Craig Anderton

The key to formants is small adjustments. It might seem logical that if you transpose up 2 semitones, you should raise the formant by 2 semitones. But singing higher already changes the formant, so if you lower the formant by, say, half a semitone, it will probably sound more realistic. As to "The Huge Book of Melodyne Tips," that's actually not a bad idea...

I don't recall seeing anything in here about another unique PIM attribute: the ability to click on a scan folder, call up Options, and set attributes for all plug-ins in the folder, simultaneously (e.g., "Configure as Tempo-Based Effect").

I don't think there's a way to adjust formants in Essential, but yes, that really helps. On higher notes, pulling down the formant can help reduce "screech."

The "Joie de Vivre" album was made in Sonar/CbB except for the song "Because You Matter." Maybe "Lilianna" would be a good choice, it's English/Spanish. (FWIW Waves used "To Say No Would Be a Crime" as demo material at AES.) In the "Neo-" album, "Maladie Du Coeur" is sort of Caribbean/Afropop music and sung in French, so it could add a somewhat international vibe. "Neo-" also has some heavy rock. The "Simplicity" album is more about acoustic instruments, songwriting, short songs - it's simpler. Just drop the cursor on the timeline and let me know if there's anything you want Both of these albums were made exclusively in Sonar.

I think some of it may depend on the plug-in if the PIM has to check verification, like whether a dongle is connected. I've also noticed that suites with both stereo and mono plug-ins double the number of plug-ins PIM has to parse, even if you never use one of the flavors. It's worth taking the time to exclude plug-ins that aren't relevant, especially if during the plug-in scan, CbB takes a long time "finding" a particular plug-in.

You can also use the draw tool to draw square waves and other periodic waveforms. These can modulate level, panning, etc.

Hah! Well, I'm definitely on the wrong side of the mortality curve, but I think I'll have at least 5 more years

Yes, you would need a dedicated section. Meanwhile, though, if someone posted some links to tutorials in another language, BandLab could gauge interest by how many views it gets, and whether there's any discussion. Maybe a way to "test the waters" would be to have a sticky thread called "Spanish Language Resources" that would not have discussion, but links to articles, videos, etc. If it did well, start a forum, and move it there.

+1 on dongles. Early generations of iLok were like willfully installing a virus, but they've cleaned up their act considerably. Also note that these days, much authorization is done in the cloud (e.g., Native Access, Waves Central, etc.). You just de-authorize your old hard drive and authorize a new one. Waves Central can even put all your authorizations on a standard USB stick (no proprietary dongle). The whole issue of registration and copy protection has become much more streamlined since the days of Windows 7. Three other observations: 8 GB of RAM is indeed a minimum these days. 8 GB is on its way to becoming common for Android smart phones (iPhones need less due to different memory management), and they do a lot less than stream multiple tracks of audio with multi-gigabyte sample libraries! Around the time of Windows 7, 1 to 2 GB for a phone was fine (unless you were into games, multitasking, or having a lot of browser tabs open). Apps have to compete with other apps, so they take advantage of newer operating systems and want more RAM. At some point you will need to do a clean install. It's inevitable, because hard drives die and it would make no sense to reinstall an older operating system that is no longer supported. So you can either choose to do it, or be forced to do it when you least expect it. The advantage of choosing to do it is that after your pristine, clean install, you can make a disk image and if all hell breaks loose at some point, just restore your system from the image. Hopefully your content will be saved on separate drives, so all you'll need to restore is what you added after doing the disk image. As time goes on, you can re-image so you can get back to where you were in minutes instead of a week. Finally, I highly recommend a removeable system drive. Keep your old drive intact, install a new OS on your new drive, and install programs as you need them (most programs allow two installs, so you don't necessarily need to uninstall them from the original drive unless absolutely necessary). For example the last time I did a clean install, I installed Sonar, Studio One, Live, Native Instruments Komplete, IK's Total Studio, Waves Mercury, and LibreOffice. That did 95% of what I needed to do, and it took a few hours mostly because ATT's internet sucks and I needed to download some updates while I was at it. Then as I needed other programs, I installed them. Eventually, I didn't need to use the old system drive any more, but still had it around "just in case." I know that doing an OS update is painful, and a major workflow speed bump. I put off Windows 10 for as long as possible. But after updating, I kicked myself for not doing it earlier.

I don't think you need to have a forum for each language in the world. Years ago on a different site we tried an international section with forums in French, Spanish, Italian, and German. The Spanish one took off, the others didn't. So we kept the Spanish one and removed the others. The Spanish one thrived until the site had problems, and the moderator (who was the main factor in making the forum successful) went on to other things. Regardless whether or not there's a separate forum, as to the OP, I still don't see any problem with posting links to tutorials in a different language. People come to this forum who speak languages other than English, and telling them where to find tutorials in their native language seems like it would have no downside.

Is the project recent, or from a long time ago? I recall reading something about known issues with projects created using older templates.

No estoy con Cakewalk, pero creo que sería útil compartir sus videos tutorials para usuarios de Cakewalk que hablan español. Tal vez debería haber un foro en español?

Don't overlook Steve's comment that "Some use an even higher value." I needed 2500 on one computer and 4500 on another one. I'm not sure why I needed values this high, but everything works, and nothing seems to have been impacted negatively.

