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    mix song (update)

    in Songs

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    The bottom seems to soft to me.  I have only had my new studio up a few months, so .... I'm not that sure about Freqs yet.  I could recommend MCompare.  It is one of the best purchases I have made in a good while.  You could also set up a multi track song - Put yours on the top track then load 8-10 of your favorite songs in your songs style.  You can mute all then solo yours the the commercial song.  You might want to lower the commercial song by 8-10 db to get a premastered  volume.  It is a good test. 

    The bottom sounds too low.  There also doesn't seem to be any sub material.  Don't know if you meant to do this.  Sometimes this is good to help get more volume without distorting.  

     

    Max Arwood

    7 mini dumps saved from crashes so far this year [solved]

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

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    On 1/6/2020 at 10:34 PM, Matthew Sorrels said:

    WOW Thanks a bunch. 

    Away in the Manger - Cradle Song 28_12142019_194730.dmp
    Crashed in Dimension Pro x64.dll

    Dimension Pro x64.dll was not loaded in this project

     

    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen New 11_11242019_210407.dmp
    Crashed in FabFilter Pro-Q 3.vst3

    FabFilter Pro-Q 3.vst3 was loaded

     

    What Child Is This 53_12222019_014053.dmp
    Crashed in Drumagog5.dll

    Drumagog5.dll was not loaded in this project

     

    076 Symphonic O Come, O Come Emmanuel_12092019_213449.dmp
    No plugins in the call stack, just Cakewalk.
    A lot of Omnisphere threads and two BitBridge threads, so at least two 32bit plugins (not a good idea)

    I could only find one 32 bit VST - Reverb.it - I use this reverb for snare - I have dozens of reverbs and have not found a replacement for this.  I guess I need to look harder. Reverb.it has a great low cut built in and a perfect sound for snare.  I have others but none of these make "THAT" sound  - Pro-R,Lexicon Plate,Lex Vintage Plate, Lex Hall, Lex Chambers, Vahalla verbs, Abbey Chamber verbs, Renverb, Truverb, H-Verb,Little Plate Waves-IR's.PSP2445, Blackhole,LexPSP42, Lexicon Pantheon, some CLA and other stuff with reverbs in them, but nothing like reverb.it  I even have the newer version of reverbit called SilverSpike R2 - still no go.

    What do you use for your snares to have a long bright reverb tail?

    Not sure what the other 32 bit VSTs were. - looking - can only find one.

     

    082 Emmanuel with audio and new piano 07_01022020_203417.dmp
    082 Emmanuel with audio and new piano 09_01042020_202412.dmp
    Auto-save Copy of Silent Night 27_12222019_212014.dmp
    Away in the Manger - Cradle Song 34_12192019_013807.dmp
    Away in the Manger - Cradle Song 37_12192019_211608.dmp
    Away in the Manger - Cradle Song 40_12272019_231328.dmp
    Away in the Manger - Cradle Song 46_12282019_214312.dmp
    There are all pretty much the same as 076 Symphonic O Come, O Come Emmanuel_12092019_213449.dmp
    Just Cakewalk in the crashing thread (so no clear guide to what caused the crash).  Bitbridged plugins.
    There are a lot of plugins in these crashes though, any one of which could be the problem.  I also see a loaded
    copy of Intel's math library libiomp5md.dll which comes in dozens of versions, I know of a few plugins that
    require one version of it and will crash with another, since it's shared and not version controlled.  But tracking that
    down is nearly impossible.  I only vaguely remember the crazy games I went through to sort that out.

    *libiomp5md.dll variations would be hard to track down 


    Away in the Manger - Cradle Song 45_12282019_194812.dmp
    Crashed in Synth 1 VST64.DLL

    Its funny - I think this synth was frozen???? Don't know how that could cause a crash.

    Well it free - and a really nice Synth.  I guess I should limit my use of it.

     

    Hark The Herald Angels Sing 06_01012020_174536.dmp
    Crashed in Pigments.vst3

    Test Driving @$49  offer.  I guess it would be a deal at this price since it is $99 on sale.

