John Vere

Yes all audio interfaces are USB or thunderbolts now with very few exceptions. Not sure why PCIe cards are not made but might be that on board audio has come a long way just like video so not the market to make it pay. Inside of a computer is a noisy place for audio circuits anyway so better to get it out of there.

Agreed 100%- But what we are now dealing with is a target market of users who have been given a $500DAW for free. And if they are not musicians they probably don't care about needing Audio input or even a proper keyboard controller. Therefore the only investment is a set of computer speakers or headphones. You can create a lot of ( music?) with just that. Then toss in cheap connectivity junk from Amazon like USB mikes and Guitar or MIDI to USB cables and we now have driver issues. I have spent more time than many testing different audio set ups so I can produce accurate information when making tutorials. The video I made about "Why you need ASIO" only got a few views so I removed it realizing nobody really cares about their audio set up anymore. They just hook stuff up and it either works or it doesn't work and so they complain it's Cakewalks fault. The information is out there but there's way more BAD information than good on the internet about PC audio. Mostly because its very outdated. So Joe Blow looks for help and finds lots of info about ASIO4all. He won't find much about WASAPI. But my tests using 4 different computers and feedback from other forum members all came to the same conclusions. 1- Best performance including syncing tracks is always ASIO do not attempt recording audio in any other mode unless your adjust your timing offset. 2-WASAPI mode blows away any other driver for on board audio on W10. Lowest latency and stable as a rock. Cakewalk staff approved. In WASAPI Shared you can do everything any other 3rd party driver can do if you know how to set things up.

All I know is Cakewalk always looks exactly the way I set it every time I open it,, on all my Computers. . And this is due a combination of Windows remembering I had it as a full sized window and then Cakewalk using workspaces to put everything including the multi dock where I want it. If Cakewalk is not full screen or full window then you toggle it in Windows. Workspaces have no control over windows size or full screen, Windows does. Those little icons have been there for a long long time. As well as a bunch of shortcut keys like F11 for total full screen mode which all gamers know about. Another is the Windows key + up or down arrows to make a window full sized. Did you know you get a tiny bit better performance when using the F11 trick. It totally focuses your CPU on the APP. Otherwise your task bar is using a small bit of CPU.

Windows hasn’t changed the way screen space is used since they named it Windows. Think about that. If you have never figured out how to open and resize your windows then that’s totally amazing to me? Cakewalk is 100% customizable And once you get it the way you like you save it as your workspace. That workspace will stay as is until you change it. If you open a second project it will probably be smaller. Depends because windows remembers the last view that you used.

Play just the entire clip and observe the meter. Take note of the max level. It should remain even after you stop. example : it says the clips max level was. -28. And your target is-10db. Highlight the clip. Open process/Gain and add +18db apply now the clip will be -10 db. If you have a lot of clips then Normalization is faster as you just set it to your target and render each clip. But beware that both are destructive and once you close the program you cannot undo. I personally have no problem with this. But a solution is to have a safe copy of the original just in case. Clip gain can be a solution that is non destructive but I find it might interfere with other editing tasks like melodyne And yes it’s limited in range. Also be aware that peak level is only one part of the loudness of a track. A compressor is still a good idea to even things out. I use the pro channel on each track for this.

What I found was a bunch of dead links when looking for the Korg 05/RW ins. Files. Oh well it does have a GM mode but those patches are not as cool as the Program patches.

When you hold the smart tool in the middle of the top of a note blob in PVR the velocity tool opens and you can drag it up or down. It’s really important to understand how velocity interacts with each VST. Velocity is all about making midi more realistic by changing the timber or sample to reflect how real instruments respond to being played hard or soft. This is much easier to manage by using a good quality controller.

Ya, I don't even know why I keep it installed anymore. As a matter of fact after reading what you just said,,, I'm gunna nuke it right now! I have been using One Drive. I save my MP3 masters there anyhow and I can get at them from all my computers and my iPhone.

TTS-1 sadly enough might come to a point where it no longer works at all with Cakewalk. It is no longer supported as the company who made it (Roland I guess) have never updated it it is also DXi which hasn't been updated either. Cakewalk does not own the source code so they can't fix it. I don't use it in finished songs as there are much better instruments available , see the freeware thread,, But I depend on it for pre viewing downloaded midi files. When the day comes it won't run in Cakewalk I'll just use it with my old versions of Sonar.

@pwalpwal Generally it doesn't. I too used it for years on my Laptop and it was great for on board audio. But then sometimes I would hook up my interface and Cakewalk would load up withasio4all and I had to remember to reset it to ASIO every time I started Cakewalk. We really don't need it anymore so to me it is always best practices to run a clean machine for your DAW. I always un install or disable anything that is not needed. There's also a Generic ASIO driver from Steinberg and the Real Tech ASIO driver that can interfere so best to remove these in REG EDIT. Then when you open Cakewalk it will stick with your proper ASIO driver every time and you won't have issues.

Its not clear if you have got this working Totally remove Asio4all as it can interfere with real ASIO drivers. Watch my video on audio set up and let us know if you get the Roland working. I see no reasons other than improper set up why it shouldn't work.

