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    Cakewalk on floppy discs ...

    in Feedback Loop

    Posted

    On 1/26/2021 at 12:11 PM, Tim Rhodes said:

    Is this a record for the  most geriatric Cakewalk user ? The attachment shows the two floppy discs (!!)  I originally bought Cakewalk on, when I came across it in Boston, where Twelve Tone Systems (the originators)  were bas ed.

    I got you beat by a bit.   I have a floppy disk for windows version 1.03 and I have 5" floppy disk of version 1.0 I believe (dos version with manuals).

    Until Gibson bought Cakewalk,  I had a user number of "104" . . .

     

    Syphus

    Feature Request: Negative Bars (measures)

    in Feedback Loop

    Posted · Edited by Syphus
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    It would be nice to have an option of inserting negative bars  (as -2 ,-1, 0, 1, 2 ect).  I believe Qubase has this functionality.

    I don't know if anyone else would like to see this happen on Cakewalk.   Normally I just start my song at bar 2 or 3, but that does

    not reflect reality (bar 1 actually being bar 1).

    This has been brought up before in the old Sonar forums - don't know whatever became of it.

    Thanks,

    Syphus

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    Metronome recording on track!

    in Q&A

    Posted · Edited by Syphus
    update info

    29 minutes ago, Karen Alix said:

    Hi sorry,  I am soo newbie on DAWs and I decided to study cakewalkfor a starter.  but I having same trouble.  I am using v8 sound card as my audio interface.  when I try to playback I can still hear the metronome.  Hope you can help me. Thanks

    Your title indicates that your "recorded track" has the metronome on it and the statement above says "during playback".   I'm taking a guess here and saying the problem is during "playback" . . . .   If so:

    Go into "preferences > metronome" and check if the box is ticked for "during playback" . . .   I don't have Cakewalk in front of me (not in the studio now) but it could be that you have this selected and would cause your problem . . .  

     

    see this:

     

    https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=4&help=Dialogs2.069.html

     

    Syphus

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    Cakewalk hangs after close

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    On 12/15/2020 at 12:57 AM, jono grant said:

    Does anyone have the problem: Cakewalk sticks around in Task Manager after closing? 

    Any reason this would happen? (quite often)

    Thanks

    JG

    I can't tell you where it is at, but in the settings there use to be a setting that would allow cakewalk to send data back to "cakewalk servers" for development purposes.

    You need to be sure that that is not checked to be active - the result would be that the closing process will try to report back to the "old Gibson server" which of course does not exist!   This will hang due to no IP resolution and cause Cakewalk to hang in the "task manager" (unless you kill the process).

    I found this to be quite the pain if you don't know that it is selected (report back to server) since it takes quite a long time to release (disappear in Task Manager ).

    I would check that - of course this could have been fixed and no longer a problem, but I believe I have had this happen with in the last year.

    Syphus

    Help with automatization

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    Hi,

    I was reading your topic and I was wondering if this has to do with resolution of the automation nodes . . .  So I did some digging and here is what I found:

     

    To draw automation shapes
    1. Set the track’s Edit Filter control to the desired automation parameter (Track Automation or Clip Automation).
    2. Select the desired pattern tool: Sine Pattern tool , Triangle Pattern tool , Square Pattern tool , Saw Pattern tool , or Random Pattern tool .
    3.  Set the Snap to Grid to the desired length of each cycle of the shape you want to draw. For example, if you want to draw sine curves, and you want each complete sine curve to last one beat, set the Snap to Grid to a value of Quarter. If the Snap to Grid is disabled, the default cycle is one measure.
    4.  Click and hold the mouse button in the Clips pane at the place where you want to draw the envelope shape. The place where you click also sets the vertical midpoint of the shape.
    5.  Drag up or down to set the vertical range of the envelope, then drag to the right or left to set the length of your edit. As you drag, the cursor’s vertical distance from the midpoint (the point where you originally clicked) determines the amplitude of the shape. To create a series of identical shapes, hold the SHIFT key down while you drag. To gradually increase or decrease the amplitude, gradually move the pointer farther from or closer to the midpoint.
    6.  Release the mouse button when done. The shape you selected appears, repeating according to the Snap to Grid setting.

