apt 16 Posted July 15, 2021 In many sample libraries it requires a "negative delay" to the midi track (e.g. -100ms). For example, using Strings Staccato, there is an "attack" before the "rhythmic start point" of a note. If you simply set the sample start to that rhythmic start point, it would be unnatual. The only way to both keep the piano roll tidy and hear the notes in rhythm, is to apply a negative offset to the midi track. But it seems that the "time +" in Cakewalk's midi tracks is by "midi time" (ticks), not by ms. In most cases, it's okay to manually convert ms to ticks according to the tempo. But if I have severe tempo changes in the project, the absolute time offset would not be consistent. For example, this is a tempo change cueve which is common as a transition between two sections: If there's a midi track with time offset by ticks, and you do this, the notes that begin at the 8->120 jump would come out much earlier than expected. In Cubase and many other DAWs, you can apply an absolute time offset to midi tracks. Hoping to see this feature in Cakewalk. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glenn Stanton 375 Posted July 15, 2021 what if you set the "nudge" keys to 100ms? (or other values - mine are set to1ms, 1/32nd note, and 10ms respectively) i know it works for audio. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fred's Gratis Scores 101 Posted July 17, 2021 I'll second this request. I regularly use negative track delay. @Glenn Stanton That's a good thought, but although nudging notes will work, it's extremely labor intensive when you have many MIDI tracks (my projects usually run 20-30) and doesn't allow you do cut, paste, and duplicate whole bars and arranger sections cleanly. Also nudging is destructive, meaning if you nudge, then change tempo the timing going to off again whereas real time negative delay accounts for the tempo when the note is played. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apt 16 Posted November 13, 2021 Could you please consider adding this feature to CbB? I think this is a necessary feature in modern composing workflow, and many people including me rely on this so much... There's even a sticky thread in the VI-Control forum titled "Negative Track Delay Database / Spreadsheet"... Many other DAWs, like Cubase and Studio One, can do this. I really hope to see this feature in CbB! Many thanks! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kc23 42 Posted February 16 This feature is absolutely necessary. It´s no use having it on a midi tick basis, as the absolute time would depend on the tempo of the piece. Libraries that need this require a consistent time offset, set in milliseconds, regardless and independent of the tempo. No, nudging does not help, as stated by other posters here. Every articulation within an instrument usually requires a different offset time. Indeed, that´s why so many other daws have it, like Cubase, Studio One and Reaper. It took Reaper one minor update to implement this. How hard can it be for Cakewalk to implement it? It makes CW almost useless for setting and orchestral template. Sadly, these are the things that keep me from fully returning to it. Guess we´ll have to see how long it takes to be implemented, if at all. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apt 16 Posted February 17 (edited) I'm glad that someone else also found it necessary... I made this request last year, and I believe there were several requests for this in the old forums many years ago. But unfortunately there's no official reply yet I'm an orchestral composer and have been using Sonar/CbB for over 10 years. Cakewalk has so many great features that can make my workflow efficient. But it's truly disappointing that this necessary feature has not been added into Cakewalk for so many years, while almost every other modern DAW has it... I think many people don't know there is a feature like that, and how much it can speed up their workflow. Therefore not many people are requesting for it... @Noel Borthwick @msmcleod Dear Bakers, could you please consider adding this necessary feature for orchestral composers? Thank you very much! Edited February 17 by apt 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kc23 42 Posted March 7 On 2/17/2022 at 10:33 AM, apt said: I'm glad that someone else also found it necessary... I made this request last year, and I believe there were several requests for this in the old forums many years ago. But unfortunately there's no official reply yet I'm an orchestral composer and have been using Sonar/CbB for over 10 years. Cakewalk has so many great features that can make my workflow efficient. But it's truly disappointing that this necessary feature has not been added into Cakewalk for so many years, while almost every other modern DAW has it... I think many people don't know there is a feature like that, and how much it can speed up their workflow. Therefore not many people are requesting for it... @Noel Borthwick @msmcleod Dear Bakers, could you please consider adding this necessary feature for orchestral composers? Thank you very much! Indeed, truly disappointing. More so when something that should be considered an essential feature doesn´t get acknowledge by the developers. Please, give as an answer as to what to expect. Will it be implemented? Is there a timeline? Or is it simply not seriously considered, even after so much time and almost every other daw having it implemented? This feature is essential for anyone trying to do any midi programming. Is not only a thing with orchestral libraries (in which it is indispensable), but with all virtual instruments. A midi-tick based approach is just not workable. Hope this gets an answer. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark MoreThan-Shaw 480 Posted March 9 I bounce all my orchestral libraries to audio when I'm nearing completion and eyeball the Waveform to get them in the best place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apt 16 Posted March 10 19 hours ago, Mark MoreThan-Shaw said: I bounce all my orchestral libraries to audio when I'm nearing completion and eyeball the Waveform to get them in the best place. You surely can fix all the latency and any other imperfections in the stage of mixing... But nowadays most DAWs have that feature, so many sample libraries now have a quite noticable latency, for several hundreds of milliseconds, in order to get more realistic sound. It is very annoying to compose and program with that latency, isn't it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark MoreThan-Shaw 480 Posted March 10 2 hours ago, apt said: You surely can fix all the latency and any other imperfections in the stage of mixing... But nowadays most DAWs have that feature, so many sample libraries now have a quite noticable latency, for several hundreds of milliseconds, in order to get more realistic sound. It is very annoying to compose and program with that latency, isn't it? Its not latency I'm speaking of it's variable attack times on certain Kontakt libraries related to the articulation. You may perceive it as latency but that's not what it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XBaker 3 Posted April 30 (edited) I'll third this request! Because Ticks are divisions of the Beat, and Tempo affects the frequency of the Beats, it also affects the frequency of the Ticks. One cannot set a negative MIDI Time Offset and achieve a result that is consistent across Tempo Changes. Media composers rely heavily on Tempo changes, and it's impossible to achieve a consistent alignment of the note's attacks/onsets. If Cakewalk is to be considered by Media Composers, this feature enhancement must be added. Please, I strongly encourage you to add MilliSeconds as an option to the Time+ Offset feature. Thank you for your consideration! Edited May 4 by XBaker 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Esteban Villanova 333 Posted May 4 Ok, I was about to try an orchestral project in CbB and didn't realize that the time delay in the track inspector was in "MIDI time". Time delay in ms is an absolute must for orchestral stuff. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Esteban Villanova 333 Posted May 5 In the meantime this free plugin can be used for negative delay: https://dmgaudio.com/products_trackcontrol.php 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apt 16 Posted May 6 (edited) 12 hours ago, Esteban Villanova said: In the meantime this free plugin can be used for negative delay: https://dmgaudio.com/products_trackcontrol.php Thanks for sharing! That is a good temporary solution. However, such third-party plugins all have a big problem in Cakewalk - they also delay the "input monitoring" signals of the tracks that don't have a nagative delay. This causes a very big latency when recording notes by the keyboard :( That "Live Input PDC override" option doesn't help. Because it also bypasses the PDC of the existing MIDI data on the recording track, causing that track playing ahead of other tracks... So we still hope that Cakewalk can add this must-have feature ASAP. Studio One has just added this in their version 5.2 or so. Now almost every other DAW has this feature! Please consider adding this! Many thanks!! Edited May 6 by apt 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
