Arabic Dude

On 7/28/2023 at 12:44 PM, Canopus said:

If you select Insert Audio FX > Plug-in Layouts, a third menu pops up where you should be able to see a couple of options, including all your own plug-in menu layouts. Just select the one you recently saved.

By the looks of it, you have the default option Sort by Category currently selected.

Thanks for answering!

The problem actually was that even though I created a new PGL file by creating 'manage layouts' I could not see my newly created PGL file (screenshots below).

However, after hours of tinkering around, I figured that the solution is to just start editing the default 'sort by category' layout that you see after clicking 'manage layouts' and saving that as a new PGL, (instead of creating a new one altogether). That actually helped me see the new Layout I created.

So, to anyone having the same problem, there's your solution!

Hi all,

I'm really upset as I lost all the setting-up that I had done in order to classify and organise my plugins a particular way. I had done it years ago and now I simply cant remember how I did it back in the day.

Let me show you what i am referring to:
 

I open cakewalk> utilities> plugin manager

Then I click new (see circled part of screenshot below). When I save the new pgl file, and go back to Insert audio FX, the new layout is just not there despite saving. (screenshot below)

If anyone can, PLEASE, PLEASE help me! I lost all my hard work of separating these plugs because I clicked the 'X' by mistake.

5 hours ago, Tezza said:

I'm a big believer in video courses for software, If I am learning a new software and cannot find a video course for it then I will use different software that does have a video course for it. For me, getting a video course for education of the software is more important than the software itself. No sense in having software on your computer that you don't know how to use. Some read the manual etc but it's video courses that do it for me. It's great to sit down and run the course on the TV while I am at the computer using the software. I learn quick from that.

A proper education from video courses will cost money unless you have some other way. As a member of my local Library I have access to all the Lynda.com courses (now Linkdin) for free, although they must be done at the Library because they are on-line only (can't download).

For me, Youtube content is not sufficient, I prefer a fully structured course from beginning to end by the same person for consistency with the topic matter and sound/video quality.

Youtube is good for those times when you want to learn a specific thing and then can search for it on Youtube and usually find something. I don't find it efficient to learn new software from the start using Youtube. It's a bitty process of locating different bits and putting up with poor audio or video quality or bad instruction and ... the number of ads now on Youtube has put me off it anyway.

If you are new to the software then nothing beats a decent full course to begin with. You might need to pay for it but it's worth it in my view. I have no problem with paying for video courses to learn software if I have to. They are pretty cheap.

My recommendation is do a search, see what you can find in relation to a full course on Cakewalk, pick one, buy it and get going.

 

My thoughts exactly. The scattered info on Youtube is too inconvenient. Like I mentioned above I already got this course and it has good information and learning pace.  Thank you so much for your response Tezza 😃

13 hours ago, John Vere said:

Certainly very reasonable price but possibly about what the value might be.  I watched the 2 videos they offer as demo's the introduction and the how to install portion.  Not a lot to go on but you can get an idea of the pace,  the narrators voice as well as production quality.  Which is basic and homemade ( just like mine ) but seem they will be at a nice slower pace and easy to follow. My favorite is check out the dudes desktop icons, it's sort of a bit of an "whoops I shouldn't post that in  a instructional video"  thing.  

Yep seems homemade but I think the info is good enough this far. Thanks for trying to help John, appreciate it

On 6/9/2021 at 2:00 AM, Glenn Stanton said:

seems like it's inexpensive enough - maybe buy it and provide a detailed review of it for others to assess to see if it's right for them.

I bought it and it is pretty good thus far. I've been on and off cakewalk so I decided I'll finally commit to learning Cakewalk. Like you can tell, I'm a beginner. I did not want to go through the annoying youtube ads and 5 minute long intros - so this is pretty good value IMO

I agree

https://coursenigma.thinkific.com/courses/cakewalk-course-complete-guide-go-from-beginner-to-advance

I just discovered this course. It has good reviews and I'm considering buying it. What do yall think? Anyone here has bought it?

Cakewalk needs a Humanize feature in the PRV!!

I tried the CAL script but its very limiting as it only allows offsetting. No options to randomize velocity and note lengths.

Also, there should be an option to color notes differently within the same track.

On 10/7/2020 at 5:11 PM, Nigel Mackay said:

Ask it as a favour question.

I don't understand what that means. Sorry

On 10/7/2020 at 9:14 PM, Glenn Stanton said:

depending on the material, you could use the "process effects" to shorten the length of selected notes (say you have 20 notes) and reduce by 50% (etc) to eliminate an overlap (esp for percussion, bass, and triggered effects) where the shorten length is not obvious for impacting the sounds.

Yeah, I think reducing the length seems to be the only option in Cakewalk.

My question was for long 808s that overlap. I think gliding could help but I don't see the 'wheel' option on the list for some reason.

Just now, Gopinaath Gandotraa said:

Hi,

Hope everyone is doing well!

Ever since I've updated my Cakewalk to the latest version, the audio engine keeps crashing and the whole track plays slow/different tempo. I'm on Windows 10, 8 gigs of RAM and plenty storage.

I went through the support article:

https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=AudioPerformance.24.html

 

Employed the changes suggested to no avail. Am I the only one? Is the latest version bad?

Oh.. And I also took off the synths, converted them to audios, just in case. No luck

Hi,

Hope everyone is doing well!

Ever since I've updated my Cakewalk to the latest version, the audio engine keeps crashing and the whole track plays slow/different tempo. I'm on Windows 10, 8 gigs of RAM and plenty storage.

I went through the support article:

https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=AudioPerformance.24.html

Employed the changes suggested to no avail. Am I the only one? Is the latest version bad?

On 9/29/2020 at 9:32 PM, treesha said:

If i had 2 midi notes I didn’t want to overlap sound at the same time i would shorten the midi notes in piano roll view. If i had 2 audio i would split off some of the notes in track view then apply a fade out to smooth its ending, or i would open the audio into melodyne and shorten/adjust the blobs (and can fade with version studio 5)

I see. Thanks :)

On 9/30/2020 at 12:32 AM, Nigel Mackay said:

Your answer is in your opening statement "there's this feature in FL Studio." Different sampler won't help. It is an FL Studio feature. And no, it doesn't exist in Cakewalk, so you will have to edit. @treesha has made two suggestions as to method.

Thats bad.. Sometimes you just want notes held longer without note overlaps making it muddy.

On 9/30/2020 at 10:21 AM, Nigel Mackay said:

A CAL script could be written to clean up the MIDI file before you press play.

How would you do that? I'm aware of what CAL files are but dont know how to write one.

Okay. So there's this feature called 'Cut itself' in FL studio. It basically stops playing an instrument/sound if 2 notes are close to each other, and the timeline reaches the second note. (In the piano roll view).

I would like to use the feature for 808s. The mix gets really muddy with 2 808 notes playing over each other. 

I have tried Tx16wx and quite a few other samplers but they don't seem to have this either. 

I'd appreciate some help

On 9/27/2020 at 4:22 PM, Abstract said:

For those with slow internet - direct link to the plugin:

Download Innervelt for OSX
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cvqeuzd1itbr1dj/Innervelt_OSX.zip?dl=1

Download Innervelt for Windows 10
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y3s8rjh3hi8arbs/Innervelt_Win64.zip?dl=1

I had been looking for this. Thank you!