Syphus

OK - I got it!   The body is from a bass - cause I own a bunch of strats and that is not a strat body!

Syphus

There is a heating blanket control plugged into the guitar???

Syphus

On 5/27/2023 at 1:00 AM, Byron Dickens said:

You're talking to the air.

Friv hasn't been back.

So are they being "frivolous" . . . 

I was curious about this "Replace From Track Template"   So I opened cake and gave it a try.

Created two types of "Instrument" tracks

1) instrument with midi track (both created at same time

2) instrument with  only "omni" input

I could not get the template replacement to work . . .  nor did I find a good explanation of the error message . . .

Syphus

5 hours ago, El Diablo said:

It's okay, though... I have Chord Panda on Reaper and it's free.  I own both Cakewalk Sonar Producer 8.5 and Reaper.

I was curious -  did you mean "Chord Gun" on Reaper?     I found no reference to  "Chord Panda" . . .

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I was curious so I looked on the web . . .

This page had a castanet "roll"  sound effect at 120 bpm - sounded close . . .

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/search/castanets/

Also listened to "Roxy Music - Dance away" - it has castanets in it and they sound about the same type of sound - my vote would be to use castanets (whether synth or samples).

Syphus

Are your head phones working correctly?   Just a thought . . .

I stumbled upon a video one day showing Gnarls Barkley doing the "Crazy" song  - I think it was live.  I liked right away and watched it a few times.

All of a sudden I started seeing these "Challenges"  come up.  I liked this version   . . .

Impressive!    But imagine the carbon footprint!  LOL

I have been there!   LOL

Syphus

1 minute ago, David Baay said:

I have had the same issue with Rename and Delete in Windows Explorer context menus. Something's always going to be close to Delete in the menu. Using keyboard shortcuts helps avoid this.

I was just looking up if there was a shortcut for this! - I think I might install one, but thank for the suggestion

Syphus

Had Cakewalk crash:

Using Amplitube 5 

Conditions: 

Had a track that contained Amplitube 5 (source track).  Had the output of the FX going to an AUX track (as a patch point).  Just finished recording into the AUX track and was going to create another AUX track (using same source track with AT 5). 

Had just tried to create a "Duplicate Track" (for AUX) but instead I deleted the AUX track I had already recorded.  I have done this before and I usually just type "Ctrl Z" for undo,  this time I did not get my track back.   So I did it again;  and a nothing happened.   So I when to the "Edit" menu and selected "Undo  Delete track" when a dialog box came up that said "Encountered an Improper Argument" .  At his point I think I fiddled around a bit and then cakewalk crashed and I had to stop the task and restart cakewalk.  Did not get my track back before the crash.  But it was there when I reloaded Cakewalk.

I did not find any DMP file (in the designated cake dmp folder) and did not generate one.  Has been working fine since

My OS is Win 7 (yes I know!)

My purpose of creating this post is to document the occurrence and not for troubleshooting.   Everything is working (until it is not LOL).  If anyone else has this error occur then also document.  I cannot recreate this at this time.

As note - It would be nice if the "Duplicate" and "Delete" were not so close together.  I make this mistake all the time.

Syphus

On 10/11/2022 at 2:37 PM, Noel Borthwick said:

The reality is that it's an incredible amount of work to support any new protocol and deal with the inevitable bugs and confusion

So are you saying that there is no plan to support the CLAP protocol for Cakewalk?
 

Syphus

Although a small point - by using a third-party sampler (as a VST plug-in) , you have a varied choice of what you can use for any given situation.

Sometimes you may only need a simple one (FX) or maybe a complex one (for beat generation).

By NOT having one integrated into the DAW, there is no compromises happening.  Bakers do not have to keep developing the application for user demands, and less chance of application problems.  This is just my opinion and doesn't mean I would not welcome a built in sampler . . .   Just an observation.

