norfolkmastering

It's looks like the issue of the UI displaying incorrect audio port names on sends and inserts has been fixed but I don't see it on the list.  Could you confirm it has been fixed?

E.g. it used to the be case that if you allocated a send to the left leg of a stereo pair; after you save and close the project, then reload the project, the send allocation would show as to both L and R, even though the allocation was actually L only.

Regards

Robert

23 hours ago, Will_Kaydo said:

There actually is. 

When created, you get a dirty copy and clean copy. If that's what you're asking. 

I can attach a video for this, if thats what you are asking. 

A video would be great thanks.

On 2/7/2022 at 7:56 PM, OddSox said:

Yes, that's a great idea. Can you add a poll to this post? That way it may get more attention.

I can't see how to do a poll.  Can you help?

On 2/7/2022 at 5:18 PM, Will_Kaydo said:

Are you talking about a send from the track itself? Cause if you click on the orange (blue in the mercury theme)  little button next to the send level to go GREY youre in PRE FADER and needs to be controlled with the actual fader and not the Level knob. It has been available for years. 

Or are you referring to the Pro Channel Modules? 

I'm talking about deriving a track send which is pre the FX.  This is sadly not available in Cakewalk at the moment.

On 1/4/2022 at 3:59 PM, norfolkmastering said:

There are times when you want to create a track send which is completely clean, which means before the FX in the signal chain.  Looks to be impossible at the moment as the Pre Fader option is still post FX.

I know there are possible work arounds by cloning tracks etc but these are definitely not user friendly.

I also know that other folks have made this request before.

Could we get an idea from the development team if this is a big deal to do?

Regards

Robert

Anyone from the Cakewalk team able to comment on this request please?

Is there any way to tell Cakewalk to include Control Group allocations when duplicating tracks?

I have a number of tracks sends whose level settings are always grouped, so I don't want to have to do this every time I duplicate a track.

Does anyone know if it's possible to save control group allocations with track templates?

I want a track template which has a bunch of sends with linked send levels.  So I allocate the send levels to a group and then save the track template.  But when I load the track template, the linking between the send levels has been lost and I have to remake the control group each time I load the template.

Any ideas?

Well let's hope I get a response from the development team about getting pre FX sends available in a future release.

There are times when you want to create a track send which is completely clean, which means before the FX in the signal chain.  Looks to be impossible at the moment as the Pre Fader option is still post FX.

I know there are possible work arounds by cloning tracks etc but these are definitely not user friendly.

I also know that other folks have made this request before.

Could we get an idea from the development team if this is a big deal to do?

Regards

Robert

I have a need to use some external audio insert sends without an audio port being allocated to the return path.  I know this is similar to a track 'Send' but the external insert can be placed before any other FXs (normal 'Sends' are after all FX) which is important in this particular application.

There is no problem setting up an external insert send only, allocated to an audio output port, but here is the problem:

Even though the external insert send meter shows audio being sent, there is no audio at the actual audio port on my audio interface.

Only if I allocate a return port, does the send port actually get fed audio (even though the insert send meter is showing audio!)

Any idea if this is expected behaviour or a bug?

Thanks

Robert

Thanks, I will do that.

Finally I found an old thread which details the bug which is causing the problem.

Sometimes the currently selected 'soft synth' track gets into a state where it is impossible to turn off the input echo button.  Once this happens, it doesn't matter whether you select another track.  The track which gets stuck, stays stuck.  Reloading the instrument on the 'stuck' track is the only way to get the soft synth output to work again.

The solution mentioned in the old thread is to go to Preferences/MIDI/Playback and Recording and untick the 'Always Echo Current MIDI Track' box.  This fixes the issue.

So it is an old bug which has never been fixed.

The old thread is http://forum.cakewalk.com/Input-Echo-button-stays-on-m3565851.aspx

What's the best way to bring this to the development team's attention?

Thanks for the suggestion.

Okay I reviewed the drum track which failed using the Event List View.  100% note events.

Anything else I can check or is there a diagnostic dump I could send to Bandlab next time it fails?

I have started to use soft synths for the first time in Cakewalk.  Mostly Session Drummer 3.

