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My set up:

Interface: Line 6 Helix LT to PC via USB

PC: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 Quad-Core Processor 3.20 GHz, 16.0 GB RAM, Windows 10 64-bit

DAW: Cakewalk by Bandlabs

 

When I record an instrument to a track, the metronome and midi drums slow down a few bpm. It is normal for a few measures, then it slows down. Very frustrating. Any ideas on where to start troubleshooting?

 

I hope I have provided enough info to help,

Kelly

 

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Your issue does not make sense to me. Hardware would not have any bearing on tempo. Glitches and pauses yes, but a tempo slowing down is normally only controlled by the software ( DAW) You re installing probably just cleared out the cobwebs. 

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I should have done a video to show what was happening. The project was set to 110 bpm with a 6/8 time signature. I was recording and deleting tons of takes of the same bass part. I was only using 2 tracks. 1 midi drum track and 1 track for live recorded bass. After abouy 30 seconds the click track and midi drums would slow down gradually. Like a dying battery. It would also playback with the slower down part. 

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So as the tempo slows down does the tempo indicator also change?

In my 36 years of recording midi I have never experienced a tempo change unless the software was TOLD to change the tempo. This is why I don't understand your issue. Something is telling your software to slow down by changing the tempo, I do not think it even possible for a DAW to play back midi at a slower tempo than the tempo that has been set. A buggered system would simply burp and fart and play back the midi spazmaticly.  

Long shot--but you don't happen to have any external hardware patched in that could broadcast a tempo? 

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I'll bet you can repeat the issue and resolve it by switching the config setting I mention above.

It's a beta setting. I think that was your problem. It has exactly the symptom you described. 

Noel, the lead programmer, is aware and advises not to use 3.

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I admit, I am very new to using Cakewalk or any other DAW for that matter. I am using it as many other do to record and share ideas with band-mates to further song development. I'm not using Cakewalk to master or engineer an album. I would love to share the issue that was causing me problems just incase it occurs to someone else there will be a solution. I do not care to repeat the error I was having for fear I will lose content and create more frustration. I have no idea what advanced threading scheduling is. As mentioned, I have no issues since I uninstalled and re-installed Cakewalk. It ain't broke, so I ain't fixin'.

 

I appreciate all the ideas and suggestions.

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  • 1 year later...

Yeah I have this happen all the time. I did recently fix it but today it's just a ***** again. Of the three DAW's I have use cakewalk is the only one I've gotten this issue with. It's like the whole thing just grinds to a halt. I seem to only see it happen when recording instruments, but then I dont do a lot of midi.
To be honest I think I'm just gonna pay a pro to come set up my studio. The amount of issues Im having with daw's is utterly defeating lol and I dont want to go back to audacity, it's amazingly simple to use but the finished quality is slightly muted I find.

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