John Vere

Here's a video I made shows you 4 ways to deal with quiet tracks. @Colin Nicholls actually I'm pretty sure that any rendering like normalization does alter the original audio file. That is why we call it destructive. There's no going back without an original back up copy. Every one should have a backup anyhow before they proceed with any audio editing. Sounds like the OP has this covered. And Normalization can possibly add artifacts as well. It's why most people have learned to avoid it. I only use it on tracks I don't care about like live recordings. But I never push it very far. Around -8 is my max. To me it's the quick lazy way to deal with some quiet tracks in a live recording. In my video I show 3 other ways to deal with quiet tracks that are non destructive.

The driver should not install on it’s own. That’s a generic driver. Go to your products support page and download the drivers from there. Then make Sure to follow the instructions once installed check in windows sound and make sure it is now the default device. You can click on the speaker icon in the lower right screen. Then open Cakewalk and preferences Audio and choose ASIO mode Then go to devices tab and make sure all the Stienberg boxes are checked and apply. Check the master buss is output to the jacks your speakers / monitor system are plugged into.

There's just something not set right in your views. I have never looked at that side bar and I just did and mine totally matches the meters. And another thing is -18 is certainly a bit overly safe. I did some research on the topic a while ago and the general advice is between -18 and - 8 with a target of -12 being the most popular target. I like to use the You Lean loudness meter to see what a whole tracks true peak is as well as the LUFS. I made this video about working with this method. https://youtu.be/8uyZ3ybILvw

If you even have a basic understanding of how a daw retrieves the audio playback data from your hardware you might expect it to freak out when you do that

The thing is that the majority of VST bass offerings are not traditional Fender P bass which is more or less what us old school jammers are used to. A lot of them I find absolutely terrible. Tts1 fingered bass is sort of an example of what I mean. Sounds like a tuned fart The Ample P bass was well done. I also use the Jazz bass patch in SI Bass with a compressor on it and that also comes close to the bass sound I’m used to hearing. I have a very good sounding bass rig with Yamaha bass and a Fender Rumble. But I only use that on real serious original tunes I’m trying to go for 1st class sound. Everything else I just record the bass direct with out fuss and convert to midi and use the Ample bass.

Dim Pro can be installed using the old Command Center system. You need to log on to your Gibson account etc. The other thing I know is you need to use “Run as Administrator “ When Gibson gave us the boot most made back up copies of all the Sonar files and installers by copying the Command Center download folder. Thus I haven’t needed to download for years now but I’m pretty sure the server is still there.

I think that might be the problem. You might want to see if there’s other users that got it to work with Cakewalk. Or see if there’s a forum for Alesis or just Google “ Does Alesis drum kit work with Cakewalk?” Cakewalk tends to be fussy about generic drivers. Probably they work for Mac and other daws but not Cakewalk. Try a different USB cable or port

You need to install the midi driver for the kit. Go to the web site and download the drivers.

The forum is full of old farts like us because forums are part of our era of the internet. My son laughs at my involvement on forums. His generation only uses forums as a tool or source of possible solutions to any issues they are having. Be it with a car or the refrigerator. They find the odd forum buy entering a Google search for an issue they have and mostly just looking. Google brings up a lot of hits that are forums. To actually join a forum you would need to be desperate for an answer. And many require a sign up process that you have to wait for a mod to approve. This forum I think your automatically signed into via the Assistant. We are told we have 1 million users now. Probably most of those are well under 40 years of age. Out of that we only have a few people who answer questions on the Q&A forum. The old farts.

I kept the original Hard drive that has Windows XP loaded for my Asus Netbook. I had upgraded to a SSD and W7 and upped the RAM to a whopping 4GB. But my Epson CD printer only has W XP drivers. So I just swap the drive back out and away I go. It still has Sonar 8.5 and X1 LE. And It will also run weird things like my old Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick and LIfe Cam. The other use I have for XP is to go super vintage and run STeam on it and load up old Atari software. With the joystick and the Steam emulator I can play old games like Buggy Boy or Tetrus. I can also run my original DrT Keyboard Controlled Sequencer software. I also keep an older desktop loaded with W7 and that way I can use stuff that was made for that era. More or less gathers dust but you never know!

Ya but will his overdubs be in sync with the prerecorded tracks? I doubt it. Sure the cable might “work” but will they be able to have trouble free performance?

What is your audio interface and what does the device in sync and caching show as. It’s important that you timing is controlled by your interface ASIO driver.

The video I posted has info about trouble shooting audio. Generally USB audio cables are a bad idea for Cakewalk because they don’t have a proper ASIO driver. You’re much better off taking the $12 the cable costs and put it towards a proper audio interface.

If you search there are plenty of threads on the topic of how to install the older versions to grab the goodies. There's even a document that list which versions came with what stuff. For me now it's mostly just run Command center and I have everything ( all the Sonar goodies) already downloaded to a folder I copy to the CCC download folder after I install CCC. Then the install goes very fast as it's not waiting to download anything. I could actually do this off line once CCC is authorized.

I have a Motu M4 and this often happens if my system was not shut down overnight and I think if I was using other audio apps. I just re boot the Motu and it goes away. I was hoping the new driver update would fix this. The Motu is not as stable as my Focusrite when it comes to using other apps that need to share the drivers

The same goes for all the official tutorial videos. They mostly are showing Sonar x2 What I really like is the Help Module. It would be nice if it included more of the little “ Learn More “ buttons. Those take you to the documentation page for each feature. Super friendly way to learn the software

I think it’s something like 1,000,000 of us now. We all switched when Sonar died. CbB is Sonar Platinum with all the bug fixes and updates. Installing it will not erase Splat so you can keep everything as it was and jump right into the new version. Myself I could never go back as there are way too many features I now depend on. And for me it is 100% more stable than ever. There is an offline activation system in place you can look for. Cakewalk will run with out the internet for about 6 months otherwise.

Yep. That’s why I asked for a screen shot. My first guess was Bandlab. You probably already installed the Bandlab assistant so go back to the App tab and download and install Cakewalk

Can you post a screenshot it’s near to impossible not to have preferences. Try pressing P

You said you were having trouble finding information about the Focusrite products. That's why I said I find it odd that you would not simple enter a search for that and that their web site is top of the search. It's all good. You have a perfectly fine interface and now instructions on what to do with it. Get off of here and get to work

No. How many times does this need to be repeated? You install the ASIO driver. In Cakewalk you choose the ASIO driver. WASAPI is for on board audio and interfaces that didn't come with a driver. ( to be avoided)

I put this here because the title of the thread might spark interest in shopping for interfaces. You don't need one and you just need to download the drivers and follow the very clear instructions supplied by Focusrite.

https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb I find it odd that you would not first go to the Focusrite web site where they have a whole page of tutorials as well as top notch support . And here's your driver. https://customer.focusrite.com/en/support/downloads?brand=Focusrite&product_by_type=1365&download_type=all

I'm not sure what your using as an interface but if you read that post I clearly state ASIO mode for all audio interfaces. You don't use WASAPI for any interface that comes with a ASIO driver All audio will be handled by your interface.. And most manufactures of USB / ASIO audio interfaces all have very clear instructions on set up including lots of videos. @SS