John Vere

Title - Talkin bout my baby- https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14408626 As I go back through my old projects I found this one. I wasn't happy with the mix so I tweaked it a bit as well as re mastering with my new workflow. I also did a little bit of midi editing to fix a few timing issues. It's real bass. This was my first time I did a collaboration with a Forum Member, Lets see If I can conjure him up @SteveC Not sure if this is same person but looks like if it is, then a big thanks once again for adding the Keyboard parts. Made a big difference. Here's the piece of history if you want to time machine back to the old Songs Forum. The link to the original will be long dead. http://forum.cakewalk.com/My-first-collaboration-Song-m3614914.aspx

Sounds like the OP has the note value set to draw Quarter notes. You should really take some time to watch the tutorials on midi. Otherwise you’ll take forever to get anything done.

It’s simple I tested different modes on a few computers including one that was W7 . Not at all official but my guess is accurate enough to come to conclusions. I also had other members here testing because different interfaces only support certain driver modes. And I didn’t want to install Asio4all on my W10 computers so I only had it on a older W7 machine. ASIO is the only driver mode that reported RTL to Cakewalk “ correctly “ All other modes seem to result in being out of sync. Including Asio4all . Asio4all behaves exactly the same as WDM mode which it is based on. This includes not correctly reporting to Cakewalk. If you use W7 and don’t own an audio interface it is still a good choice If you use W10 and don’t have an audio interface WASAPI mode out performs Asio4all with Exclusive mode achieving very low RTL . Using Asio4all on W10 is a step backwards in performance. It’s name should have been different because it has nothing in common with proper ASIO drivers.

I've used ASIO mode with at least 5 different audio interfaces and I've never had a issue with playing movies etc, Only bugaboo is if the sample rate changes but now I use 48hz and I find less issues even there.

Sometimes I think the "new" features are heading towards "non musician" skill sets. They are focused on making it easy to create "music??" without any clue of what it really involves. So I still use the software the way I used an 8 track recorder 30 years ago,,, . And I still sort of like to be competent enough to do that in 2 or 3 takes,,,, not 40 that I keep! But that's just me and I've come to believe I am now truly a dinosaur.

File management is all about using Window the way we have always used Windows since the last century. You put things in folders and you try and keep track of things by having a system that works for you. Everyone is different. Ways to make life easier: Pay attention when installing software. You are often given choices for pathways. Clearly name and even Date folders. Don't store stuff on your desktop. Create Shortcuts to the folders. If you download loops from a vendor they probably will first land in your Downloads folder. Drag those to a different drive and make sure to test them before you delete the original download. Most cases you can re download from the vendor. Everything you delete accidentally will be in your recycle bin. The Clean Audio folder would have nothing to do with deleting loops unless the Project folder was used as a location for them which would be very weird choice.

I'm not a fan of using Lanes when comping a guitar track. I have my reasons. I find for me I still like the way I did it 15 years ago. Insert 3 identical audio tracks and go at it. I use the first track as the target and simply cut and drag "better" parts from the other 2 tracks. It's simple, fast and it never goes weird on me like take lanes always seems to do.

Only way to know for sure is to perform a loopback test.

It's hard to say if this is Cakewalk coding issue. I think it's more of an ASIO coding issue. Only mystery from what you are saying is why the Reltech driver would still return after you delete it in the Reg Edit app. ? In my video I show how you can disable all unwanted audio devices which might do the trick. On my main DAW I only have ever used an Audio interface and the supplied ASIO drivers. I've never had to do anything other than disabling the On Board audio in settings. But I did get the Steinberg Generic driver issue after installing an Upgrade to Cubase once and was where I first learned about deleting in Reg Edit. Your Steinberg driver is not the same as the generic and is a good ASIO driver. I used it for a few years with a Yamaha Mixer. My office computer I have on Realtech board audio and a Scarlett 6i6 interface. I never have issues changing modes to test things ASIO with the Scarlett and WASAPI shared with the Realtech. I haven't notice anything different between the 2 devices using Cakewalk or any other apps that use audio. But I never record audio on that machine.

The information I provide in the video is accurate and is something I was taught years ago by trusted members of the forum. There are known issues when certain 3rd party ASIO driver " invade" the timing offset calculation Device dialogue. The list I am aware of include Steinberg Generic and Asio4all. Possibly the Real Tech ASIO too. I have no personal experience with that being invasive, but I do with the first 2. There will be a a list with connected devices including your Audio interface. But you cannot change it. It will return to the invasive device after you hit Apply. What this is telling you is the shown device in the box is what Cakewalk is using to calculate Latency. Most certainly this will be inaccurate and a loop back test will prove this to be true. People who do not record Audio using an interface will not notice, but the rest will have out of sync overdubs. Some people probably don't care but personally I like to be in perfect sync. The only known method to avoid this is to remove the unwanted and unneeded ASIO drivers using Reg Edit.

