John Vere

I see. I guess the unintended mistake was that updating Cakewalk would cause the demo mode system they just introduced to kill Melodyne 4 completely. It’s not that expensive to get the Essential version which is all most of us need. It goes on sale in November Black Friday deals time I think for $50. I got the Assistant version for $99. If you create a Celemony account you get the emails on deals

Yes this could also be true because some are so funky they don’t support multiple clock rates. Be interesting to know the make and model.

Please don’t double post

USB mikes that don’t come with ASIO drivers rarely work with Cakewalk. They are designed for Podcasting not recording. Even if it works the tracks will record very late on the timeline. Best bet is to try WASAPI mode and see it sounds better. But in the end if you are wishing to record vocals or guitar you will need a proper audio interface and mike.

Cakewalk has its own installer now so check the website. You no longer need the Bandlab Assistant. Melodyne is a demo and after 1 month you need to create an Account with Celemony and purchase a license. It has its own installer that has nothing to do with Cakewalk.

So have you tried disabling midi outputs on all your VST’s? That’s the only way any stray midi data would find it’s way back into a project. I personally have never had this happen and I’m not sure about the inputs reverting to all but there was talk of this before so you might be right about a bug. Possibly the reason I’ve never had a Midi Loopback is all my Midi Outputs in preferences are always disabled. And I don’t think any of the synths I use have Midi outputs enabled.

Ok glad you are using WASAPI mode now. Make sure ASIO4ALL is not still installed. Check it is not your device in sync and caching. But your issue sound more like an audio glitch which might be caused by using a low buffer setting. Try increasing your buffer. You might have to use WASAPI exclusive mode to activate the buffer settings. It is often greyed out in shared mode.

I'm reluctant to respond as you abandoned 2 other threads with the same issue already. So not sure if you watched my video on proper audio set up. If you didn't and you are still using Asio4all we need to fix that before we can help you. 1-Audio Set up Complete instructions https://youtu.be/JM8rKHQ9GIo

Select All ( CTRL A ) Hold down CTRL again and click on the drum track to un select. You don't want to transpose drums or percussion. Now with all the music tracks selected press "N" to open the transpose dialogue and choose the amount. Be warned that transposing too far in either direction can result in some instruments sounding wrong or even some notes not sounding because you put them out of range. You might have to go into that instrument in PVR and transpose certain notes up or down an octave. I have a tutorial about working with downloaded midi files. 105- Importing MIDI files. https://youtu.be/lKDfq-hTb7U

My son has the x18 and it works as planned in Cakewalk. Use the ASIO driver from the Behringer web site And make sure your not using Asio4all completely uninstall it if present . select ASIO. Also make sure the X18 is the timing master as well as the device in sync and caching

Yes. Input is generally going to be a hardware connection. You would only need input to record new midi data from hardware or the virtual keyboard. Or you could be inputting from a sequencer or drum machine. Last option is to internally patch the output of another instrument. Most cases the instrument or midi track is best set on None.

Normally I play the notes on my keyboard controller or the drum pads on a digital kit. I simply try and play them with adding the accents as I go. This rarely works perfectly so I then edit the velocity in PVR. I don’t use the drum pane either just the regular view. Read up un using the smart tool and you’ll soon be editing midi notes quickly An option for folks without a keyboard controller is to use the virtual keyboard which has settings for velocity but it is only one value. But this is less painful than manual entering notes. Be aware that velocity is not truly volume. It is designed to imitate the soft and hard timber of striking a instrument. This depends on the VST being used as to how it will react to velocity. Some only have as little as 2 samples. Over time you learn how each instrument sounds at different velocities and work with that. Example is Ample Bass has the sound I like at 106. By 115 it becomes almost distorted. I have general ballpark values I have used since Midi was a Pup. The velocity on drums is not what I use to mix the parts. There will definitely be creative velocity used on kit pieces but it is subtle values used to add realism not to adjust levels. For that I use the DrumVST GUI mixer.

