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Dan Bartosik

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  1. There’s no need to dumb it down. What's really amazing is that Cakewalk is a fully-featured DAW which I imagine any experienced recording engineer would find fully capable for use in making professional recordings, yet its also so simple to use that a total novice like me was able to pull off a very reasonable recording after watching a few YouTube tutorials and tinkering around with the software for a few hours. I literally recorded this tune within three days after using Cakewalk for the first time (actually its my first time using any DAW), and half that time was spent learning the song. I'm really impressed and I can see that I'll be doing a lot more with Cakewalk as time permits,
  2. I guess that I've been doing this correctly all along (setting the signal level from the external device). DAW is all new brand new to me, so I'm learning. Thank you to all who replied.
  3. Maybe I'm just completely misunderstanding the purpose of the GAIN control. Isn't the track's GAIN knob for adjusting the strength of the incoming signal so that it is below the clipping level when it is being recorded? For instance, let's say that I connect a microphone to the XLR on the Focusrite and I then adjust the gain knob (of the Focusrite) so that the the mic is safely below the clipping level. Now when I go into Cakewalk to record from that mic source. Shouldn't I also be able to fine tune the recording level using the track's GAIN knob? Currently the GAIN knob doesn't seem to have an effect on anything. I can turn it all the way up or all the way down, and the recording level meter does not change whatsoever. Are you saying that the recording level must always be adjusted on the external audio interface? That just doesn't sound right.
  4. Correct. For some reason, when I change this setting to the Focusrite, it reverts back to the Creative ASIO setting. I don't believe that this setting would have anything to do with the GAIN control not working, but maybe?
  5. The title says it all. Disclaimer; I'm a total newbie to DAW recording, so I'm assuming that the answer to this question is very simple, however for the life of me I cannot figure this out so I decided to ask the forum. The problem is that the gain control of the recording channel has no effect on the input signal's recording level. The input signal is seen on the channel's meter, however regardless of whether I set the gain knob to -18.0 or +18.0, the meter level stays the same. My setup is pretty simple; I'm playing guitar though a Boss GT-1000 multi-effects pedalboard which is connected to the computer through a Focusrite 4i4 audio interface. Since Calkwalk's gain control is non-functional, I've been using the level control on the 4i4 in order to adjust the recording levels in Cakewalk. Its a workaround that gets the job done, however I want to correct Calkwalk's gain control so that it does what it should. The GT-1000 can be used as an audio interface when connected through USB, which I've tried and I have the same problem; Cakewalk's gain control has no impact on recording signal strength. It seems as though the input signal is bypassing the gain control knob, so I suspect that the problem has to do with the signal path?. Any suggestions on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated. Screen shots showing the meter strength at minum and maximum gain settings: Here are screenshots showing my current audio settings: On a sidenote, I'm amazed at easily it was for me to learn to do basic recording within Cakewalk. My first recording project was a cover of Peter's Green's "The Supernatural". I started out with the bass guitar track playing to the metronome, then I layered in the other guitar tracks. All guitar tracks on this recording were done silently while monitoring through headphones, with the exception of the four long sustaining notes which I needed to have the speakers on in order to get feedback. The drums are a Roland TD-4 set. The drums themselves actually sound quite good, but the electronic cymbals are pretty lame, so I set up a microphone and dubbed in real cymbals. I haven't yet learned how to add effects within Cakewalk, so all effects that you hear on this recording are from my GT-1000 guitar patches.
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