." "I updated Cakewalk today 2 08 2021 and I close some data" Can you explain more?

You can email support directly for possible assistance or do you want to tap into the knowledge of the users here?

I have yet to hear any artifacts in an export even when I am doing other things on the computer and maxing out the CPU. It might take longer but it works. I like that the CPU gets maxed out during export to get it done faster. When my exports do wrong it usually flat out missing something or I had a wrong selection.

I use that for straight two channel mixes. Works well. It's when you must wade into Files/Export/Audio that you need deep insight.

Ah ha! Maybe.

Isn't that what "Clips" is in the Source Category? That's how it seems to work to me. But hey ...

Make sure Cakewalk and Windows are both using the same bit rate and depth like 44.1k and 16bit. Many interfaces can't do two different rates at the same time. Once one program starts using the interface at say 48k, another program at 44.1k will fail and be silent even if you suspend the Cakewalk engine. I can run Cakewalk, Cooledit, Windows Media player and Youtube via Firefox at the same time as long as Windows and the apps are using the same rates.

I started seeing this with 057 too. I rolled back to 053 and it will close and 057 won't. I flipped back and forth and it's consistent on my system. Try rolling back to 053 and see if it exits correctly and ends the app.

Yeah, that does seem high. I am a VST/plugin hog and I am looking at a 45 track song at idle and I am pulling 11% CPU in the task manager and 773MB of memory. Part of the CPU usage it the number of cores and processor speed. Slow it down and it needs more CPU time to get things done. Also, various VST/plugins do run at idle due to the way they work and if they are being told to play tails (like finish the reverb after you press stop), etc. But 100% just sitting there seems beyond expectations. What does the CPU meeting in Cakewalk show in the Performance window for Audio, System and overall App? We need Noel or MSMcLeod to give us the specific scoop.

Or have it tell you the selection is empty (or words to that effect.) I figure that if I select Entire Mix, I mean all of it track-wise. I can see where highlighting a specific section of time would be appropriate and there should still be a mechanism for exports down to a clip. "The specified selection did not contain any audio data. Please ensure the selection contains audio data you wish to bounce." I clicked on File/Export/Audio.

We did a bunch of testing and certain plugins across different companies will break the surround panner mute/solo. Deleting the plugin won't fix it. You have to restart Cakewalk. VST/VST2/VST3/DX. I'll leave it to support to tell me who's the issue. It's a coin toss which one's will work. Edit 7/29: Support replied and told me to switch versions of the plugins. If it's a VST then use the 2 or 3 version and vice versa. They said it's helped others in the past . Edit 12/16/21: Support updated that they are still working on it.

You can click on the push pin on the top right of any plugin you want to keep open or turn off recycling the windows per scook's link.

When enabled. Just a thought.

Have you considered Cubase? J/K For a sampler, there are several free one's out there like TX16W that are really good. I am not sure what Cakewalk could bring to the table that you can't already get. I thought sidechaining was pretty easy in Cakewalk. Maybe I am just used to the steps. Some of your other suggestions are intriguing.

What interface? ASIO drivers? Block size? Bit rate and depth?

I logged a ticket with support.

Hi Mr. Cook. Your point is probably the best way to infer what can and can't be done. I could never find someone that tried it and said it didn't work but only, "it probably won't work." Sounds like SteveT is the first to confirm it with real world results that I've seen. Presonus has a long drawn out paper on how the clocks work and even gets close to saying that "reclocking" would allow multiple interfaces. But when they get to the meat of the subject their answer is get interfaces with external clock inputs and lots of BNC cables and tees or get an interface with more inputs and outputs. After playing with multiple interfaces (and Mr. McLeod said it best) you can get close but not perfectly in sync with reclocking (meaning let the interface handle it.) Apparently Macs will allow some interfaces to be merged but staying in zero phase-sync is still an issue according to users. I did some phase measurements with several borrow interfaces using WASAPI Exclusive and I could never get them within more than a couple of milliseconds of delay. Even two identical interfaces drifted or had a measurable (and audible) delay. It would work but I couldn't expect to get a solid mono localized image between two interfaces (like front and rear left.) Ain't gonna happen unless it's pure luck and it's unlikely they will stay that way. So I conceded (through testing), that if it works it's still not locked and stable. Get a multichannel interface or interfaces with external clock inputs. And the ASIO driver for the Behringer UCA-222 just picked one interface, not both. I never got to test two Presonus with ASIO. You would think that given the bandwidth of even USB 2.0 you could send sync pulses or sync clock to multiple interfaces but it appears that's not in the cards.

My initial answer is yes but what VST3 are you trying to control with a VST2?

I'm working in 5.1 Film surround. According to the manual I can click on any speaker in the surround panner and mute it. But when I click any speaker nothing happens. To mute a surround speaker In the large surround panner, click a speaker icon to mute its output. The speaker icon turns gray when the speaker is muted. Or In the small surround panner, click a white square to mute a speaker’s output. The square turns gray when the speaker is muted." Am I missing something? My ultimate goal is to not have any center channel signal after a mix down. I don't know if muting the center channel in the panner would do that, but muting certainly doesn't happen to allow me to test it. Right clicking on the panner and selecting Mute C (or any speaker) doesn't mute it. A friend tried it on his system and it doesn't mute either. ........... Feesuat Posted June 15, 2019 (edited) I am working on a film project 5.1 and facing a strange issue. On the large surround panner the speaker icons are not working as I want to mute /unmute but nothing happens upon pressing/clicking on these icons. Whereas it is suppossed to be turning grey upon pressing/clicking and mute that speaker output. i am using TC electronics 24d konnect soundcard and windows7 64.

Yes. Most people have VST, VST2 and VST3 running at the same time.

Bleed from the headphones, LOL.

Is DIM highlighted at the top in the transport? If so, Solo Dim is on and the other tracks are just reduced and not just turned off.