John Vere

Basically you have gone from a $400 interface to a $70 interface and you’re finding a difference in quality . Seems to be expected to me

Yes I think my videos numbered 201 -210 will explain a lot of what you can start with. I don’t go into super details, it’s just a series where you look over my shoulder as I take a rough song idea of vocals and guitar and turn it into a finished song and mix and mastering is involved . I’m planning on a series with details later but taking a break to work on my own stuff right now If I lived near you I’d gladly come over and help

Yes mostly it's the vocals that are not clear. Do you use sub busses? I like to have a sub buss for each part of the "Band" Bass, Drums, keyboards,Guitars, and then vocals. So it's pretty easy to go back to a mix and turn stuff down. Notice I said turn it down. A common mistake is turning stuff up. Then you're going to be slamming your peak limiter and the song will die of over compression. I just released a seires of 10 tutorials on recording original songs and there's lot's of info about how I build the mix starting at the tracking level. You'll find my tutorials in the sub forum. Also I show you how to export and Top and tail the song. I noticed right away you had 4 seconds of dead air at the start.

Well done. I actually prefer music in other languages then your not distracted by lyrics. My wifes sister married a Mexican and we go to visit from time to time. They Live in Puebla. I helped my nephews band make a recording in their church there. They were real good. My Nephew has since produced a few albums on his own and he's not only a great plaayer but has become a first class sound tech too. He introduced me to real Latin music. It's addictive! I ended up coming home with a bunch of CD's. My favourite is Mana'. Espesially their Unplugged album. Anyhow, I have no clue what they are singing , I only catch the meaning somehow. When I had my real studio I recorded a Cuban band that was on tour and needed a quick demo. They had some weird 8 string guitars and of course Bongos and shakers and stuff. And then another Cuban showed up on my doorstep and recorded a few songs very close to what you just did there. Anyhow, keep the demo it has soul and fits the song perfectly. The singing is all that matters.

No problem for me. Inside the Export folder are sub folders for what I'm exporting. If I had a client right now that folder would be here too. I set the path in preferences Then in the export dialog I click on the Folder icon in the destination options That opens the Export folder where all I need to do is choose the correct folder. Takes 3 seconds. I usually have the Export folder in the root of my Data drive ( G) but right now I'm focusing on my originals so I put it in there so I can back the whole folder up to other drives as I work on it. I also have my Narration export in there because I use that too for tutorials.

I’m glad you bumped because I would have missed this and I try not to miss anything you produce. I can honestly say your recordings are way beyond most of what gets posted here. Like you, I also refrain from commenting mostly because I have to grit my teeth at what I’m hearing. I guess I lean towards energetic full on balls up rock. Anyways you nailed this one once again with great arrangement and awesome guitar tone and chops I guess I could follow you then I won’t miss your next song

I used this song as a demo in my latest tutorial about using Drum Replacer. I was just looking for a Graphic and found pages and pages of Hoarder pictures! So that brought about the idea for making a video for the song. I'll also post the tutorial so you can see how the song started. It was an old recording from 2008? and the drums were badly done. I actually had already fixed this song up a long time ago but just for the challenge I thought I'd start from scratch again. Last time I didn't create the tempo map so keyboard parts kinda wandered. So this version turned out way better thanks once again to Cakewalks amazing Turd Polish feature. heres the Tutorial about the song.

First 800 MB is not unreasonable for projects with Audio. It’s not hard to add up quickly especially if your recording at higher sample rates. Cakewalk keeps all your audio even if you delete it from the project. Comping mode can end up with hundreds of audio files stored in the folder. Open it and look. One way to clean up audio is to use “Save As “ to a new location and check the copy audio box. Most of us use a second larger hard drive for project files so storage management is never an issue. You should work with video if you want to chomp through the GB’s. Audio is a light weight compared to that