Funny this topic came up this morning. I was just going to fire up Cakewalk and dig into what I think are called instrument definition files. I am making a tutorial about using hardware and my Korg is not a GM patch module. So I will be figuring this out. In the past I have always just pushed the buttons on the front. But this won’t work if you go to play the project 10 years down the road and can’t remember the patch. You might want to invest in a simple audio interface that has midi ports like a Motu M4. Then you can have dependable midi and record the audio from your hardware

There’s a known issue with adding tts-1 to a project later in the game. But seems to never crash if you add it at the start Its not the best sounding synth anyway

I didn't have time to study the information about the Roland Keyboard in detail but I would assume that if it claims to be a audio interface it actually might be decent ASIO drivers. And as well , I bet the sounds can be transmitted via the USB as well as midi etc. It makes sense otherwise why bother with the audio interface feature. All I found was this: +USB ports for sound expansion data, updates, and audio/MIDI interfacing with a computer; It's not much of an Audio interface with what seems to be only a 1/4" and 1/8" unbalanced input. It say's Mike but that is a stretch as pretty rare to have a unbalanced mike. An old Shure Stage Hammer like a sm56 might work. So the Focusrite might be a way better choice for connectivity, but ... then you can't use 2 ASIO devices together. So for what the OP wants to do best to get that Roland ASIO driver working. It should be better than using WASAPI on board audio and especially if the sounds can be recording via the USB cable. A nice touch is the outputs are Balanced, But for $2,500 I would expect at least that. Roland always supplied better connectivity on it's Keyboards. Yamaha always screwed up and only supplied a TRS headphone jack. Headphones Jack: Stereo 1/4-inch phone type MAIN Output Jacks (L/MONO, R): 1/4-inch TRS phone type Sub Output Jack: Stereo 1/4-inch phone type AUDIO INPUT Jacks LINE: Stereo miniature phone type GUITAR/MIC: 1/4-inch phone type FOOT PEDAL Jacks (CTRL 1, CTRL 2, HOLD) MIDI Connectors (IN, OUT) USB FOR UPDATE Port USB COMPUTER Port (USB Hi-Speed AUDIO/MIDI) (Use a USB cable and a computer with a USB port that support USB 2.0 Hi-Speed.) DC IN Jack

Yes it’s a rare feature but it does say it has a driver and you can record a variety of sources directly to your daw. But the op also mentioned they have a Focusrite interface but have not hooked it up yet.

Yes the question is not clear as to what you are trying to do. It’s always a better idea to work with short clips when using regional effects. For vocals I split them into phrases making the cut where it’s obvious that there is a breath. Even if I’m not going to use Melodyne I do this to remove unwanted noise. And as said, all versions of Melodyne can edit these. Unless you are trying to use the demo version which will have timed out for you by now

99% of the time that people say they have no sound is due to the master buss grabbing the wrong outputs from the device list.

You need to deal with setting up your Apollo interface. Why are you even bothering with one board audio when you own a proper ASIO interface? You say it pops and crackles. This can be easily rectified buy setting thing up properly. First. Go to the manufacturer web site and follow all instructions or videos on installing the drivers and using the device. Things that can cause crackles 1. low buffer settings 2. wrong USB ports, hub or cable. 3. Computer is not optimized for audio and background apps are interrupting cpu. Run Latency Monitor to test.

I would not want one of their computers but I do prefer the iPhone to my wife’s Samsung which I find very hard to navigate. Once you figure out how to beat an iPhone into submission then they are actually more user friendly than most. But these items suck 1-no headphone jack 2- no way to add more storage 3- no drag and drop other than pictures 4- becomes obsolete with updates

Actually everything is covered very well in the documentation.

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It’s all covered very well in the documentation https://www.cakewalk.com/Support/Knowledge-Base/2007013035/Setting-Up-a-MIDI-Device-as-a-Control-Surface-in-SONAR

There’s a thread with links to hundreds of free VST instruments

Actually with IPhones you can’t drag and drop files. At least it’s never worked for me. They sort of force you to use iTunes or the internet. So just put the 1,200 files in a cloud storage account and use the app to open them

First I’m a bit confused by this This seems terribly wrong to me. Turning down gain or level has never changed the quality of the sound in my 60 years of audio. It’s common knowledge that loud always sounds better but quiet is just quiet and there definitely should not be distorted sound as you reduce level. The better quality VST instruments are louder because they use samples that are optimized. I have never used the instrument channel gain on a VST. I always use the one supplied in it GUI. I set that so the loudest output is showing between -14db to -8db on the meter. I then use the instrument track ( this is an audio track) to fine tune using the fader. This is also where I will use automation. I avoid using midi tracks to adjust level. There's no point in this as when you end up replacing the Instrument all will change anyhow. With midi data I do pay attention to velocities as each VST might respond differently. Velocity is for timber not volume . Example a piano will sound harsh at full velocity. I find it's important to find the right velocity. Example if I use Ample or SI bass they seem best at 100 to no more than 110. Midi is the safest way to save projects as it has proven to be long lived and future proof. There’s always going to be better VST instruments to use. I have never needed to bounce midi to audio. As a matter of fact I do the exact opposite and convert audio to midi for a safety copy of all my projects.