aidan o driscoll

Actually THIS Video pretty much answers my Qs above One Q remains though. It says making a house track BUT it seems to be similar to Fruity Loops and here he just creates a pattern looped. Does not explain about going on to making a WHOLE track Sort of answered here I was looking for a SONG MODE ( similar to Fruity and Reason )

What can this AKAI beats do that Cakewalk or similar cannot? Its effectively another DAW? I will grant you this .. obviously it integrates very well with may MPC Mini 2.

I always wonder about the use of these construction Kits and how anyone gets any use from them? Even how one could do anything original with them? In fact i am never sure what you could do with them / use them?

Absolutely. Has to be a scam, look at other products. I think there is an AKAI rep posting here so at least an ALERT to them BEWARE me thinks

https://www.simplelyfe.store/products/promotion-mini-mkii-25-key-usb-midi-keyboard-controller-with-8-drum-pads-8-assignable-q-link-knobs-and-pro-software-suite-included How legit is this one wonders? HAS to be a scam? Popped up as a sponsored post on my FB timeline .. Also PA Speaker set for 19 Dolla .....

Arrived FINALLY .. after 3 goes over a period of a week or so

Nope .. not in Junk in either email addy

Same here. Yesterday I used two different email addresses I have .. gmail and my company email address .. BOTH no reply back at all. Vapour ware

Re bold, no prob, still on topic via Bandlab I/Fs Agree with all you say. But maybe when bandland PRO it up a bit more then they might be inclined to come to us so to speak? I imagine that the vast majority still of CW users would be more on the Pro end based on years, decades of usage? There are a few interesting FACEBOOK GROUPS - Cakewalk By Bandlab, Cakewalk by Bandlab talk, Cakewalk/Sonar user group - pretty heavily subscribed with a mix of "Pro" and newbie contributors. With respect to that ALBUMS Feature .. at the moment its for individual users/artists. No option yet for BAND releases. For this at the moment I use BANDCAMP. So I imagine Bandlab are straddling a line tween Amateur and PRO, so will be interesting to see where they go with this. At the moment they are similar to DAZ3D in the 3D app / assets world. They basically have relatively simple 3D apps and then you buy pre built assets to add to your scene. They make most of there cash from ASSETS and give the apps away for free. Reallusion are similar in the 3D world ( and 3D )

I looked at them and got a feeling in my gut about them vs other I/Fs, but then thats just me. As you said, a pitch at us CW users with special pricing .. might be a consideration BUT probably might need to ramp up the specs? Even if price goes up

As much as I would LOVE an RME .. Im afraid the price points in EURO are way out of my reach at the moment especially with this pandemic going on and work at a premium ( self employed, own biz )

Anybody encounter these guys from ROLAND. look interesting via reviews etc. The RUBIX22 and the RUBIX44, not much in the difference price wise between the two ( about €50 ). https://www.roland.com/en-ch/products/rubix22/ https://www.roland.com/en-ch/products/rubix44/ The 44 is here at thomann for €205, the 22 is €150 https://www.thomann.de/ie/roland_rubix44.htm

Old one, around for ages and on regular sale like here for $29 https://www.adsrsounds.com/product/software/air-music-tech-transfuser-2-groove-creation-instrument/ Air Music Tech Transfuser 2. I will also fly the flag from a creative perspective for LOOPCLOUD mentioned here in recent threads - monthly sub access to zillions of samples and attached to CW via 3 plugins and a loopcloud app. I have been using it quiet alot in last 2 months and find it fantastic for sparking ideas. There is a months trial with loads of freebies that can be kept for use even if you dont go with monthly sub. Here is a post on it i added last few days at another thread with screenshots of it in action: This is a current #StayInspired freebie campaign they have started: https://www.loopcloud.com/cloud/blog/4644--StayInspired-Free-plugins-courses-and-sounds

Here is the Loopcloud U/I .. as you can see down bottom right its CONNECTED TO CAKEWALK. Also the columns eg NAME, WAVEFORM, KEY etc .. you can right click and add way more to customise the info per sample you want to see. I opened SAMPLES on left, this is the local sample collection on my Desktop PC. Under that are loops added to my Library but in the Cloud Also note when you open a sample you have ORIGINAL and PROCESSED down the left .. this allows you to drag either to CW tracks. It also picks up the BPM from CW. Obviously you can process the sample here a bit, then add to CW track via drag/drop. Before adding to CW track it will play along with your project so you can audition until you find a sample you like The image below shows the LOOPCLOUD main VST open, connecting it to the Loopcloud app above. You also see two other loopcloud plugins over right - Loopcloud Player and Loopcloud Drums .. these add specific types of packs with own U/I inside CW Hope this helps y'all!!

