John Vere

Use the preset For the format you desire There’s one called Entire mix MP3 as example. I cover Export in a lot of my videos I think for sure in any that say mastering

If while playing the Cakewalk project the Master bus shows equal levels in both left and right meters then it is not a Cakewalk issue. Unless you have a phase issue. This would imply that the lower level is After the master buss. After the master bus is your hardware. It seems your interface has a software mixer so that will be next in the signal chain after Cakewalks Master bus. I would be looking for your problem there. Not sure why playing the project triggers the issue. But the master bus meter doesn’t lie. Unless you’re playing tracks with phase issues. Use a Corralation meter to check phase. Span has one built in and from the same company Voxengo there’s the Correlometer my favourite

Insert the instrument as a split instrument track and you can insert the midi filter on the associated midi track. Or see @scook post below on how to access the midi track strip of an instrument track.

?? So you have 20 songs all have tracks called Guitar 1 or Vocal 2 all with multiple re takes etc. and now they are all jumbled into one big huge folder? How would you find a certain track from a particular song? It's hard enough trying to find audio tracks in a per project folder. How do you back up your projects? Do you use "save as" with copy all audio checked? By using per project folders back up of a complete project is as simple as copying that folder to a back up location.

My Daughter has a workshop on rural property that she put an office in. It was too far away from the house for Wi Fi. My son had a solution which was a gizmo from Amazon that you plugged into a wall socket near the internet in the house and then you plug the re transmitter part out in the shop. Worked brilliantly. There's both Wi Fi and ethernet versions. The ethernet version is like $50. The Wi Fi is about $80. It goes without saying that the shop has to share the Mains panel and Neutral bonding. Can't have it's own meter.

Yes they are world famous for their lack of bass but after using them for 3 decades this works to my advantage. If I don’t hear the notes of the bass or the attack of the kick then this usually translates on to the majority of playback systems as correct information. Speakers with lots of bass might fool you into thinking you have the correct amount of bass in your mix. I have a sub woofer I can turn on to check my low end for artifacts. So to me that dip at 500 is what I am hearing as that’s exactly the focal point of bass and kick It will probably involve EQ of the two instruments to give each its own frequencies. I sometimes will try a different kick sample.

What does your master bus meter show? What do the sub bus meters show? What do the track meters show? If the master buss meter is showing steady balanced level then this is a hardware issue. If it isn’t, then work your way backwards through the signal chain until you find the instrument, effect or audio track causing the issue.

I’ve done lots of these. I will simply use the split function ( select all “S” ) and delete all but the song I want. Then use Save as to rename and save the song. Hit undo to return to whole project and repeat the process for each song. You can use mix recall to apply global effects to each project because it works great when each project is identical

This is an option but it takes way to much time from my perspective. I post a lot of screen shots here and I’ve only once had to go in and delete stuff because I reached my limit. It was mostly due to GIF,s and a few MP3 files. Pictures are small files. I just go to the earliest files and delete them all. Not my problem if there gone. That first time I removed probably 200 images from the forum here. Never had one person noticing they were gone. Same thing will happen with You Tube links. I often have pulled videos and updated the content and reposted. So from now on I’m just linking my thread in the tutorial sub forum and referring to the list. That makes it future proof

Most ambient effects have a wet and dry setting.

The video #11 has clear instructions on how to properly set up to record audio in Cakewalk

I am totally aware of the many reasons a DAW should be off line. I often unplug my Cable when I’m at the mixing stage and want every last bit of processing power without interruption. In my last home we had satellite internet which cost you dearly for bandwidth so I dreaded updating software and would go as long as possible before plugging back in and updating. I would often take it to my computer tech Sister-in-laws and do it there for free. Needless to say I was not happy with Cakewalks new 6 month activation requirement. But I sort of see where they are coming from and it’s a small price to pay for free software. Its the way of the modern world and nobody seems overly concerned about the few people who don’t have good internet access where they live. It is assumed we are always connected 24/7 So still the best solution for Cakewalk as well as a few other Apps I depend on, is at least once a month connect and update stuff it only takes a few minutes . If I still lived in my other house this would just be more of a hassle. In one place in my house there’s no LAN cables so when I was using that space I did the same as @hockeyjx

I’m not sure why you would want to save to a global folder? That’s a good way to have the project disconnect from its data. . Per project folders are the best way to keep all relevant data connected to the project. It also makes It easy to back them up to a different drive.

The thing is Thousands of people use Cakewalk and have absolutely no issues with keeping it up to date and running. Those who do are seemingly trying to circumnavigate the system.

Addictive keys demo is free and doesn’t expire. Only limitation is it’s missing the highest and lowest octaves. But it’s a pretty good sounding piano for free.

I have never used Screensets or what was once called Lenses. But a few years ago when Cakewalk introduced the "Basic" workspace where half the important functions are hidden I quickly dove in and started using Workspaces. I find them super handy for setting up for different scenarios where I want my screens just so. Example the one I use the most is called Johns which is optimized for recording in track view and has the multidock on my second monitor. It has the Inspector and Browser open as well with things like the Synth rack. Then I have one called "One Screen" where the multidock is at the bottom of the main screen when I need my second monitor for opening none Cakewalk folders and stuff like lyrics. Then I have one for recording Narration etc. But the thing to understand is that Workspaces are global to all projects. They do not save anything that is Project related like a GUI for a plug in. This is because every project is different in that way. But then Screensets are per project. The default is when you save the project that will be called screenset 1. I fail to even see there use anymore other than possibly setting up different track views on large projects.

Interesting as that's something I just started doing to actually re do my own old songs that I don't have Cakewalk or midi files for. Drag the wave file to the time line and then play along with the original adding each instrument. I made a how to video about this technique- 23- Re making a song from the original- https://youtu.be/HuPc1RjBRbc Got a lot of flack from people who were not happy because they thought I was going to show them how you extract the parts and turn it into midi. What! I have to play the instruments? I just found this midi file for the song but its kind of wet noodle version. One could use it as a starting point which is what I've done a lot of in the past. As long as they get the arrangement right everything else can be re-done. https://freemidi.org/download3-25083-summer-in-the-city-lovin-spoonful#google_vignette

Input can be selected when you insert the instrument track. The default is usually global which is not a great idea most times. Possibly all your answers are in the first videos in my series where all proper settings are covered

Where's that Autoharp? I thought that was what made this song unique was the use of an Autoharp on a rock song. Anyhow great job on all those details. That's a complicated song. I was 13 and it was a Hot Summer as I remember picking raspberry's all day on a farm you rode on a school but to. Probably to pay for a guitar or amp I was lusting after. That song would come on the Bus radio every day heading home at days end.

Defiantly a weird one. And this is every project I assume as you said in the OP. The reason I asked was you said This is what I'm trying to grasp as this implies it is the last GUI you had open and then you closed it. Correct?

You might have used up your allotted space so go to your user profile settings “My Attachments” and delete some files to free up space. It will show you your total use at the top

Use save as and choose a location. Make sure and check the copy all audio box.

The first video on the list here will hopefully solve your issues.

Question? Was that instrument GUI open when you Saved and Closed Cakewalk? Or was it closed? Things like Plug in GUI’s are per project and not part of Workspaces. So for me if I leave a GUI open then save and close it most certainly will be there when I reopen the project again. In my case I never leave them open before closing. That’s why I find it weird that they all flash on and off quickly while the project loads. They seem to retain their placement on the 2 screens as well.

I’ve noticed something similar lately. As the project loads all the GUI’s for all the plug ins open but then the quickly close. They sort of flash on and off in the last locations I used them. I write it of as a screen refresh. Possibly your’s is sticking? .