Ruckman65

Thank you Lars. I'll give that a go.

Thank you, Scook. I'll check that and see if it works.

I've run into an issue where a VST loses volume and becomes muffled, almost like hearing it through a wall or from a long way away. The only fix I have found is by deleting then reloading the instrument but that is only temporary as, after one or two more plays, it becomes muffled again. Any clues?

5 hours ago, bitflipper said:

As long as you don't modify the beginning of a wave file, an external edit should not affect the file's position on the timeline, as that information is not contained in the wave file itself but rather in the project. I've been using an ancient copy of Adobe Audition this way for many years, and have never had an alignment issue.

However, I do 99% of my editing within Cakewalk itself, using splits, slip edits, mutes and automation to fix most problems. An external editor only needs to come into play if I'm trying to remove noise, as CW does not have a de-noiser or de-clicker utility. Those are specialty tools best left to dedicated software such as iZotope Rx and Sony SoundForge.

Still yet to delve into automation but it may be a good solution instead of exporting to 3rd party software. Haven't figured out how to do mutes in Cakewalk so I will need to look into that as well.

45 minutes ago, Jack Stoner said:

No, but I haven't done any large (time) slices.  I have realigned an edited track, using the "Nudge" process,  but it was only off a miniscule amount.  

 

Ah, so import the file and manually align it.

I do have Melodyne but I am just learning how to use it properly. 

Thank you, Jack. Do you have any trouble aligning the edited track with the existing tracks or is there some sort of trick to that? 

Thank you all. Thank you Scook for the link. 

Hello Alan. Thanks for the response. I want to edit the audio files to take out breaths, gulps, silences etc.  

To edit audio on a track, do I need to install third party software (such as Sound Forge) or is there something built into Cakewalk?