Lummy Keen

Dear All, I would appreciate to have your feedback on this song. Many thanks.

Dear All, I would appreciate to have your feedback on this song. Many thanks.

Dear All good day, I am aware that there are no black notes in C major key, however i found that there are some songs in C major key that use black note, for example the "not a pop song - by little mix", 1. why isn't there any dissonance since it plays notes outside of the C major key? 2. Is this known as the "Accidentals"? 3. Under what circumstances can i use notes outside of a key? Thanks all

Dear all, Good day. is there any free VST to identify the pitch of a vocal/song/melody? thanks

thanks everyone, i chose WASAPI shared and it works fine now.

Dear All, Good day I just installed cakewalk on my new notebook, but there is no sound from cakewalk, which settings below was wrongly chosen?

Dear All, Goodday. Below is my new song: All instruments tracks were produced in Cakewalk spotify

Dear all, Good day. When exporting track as WAV I saw an option for us to tick "fast bounce". May I know what is fast bounce and is it necessary to tick it if I want to export tracks for mixing? Thank you

Dear All, Goodday. I wonder if it is ok to export song for mixing with the synth freezed? or should it be unfreezed first? or it doesn't make a difference? Many thanks

Thanks to all your reply. And it does sound a little different, and it is not a mono track. I have no FX in the track. I dont think i did change the synth value, because synth value could not be changed when a track is freezed. To ensure it sounds the same, can i try the workaround of recording sound before unfreeze into a new audio track? e.g. inserting a new audio track, and record the sound before unfreeze into this new audio track . But i have problem recording it...do i need to mute my Mic? Many thanks

Dear All, Goodday. Referring to the screenshot, why the location of the midi automatically moves from 75 to 74 after i click unfreeze synth? Many thanks.

can i get some help please? thank you

Dear All, Good day. If my understanding is correct, the purpose of freezing synth is to convert it to audio, therefore without requiring PC to re calculate those MIDI. however, recently I notice it sounds different after I unfreeze eg. it sounds louder and the music is a bit different. Could there be anything wrong that I did? Thank you all.

Dear all, Goodday. I use Cakewalk on a 10 years old Dell inspiron notebook, with windows7 64 bit. Does using an old notebook produce worse sound than a higher specs/newer notebook? eg better notebook will produce better sound quality? assuming all else equal. Thank you.

Many thanks for your reply. How to "Open the take lanes to see both clips." ? (i am sorry, i am a newbie) If bouncing to clip does not bounce it to audio, does it mean i can still edit the notes in the piano roll view and also to change the setting in the VST to change the sound isn't? Many thanks!

Thanks for your reply, But if I bounce to clip I could no longer work with the MIDI anymore isn't?

Dear All, Goodday. When creating a MIDI track, somehow it was just split in between without me knowing it. The screenshot shows 2 rows of track and it is actually the same track and the 2nd row shows how it looks like when i click on the "A" part using "smart tool". How do i merge/link A and B ? Thank you

Dear all, Goodday. I was watching youtube video and it recommended to set stereo and master fader level to 0db. My question : 1. i dont see a stereo fader in cakewalk, i only see a master fader in my cakewalk. Is it necessary to have a stereo bus? The youtube video recommended leaving enough headroom. My question: 2. Does it mean the master fader level shouldn't be set at exactly 0db, maybe should set at say -4dB to leave headroom? what is the recommended headroom and how to decide how much is headroom required? 3. To start the volume mixing, does it mean i first set the master fader level to 0dB (or let say -4dB for headroom?) first ? And then slowly bring up all other track fader in my mix to achieve the volume mix that i want? 4. In the mixing volume level pane, there are 3 colors, green, yellow and red. Does yellow mean bad? Must we maintain green for the entire track? Thank you all. Kind regards, Lum

Goodday, Just to share what i found. Found this limiter that comes with ceiling and threshold. Measured with loudness meter and the VST did what it supposed to. Thank you

Many thanks to Starship et. al. for all your valuable input 😇

Dear Starship, Many thanks for your reply as usual. Vocal comping/cleaning took a huge amount of time because of the mobile microphone that i use. Will definitely buy a microphone next time. I de-essed using melodyne during the trial period. I even paid someone on Fiverr.com to clean my tongue/saliva voice because it is just hidden within my vocal, and i tried spectral editing with audacity but i just couldn't find the spectrum of the tongue/saliva noise, so i had to pay someone to do it. Will definitely buy a microphone for my next singing. Thanks for all your other advice. In the meantime, i am learning to do mastering/mixing through watching youtube. You mentioned "Disable the Windows Sound Enhancements on your system and get VLC Media Player and MusicBee so that you can hear in great detail what your music really sounds like. Windows Media Player puts processing of its own on your files as it plays them. Music Bee can use WASAPI or even ASIO mode just like Cakewalk to use your computer's audio output device more directly. My next, easier, bit of advice is to start mixing (and listening) using your Sony headphones. The XBR450's are designed to have hyped bass (eXtra B*****)" But using the extra bass headphone will distort the "what my music really sounds like" isn't? Thank you all.

Dear All, Goodday. I am looking for free Limiter VST with ceiling and threshold feature, i found one - Maxwell Smart but it does not support 64bit windows. Other VSTs come with threshold but not ceiling, anyone could recommend any? Thank you

Dear all, Goodday. I watched youtube videos and the application of compressor seems to be limited to only apply as FX on vocals. I wonder if it make sense to use compressor on master bus? to smoothen the volume of the entire mix. Thank you

Dear Starship, Many thanks for your detail reply. I use my android mobile phone (using woMic app) microphone to record my vocal. For monitoring of my cakewalk while making music/mixing, i use my in-ear earphone. Regarding the playback on my edifier (using cakewalk DAW , using windows media player and also playback on bandlab website that i uploaded), the entire mix sound harsh, muddy. The rest of your comment is very advanced and high level for me, i have to digest slowly. Thank you.

Dear Kurre, thanks for your comments. How do i check my onboard soundcard and separate/enhancement settings? For your info, for edifier playback of mp3 songs by other artists, they are playback on windows media player connected to the edifier using aux cable. Thank you