Mark Morgon-Shaw

Someone over at VI Control did a load of tests with Kontakt and whether it performed better on an NVME drive or not. TLDR: It didn't - so I chose a Samsung Evo SSD for my Libs and the NVME is for programs and OS CBB loads in a few seconds. Kontakt Instruments I've tried so far are pretty snappy as long as you batch re-save.

If they are all Kontakt instruments then you can stack them and play them simultaneously. Or there are some plugins that can host multiple VSTi's inside a wrapper and you can play them all at once ( as well as add effects ) Chainer by Xlutop is one , I think Bluecats make something similar and I use Akai's VIP which I got free with my M-Audio Keyboard but that can stack 8 instruments and also FX with send/return

Layering sounds is a must if you want your productions to sound any good.

I think you are asking for a feature to solve a problem that you created yourself and everyone else deals with using the normal tools/methods mentioned above. The only real solution once you get down to it is learn to mix and use gainstaging properly. What did you do in the days when we all had analogue mixers and things like ADATs that would clip digitally if pushed to far ?

Is anyone using the Stream Deck with Cakewalk ? I just got the 15 button version, not set it up yet as I have a new DAW rig to set up and it won't work on my old Win7 machine anway, but I think it will be a really good workflow tool so just wondered how others were using theirs ? I see it can now transmit midi messages so that could well be handy for certain Kontakt Libraries for me if I can set up the keyswitches

What Audio Interface are you using ?

No idea about the other DAWs...I'm not a Cubase user. If I do collabs these days we just send Wavs back and forth ( in Dropbox ) but back in the day before broadband and fibre we used WMA and it works just fine ( unless you are collabing with a Mac user ) Yes you can change the MP codec I believe. I've never actually done it and I wouldn't honestly know if the others will cure your issue as I've always avoided having other people track to MP3's for this very reason. All I know is it's well known among everyone on my old collab board so we always used WMA. And those that didn't had tracks all slightly outta time !

I have a Ryzen 3900x PC but I haven't set it up yet. Need to finish the current project then I can get into it.

It's not a bug it's part of the MP3 codec specification that there are 'padding bits' See here for more detailed info : https://lame.sourceforge.io/tech-FAQ.txt Use WMA instead..they are smaller and don't have the issue.

I dunno can't say I've ever really used them..I record it..if I don't like it I hit CTR-Z ..& record again ! Do another pass until it's right. Now I have to keep changing the project settings back to Sound On Sound which is annoying as it used to be the default...but I treat it like tape machine I don't think I ever used the Quad Curve Eq. The Track Channel EQ was based on the Sonitus EQ plugin but it put all the controls right where you'd expect 'em. On the console view ! I don't understand why they are hidden away under a pop out window now. The console view is supposed to be a virtual mixer. A mixer has the EQ controls right there on the channel strip - not hidden under somethign that pops up at the push of a button. Makes no sense to me, and now we have a ton of empty space instead ??? It was perfect before....Now you can't even use the mouse wheel to alter the values of your filters. I use a lot of Kontakt Libraries , there's too many to buy them all though. I just finished this track for MTV's ' The Challenge ' https://soundcloud.com/user-45178330/dancing-with-death-mix-3-mastered

Slightly useless in that scenario I think

You still have to press record though right ? I think they mean without even hitting record, like just auditioning/practising a new part

No I was an 8.5.3 user for about 10 years ! I only came into contact with the Pro Channel when CBB was released and I made the jump. ( primarily to get ARA support ) So all I ever had was the Per Channel EQ. Which I actually thought was better than the way the Pro Channel EQ is implemented. I only really used it for high / low pass filters and you could do them without opening the full plugin interface ...much quicker than opening the Pro Channel now. The space is actually there for them to reinstate the EQ controls in the channel strip. I wish they would. I already have Massive , Sylenth , Serum etc. so I've never used any of the bundled instruments for my TV music that I've licensed.

I dunno..if I can play it once I can play it again ...it's not some one off performance I'll never be able to duplicate

Probably some sort of routing, howl round/feedback type thing..routing on other DAW is different by default so not happening

You mean audio from another project ? You can do that just by using per project audio folders ( which is now the default iirc ) and then browsing to the other projects audio folder and drag- dropping what you need right into your current project. I do it quite often as I have to make tracks in the same genre and it's easier to find certain sounds like a kick drum or a riser that worked well in a previous track for example. Way quicker than trawling through multiple folders in my sample drive.

Midi enhancements are part of the core functionality of CBB that's why people want them. Pro Channel Modules whilst built in are essentially just FX plugins and there's hundreds of 3rd party offerings around for those seeking more variety so why spend dev time on stuff that can easily be added by the user.

Yeah I see what you mean although I can't remember the last time I stuck to the old GM standard of Ch.10 being drums reserved for drums. But imagine a 4x4 grid or a row of buttons numbered 1-16 so you could enable/disable the global transpose on a per channel basis quite easily

Depends how it's implemented. In FL studio you can resize the whole interface i.e. 100% -150% - 200% and it scales itself to suit. Very flexible and lightweight..no artifacts like you get when scaling bitmaps. It could make for a very flexible console view with channels that can be resized to suit what you are working on

This is why I also asked for a vector based GUI

Yeah be nice to have the option to leave it compact for non-touch users ..which I guess is the vast majority. At least since they went from 8.5 to X1 larger screens have gotten cheaper I guess

I already did..over a year ago !!

The real issue is that ever since 8.5 the Inspector has been too big. It used to half the size and it was perfectly functional Even now when it's completely minimised I reckon they could add a lot more functionality in that thin strip of blank space

Thanks To be honest 90% of the time I have the Inspector minimised to maximise space for the track view

Ahh cool, I think I was looking at the 550 ..it was pretty cheap