Bill Phillips

Sorry, but what I find at http://project5.technetos.com/download/Alesion_PTN_Construction_Kit.zip is an Alesion PTN Construction Kit not an Alesion ARP Presets folder and what's inside are PTN files not ARP files. I don't see any other links. What am I doing wrong?

Lots of options for time manipulation, mostly 3rd party. The included audiosnap and stretching algorithms (can't think of name) will do it. As will 3rd party tools like Melodyne.

Thanks. It sure does! The difference appears to be it leaves an extra pair of nodes that the region adjust tool doesn't. I guess I'd forgotten about that option since, up until recently the region adjust tool has been a more tidy option. But, I'll use CTRL+drag for now. Thanks again.

Thanks for the clarification. I think of that as selected which also makes that track the focus which highlights the track name. Whereas changing the focus by clicking on the track name doesn't change the selection. I think of selected tracks as included in any operation whereas only one track can have the focus.

Thank you. I hope that means that I'll be able to click near the top of an audio track between two automation nodes on the envelope selected in the edit filter and use the automation region adjust tool that appears to drag the segment between the nodes up/down.

Can you define sticky-selected? Couldn't find in the local or pdf documentation. What I'm seeing is with no track selected [track no. highlighted] or having the focus [track name highlighted] the time range on the time ruler and tempo track are highlighted along with the audio track between the two nodes on the envelope on either side of the cursor when I click near the top of the track to engage the automation adjust tool [not sure that's the right name].

Yes. I think so. To edit envelopes in multiple tracks you should be able to select them using methods other than the lasso method. I'm really fond of being able click in the top half of the clip to select the segment between the two adjacent nodes for adjusting automation.

Thank you for the detailed response and suggestions. I'm usually adjusting existing automation and don't have snap turned on. So dragging in the bottom half of clips will just add nodes. Also I don't make selections in the time ruler. I click in the top half of the clip between two nodes on the edit filter selected envelope to select the segment between the two nodes. Cakewalk adds the time ruler selection.

Thanks. Good to know. Thanks for doing the beta testing. I'm glad to see VST3 versions coming.

Thanks. I'm selecting the range by moving the mouse pointer up in the track to the point where the smart tool changes to the envelope adjust tool and clicking. That used to select the envelope range between the two closest nodes and allow it to be dragged up/down. Now it selects the range but won't drag it. releasing and re-clicking doesn't work either.

Are you asking about problems you've experienced with SoundToys VST3 plugins or problems you expect to experience? I ask this because I just verified that the version 5_5.3.7.16421_64 that I have for SoundToys V5.3 is the latest version available to me and it doesn't appear to include VST3. No VST3 versions installed and the installer doesn't reference an install location for VST3. I'm asking this because I've been hoping that VST3 versions would become available but haven't found them.

If you blow up the GIF you'll see I used Option 2, switching the track filter to the envelope and it doesn't work. I used to work but it doesn't work now. Option 1 doesn't apply because I'm trying to adjust a track envelope not clip gain.

I noticed with a recent update that I could no longer use the Smart Tool to adjust envelopes over a time range in the clip pane. I now have to open the automation lane to do that. I've attached a video showing me first attempting to drag an envelope time range in the clip pane with no luck and then opening the automation lane and being able to adjust the envelope time range. Is this a bug? I'd prefer to be able to make these ends in either the clip pane or automation lane.

Thanks for this. It's interesting but I'm having trouble understanding what I'm seeing. Here's a screenshot showing my Browser VST2 folder and the Folder holding the Pitchproof plugin which is in the pink box in the VST2 Folder in the Browser. In the Browser Pitchproof isn't in a VST2 subfolder but it is in Explorer. However the Acon Digital and AirWindows plugins are shown in subfolders as expected. What's this telling me? What am I missing? Thanks.

Not yet. 🙄 My Cakewalk window occupies 60-70% of the screen. I use the rest for plugins & docs.

I have a 37" curved LB at the recommended 3840 x 1600 and 100% text size. I picked it because it fits between my monitors. I'm old and have to move my head right to left to see some things clearly at either side. So a wider display might be harder for me to use. I like this one a lot everything is clear in Cakewalk and plugin pop-ups.

Yes. RX is clunky in the DAW. So I do RX work using RX standalone and render an edited clip and import that into the DAW.

Depending on what you're doing in RX, you may be able to use some of the many RX plugins, such as the desser, that install with RX.

If you just de-selected those tracks, you need to click OK for them to disappear. Likewise if you just ticked the Track and Console Views sync box. It won't take affect until you click OK. Something else to consider is that there are two Track Managers (one each for Track and Console Views). To me they look identical and open in the same spot in the window. That confuses me all the time because I usually have both views open with the Console docked at the bottom, and seldom have the Track and Console views in sync. So I will Open/Edit one when I'd intended to edit the other and don't discover my error until I click OK. I wish the words "Track" and "Console" were added to the Track Manager titles so they'd be easier to tell them apart.

Thanks. That's it! I don't recall doing that but this project was recorded after Christmas in 2011. I disabled AudioSnap in the clip property inspector. Stretching wasn't enabled for any of the clips. So hopefully none of them were altered. Having a comprehensive icon list for Cakewalk would be really handy. I know it would be huge. I couldn't find that little star anywhere in either the PDF or Offline Help. It doesn't appear to be visible in any of the AudioSnap documentation clips. I'm guessing that the icon is a recent addition, and very handy if you know what it is.

What is the white star icon to the left of the yellow arrow in the screenshot below? What does it mean? How can I interact with it? I can't seem to right/left click on it. Double click on the screenshot to blow it up. The icon looks like a white 4-point star.

Thanks. Yes! That's it. I'd disabled auto track zoom and it didn't seem to solve the problem. Then I deleted some unused tracks and the problem was solved. So I'd assumed that deleting the unused tracks some was the solution. But now that it's working I went back and re-enabled then disabled auto track zoom and that is the solution.

What is the setting for allowing take lanes for multiple tracks to be expanded at the same time? I can't find it. I have two versions of the same project that I created using Save As from another project. In one version clicking the Expand/collapse Take Lanes icon for any track with take lanes collapsed will expand the take lanes for that track even though take lanes for other tracks are already expanded. In the second version take lanes can only be expanded for one track. If take lanes are currently expanded for one track and I click the Expand/collapse Take Lanes icon for another track with collapsed take lanes, the currently expanded take lanes collapse and the take lanes for the track that I clicked the Expand/collapse Take Lanes icon will expand. On page 1011 of the PDF documentation it appears that quick groups can be use to expand/collapse take lanes for multiple tracks, but that only works in one of my two projects.

Will do. Thanks.

If you own any Antares plugins you don't use because of performance problems, give the new VST3 versions a try. It's likely to require a free WIBU Codemeter authorization upgrade and new license key. @msmcleod's reply on this thread got me thinking about the AVOX suite I've owned for decades and and never been able to get working well. I'd try new versions from time to time and then uninstall because of performance problems. So I tried again and this time hit a roadblock. My iLOK authorization is no longer acceptable. Antares now requires a WIBU CodeMeter authorization which I didn't have. I contacted Antares tech support and learned I was entitled to and received a new CodeMeter authorization, installed the AVOX 4.2 upgrade, and for the first time for me the AVOX4 suite seems to work fine. I briefly tested a couple of plugins and didn't experience the latency, dropout and crash problems I was accustomed to. The v4.2 installer doesn't offer a VST2 option and only installs VST3s. For now, I'm leaving them in and, for the first time in decades, looking forward to being able to use them.