I have no problem inserting an instance of Session Drummer 3 and loading a drum program.  I hit a drum and I can hear the audio output.  I can record MIDI sequences and play them back.

However, I have found that at random times during the session, my Session Drummer output (whether it is being replayed from recorded MIDI or played 'live') suddenly loses its audio out.  I can see that the drum program is still loaded and if e.g. I hit the bass drum, then I see the drum bring hit ...  but no audio output!  The only solution is to reload the drum program which brings back the audio but of course I lose all my settings.

I have had the same problem with other soft synths so it is not particular to Session Drummer 3.

Does anyone know if this is a know issue and whether there is a way to avoid this happening?

I know you can use keyboard shortcuts to moving between markers but is there any way to use keyboard shortcuts to move the Now Time to either the punch in or punch out time. markers?

14 hours ago, scook said:

Musical time=Measures:Beats:Ticks.

To convert to seconds requires knowing

• Tick Per Quarter Note which is available in CAL and
• Beats Per Minute which is not available in CAL.

Okay thanks; so I guess I am looking for a different solution to move the now time back by an amount of absolute time.

I'm not sure what 'musical time' means.  Is there any way to convert ticks to seconds?

On 12/10/2020 at 1:14 PM, scook said:

Here are a couple of CAL scripts. 

They are set to jump at 30 tick increments, adjust as needed. 

Copy and paste each one into a file in the CAL folder and create shortcuts for them.

;; Name: Now Forward.CAL
(do
 (+= Now 30)
)
 
and

;; Name: Now Backward.CAL
(do
 (int offset 30)
 (if (< Now offset)
  (= Now 0)
     (-= Now offset)
 )
)

Do you know if it's possible to modify the CAL script to move the Now Time back by 10 seconds rather than by ticks?

16 hours ago, Jonathan Sasor said:

Hi Robert, it appears that this is a UI issue (not new to this update). If you show Hardware Outputs in the Console View, you should see it only outputting to the original mono send despite displaying stereo. We'll look into it for the next release. Thanks!

Hi Jonathan

Thanks for the info.  I checked and of course you are correct, it is a UI issue.  It would be great if this could be sorted for the next release.  Regards Robert

A problem has appeared with the sends from tracks.  Let me illustrate:

If I create a send from a track to audio port 7-8L of my audio interface, it does this okay.  (see Images 1 and 2).

If I now save the project, close and now reload the project, the send has reverted to audio port 7-8S (see image3).

Notice also that when I open the send dialog box, the L, R, S indicators on the RHS have disappeared)

I have tried creating a couple of new projects and the issue is consistent.

The problem only happens with mono audio sends  from tracks.  The main output allocation from a track appears to be working correctly.

Could someone in the development team please check this out and let me know if it's a known issue.  I use mono audio track sends a lot in my projects so this is a big issue for me.

Regards

Robert

Just tested the fix for 'Regression: Solo silences pre-fader sends on other tracks' and it seems to be working fine now.

Thanks

Robert

!! PROBLEM WITH SOLO OPERATION !!

I have just updated to latest V27.11.0.018

Now when I press a track solo button it mutes all pre-fade sends from other tracks.  This doesn't make sense!

I use pre-fade sends as cue feeds to artists and now I can't solo a track without them losing their feeds.

Can someone at Cakewalk check this urgently please and let me have an update.

Regards

Robert

I have found an issue with Cakewalk losing all external insert audio port allocations in a project.

I create a project and allocate audio port allocations for those inserts.

Then I save my project.

So here is the problem:

If I ever accidentally open that project with my audio interfaces not powered up OR if Cakewalk does not recognise one or more of my audio interfaces, then all of the audio port allocations to my external inserts are lost and cannot be recovered.  The external inserts all show 'none' for the send and returns.

This only happens with external inserts.  Audio Port allocations to track inputs and bus outputs are never lost.

Has anyone else had this issue and is Cakewalk aware of the problem?

Regards

Robert

When you arm a track for record and you haven't yet selected the recording source, Cakewalk automatically choses the first input source available.  Is there any way to either:-

1. Change the default recording source?

2. Stop the source being automatically selected?