John Vere

This! For proper dynamics you might want to invest in a good sample based piano VST. You can get the demo version of XLN Addictive Keys for free. Just create an account, install the download manager and the demos will be there. https://www.xlnaudio.com/demos

Midi is easy to adjust. It’s called Quantize.

There’s dozens of ways to put both MP3 or even wave files on your phone. You don’t really have to use iTunes but believe it or not that’s the most simple way as iTunes will sync to all devices. It is the only reason I even suffer having iTunes on my PC. My biggest pet peeve is it seems to need to upgrade every few days!!?? Nag, nag, nag But it is important to me to be able to proof mixes on the phone seeing as that’s probably going to be how people are going to listen. I simply drag and drop the MP3 into the iTunes music folder and it will then sync up with my phone. How hard is that? Other ways I have used email your self the song. put it in drop box put it in one drive put it in Google drive put it in iCloud Drive post it on you tube post it one Sound Click post it on Reverbnation post it on Facebook post it on sound cloud

The difference for me is my devices that have factory drivers can be turned on with Cakewalk running and they will connect. My generic driver devices require I re start Cakewalk for them to work. Otherwise I guess there’s no big difference.

I have always exported as a Wave and Top and Tail in Wave Lab. Cakewalk never gets start and ending precisely the way I want it. I then use another Wave Editor called Gold Wave to convert to MP3. I often do this as a batch (album) of songs. I always found Cakewalks MP3 export limited and have never used it.

First you should be backing projects up to a second drive from time to time. I do this before I shut down for the day or before I proceed to make a major change to something. Use “Save As”. As said above you can drag a whole song by using Ctrl A to select all. But good idea to make sure there’s no data in the blank space first Also be sure to use a snap to grid setting like 1/2 note to keep stuff on the grid.

Good to know it’s just me. Funny thing is I tried opening a project and used Ctrl A to select all and when I used Delete it worked. Seems it only doesn’t work when I Split.

Most name brand keyboard controllers have a midi driver so check the support pages and be sure to install that instead of using the generic version

Files do get corrupted . My CWP files are mostly around 600 kb. As @Promidi said I would check your hard drive it might be pooched. Not sure where you stored the back ups because they should be fine if this was the case and they are on a different drive.

Where it doesn’t work was I was splitting a song and using highlight to right of split point. I had to use the Edit/Delete option. Try it and see. Take a whole project, CTRL A to select all, S key to split, Now when you use the Delete key for me the selection flips to unselected and nothing happened. I just tried this on 3 different projects to test. These are raw audio tracks no automation etc. In the undo menu it shows a delete had been performed. But I can use right click/ edit/ delete just fine. I was thinking they did this for a reason to stop you from deleting large pieces of a project. They are rare but I’ve run into a few times the keyboard delete key didn’t work. Therefore why I said that.

I'm just downloading now. But a CWP file without audio should not be 3 GB? There is only midi and the project parameters in a CWP file. it won't open for me either, same message.

First some advice- always back up any projects you have spent time on. Use Save as to copy to a back up drive. Projects do become corrupt but it’s pretty rare. If your audio is safe then you can rebuild with that. But if you had a lot of midi then you might be hooped without a backup copy. I often save projects as midi files as these are bulletproof and can be opened with any DAW. I put more work into the midi part of my songs than the audio. Audio is easy for me to redo but creating something like a good drum track with midi can be a lot of work. Therefore it needs to be stored safely. You could post a copy of just the CWP file with out the audio and maybe one of us can see if we can open it for you.

So why would we even suggest the Assistant when something better is now available? The Assistant has been the worst software I’ve been forced to use ever. I’m so glad that it is been replaced with a proper solution

I find that for some processing I have to right click/edit/delete. The delete key defiantly doesn’t work for everything

I have used my laptop on board audio directly into PA systems for almost 20 years. Some laptops hum and I had to use a ground lift. If the mixing board is near you on stage All you need is a TRS 1/8” to 1/4” stereo pair adapter cable. But for longer runs you need to convert to a balanced signal. For this I bought a Radial DI box that is designed specifically for use with laptops and portable devices. But all I’m doing is playing backing tracks that are recorded in Cakewalk and then pre mixed to wave files. If your planning on playing your backing tracks directly from Cakewalk you might be best off using an audio interface. Most have balanced outputs. An audio interface is also a good investment if your going to use Cakewalk for recording audio.

USB mikes are a waste of money because you can’t use them like a proper mike with professional audio equipment. No XLR cable. And most have no audio driver so your system will never be working properly. Your actually better off using the little jack but then you waste more money on adapters.

Yes Mikes video is telling people to use asio4all instead of WASAPI mode. I guess he’s never looked into how on board audio works in W10 now. And the cheaper Behringer interfaces use asio4all so don’t buy one.

Yes which is is exactly why you shouldn’t do that. One should be in the habit of always naming and saving before adding anything to a new project when using templates Thats one point against the start screen. The old dialogue box accessed from File/New allows you to name your project and choose the location. It seems the start screen was not well thought out.

There’s also possible the ability to take the sample and manipulate it in a wave editor

Roland or Yamaha. Or are you lusting after a new QWERTY ?

I live in Grand Forks BC. We have a huge Russian population here. The alphabet uses different letters sort of the same as Greek. When we were in Greece I could actually read the signs because of my understanding of the caricatures. Canada is very multi cultural and although English is the main language you certainly need to respect other dialects. In My community hearing Russian is sort of a day to day thing just like hearing Spanish in LA Personally I can not even understand what some people ask in English because they have zero language skills these days. ?

The op has the controller correctly set up there is no need for the M audio cable The Casio is recognized by Cakewalk so that shows there’s a proper midi driver present The op needs to set the Casio as the input to a Simple instrument track and it should be fine

Good question and if someone has a easy answer I’m waiting

Project audio should not be going to the global folder if you do things properly. In preferences under folders set your project pathway to your new drive and folder. Always make sure you check the copy audio box when saving new projects