Syphus

6 hours ago, pwalpwal said:

beer. i'm using beer

I assuming that is a humorous statement.  I have been clean for 10 years . . .   The best I can offer you is just tell yourself why you are quitting (what ever the reason) and stick to it . . .   Day three is the worst . . .    Go a week and don't give in . . . You will thank yourself for in the future.

Remember this:  if you give in once, you can do it again (quit).   Do Not Give up.  Avoid alcohol, pot or any other stimulant that would make you want to smoke.  No bars for a bit if can avoid it - you will find it easier to go outside and do it with a friend.

Good luck . . .

Syphus

4 hours ago, Last Call said:

Reaper supports it 🤗

Only in the development versions - Stable release does not have clap support that I could find.

35 minutes ago, Bapu said:

so, you did read simon's post then mate?

🙂

Got it - thanks for the link (meaning I found the info - lol)

Syphus

46 minutes ago, lawajava said:

The audio examples for the new EZBass expansion arriving in mid September seem to address a gap in Toontrack’s existing EZBass sounds.

I might beat Bapu to the cash register on this one!

So where did you hear about this  . . .   Nothing on their site that I could find?

Syphus

Release notes for EZdrummer 3.0.4

2022-08-23

EZdrummer 3.0.4 is now available to download using the Product Manager or from the ‘My Products’ area in your Toontrack account. Please note that version 3.0.4 is required for the support of EZX expansion packs released from this point forward (Q3 2022).

CHANGES

General

A print function has been added to the MIDI Mapping Layout window.

BUG FIXES

General

Loading a Drums and Mixer Preset from the EZdrummer 3 core libraries or Big Stage EZX did not properly set the values of the mixer effect knobs.

Loading cymbals or toms from the other side of the stereo field did not automatically flip their stereo position like EZdrummer 2 did. Importing EZdrummer 2 projects or loading user presets could also have this issue.

On Windows, loading an auto-save would incorrectly treat it as a normal project and it would be added to the Open Recent menu.

Song Track

In Steinberg hosts when host playback was started and the plug-in window had not yet been opened, MIDI on the song track would not always be played at the beginning, depending on the playhead position and where it had last been stopped. Performing an Audio Mixdown would also result in silence from the song track before the position was reached where playback had last been stopped.

In Steinberg hosts, starting playback of the song track inside the plug-in (with the host still paused) not would not work properly if the SD3 playhead had been moved to an earlier position than the host playhead (with the Follow Host setting on).

Exporting the track as audio having a sample rate other than 44100 Hz could in some cases lead to a crash.

On Windows, it did not work to export as audio to a folder whose path contained non-ASCII characters. If instead the filenames (the chosen prefix) contained such characters, the export would work but some extra empty files would be created.

The time signature editor would in some case contain the wrong Options menu – the one for the tempo editor.

E-Drums/MIDI In

When Add or Learn Note/CC was used, the new line in the mapping list was sometimes not immediately visible.

Editing the hi-hat CC control did not enable/disable the hi-hat calibration slider when needed.

23 minutes ago, Patrick Wichrowski said:

After the 5th re-autorization it worked after this morning.

I wonder if it is just the site getting hit fairly hard . . .

When I tried it gave me the popup, but then I got an error saying to try again or contact support . . . tried a second time - same error , but this time the popup went away and after a bunch of moves (re-auth, and refresh) it showed up as unlocked . . .

I don't know what is going on with IK,  I had to contact support to get the comprexxor to show up . . .   Sometimes it seems like too much work to get freebies!  LOL

Syphus

3 minutes ago, Brian Walton said:

Missing Larry here to chime in agreement with me regarding the fact it is lame that those who already have a copy do not get another copy added to ones account for participating.  

Or how about completing the survey and not getting any product.  I have a support ticket in right now  . . .    Once completed I did get a message (on screen) that indicated I had the item (Comprexxor) but only have the option to buy (in T-Racks or Manager)

Syphus