This video has helped 1,000's of people. Let me know if you have further questions. It is not that hard to properly set up a audio system espesially if you are using a proper ASIO audio interface. On Board audio will work if you are only working ITB but otherwise you need ASIO or your tracks will not sync up. Using a drum module is one of the few situations where ANY latency can through you off so use the Drums Brain while tracking for Pete's sake and it won't matter. 99% of the audio interfaces used these days will be operating at around 10 ms of RTL at a SAFE buffer level. You want less then spend $800+

My self I have a few old Midi sound Modules a Korg 05/RW , a Roland GS 50 which is the same sounds as a D50 and then a Yamaha piano someone just gave me that I think is 15 years old. Anyhow each has an owners manual with all the patches and corresponding bank and PG numbers so I just enter those in Cakewalks Bank and Program boxes. Only catch is the Roland I have to minus the number( I think? ) in other words PG 3 in Cakewalk will play patch 2 on the Roland. I know you can set up instrument definitions but it seems just as easy to look in the manual or at the patches on the modules LED screen for that matter. Been a long time since I bothered because frankly even though I love hardware and some of the sounds are very cool,,, VST instruments are WAY easier to set up and my projects will always sound correct. I can't really think of a sound any of those devices makes that I cannot reproduce on a VST instrument. I even have found VST's for hardware I no longer own and paid $$$$ for all for free now. Hardware takes dedication and a much higher level of technical knowledge to use correctly. Most of what is needed is in the users manual for the hardware. Every device is totally different. My GR 50 user manual is the size of a large towns phone book. ?

I'm game. I'll try a few experiments myself. For me it becomes a problem when I get to the mixing stage and I need to maximize console view space on my second monitor. If I have 12 tracks and 10 busses I run out of room. Problem for me is I only want some of the tracks narrow to gain the needed space, not all of them and defiantly not the busses. I need to be able to see what effects are in both track and buss bins. My workaround has been make them all go narrow using the toggle, and then uncheck the ones I need wide.

Drag one of the drum tracks ( audio ) to the timeline and Melodyne ( if you have it) will create a tempo map that should be in perfect sync. You may have to drag the whole project using ripple edit on to line up with the grid. I demonstrate in this video.

This sentence is confusing because it implies you set the Midi channel in the output dialogue. You do not. I'm sure what Mark was trying to say was different. You have the Input channel set in the input correctly which would record Channel 1 data to Midi track 1. But to clarify, the output dialogue of any midi track is global and will send all channels available from that track. If there is Channel 12 midi data in the track it will be transmitted transmitted. Control of which channels are transmitted can only be controlled by applying data filters at your MIDI interface or the input of the Hardware device. You also have your Bank and Patch set to none, so no program changes will be sent by Cakewalk unless they are imbedded in the midi data. ( Event List ) This would be the correct choice if there is multi channel data in midi track 1 or if you prefer to change sounds manually on the Hardware.

The control bar is very customizable. But you also will need to save everything as a workspace once your happy.

Yes defiantly the minute I started playback my very first reaction was" Oh, Oh timing is way off here" Are you using an audio interface in ASIO mode? The reason I ask is if not that could explain tracks being out of sync. It's kind of hard to tell because the music is so far back in the mix. The Blues is normally Bass and drums up front with lots of guitar etc. If it is the guitar making a mess then try setting the tempo to the same as the project. Normally an auto wha is triggered by the attack on your guitar strings so you can control the envelope just like a foot pedal by playing style. But Sonitus is tempo based so if the tempo is set wrong it sucks.

Did you run Cakewalk as ADMIN as scook has said above? This has always been the way since I remember way back. It's easy to forget. Open Cakewalk using Run as Administrator then insert Dim Pro into a project and use the serial numbers to activate.

Did you try and open the project using the File menu or directly from Windows explorer.

Watch the beginning of this video it shows you where the settings are

Is what you’re saying you played a midi sequencer via midi into Cakewalk and recorded it with out using midi sync? Example I have a drum machine and if I want a pattern from it I connect both midi in and out cables, put the drum machine in midi sync mode, set Cakewalk to transmit midi sync and arm a midi track hit record and Cakewalk starts the drum machine playback at the Cakewalk set tempo and the midi data gets recorded in sync with Cakewalk. If I didn’t use midi sync and simply recorded a pattern played by the drum machine I would have useless data. Might as well have your cat walk on a keyboard.

Plug ins are normally shared by all applications that support them. Applications don’t erase stuff during installing . That is why they are normally stored in specific folders like Stienberg and VST folders. Cakewalk creates its own folders for its stuff. As said after you install Cakewalk you add those folders to the plug in pathways in Preferences or the plug in manager.

You can contact Cakewalk support and they will help you get at your old log on to the original Sonar account page. It would be illegal to give these items away as they are still owned by Cakewalk

Did you try this setting in windows?

I'm glad you added this as I was totally scratching my head on the OP tittle. I might expect a newcomer to ask but not a long time user.