The Komplete Kontrol keyboards have advanced functionality (e.g., transport and mixer control) with the following host programs: Logic X 10.3.1 or higher GarageBand 10.2.0 or higher Ableton Live 9.2.3 or higher Cubase Artist / Pro 8.5 or higher Nuendo 7.1.35 or higher Cakewalk, Pro Tools, Studio One, Reason, Reaper, Samplitude, Digital Performer, and Acid Pro do not have the same level of integration.

Steve probably has other observations, but when I've done tempo extraction, the proper algorithm is "the one that works after trying all of them if the first one didn't work." It seems different musical material works better with some algorithms that others.

Well after that little "accident" with the Duper Swapper, I've been reluctant to talk about it. Fortunately, the dog did end up okay, and should be graduating from MIT in 2021...so it's only a year later than we expected, and the scars are pretty much healed. And I must say, not sure if the Duper Swapper is responsible, but wow, he cooks the best Steak Bearnaise ever. Truly restaurant quality.

Cool, hope you like it! I had hoped Cakewalk would consider mentioning it, because it gets pretty deep into CbB. In any event, Reverb.com has been quite helpful in getting the word out. Their landing page for the book has the full contents if you want to know what's in it. I should also add that most of the tips that went into the second SONAR book still exist in the old Cakewalk forum, as a continuation of the original Friday's Tip of the Week. The main advantage to the book is that the tips are updated, typoze are ficksed, they have an actual book layout, etc. But getting back to the OP, I'm glad to see Cakewalk getting support from others. Sometimes I kind of felt like Scott Garrigus and I were off in our own little worlds.

There were two Sonar Tips books, "The Big Book of SONAR Tips" and "The Second Big Book of SONAR Tips." These were combined to make "The Huge Book of Cakewalk by BandLab Tips," and edited to include only what was in CbB (for example, there aren't any tips about Rapture Session, because it's not in CbB). There were also a few added tips, but if you have the first two books, you don't really need the CbB one. If you have only the first or second one, then I do think you'd want the extra material.

Excellent point, especially if you're going to move the mic a bit further away from the amp to pick up more room sound.

I think Colin is referring to the binaural "dummy head" recordings, which position mics and an artificial head in a way that more closely simulates how we hear sound. When played back on headphones, properly recorded binaural sounds very three-dimensional. It does not reproduce over speakers. The principles behind binaural recording are complex, because they take into account the time differences between audio hitting the right and left ears, and well as the "head shadow" that affects audio. I did an FX Chain called the Monitorizer that emulates these in a basic way. However the OP mentioned binaural panning (maybe because Studio One has a Binaural Pan plug-in with the same name?), and the term "binaural" has been used in a variety of contexts over the years. When mixing, mid/side processing can manipulate a stereo signal's perceived width, and in some cases, can change the spatial relationship of signals to create more of a "3D" effect. M/S processing is the basis for the Studio One plug-in, and Channel Tools is a comprehensive M/S plug-in (the twin delays are particularly helpful) that can alter width and other elements of the stereo placement...so I think that will come closest to what you want to do during the mixing process.

You'll get a very different tone as you move the mic horizontally across the speaker. It's brightest in the middle, darkest at the edge. Angling the mic can also make a difference. Also note that two presumably identical speakers may not sound identical. The suggestions about backing off a bit are valid as well. You always associate a guitar amp sound with a room because you never stick your ears within a couple inches of the cab. One way to learn guitar miking is with an amp simulator. For example with AmpliTube (there's a free version), you can try different mic emulations and move them around to hear how that affects the sound. Of course it's not the real thing any more than a Driver's Ed driving simulator is like driving a real car, but you'll become aware of basic miking principles.

I understand the rationale behind separating discussions and something that's more like support, but the possibility that questions and answers will turn into discussions is always present. Maybe Q&A should be turned into "Support." That forum could be about how to fix things, while "General" could be more about applications and getting the most out of CbB. if CbB support posted threads in support on common issues, that could help speed up response time. A query to support could be answered with "here's the link regarding a solution to your issue, if problems persist contact support again and we'll look into it further."

Actually, this book was released over 5 months ago! I sent copies to both you and Meng

However...the Artist Series is very Pro Tools-specific. I'm quite sure some of the functions it has have no equivalent with the FP8. One reason for ditching the Artist Series controllers was that after the most recent update, it seemed they were more about Pro Tools than compatibility with other DAWs. Because I use lots of different programs, I'd rather have a controller that gets me 80% of the way with all the programs rather than 100% of the way with only one of them.

Windows does, uh, "helpful" things like re-enable your HD Audio driver which may not cause problems, but at least in my case, disabling it make a HUGE improvement and others have reported the same difference. (IIRC this is the driver that makes sure that audio is NEVER prioritized over frame rate in games.) Windows also seems to re-enable it after updates to be "helpful", so after an update, check to make sure it's disabled. It took me a while to optimize everything for the brave new world of Windows 10, but ultimately, it's been worth it. Note that it's very important to make sure ANYTHING your system has that uses a driver has the latest driver. The Intel Driver & Support Assistant has been super-helpful in keeping my computers up to date. You'll get used to it :)