Andres Medina

Great! Crashes: I had this problem before, but Celemony's team solved it in newer versions. At this time, using latest CW version+latest Melodyne version, everything is working fine. May be you can contact Celemony's support about this. Even better if you send them a crash log (minidump), if you are familiar with the process of getting it. If not, check this: Macro: Not sure what you are intending to do. If it is leveling the notes (volume wise), there are several ways to do it (compressors; changing the clip volume; using volume envelopes, etc), and of course adjusting the blops levels one by one inside Melodyne. I use the later to fine tune details, not the overall volume of the vocal track. I find best to use a compressor on the whole vocal track, and adjust details inside Melodyne, but this is just my preference.

I'd suggest you make sure that there is no blops selected before hitting play. If there is any, the screen will not update. Click outside the blops in any blank space. And make sure you have Melodyne auto scroll turned On.

jeje, I'll check the effects part - not familiar with it yet.

Here is the Celemony's brief comparing all the editions: https://www.celemony.com/en/melodyne/melodyne-5-editions For what you say, I don't think you will benefit a lot by upgrading, as the main difference between editor and studio is multitracking abilities, which means that you can access and compare multiple tracks of content in the same view. I did the upgrade a while ago because I was working in a project involving 4-5 different singers in each song, so it was really easy to align and edit all of them from a single view. Also, I use the plugin a lot to edit guitar parts - the polyphonic editing is just an amazing tool! I suggest you double check your workflow needs, as the audio editing capabilities are almost the same.

Thanks! I'm already reading the guide. Very helpful!

Hi, I'm having to replace my broken Bose QC20 wired noise cancelling headphones. Nowadays, it seems that manufacturers are discontinuing wired headphones, in favor of Bluetooth versions. But, for music production, there is a noticeable delay when playing - say a piano - through Bluetooth cans. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Agree. I would analyze the songs to see how much difference there is in terms of volume. If those are relatively small, apply compression and it will level up everything. Be careful to proper configure your compressor settings (specially attack time and compression ratio). If the jumps are big, try using level envelopes first and then apply compression if needed. I think is important to get the right treatment for your audio, depending on the music content .

Go Cakewalk. Can't miss. BUT you really need to put an effort to know the program, as much as we as musicians need to put an effort to learn to sing or play guitar. A lot of the complains about software is just lack of training and knowledge!

Wow, never thought about this workaround. Brilliant. Thanks for sharing -

Me too: H264 codec. Works very good, no issues at all. I ask the video guy to export in this format, so I just import it as it comes. In a few instances - i.e., when I need a pre-roll time in the video, when the music starts at 1st frame, I edit the video in a separate video editor, inserting a blank of 2 sec at the beginning.

I often find this noise when using a delay anywhere in the signal path of an instrument, but only if I make tempo changes. Makes sense that in a continuous tempo change the delay loses the reference point of how to behave. One solution I found is to set the delay to a fixed ratio (in ms), and not to a bpm tempo. May be you can check your delay, inside or outside your instrument?

My understanding is that each folder location works depending on the tasks involved. Regarding video files, as CW does not really import them, then it makes sense that the location is just a starter, I think. Here is the link to this topic in the documentation: http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=0x201D9

The Video Folder configured in Preferences is just the default folder where CW looks for a video for importing. If you placed your video in other place, of course it will not show inside this folder. Perhaps double check your video locations? Drag&Drop: yes, it works too: imports the dragged video.

I use a lot the PC4k. Very configurable (attack time-release time), and can be side-chained too.

As far as I know: 1. An easy way to do that is just re-import the video: it will save the link to the new source folder 2. I assume that if you did not re-saved your project (which probably will update the video reference pointing - thus erasing it), the project should reopen the video as it was originally. I work a lot with audio for video, and found out that if you don't delete the imported audio from a video source, re-linking the video takes literally no time, as it just points the video, not really import it.

Thanks! Never noticed that before

Thanks David. Very helpful! May be this is a bug then. I use the displayed elapsed time for checking the lengths of a project or parts of a project, so I must be careful, as the reported time is not accurate when selecting between markers, or by selecting Sections.

Hi, I've noticed that the elapsed time displayed in the export module doesn't reflect the actual time of the selection, when there are tempo changes present in the project. Is it normal behavior or a bug? See pics -

Hi, I've been using remote recording plugins since the pandemic (Connection Open and ListenTo) I want to give a try to Source-Connect, but some article inside their knowledge base mentions that Sonar is not (was not?) capable of recording incoming audio when using the plugin. This may be an outdated info, so I wonder if anyone has been using successfully Source Connect (with their Source-Connect link plugin) inside Cakewalk for recording remote audio? Thanks!

You'll find it when using the "Save As" command, or "Save" if it's the first time you save your project

Check your shortcuts (under Preferences - Key Bindings)?

...and it looks like some hardware in your setup is sending those controllers, may be unintended? - Some faulty hardware can do that.

Sven, check the responses above to solve your sync problem. I do the same: export/import all tracks having a selection starting point on zero (beginning of the project), regardless of the position of the clip in your timeline. I ask the Protools guy to do the same when sending me audios. For non-sync clips, I just move the clip to the position I want (or double click the audio clip, or go to Clip Properties, and type 0 in "start", to put the clip at the very beggining of the timeline ) - see pic.

Every time I receive a Protools file it's time stamped. I guess is a Protools default -

Since latest Melodyne update, for me it's been a nightmare working with Melodyne. It crashes CW very often, and when it does, the project won't open afterwards... 😱 As some of you point out too, opening the plugin interface is troublesome and inconsistent. I already contacted Melodyne support and did send the respective minidump , but haven't heard from them (it's been 1 month since). So, I've been in touch with Noel, and he is taking a look at the minidumps. I'm pretty sure this problems started after the Melodyne update, and there is no way to revert to the previous version. I hope Celemony's support will come with some answers. I'm in the middle of a big project using Melodyne extensively, and it's a nightmare.