     

     

    On 1/6/2020 at 10:34 PM, Matthew Sorrels said:

    It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - GB 39_01052020_151210.dmp
    Crashed in Kontakt 5.dll

    I have Kontakt 6 - Converting most songs to it now.

     

    Silent Night 27_12222019_202317.dmp
    No plugins in the call stack, just Cakewalk
    A few bitbridge plugins.  No intel math library threads.  But otherwise a lot like the above crashes.

    What Child Is This 53_12222019_004139.dmp
    Crashed in TriLeveler2.x64.dll

    This plugin is not loaded??

     

    One thing I think is true of all these crashes is you are using a lot of plugins that use OpenGL.  I'd start with my
    video card driver.  Do a full clean uninstall/install of the most recent driver you can find.

    This is a great idea.

     

    Your audio driver seems to be ASIOEchoPCI.dll but the version you are running says it's v8.06.0.0 dated 11/22/2011 but I see
    Google hits for a v8.5  That might also be something to look at (though the 8.5 ones seem dated earlier than yours)

    8.06 is the last of my series Sound Card - I think Windows XP version.  I'm surprised it still works.

     

    I'd also install every single one of the Microsoft Windows Runtime files and then reboot.
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

    Plus I'd do a full Windows Update and install every last update you can.

    But with this many different plugins crashing and the kinds of projects you are running you are going to have a very hard to narrowing it down.  The best you can do is update every thing, uninstall everything you don't need (system utilities/crazy apps/etc), try and narrow the crashes down to repeatable steps.  Also dump the 32-bit plugins, getting that stable with the number/variety of plugins your projects are using is almost surely a lost cause. 

    I still wish there was a bright red FX on these when they are loaded  or a [32] or something - That way we would know what the risk would be.

    You don't know how much I appreciate this research you did.

    Thanks,

    Max Arwood

     

    My Feature Wish List for 2020

    in Feedback Loop

    Posted

    On 12/26/2019 at 1:38 PM, Jeremy Jensen said:

    I've got to post my top two requests every chance I get:

    1. Nested track folders

    2. Importing individual tracks from other Cakewalk projects. I know  you can import entire projects (imperfectly), but it's kind of a bad workaround to have to do that and then delete all the tracks  you don't need.

    #2 - I do this from time to time. 

    First Save the project!

    Open both projects at the same time. (there is a check box in preferences to allow this)

    Go to source project under window (main control bar)

    Triple click the track number (to be sure all track info is selected)

    I like to use Edit->copy special. (sometime I don't need everything)

    Go to window and choose target project.

    Add audio or Midi track

    Move play cursor to the beginning of project.

    Edit-> Paste special

    done.

    It looks like a lot of clicking but it only take time to load the second project. Copying and pasting the track only takes a minute.

     

    Max Arwood

    Track template - for test tracks

    in Q&A

    Posted

    All these are helpful.

    tecknot - that will come in handy for a few things.  I didn’t know you could do that. It does work!  Thanks


    David - I never used take lanes that much. I did spend some time working with them thanks to you!  I guess I should start using them. Thanks

    master the mix - reference gets a runner up. It’s not as smooth as MCompare. 

    MCompare seems to be the best solution.  It has a AGC with a mute till matched feature.  It automatically matches the volumes of 16 different songs /reference tracks to your track. The biggest edge over Reference is the silence till match is made. Without this there is a loud blast of the reference track before the AGC adjust. It throws off your tonal memory without this feature. Also as you move to a quieter section of your song  MCompare will readjust your reference tracks with the AGC to rematch the reference at that point in the song.

    Thanks to all!

    VST 32,64 VST2 VST3

    in Q&A

    Posted

    Is there a way to tell the difference between versions of plugins?  The only one that is easy is VST3’s

    I wish there was a program that could scan a folder and tell which one each type is.

     

    Thanks

     

     

     

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