This was recommended in first reply and the OP followed through This is sort of true and you are absolutely correct that if it shows as connected in device manager that rules out connection and driver. But getting Windows to see a device and then Cakewalk are not exactly the same thing. Cakewalk seems fussy about audio and midi drivers. This is probably to protect us from using faulty drivers. So I’ll agree that it might be called a Cakewalk issue but it’s not Cakewalk that is broken, it’s the driver. It’s just plain outdated and there’s a few other threads with same issues. It’s going to become harder for those people like me who have the old gear that only has the Midi ports and not USB. My solution is all my audio interfaces have Midi ports. This means I have to daisy chain but it still works. If I had more old gear I would definitely invest in a multi port Midi interface. But I’m finding just about all my hardware now has a VST emulation. Most are free. I’m just holding out on paying for the Roland Cloud thing

You really need to watch my videos then as @bdickens said. We wouldn’t be having this conversation. You have a excellent audio interface. Learn about it and everything will be smooth sailing ⛵️

Last time I did this I used a cassette tape? But my guess is you set a midi track up with the correct input and hit record and then the send from the device.

You need to perform a loop back test to determine how many samples to adjust for none ASIO drivers timing offset. ASIO does this automatically but all other drivers will be late. And yes it’s going to be 1/32 or more so it does matter. I demonstrate how to do a loop back in this video

You can set up a default export folder in preferences/ folders I always use a global export folder so my songs are ready for mastering as an album. I can see putting a copy of your export with the project if you don’t produce many songs but it not convenient for albums and backing tracks where I have 300 wave files.

That info is usually found in the the user manual. Look for any pages that say Midi or Sys Ex. The device normally is told to send the sys exc data in a burst to be recorded buy any midi sequencer. If that device is that old make sure you change the COMS battery if you haven’t yet.

The automation will show behind the wave form but best to open the automation lane to view it properly

I’ll have to try this myself tomorrow. Possibly you have a poltergeist in that project ?

In a way it’s not really an issue that the song carries off on a long journey past the end. If it’s not easily chopped off then just ignore it. When you export the song you can easily choose the exact ending using the Range dialogue. I do this anyway because Cakewalk never gets endings exactly right anyhow.

Most important info missing is what is the effect you are trying to use? This is obviously the cause of the problem

I removed the video and yes it has been updated. You should have just started a new thread. Digging up old threads often will result in missing links etc. 1- Don’t use Realtech ASIO 2- Don’t use Asio4all it also is bad news on W10. 3- WASAPI is a very stable driver with W10 and Cakewalk but it will be out of sync if you are recording audio tracks. It’s absolutely all you need if all you do is Midi and audio loops 4- if you plan on recording audio, guitar, vocals etc. then look for an audio interface These videos explain why

Great tip @Tuning JJ What has made life easier for me as far as manipulating screen layout is the basic shortcuts for the main views. These are all hide / show toggles. Need more horizontal space? B=Browser. I= inspector Need more vertical space? C= Control Bar D= Multi Dock Shift B= Buss Pane F11= Full screen

This used to happen all the time to me but with Session Drummer never had AD do it.

That video is just an overview of all the options in Track view. I have other videos that detail the different ways of handling midi files. As we all know there is always 10 ways to do the same tasks in Cakewalk. Another option for midi files is to open the file which as said will set up the project with everything including the TTS1 Then insert an instrument track using a track template that includes a sub bus and a master buss Cakewalk will create those busses if they don’t exist.

Even if you do get it to be recognized by W10 and Cakewalk the other person who was fighting this for almost a year and still is/ was having all sorts of issues. Then another person chimed in who had same issues and old outdated midi device and they took one look at all that and took the easy path, bought the new interface. Problem solved. They advised the other person to do the same. So you have a choice.

I have the Mackie CR4 which look a lot like the ones in your picture. I bought them for when I was away from my studio once and they had the best sound in that price point. I like them but they most certainly don't come close to my NMS10's or my Tannoy P 6.5's. I spent a few hours in a big Music store and if I had had the extra cash at the time I would have grabbed the Yamaha HS5. There seems to be way to many monitors in the under $ 600 price range that hype the bass. Fine if your listening but bad for translating mixes. The Mackie's sound great but mixes just don't translate to other systems. For that I would trust the Yamaha's. But Genelec's are also high on my list of future purchases but they are pricey for the ones used in most pre studios.

Thanks for the positive feedback I have the whole series posted in the Tutorials sub form here and you might enjoy watching a few more as I totally made them for people who are new to Cakewalk.