Byron Dickens

Rendering the project is exporting it

No.

There's always the documentation....

Cakewalk's staff view is really... um... rudimentary.... I highly recommend using real notation software.

Windows updates are infamous for jacking with your audio drivers.

Its Rolling Stone. You expected something that made sense?

Yep. Now every spam bot in the world has them.

This may come as a surprise to all you urban/ suburbanites, but not everyone has unlimited high speed internet even available to them let alone the time required to spend downloading multi GB of stuff. Ergo: hassle and aggravation.

You obviously were never there....

Hard drives are cheap compared to aggravation....

You can put them anywhere you want. You have to tell CW where to look anyway. However, I highly recommend practicing good hygiene and putting them all in the same place. C:\ windows\program files\steinberg\ vstplugins is a good choice since that's what Steinberg intended. Fortunately, Steinberg fixed that issue with VST3.

My 29 year old Korg X3 still works. I can also use it as a controller to play NI instruments.

Some people drink instant coffee too....

😱 Nooooo! Not that!

You're trying to make this more complicated than it is. It isn't 1986 any more; there's no need to bother with SMPTE time code unless you are syncing to film or tape. The DAW is the sequencer. Cakewalk started life as one of the first MIDI sequencers for PC - back in the DOS days before Windows.

I'm sure M-Audio's documentation covers how to connect it

Listen with your ears instead of your eyes.

I've done it before but I would have to go back and look to see exactly how I did it. I do remember it was enough of a PITA that I will just write out the whole thing from now on.

My car won't start. What is wrong with it?

I misunderstood what you were saying about your vocals needing help.

Throwing a bunch of effects on something that doesn't sound good in the first place ain't gonna make it better.

So does accenting a note.

Velocity.

You already got your answer. Doesn't really necessitate an extended discussion.