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I think I need to test this out more. As for bouncing my Melodyne, I "never" freeze or bounce them. I leave them right through the final render. Having my tracks resampled to go into Melodyne is enough already I will not bounce them and thus resample them again. And, I am always hearing a slight thing in the vocals that are off even a tiny bit, or a formant that sounds wrong and need to go back sometimes even after a song has gone to an album, I will go back and adjust a note or syllable just to fix it in my project. I mix and master simultaneously as well.

Are you talking about something that you have actually witnessed happening in Cakewalk?

It is too bad that the last update to Cakewalk did not address this rather blaring problem with Melodyne.

I have been using Cakewalk since the early 80s (since the first version for MSDOS) and I would NEVER dream of leaving Cakewalk. I have over 500 song projects created in Cakewalk and I will continue supporting Cakewalk in whatever way solidifies the path forward for the company developing it. Besides, all the other DAWS are terrible. Many people failed to support Gibson and many people pirated the software and Cakewalk almost went under. I bought updates for life and paid for the subscription as well, I also understand that future development requires working capital. If Cakewalk goes subscription, I will probably pay it, if the price is reasonable, $9.95/month for Sonar and $15.95 for a subscription for both Sonar and Next would be around my sweet spot. (After a certain time you own it, unless you upgrade. Subscribers should get a deal on the upgrade.) If it requires purchase, I will purchase it, if the price is not too steep. (I will probably buy both versions of Cakewalk) I would like to see both a subscription and the option to buy it outright. I will probably choose the subscription because I don't like coming up with a lump sum all at once for a new version. It is better for me to pay for that new version gradually over time. In Maine we have a saying, "If you can't stand the winters, you don't deserve the summers."

Hello awesome Cakewalk peeps! Here is my latest song, "A Love for All Time". This song was created in Cakewalk and recorded at 32-bit 48khz. In this particular song, I did not use any samples or loops, just the ones that come with my various VST instruments. It was built from scratch. I hope you enjoy this tune friends! Critiques welcome. 😊 Enjoy!

It has been over a month since I started using 32 bit recording, I do have a 24 bit RME Fireface UCX II but the 32 bit recording is so noticeably better (to my ears) that I will not be going back to 24 bit recording. I am so completely sold on this, no product has improved my sound as much as this. I have always suspected that my was driving my audio interface too hard at times and it was distorting my sound. That is an impossibility now. The RME device works great routing out all of my other devices on my PC and running system sounds and I have the outputs of the Zoom going into the RME as well. Totally happy with the 32-bit change.

Yea, even my phone is enough real-estate to do it. I plan to use the Samsung tablet for live performance. It is just big enough to read words from. It would be nice if the new Cakewalk Sonar had a tablet app for performance... 😁

This works very well over WIFI with no perceptible lag so far. I haven't tried this yet with a project full of oversampling and tons of effects yet. I tried deleting a track in Cakewalk with this connected to it and it crashed Cakewalk. So, the conclusion is to only use this when you are recording and would like some distance between you and your PC keyboard. It is not an editing solution but where it shines is as a midi input device. The square pads are very nice I need to find a better solution for the paint cans under my speakers. 😊 There is a hole in the wall under the table, my wiring goes through there, and my computer towers are in the room on the other side of the back wall. When I close the door to the right, my studio is fan free and silent.

Samsung Galaxy S9+ running TouchDAW Cakewalk tablet controller.

I bought a Samsung Galaxy S9+ today bought it from Samsung and picked it up same day at BestBuy (my poor credit card). Came with a free slim keyboard cover. TouchDAW looks really nice on it! Yes, it is overkill but still very nice. Have you all looked into wireless MIDI? Roland has a very nice offering. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/WM1--roland-wm-1-wireless-midi-interface

This was not too hard to get set up and working and it does exactly what I was looking for! I wanted something to remotely click play record stop etc. and I wanted something so I could tap in a midi drum sequence on my phone with a light touch of my fingers. For tom rolls, cymbals, snare, bass drum etc. I do not think the XYpads have velocity sensitivity but that is okay, I usually set everything at 64 initially anyway. It also works smooth as could possibly be even when Cakewalk is in play mode, and there is no perceptible lag with midi but I assume that could change once my project is proliferated with track and buss effects. I just bought this to enter midi. KAT Percussion KTMP1 Multipad Drum and Percussion Pad https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/KTMP1--kat-percussion-ktmp1-multipad-drum-and-percussion-pad I thought I could just use my fingers to tap in a beat but even with the sensitivity set high on the drum controller it requires a pat rather than a tap/touch. It randomly misses a tap. The phone app responds to even the slightest tap. This app stays connected all the time I only need to open it on my phone and as long as the midi track is selected in my DAW this controls it. I would like to return the drum controller to Sweetwater but I think it is cool and it could come in handy someday. It did not cost too much either and it is really easy to use. I could have used my midi synth controller for this but it also seems less responsive than the glass surface of my Samsung Galaxy s22 phone. Thank you for this suggestion. I have a complete electronic drum kit I bought about a year ago that I am still paying for on my credit card, for this purpose and never used sitting in my spare room all set up and covered with a cloth. I seem to find out these solutions shortly after I buy something that does not quite work. And the solution to this problem was about 5 dollars for the TouchDAW app.

