John Vere

You should always start a new thread it’s confusing to high jacks old threads

In the MIX module there is a global toggle.

Exactly. Like the Roland MT32 mentioned above. It had the worst reverb in the world built in and that’s why Jeff Kofftinoff I mentioned designed the editor. It only helped a little bit so I bought the Korg 05/RW. It has real good effects. This was the era when you paid $1,500 - $4,000 for these modules or keyboards and 2 years later they were outdated. Speaking of which. A keyboard player friend just gave me her Roland MK-B200 controller and a Sound Canvas. Real dirty and covered with labels on the keyboard for all the GM drum sounds. The Sound Canvas is in perfect condition and came with the manual. Do I really need it? No, but I’m a sucker for Hardware

This is way too much for my voice. I roll off at 120Hz. But definitely I always use hi pass filters on every track. Most are below 50 Hz but it’s definitely a tool everyone should be using when mixing.

Free VST’s are a double edged sword. I always test them on my office computer first. I’ve deleted way more than I’ve kept. There’s all sorts of weirdness you might not even realize or think possible when it comes to all plug ins free or even very expensive. I can’t use some Izotope products. TTS-1 can’t be added to a half finished project . If I use the free CollaB3 organ my export takes 2x longer. List goes on and on. Seems it’s great technology that suffers from randomly variable coding with no real standards of quality. It becomes outdated as operating systems and DAW software are always being updated and not all plug ins, especially the free ones are re tested and updated as well. Cakewalk can’t do anything about TTS-1 because they apparently don’t own the code but someday it will not be included and I hope they can find a better replacement for it.

It’s always a plug in.

It’s Workspaces which is one of the few changes to Cakewalks general user interfaces. Change the workspace to Advanced. The Basic workspace is the default for some stupid reason. I have a few tutorials that would bring you up to speed if yo like. There’s a short one on using the Control Bar and one on using Workspaces

You open the 2 projects and simply drag the midi from one to the other. I just did this last night with a drum track and the track followed the projects tempo.

All very clearly documented. https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Tempo.07.html#2000135

The Fast track pro is a no go on W10 and newer so it’s not an option in any driver mode. Still works on W7. I’ve only used the 2 interfaces in WDM mode on W7 and live recordings of our band. There was no timing issues that were at least noticeable. I used a Tascam us1641 for 14 channels and a Yamaha usb mixer for Ch 15/16. I also recorded midi from the keyboard.

You can still have a backup of your files. Just copy /paste the whole audio folder or whatever it is you’re worried about messing up to a different drive. Data is data and is easy to move around and make duplicate copies of. You could move the whole works to a external drive and open the bundles from there etc And don’t use bundles anymore they are a PITA.

You should not need a plug in for levels. Each track has a gain and a fader. Then the vocals should be all going to a dedicated vocal bus for further adjustments to the mix. I have a tutorial where I demonstrate my personal workflow for balancing my mix. It might be exactly what you need right now to achieve your goal. #22. Then also #15 and 210 are about mixing basics

Exactly! There’s no risk if you have safety copies of all your work. Storage is cheap, I have probably over 5 copies of most of my Projects. All are in folders and all are both saved as Midi and CWP files.

Video #8 shows you how #3 is also recommended for learning about Cakewalks GUI

My son has the Air x18 and even though I have not tested it with Cakewalk Playlists it most certainly does most of what you want it to do. For now we are just using 3 scenes for when we swap to different instruments. We are just working on this part now and he just bought a second tablet so we’ll both have control. We have only used it for rehearsal so far as most gigs this summer have had systems we used. We also used our Soundcraft signature 10 mixer but it doesn’t have enough inputs etc. Hes been using the x18 with Cakewalk for over a year as he needs a lot of inputs for his crazy synth set up. As you know I just use stereo backing tracks but I do want to try the Playlist system in the future. I’ve never heard any one complaining about the x32 with Cakewalk. For us the x18 has lots of inputs and outputs but i makes my son mad he has to unplug all his stuff when we practice at his house. I might be going over there today to help him set up the 3 mix scenes so I’ll see if we have time to figure out how you can use midi to do that. It will be perfect if it works which I don’t see why it wouldn’t

You should really do a little bit of learning about Cakewalk using the tutorials etc. otherwise it will take forever to figure stuff out

So you managed to install the old ASIO drivers? That’s odd because I tried on 2 different W10 computers and got a warning about incompatible driver. Not that it matters but I wanted to use it on my office computer. I’m just using the onboard audio which is just fine but it’s a hassle when I want headphones as the jacks are on the back.

The problem is you can only use one ASIO driver at a time. You can use both interfaces but not together in ASIO mode. You would have to try either WASAPI or WDM. The Focusrite supports WASAPI but older devices often don’t. So you can do this if you need extra inputs to record a live session. But you don’t want to be using WASAPI or WDM for overdubs or they will not be in sync. You definitely need to stay in ASIO mode for best performance. But for a live session 2 or more interfaces can work just fine. Is that an M Audio fast track pro by any chance? I have one too but it doesn’t have W10 drivers so only runs on W7. If this is only to occasionally use the SPDIF then you can easily just have both interfaces connected but don’t turn them both on. Before you open Cakewalk turn on the one you want to use and it will be ready to roll. I do this with a set up were I have a Tascam 1641, a Scarlett 6i6 and a Motu M4.

And it depends on how they even happened. That’s why I try and only use Overwrite mode. If you use sound on sound or comping mode you might get duped. But if you did use Comp mode it’s easy to open the lane and delete the notes there. The other way that dupe notes happen is having a VST synths midi output enabled and then the new track set to All for the input. You get a Loopback.

Basically I have never noticed it and I’ve used a Scarlett 1gen 6i6 since 2014. But then I rarely use the metronome once I get to the vocals or main guitar overdubs. By then I have a drum track I play too. I’m wondering if this happens at lower gain settings on the input or if it when you crank it up past 2 o clock? I find the Focusrite gain control very sensitive and hard to adjust to avoid clipping. I tend to keep it a lot lower than my other interfaces and end up dealing with the quiet recording later. It’s about my only gripe about the interface

My laptop has only 125 SSD drive and then it has a 500 MB 7400 drive. I have it loaded with Cakewalk and a lot of otherApps. It’s sitting at about 70 %. I just make sure that no data is stored on the C drive.

Turn off Ripple Edit

Instead of a screenshot I made a new tutorial

Who are you asking ? The person who first asked the question? This was their only post almost a year ago. I doubt they will see your question. You should always start a new thread when you have a question and when you do give details. It speeds up the troubleshooting to have some clues to what your system, audio interfaces etc are.

Good info but not a place I belong! It's good to know what Cakewalk has been set up to do under the hood but I'm a musician, not a coder. Now I've found the Sysex view I've solved a few other mysteries. I opened 2 misbehaving projects and sure enough there was that GS reset line. Delete it and all issues including the delayed transport are gone. This might be the OP's problem if they somehow used second hand midi data.