John Vere

OK you are just getting started so these are common issues with beginners and midi. It’s simple but complicated. I recommend watching my tutorials which will get you going a lot faster than trying on your own. Tutorial #12 and 13 have the info you are needing but you will definitely benefit from starting at #1 and going through each to give you a full understanding of how Cakewalk can be used

It's not clear by what you mean by "overwrite" Does it delete the midi data from the original track? Or just play the wrong sounds.

If your new to Cakewalk you will most certainly benefit from watching some tutorials. These are made to watch in order of numbering. But # 12 will answer your question.

I have a Workspace for using one screen. And others for two. I was going to say try changing workspaces as that is often the cause of missing views and items.

I think they removed 5.8 with the new update so if you have issues finding it let me know in a PM. I think the main difference between 5.6 and 5.8 is the WASAPI support for W10 which probably makes no difference for playback

FYI, all replies on user forums are posted in the forum. That way others can learn about the software by looking for similar issues. It's not considered a good idea to post email addresses on forums either. We have a Private Message system if needed. You don't say if this is a Midi note or a Audio file. If it's a Midi note you can drag the right hand edge with the smart tool. If it is an audio note then there are probably 20 ways to do this. My first choice would be using Melodyne which has tools to manipulate note length but you would require the full version to do this with a Chord. Next depends on how long you need the note to sustain. And if this is the very end of the song where it needs to fade away naturally and it is an important part of that fade out. Things you can try: Adding reverb and automating it so it increases to sustain the note longer. I used this once to fix an abrupt ending of a song and it worked great. Copy and paste the section a few times and use automation to make it fade slowly. I could make this work, but you do need good editing skills or it could have glitches in the transitions. I let the rest toss in their ideas but those 2 would be my first attempts.

I just updated mine on my DAW and my Netbook last in June to Version 5.8. I just returned to the WinAmp website and I see they have just released a new version 5.9. What's interesting is the download file now shows as being produced by Winamp and not by NullSoft It has a weird history you can read a bit here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullsoft But it was really hard to find for a while and many of the downloaders were loaded with bloatware and whatnot. I stayed with version 5.6 and I will keep that installer just incase. Anyhow I downloaded the 5.9 version and installed it on my office computer where I always test stuff before installing on my DAW. 5.8 has been used all summer without issues and I cannot tell any difference from 5.6. I do see it has WASAPI support which will be great if I ever update to W10 on my playback system. This is the one I've used for an long time, you can see there's a contaminated version that contains garbage. I just deleted it. I used the Lite version. This is the one I'm now using from June And this is the one I just downloaded and installed on office computer to test. Take note that I had to install a Microsoft Visual CC update for it to run. Notice that Null Soft is now gone and it's now Winamp. Obviously someone new has bought it and has plans. This could be good, this could be bad. I play around with it later and see if it has changed. Doesn't really look like it. Possibly mine looks different because I use the Classic skin which you can choose during install. I'm not sure if you can re skin it later. What's weird is my DAW computer doesn't have a Menu bar like all my other versions do. I have to click in the upper left corner.

The best way then to troubleshoot is the process of elimination. The first thing I would do is to use a different interface. If you have a friend or music store you can borrow from I would try that. Zoom are not very high on the list of quality Audio drivers. You might want to contact them and ask if they can help. Try a Google search of your issue to see if others have the problem. For sure this stuff is not a Cakewalk issue or nobody would be using it.

Like USB mikes. The OP has not stated any clue to what gear they are actually using so we are left guessing about the issue

Ya I love Roland gear. It lasts forever and generally never causes issues. I’ll admit they do at least keep old manuals and stuff available on the web site so that’s better than most. But they do have a habit of abandoning everything otherwise, like Cakewalk!

This might be similar to an issue I have using a Motu M4. I’ll get distorted recordings. Not play back ever but sometimes new audio recording is distorted. It only happens when there’s been outside activity like I was using Sony Vegas or You Tube. The only way to get back audio is a total reboot of computer and interface. So next time it happens try that. One other place to look for audio issues is matching sample rates. I explain how to set this in Tutorial #1.

OK, Sorry have no clue about the app. Out of curiosity I followed the instructions and it did seem to do something and like you said it said I had successfully uploaded a project. But it when I clicked on the Blue Toast that said view On Line I got a page with nothing happening other than wanting me to sign up which is odd because I do believe I am? I would suggest you keep trying. There is next to zero info abut how to do this and that info certainly got me no where.

And a very good acoustic bass is found in Dim Pro if you have it. But I’ll toss in another vote for try and replace all 32 bit instruments. If I have a problem it’s mostly been due to 32 bit VST. Or Dx stuff. I even avoid the tts-1 now. I only use it for preview

It depends on material but what works most times is drag and drop the audio track to the timeline. Melodyne option box will open and choose percussive . You can open the tempo map to see what results. The next step to make it musically line up with the measure is turn on Ripple Edit and drag the audio track so it’s lined up with the second measure downbeat. This way the tempo map will follow the audio. Make sure turn off ripple editing when done. I think I demonstrate this in Tutorial #23

Interesting idea. Have you been using this in a live situation to test? For one thing I've have a lot of projects get all messed up because of the arranger. I wrote it off as being a buggy feature and haven't been near it since. And I was only using it as a fancy labeler to show chords and even some lyrics. I run Win Amp on a 2006 Asus Net Book. One core, 1.6 processor and 4 GB RAM. It has an SSD drive and W7. It's the size of a Tablet and I use a Tablet Mike stand holder for it. It will also run on batteries for 10 hours. It runs Sonar X3 Studio just fine and I have used WDM mode for playback when experimenting with the Cakewalk Playlist. It's deadly slow however so that was the issue with Cakewalk. My other collection of Laptops are much more powerful but all have dead batteries and are huge and heavy. I take one of them as a spare player and have used it to display lyrics using Power point and a second foot switch to control that. Now I just have my phone loaded with my tracks for a back up but that's a nightmare to use so I hope it never happens.

I've used Win Amp since I guess 2004 without any issues on it's behalf. And the big reason I stayed with it is it seems the only player that allows you to set it to " Manual Playlist Advance" Someone said Foobar also works but I haven't tried it yet. I do not want to have to press STOP when a song ends. Win Amp has a huge selection of options to customize. Little things like the playlist font size. Those things make a huge difference. Example in pour lighting conditions like outside on a sunny day. Playback is controlled using keyboard shortcut grouping of the lower left row -Z-X-C-V-B Z=back, X =Play and so on. I have my Stealth foot switch programed for these. But for simple set ups it's easy to use these keys. I have them marked. But generally like to perform with my hands on my guitar at all times. ( unless there's a cold one within reach) Win Amp can have just about any type of media files mixed in your playlist. Including Midi. Of course that plays the dreaded MS wavetable synth. I just recently have started adding Video files. And my Backing tracks are a crazy mix of MP3, Wave 44.1 and 48. It doesn't care. I have spent hours researching different software for live performance and it's always missing these key features. Here is my list of what I require and Win Amp does this all except the midi data output and the 2 track limitation. 1- Stop at end of song 2-Drag and drop playlist editing on the fly at the gig. 3-Hot keys for playback control 4-Custom Font Size 5-PLay a mix of file formats including Video 6-GUI is resizable to fit anywhere on screen. 7-Midi output 8-Display lyrics ( can do this with video) 9-play 4 to 6 tracks of audio 10-Save multiple Playlists 11- Print a set list

There’s always multiple ways to do the same things in Cakewalk. If you RIGHT CLICK the mouse on the record button in the transport it will open the recording setting. You might want to try Comping mode. Page 352- https://bandlab.github.io/cakewalk/docs/Cakewalk Reference Guide.pdf The other thing you sound like you might use is take lanes. Look that up too. I explain using take lanes in a few of my videos. try Tutorial #18. If your new to Cakewalk watching the whole series from the start will really speed up the learning curve for you.

Are you attempting to upload a finished song to the Bandlab site? Or is this a project so you can continue working on it using the Bandlab App?

Boy it’s pretty rare to find others who used Mini Disk. I had a Sony player as well as one of the Disk man’s. The disk man had USB and that was a bonus as you could now transfer the songs to disk using the software instead of what I originally had to do which was recorded in real time. It was certainly a good way to get rid of over 100 lbs of gear. The mini disk replaced the Atari and it’s huge monitor. Then I had a GR50, MT32, Korg 05/RW and a rack full of stuff. But I missed the foot controller, the lyrics on file start and midi control of my effects. I used the mini disk for probably 6 years with out issue. I still have about 20 disks, 2 Sony players, 2 Disk mans, as well as a Yamaha MD 8 which I also used as a player and mixing board back then. I actually sold my MD8 10 years ago. Then a few months ago this bass player friend of mine gave me his. Mint condition he never used it. Still in box with a full box of unused Data disks. regular mini disks work but only in stereo. I started using a Laptop in 2004 about when I also started using Cakewalk. But I initially dumped the mini disk tracks into it and converted them to MP3 using the Sony software. When I needed a new track I’d fumble around with Cakewalk. Then I also had all my original midi files and eventually those all have been reworked using better quality sounds. My latest idea is working on a video of each song. I’m finding I get foggy on lyrics these days. So because WinAmp can have videos mixed with audio files in the playlist I make a video with lyrics and even chords and cues. It’s takin me over 20 years to figure that out. Duh! So only thing missing since the Atari days is midi in the playback stream.

One post wonder. Aug 23.

This series will get you sorted out starting with #1 that sets up audio

Tutorials #28 & #29 have details of using the export dialogue. There most definitely is a choice for mono.

Not at my computer but I do believe it’s in the control bar where you choose note duration some where on the left

Not sure what you are doing but I have never had a mono track become stereo when drag and drop from browser to the track pane. I do this a lot. Are you sure you exported as a mono file? And if you cut the end of clip off you can retrieve it by slip editing the end. Just grab the end and drag it to the left. Cakewalk keeps the original audio as one file in the project audio folder. All the editing is just referenced to that track. But if you use save as it will only copy what was present at that time.

Is there a reason you want to use the pro channel ? I always put my compressor in the track effects bin. I prefer to use specific compressors and in the bin they are visible in console view