To test did you try other projects? Do they work? If it’s only the one project the you are on the right track as 99% of the time it’s a plug in causing the issue. Other common causes of audio issues and things you can try: Are you using an audio interface and ASIO? Everything up to date? Increase buffer size Try bypassing all effects Run the Audio configuration by changing driver modes. Check your clock rate matches in Windows settings.

There are literally 1,000 of free midi files. And you can use them without copyright issues because you are creating the music and not using the original recording. PM me and I’ll send you some links I also have a few tutorials about using these files

Possibilities: Roland Gi-10 - This is for sure part of the aforementioned devices in use. It is a pitch to midi device that doesn’t generate audio Only Midi. There’s only Midi jacks and no USB. Korg X50. It has a USB midi port as well as a Midi in and out ports. In the manual page 39 it explains how to pass Midi in to Midi out. Roland X50 ? Possibly meant the Korg. The Roland E X 50 doesn’t have Midi ports. Only USB. Korg X10? Possibly meant the X50 but got mixed up with Gi10.

Yes this is why I was thinking it might not work for you as it's something you have to see. That's probably common with a lot of VST instrument Graphic Interfaces. I guess that's why they are called that. Just a thought but there are a lot of real good VST instruments that are free and you might be able to install some of these just to get you by until you get your full machine working again. Do you have the Studio Instrument Collection from Cakewalk? It's free with the new Version of Cakewalk and is a separate download. I don't think you need Cakewalk to install them but I could be wrong. Tell us what instruments you need and we could post some links. But once again that might require you get someone to help you install them.

This was my post from Aug 12th. I didn't get a response from the OP and I was wondering if it was possible for Annabelle to do this as it is a visual way to check if the TTS-1 was set up properly.

It seems that Is an interface for IOS operating systems not Windows. You will need a Windows ASIO driver for it to work

I’ll only add this observation about Zoom and the ASIO ?? driver they supply. I own a Zoom G1 stomp box that has USB connection to PC. I’ll put it in the same category as my Blackstar amp and USB drivers. It sucks. They both are just what seems to be a modified generic driver. Cakewalk doesn’t like that. If you would rather be making music that fighting a loosing battle with badly written drivers then do your self a big favor and buy a proper audio interface like a Focusrite. Maybe your Zoom R8 driver is different than other Zooms drivers from the past, that would be great. All I can say is you hook up a Focusrite or any name brand audio interface and install the driver and everything works. Every time.

You should start your own thread. The OP for this thread disappeared from here in December 2021. I doubt he'll answer. So please start a new thread and supply details of what you are trying to do and how. The more details the faster the solution.

Korg X 50 Manual. https://cdn.korg.com/us/support/download/files/56337d33c5034c7282413548a5fd5e89.pdf?response-content-disposition=inline%3Bfilename*%3DUTF-8''X50_OpGuide_E1.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf%3B

Possibilities: Roland Gi-10 - This is for sure part of the aforementioned devices in use. It is a pitch to midi device that doesn’t generate audio Only Midi. There’s only Midi jacks and no USB. Korg X50. It has a USB midi port as well as a Midi in and out ports. In the manual page 39 it explains how to pass Midi in to Midi out. Roland X50 ? Possibly meant the Korg. The Roland E X 50 doesn’t have Midi ports. Only USB. Korg X10? Possibly meant the X50 but got mixed up with Gi10.

It’s a bit fussy how it works but I explain the basic stuff you need to know in this video https://youtu.be/W0xsfLUtYM4

Follow the instructions in this video and you will have sound. I guarantee it.

Little confused as first you mentioned a Roland x50 which I see is a Keyboard workstation but then you are also mentioning a Korg X10 which I don’t see as existing? Where does that fit in. The Roland Gi10 I see only generates Midi data via standard Din connection. The only image I could find of a Roland X50 back panel doesn’t seem to have midi jack’s? So is it a Korg or a Roland used To connect the Gi10 to? It seems is what you need is an Audio interface with Midi jacks. Otherwise the Keyboard Workstation needs to be Midi Thru capable.