Will this work if your computer has a router IP address rather than a fully dedicated IP address?

Does anyone here use their Android (Galaxy s22) phone as a MIDI controller in Cakewalk? Wired, WIFI, and Bluetooth? How do you connect using Cakewalk? Solutions for all three are welcome here in this discussion.

Hey awesome Cakewalk peeps! There is a new version of this, after much effort, though, it is still a "work in progress". Critiques are still welcome. 👍

I very much appreciate your help on this song Teegarden, I am kind of limited because I bought the guitar part. It came in two samples that I was able to fit together because they were both in the same key and tempo and probably played on the same guitar by the same person, plus also recorded with the same apparatus and setup. I buy these samples because they represent a lot of skill, set into a small package. It is my job to place things around them so the song does not get tedious too soon. In this case, since this is a work in progress there are a number of elements that have not been added yet to the song. I might suggest that adding changes to the chords can sometime create jarring occurrences and work against the flow. It has to be done tastefully. In the right cases even a drone in music can be made interesting. It is the job of the producer to make that happen. I did look around with the same artist for other changes and I was unable to find other samples that would t fit into the style of this particular piece. I have not added pads yet, I would like the drums to pop in and out of the mix more. I am thinking of a Hammond type organ, Maybe some strings, trumpets (maybe a trumpet solo) and possibly some other background vocal as well, oos, ahhs, dubs and harmonies. These other elements will distract the listener and hopefully keep their interest with the subtle layers of high quality sounds and performances. That is the plan at least. 👍😁 I might add that this song will be replaced with a much more "produced" version of the song. I like to release the song to my fans before it gets produced because some prefer a less produced song. I replace the song so my fans can get the second song free when it comes out because it is replaced and not a new release altogether. Currently this song has only 4 tracks. Vocal, guitar drums and bass.

Hey awesome Cakewalk peeps! New tune here, still a work in progress! Hope you like it. 😁 Critiques welcome! 👍

Thank you Jack, much appreciated buddy! 👍

Here we go! A new song awesome Cakewalk peeps!!! Melodyne worked very well with this project. This is an mp3 rendered from a 32 bit project at 48khz. Please let me know your thoughts peeps! All the best to you! RR

I am having trouble locating these dots. Could you please post an image of them? Thx 👍

At what bitrate does Cakewalk have the effects process at? How do you set this? And when you load instruments, is there a toggle as to what bitrate they use? What exactly does this double precision engine do? Does setting that to 64-bit increase the bitrate of the effects and instruments? I am adding splice.com samples to my project, they are natively 24-bit I am not sure of the khz yet of these samples. I record my vocals at 32 bit and 96khz. But Melodyne is knocking them down at least to 24 bit. Melodyne must keep the 96khz because only one frequency rate is possible in a project. So the only reason to record at 96 would be if my effects and some of my VSTs have samples that are 96khz (I think a few of them are, the ones that take a long time to load.) It would be nice to have some 96khz pads, bass, piano (and effects processing) ... Something that helps raise up the quality of the files that are limited to 24bit 48khz. And then there are convolution waves versus algorithm reverbs. Which of the two are likely to be 32bit 96khz? And then compressors and EQs? Which of these might process in 96khz? I have 18 Intel extreme cores. it would be nice to put these to the test. Eventually it will all get mixed down as 24bit 48khz but I like to think that that snapshot of a truly higher quality file might show in the final render.

support@cakewalk.com I got sent this funny automated email response from legacy Cakewalk "Hey there! You’ve found your way to our problem-solving, band tee-donning folk. Your request has been well received so sit back, listen to some tunes, and we’ll get back to you very soon. If you left something out, simply reply to this email to update your request. Here are some helpful articles to browse while listening:"

Thanks for the heads up with the Bandlab site too, I had to log into Bandlab with my old email address and change it to my new email address there, verify with an email the sent me to my new address and do some bot images to prove I am not a machine. 😊

Okay, so it worked, it took a moment to update but the new address is in my account settings here on the forum. Now to write an email to legacy Cakewalk.

Big help, thank you! So the forum and Bandlab get changed here the forum settings and the legacy site is done by email request?

I am considering changing internet providers and my legacy Cakewalk, Cakewalk by Bandlab and the forums are all associated with an email address that I may no longer have access to. How/where do I change my email address across all of the Cakewalk/Bandlab platforms?