In a nutshell .. a no brainer. Because when you sign up you end up with many more packs added to your account as a welcome. Eve if you dont continue with the plan after a month you can still use the Loopcloud plugins / app as a sample manager for your own samples on HD along with your stuff you get from Loopcloud throughout the month. As a member you also have access to 25/30 free samples a day out of 10s of 1000s that are free .. You can also dip in out the odd month here and there rather than paying annual fee of $99

This pack is via LOUPCLOUD https://www.loopcloud.com/cloud/blog/4644--StayInspired-Free-plugins-courses-and-sounds?utm_campaign=86588_LM StayInspired 02-06-2020 I am a loopcloud user, so if you have a loopcloud account by logging in then go to link above you can add the freebie vocal pack to your Loopcloud UI. Loopcloud works well with Cakewalk via the 3 VSTiplugins that come with it ( Loopcloud, Loopcloud Drum, Loopcloud Play ). They link to the standalone loopcloud app which you open before opening cakewalk. From there you can drag drop the samples etc to a track in CW. But before that in the loopcloud app you can set the TEMPO and a version of the loop will be ready via drag and drop at the tempo of your track in CW. Very nice setup .. I find anyway

Doesnt support band releases yet, just personal projects

Thanks guys ONE AND ALL. The points are all very good and what I was hoping for. A good wide debate on this issue and focused on Cakewalk which is what we use. I take the point that the DAW should not matter, but we are at the Cakewalk forums About windows 10 & hardware, yip, my day job is my own small IT company for 20 years. I understand. To be truthful i have never had any issues with my systems specs because i tend to buy parts for a desktop upgrade ( have same actual box since the 90s, a tower ). Where laptops are concerned, I study, read reviews and really consider. I have a 17" Dell laptop thats 7, 8 years old - core i5, 16gb ram, Nvidia 2gb card, Hybrid 2GB drive - still handles well for music TBH .. I use a nifty ALESIS Core 1 with that which does the trick BUT that uses ASIO4ALL which I found best ( doesnt have own asio drivers ) My desktop is a Core i3, 16GB Ram, Nvidia 2GB card and sata drives. On that is the M-Audio Profire 610 ( attached through firewire card ). Again works fine, I have to say a lovely I/F with all the ports required. Probably one of the best M-Audio products? Even with all that I am always on the look out for an audio I/F that is USB and that I can swap between my two systems which does support ASIO via its drivers rather than relying on ASIO4ALL. I have been looking at the newer M-AUDIO I/Fs .. my experience with the profire makes me partial

I am actually not in a huge rush, just want to get in early to ask these Qs about drivers and I/Fs that work better with CW and so on. Nope re 2nd hand for me

Thanks for your list @John Vere .. however I have refined the OP and subject of this thread more to what I am trying to find out. An AUDIO I/F that works with Cakewalk without potential BSODs and where the DRIVERS behave as properly as possible. And that are ASIO maybe. Of course Latency is another aspect of concern. So rather than going off buying a nice new shiney Audio I/F and pretty much finding out its a useless brick for reasons outlined above, i am just trying to gleen from other CW users which models are the least troublesome and have updated drivers that work

Thanks @John Bradley .. while you were writing this I added the following to my OP: MAYBE a better Q is what Audio I/Fs NOT to get for cakewalk? From perspective of driver issues and the like

No MIDI ports in Audient ID-22 unfortunately ..

Hi Guys, I have an old Firewire M-AUDIO Profire 610 .. it is very old, still works but driver support for it + no firewire ports much these days means I am considering replacing it. Looking for an I/F that plays well with Cakewalk in regards to drivers, latency, ASIO and things like that. Seems to be Focusrite, Presonus stuff is up there? Also noticed ( as i play guitar ) the IK Multimedia AXE I/O .. looks interesting. I am not sure MAUDIO is at the races much these days still? Of course without going to mad on the price .. reasonable being the word MAYBE a better Q is what Audio I/Fs NOT to get for cakewalk? From perspective of driver issues and the like cheers / Thanks Aidan

Last night I posted my bands album went digital on Bandcamp here. That album was all done in CAKEWALK. Similarly this EP was also done in CAKEWALK completely. TIDAL is a name I use for my own stuff ... Instrumental, Electronic, Ambient https://tidalirl.bandcamp.com/releases

Thanks @Douglas Kirby The remixes are of the track called DRIVING HOME, yes positive and upbeat .. that was the plan. At the moment we are also looking at remixing the other original tracks on that album .. of course using Cakewalk for this task too. As a side project for just stuff I do myself I initially added an EP of instrumental, ambient stuff .. these too made in Cakewalk. Project / Artist name TIDAL on Bandcamp, just me. Did a separate post for that here: