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Also bear in mind that you can add audio FX to the output of a virtual instrument and map the controls on the launchkey mini (via MIDI learn) to control the sustain on the audio FX you choose.

New projects in Cakewalk default to "Custom" on the dropdown in the upper right corner of the left pane of the Track View. Set that dropdown to "All" (exposes all track parameters) and be sure the Input (I with a box around it) on the guitar track you are trying to record is set to that same input that you used on your vocal track. It is probably set to "none" on you. Once that is set, arm the guitar track and adjust the input gain on your Scarlett to get the meter to about -12dB before recording. Only arm the track you want to actively record, and you can use the same mic input for all tracks.

I think it was the from the complementary thread. Quick side note with being new... In addition to always checking routing on gear, also get into the habit of reducing gains/outputs on interconnected gear to zero before making/breaking connections (for what you are doing it is more forgiving, but a good habit nonetheless).

The other important thing to understand is the Smart Tool. Depending on where you click within a clip, the cursor will have different functions/capabilities (and often a different cursor appearance). Until you get a feel for those, it may be easier to zoom in on your Track View a bit so you have more area to "hit" while working. While dragging a clip, holding CTRL will make a copy, holding Shift will lock it on the timeline (to move the clip vertically to another track and preserve timing), and CTRL-Shift will do both (make a copy and keep timing for vertical moves). I tend to be old school and use splits to isolate sections of clips and Bounce to Clip(s) to (re)assemble small clips into a single clip. Definitely spend some time not only watching tutorials, but also working with simple things (make a copy of a project and start messing around in it). The mouse behavior changes a lot depending on where you click, what you are clicking on (the "rectangle selection"), and what keys you are using while doing those actions. Those need to become second nature, or you will cause yourself undue/undo frustration... ironically, Ctrl-Z (undo) will become your friend as you learn as well. Also, always be sure to select the object you want to do something to before taking an action. Cakewalk only relates actions you tell it to do by what you have selected. Select, perform action, verify results.

If you have DimPro in your legacy account, the most recent version I have came from the Cakewalk Command Center. I think that is still active, but not sure, and it had legacy products carried forward during the Splat days. The version I last got from that was "D-ProInstall_1.5.5.16.exe" and was just over 3GB. Have you tried using the Command Center?

I don't work with old MIDI files much but seem to have a truckload of them. I just opened a 27-year-old copy of "Too Much Time On My Hands" with SOP. The first popup says "Do you want to load General MIDI sounds for this file?" Click yes, and half a second later it is loaded with Presence XT (akin to Dimension Pro, but a bit more powerful) on all 16 tracks. No muss, no fuss, and the patches they mapped as "general MIDI" are pretty close right out the chute. Cakewalk has Dimension Pro/Rapture Pro, so there is no reason something similar cannot be done. It is more a matter of mapping GM appropriately to patches. LOL, now I have a file with "27 years ago" on my recent song list in SOP... nice! (that is how I knew how old the file is!)

Meh, I always understood things like 38DD/24 without even needing a calculator.

I have started digging through the Moho forums specifically for things I have been focused on recently (I have backed off scenes and focused on characters), and have been a bit hesitant to blindly mark things as "read" since the whole place isn't that huge and I don't want to miss the golden nuggets strewn along the way. This morning I finally decided to sort them by most replies and the "Sketches" in this OP was a bit of an eye opener for me. Those were done in Moho 12.2, so I need to jack the brakes on and rather than go on "assumption" of what Moho can/cannot do based on the interface, I need to delve into those tools in gory detail to find out what Moho's real limitations are (which seem to be a lot less than I have been assuming). The "Unofficial Papagayo Update" caught me off guard as well. When someone pays a 3rd party to update legacy software and then releases it to the public is almost unheard of. I have actually been using Papagayo to flesh out the phonemes "required" for characters. I didn't even start looking at scripts until last week, and some of the user scripts are just incredibly powerful. More and more I am evaluating new software with the ability to runs macros/scripts as a go/no-go on if I should even consider the application. Software that has no macro/script capability is removing the entire user base from making the application better.

DimPro is an odd installer in that the massive download (3 files) is a zip within a zip and would make my first SSD overheat with all the writes it was making. I ended up extracting the downloads with 7-Zip and assembled them so the install only needed to be run once from that directory structure. A few of the multisamples were also corrupted with certain updated installers, so as I repaired all of that I have kept both the installer files and multisamples I reassembled separate as the "archive." That multisample folder can just be copied to a backup location. As you go through the pain of re-installation, keep that in mind so that it might help any subsequent install in the future.

I am not sure if that includes v9 or v10 though?

The serials are from Steinberg, so they need to be redeemed/activated/installed via the Steinberg Activation Manager and Steinberg Download Assistant. The MAGIX deals have been the cheapest way to onboard with SpectraLayers Pro (current version), but they are separate applications so not bound to each other. Quick edit here: The link in the OP doesn't specify which version of Pro it is, so I Googled "Magix Sound Forge Pro Suite" and that reads that it is version 9 (the last version, current version is 10).

^^^^ Also a little higher level for clarification with this, assuming you are unfamiliar based on the OP. No offense intended by assuming this. Inputs are only required to record audio into a project and are physical constraints of the hardware being used. Depending on which input jack you are using, that may very well be the same one for every track. It is only used when you arm/record to a track (which is how you determine when/how recording audio is achieved). If you are playing back audio only, no input is needed until it comes time to record. Outputs are similar, not only are they constrained by the hardware (4 in your case), but you also would need something to listen to on each output you are "using." It is very common to have all tracks output to the Master Bus and that to then output a stereo pair (left and right speaker) to one piece of hardware (speakers, headphones, whatever). Unless you are doing a complicated routing, track outputs set to Master, and your listening system (the physical output jack) enabled in the Audio preferences in Cakewalk will allow you to hear all channels playing in a combined signal. You can then mute/solo as needed in your project to exclude/isolate tracks, but the audio hardware output you are actually using is the only one required (and many times never changes, is just how you want the sound to come out).

I think Alicia's Keys has been in the Ultimate or above tiers for a while now (not Standard or Select). That particular library was the reason I bumped up my initial Komplete purchase way back when. For $13, Alicia's Keys is an incredibly good deal. It is very versatile stand-alone, but even more so with an external FX chain and/or layered with other instruments.

This is a big differentiator on why people would sign up for the Adobe subscription or not, either they are making revenue to absorb the cost, have a 3rd party paying that for them, or just see it on the same level as their monthly cell phone bill. @TheSteven's point also includes that if you end the subscription you lose access to the program that created the files, so that can also end up being a do-loop if you cannot offload them into a format that another program can use. Fortunately, a lot of the end-point media formats are universal and can be re-worked in other applications but this is not always the case. Quick edit: Somehow got from Melda Production to Adobe! The other issue with the Melda rent-to-own model is the "full price" part stays the same... you just take 3 times longer paying it off.

The only issue I have had with their sub is there's no defined off-ramp, i.e., it is a full-price (in payments) and what you have paid already cannot be used for other promotions. The trials are pretty liberal, so if you take to their plugins, it is more cost-effective to nab one-offs on the individual sales as they hit (which will start to lower the bundle costs) and save up for the 50-60% bundle sales to hit (seems to be at least twice a year now).

I clicked on the link in the OP and the "at a glance" section right under the picture has the Brand listed as "HDY" Be very careful about listings even on major retailers... a lot of the retailers know nothing about the product, so false advertising can slip under the radar fairly easily. Often they use exact duplicates of the manufacturer's promo material (just copied from the real product), but it is not until you start digging that you find they are a knockoff.

Rewind on this a second please. What is the audio interface? As long as it has a USB output connection to it, you should only need a UBS-C to [whatever the audio interface has] cable.

I am sort of curious now if this was implemented due to the NYT article that was recently posted. It may have been implemented to show due diligence for potential litigation headed their way.

Unfortunately, a lot of the bad actors collecting the money are not even within the realm of US prosecution (you can search for state-sponsored hackers making significantly more stealing crypto-currency). Just for fun I asked someone at the USPTO many years ago now, "How many copyright infringements do you have on file against China?" and got "Way more than I could count... it is a LOT." So of course I followed up with, "And now the punchline... what legal recourse do you have to prosecute them?" and I got the deer in the headlights look back. End of conversation. The streaming services are the enablers for the thefts (they can be gone after to a very limited extent), but they have already doled out funds they cannot recover and will fight tooth and nail not to pay twice or admit fault. Given the background of both of these guys they should have known that from the start, but they definitely know the uphill battle ahead. As much as people complain about Google data collection, realize there are similar services doing the same thing, with people on the back-end searching for ways to monetize what they are collecting. I have stated this before, but it is always worth repeating and something to keep in mind (and be sure your children understand this). Everything published to the internet is accessible to anyone in the world, is permanent public record, and may fall into the hands of people with skewed "moral compasses."

PreSonus has shifted a lot of their hardware to use their Universal Control software (installing Universal Control has options to install the drivers for about half a dozen audio interface types included). The virtual loopback is embedded into that application via the virtual mixer (similar to OBS, MixControl, and the like).

More an FYI since it is not stated outright on the PB sale, but Vielklang is "Discontinued but supported through 2024." I was sort of surprised that this is being sold.

When you mentioned Guitar Tracks Pro, are you working with old .wrk files? One idea that comes to mind is open those old files first, then "Save As..." with CbB with a new name to a .cwp file. Test that out with one of them first and retry what you have been doing to see if that helps. I am not sure of your system specs, but it could very well be a system configuration issue. I would try the above first to see if that does anything for you before digging deeper into things.

Type "Services" into the Windows search bar and open that app. You can maximize that window that pops up if too small. Sort the services by name (click on the top of the first column to sort), and scroll down to "PreSonus Hardware Access Service." If you right click that you can stop it there. Also, that should be set to "Manual" for Startup Type so that it only opens when you start the Universal Control. If that is set to "Automatic," right click that, select "Properties" and set Startup Type to "Manual" in the center of that window. A lot of Windows services default to "automatic" which is unnecessary if not in use.

Either closing the app in the task bar (right click -> Quit) or hitting CTRL-Q with the Universal Control window open and active will exit the app. It does not stay resident in memory. Once closed you should be able uninstall/re-install per the above.

Are you doing that with new tracks you created or the imported tracks? The only thing that comes to mind is if this is done to an imported track is there may be FX/routings present that are giving CbB grief. There are cases (where you cannot simply use older FX) that need just the track content (audio/MIDI) shift-dragged into the new track and "mixed from scratch."