fskelley

Well, now I'm confused. Your description is straightforward enough, it was easy for me to test. But I get a piano sustain interruption on "L". I can't tell if it's exactly the same as on start/play, but equally distracting. I could make you a recording, but I'd have to record outside of Cakewalk because- well- CW doesn't know about the problem, it's in the outside world so to speak. In lieu of a software fix or effective workaround, I see only 2 ways around this. 1) What I've been doing- is leaving "air space" around starting the track- silence, no sustained notes. Doesn't sound right to me, but at least I feel and sound like I'm in control- though not really, software is controlling the music instead of other way around. Or 2) add the whole rubato section to the beginning of the track, with enough audio or visual cues for me to play it with close enough timing every time for me to be in the right spot when the "real" track (with drums etc and strict timing) begins- again inhibiting but I can learn to perform it accurately. Again one might ask who's in charge- sounds like it's CW. Artistry is only possible where the technology permits. Most of us musicians would rather concentrate on the music when we can and not struggle with operating systems, settings, drivers, and such. ...On further thought, a 3rd option- 3) pick a spot as close as possible to the end of the rubato section where a moment of air space or silence may seem more musically natural or acceptable- for the track start. Carefully craft the beginning of the track and rehearse the transition and track start until it's effectively flawless. I can make it work. More effort than it ought to be, but it'll fly. Thanks for your attention and help.

Mine stops on the MCI pause as commanded. I play a piano chord and press play. The sound is interrupted as before. No change. Sorry. If you can replicate my problem, and then this or any other workaround corrects it, please let me know. Thanks.

In a live performance, with piano hosted by Cakewalk, I play a rubato (indefinite timing) song intro on piano which ends with a sustained chord. At the right moment I start my backing track. That momentarily interrupts the sound of the sustaining notes (they come back), which sounds TERRIBLE. How do I keep those notes uninterrupted while the track starts? On a Facebook group I got lots of suggestions to try, none of which worked. One moderator replicated the behavior. I'll tell you here what I told whoever was listening on FB... "I absolutely positively guarantee you this has been plaguing other users for years who've never reported or complained- such is the nature of unwanted software behavior and a large user community (I'm a long time Ansys developer). Probably more in the studio with a bunch of musicians around and the blips are an embarrassment among pro colleagues than a big live performance snafu, but enough to draw unwanted attention or snickers. I'd also bet $$$ the fix is easy for the right developer." Thank You!

This is specifically so I could have different eq for zones of notes for a MIDI synth, but I'll generalize it to any effect. For any VST effect on the output track of a virtual synth, and any control on that effect, allow a tabular input of value vs MIDI note #. The most obvious application for this is an eq that varies over the note range, I find almost never one eq works ideally for all notes. I have some workarounds for this but they are tedious and messy and I hate them. But not as badly as I hate badly balanced instruments. If there already exists a clean easy way to do this, somebody please clue me in. Thanks! (Edited to add- on further reflection I see this could only possibly work for single notes with no overlap, perhaps for EWI or other single note instrument. Otherwise, the VST would be unable to process 2 or more simultaneous notes using different settings. Right? Darn. Still might be useful in my EWI environment.)

I just ran into this need and searched for "cakewalk add wet dry control to an effect", hoping someone had already figured it out. Sure I can fake it, but it will be messy. Unless somebody here knows a quick and easy method.