     

    I have not try this, or claim to know what  I am talking about (lol)  but the above is what I came across (see number three). I don't know if it helps.  I also saw some topics in the forum from long ago that also complained about the resolution of the "nodes".  I don't know if that was addressed from then . . .   Hopefully someone from this forum that does have automation experiences will reply . . . 

     

    Syphus

    ***NOT A DEAL 'JRR Shop news' NOT A DEAL***

    in Deals

    Posted

    50 minutes ago, Piotr said:

    It is not true all is restored, I still cannot login by my email I changed few months ago in JRR... And also I did successful buys on 2 and 4 July which required they manual action with providing serials...

    I could not log in after they came back up so I sent a message to support and they fixed it eventually . . .  I can now log into my account, but my order data is still missing.  They said they were in the process of restore orders . . . .

    Just checked:

    "There has been an error processing your request

    SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'jrrshop_mage_LS.orders' doesn't exist, query was: SELE . . .  "

    Still not there (orders).  It has been  a week since they emailed me . . .   So who knows when . . .

     

    Syphus

    Focusrite Users NOW get Obelisk Free too!

    in Deals

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, John Bradley said:

    "Greetings, 'uhh Clem'."

    "What the...? My name's not Clem."

    "We're sorry, this ride is now closed"

    "Closed? Man, I've been waiting 10 minutes to talk to the President... Hey Paulo, I think he broke the President!"

    "Don't forget to inflate shoes before crossing water"

     

    I got a new code in my account - that worked

     

    Syphus

     

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    [Solved] - Midi ends and transport jumps to Now Marker

    in Q&A

    Posted · Edited by Syphus
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    Ok - Interesting scenario - I was just messing around and I was just using MIDI notes to drive and instrument.  

    No audio recorded

    When I played back the the midi, at the end of the last note,  the transport jumps back to now time.  Now I expect that behavior,  at the end of an audio recording, but I never had just a plain midi track.   This effect sounds funky and at first I though there was something wrong.  It just sound like the note ends too abruptly.

    I got around this by recording some blank audio so my transport kept going and all sounded as I expected. 

    I know that I can use "Ctrl-W" disable the "Return to Now Marker", but I did not expect that from a MIDI track.    So My question is this - Is this normal behavior for just midi tracks (last note abruptly ends and then Return).

    Thanks,

    Syphus

    BSOD when disconnecting Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 2nd gen

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    I had to disable my USB 3.0 Ports due to a USB error when disconnecting my Focusrite.   Also came up randomly by it's self (BSOD) and traced down to the driver for USB.  Since I was using the latest driver for USB (not Focusrite driver), I just disabled the 3.0 ports.  After that, not more random or pulled cable BSOD.

    I was getting desperate due to the recovery from it was getting risky - once I had to spend four hours recovering  . . .   Since then I do weekly back ups of the C drive - just in case . . . 

    Since this was a laptop - I don't believe I had any other choice (can't replace USB easily)

     

    Syphus

    Upgrading to Melodyne 5

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    On 5/30/2020 at 7:30 AM, msmcleod said:

    However there are some gotchas...

    1. Melodyne 5 does NOT work on Windows 7 - if you're planning to stay on Windows 7, don't upgrade.

    Well I can verify that V5 will not work on Win 7.   I did not think about it and just updated.   No Go!

    Fortunately I always have the original install files backed up and I just reinstalled the last version.

    I was actually just searching to verify if anyone else would have run into a problem installing on win 7  . . . .  I guess I got my answer . . .   Win 10 . . .   Hmm, one day.

     

    Syphus

    2020.05 bugs

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    I think this should have been posted  in the "Cakewalk Early Access for 2020.05" area.   It might have gotten more attention. 

     

    But I checked the VST on the developers page and found this to be interesting,  That being said, do post back here if it still remains broken after the release (I might install it myself).

    if it is (still broken) - there will be the feedback on 2020.05 release.  You should mention it there.

    Syphus

    Cakewalk doesn't seem to see *.midi even though the extension is set to open with Cakewalk

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    It seems this has come up before:

     

     

    IMHO:   I do not think that per the midi standard that "*.midi"  is valid file extension for midi.  I'm not saying that it is not used (because there are programs out there that will only output "midi" extension), but I believe that it was not a file type back in the day.

    Personally, I would not expect a MIDI file to have that extension.    I saw the Reaper forums talking about the same issue and now Reaper recognizes that extension. 

    Just some observations . . .

     

    Syphus

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