John Vere

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.

Sold?

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.

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.