John Vere

I hope Richard is OK, he usually stays involved in his threads. If he come back I made him this tutorial. Well I was going to make it anyways but here it is.

I'll just add that I used the Screen to GIF today and it's a keeper. Lots of options and pretty easy to edit. Thanks once again to S Cook.

Is there Meta data in my MP3's? I didn't know that. Thanks for letting me know. I didn't put it there. ?

Your midi data is still there. Just insert a new instance of the VST and change the output of the midi track to the new instance. To confirm this works I just tried this. The midi data track is not frozen, only the VST track. This is a big reason for not using Simple instrument tracks.

Yes putting a bug report here will do no good as they most likely won't see it. This defiantly goes in the Early access sub forum. You'll get a quick reply from one of the developers.

Good luck at the hospital. Im not sure where your at but I highly recommend spending some time watching the tutorials Example there should be no issues with having any VST GUI open while playing a song and making adjustments. Go to the tutorials sub forum. I have made a bunch too that you’ll find in my signature Hope everything is well.

Yes you can change the bit Depth As it is not the Bit or clock Rate which is harder to change. Bit depth just adds more blank zeros to the existing audio files. The quality doesn’t change. So no point in converting them. But if you are going to be adding more tracks then just change the setting to 24 or 32 and then carry on. The new recording will be higher quality. 24 is really all that is needed.

A few things if I can ask- Did you also upgrade your Computer? Minimum requirements are things like 8 GB RAM and a nice SSD drive etc. And what audio interface are you using and does it have updated drivers for W10. Are those plug ins 64 bit?

To elaborate on what Dave has said the track meters will tell you what your recording level is. If your interface has meters as well, those in theory, should match what Cakewalk meters are showing

Yes I have many times been in that situation where you are doing 2 mixes and cannot monitor the second mix other than headphones. I came very close to buying a mobile recording truck at that time. There was good money to be made recording live bands at venues and festivals. Of course that takes two people which is another option possibly for you. I never thought about how latency might be why my screen capture recordings are out of sync. Thanks for mentioning that. I use OBS and send Cakewalk in ASIO mode to it using the loop back feature of my Motu M4. I will look for the video delay option and I guess set it to my output latency which I think is 7ms. I mentioned the latency in that first post because I miss read what you were trying to do. I thought you were trying to use Cakewalk for live FOH processing

If you’re using on board audio then watch the video I made about it. https://youtu.be/iAeqy0nW5uY

Whoops, I missed the OBS at the end of the sentence. This is a tricky problem for sure. I can only think input echo is the only way to send a recording in progress out the back end. I have been in situations where A 3 way isolated splitter is what we used but now with digital audio systems you can easily split the stage box to go just about anywhere. But Cakewalk is the last thing I’d try and use as a live mixer. As your finding out its routing is made for recording. What is you mixer? If it’s like a Behringer Air or X 32 you just set up a second mix using the auxiliaries. Then feed that to your computer in stereo. If your mixer is old school analog and you say you have inserts. then what we used to do is patch those to a second mixer to feed ( in those days) the cable TV audio input. If

It funny that you brought this up because a while ago I tried to do the same thing. I wanted a repeat echo in time with the tempo at the end of the song. I tried a few automated things and none worked so I made a second track and copied the phrase to that track and pasted it a few times using the time grid. I then used clip gain to make each repeat slowly get quieter. Perfect. But another option for you would be to make a second track and move only the parts you want the echo on there. Then put the effect only on that track.

Shopping for an Audio Interface? There is a lot of choices. Make a list of your requirements first. . What kind of connectivity do you require? and how many of each. This is the most important determining factor. Most of us only need a few in/outs. It’s nice to not have to unplug and plug stuff in. It’s false economy to short change yourself on this feature. You end up having to purchase a mixer as example. These are some of the options: XLR, 1/4", Combi jacks, RCA, ¼” line level, ¼” Instrument level ,MIDI, SPDIF, ADAT,MADI How many ins and outs do you think you'll need now and in the future? Are they accessible? Front or rear panel? Are all ¼” jacks Balanced? Some have RCA jacks in Parallel with main outputs. Is there a true stereo input pair? Some don’t have a matched set of inputs which sucks for recording stereo devices like outboard synths and drum machines. Are there peak level meters or just a little LED for each input? Do all inputs have a peak indicator? Are there channel Insert jacks? Are there separate controls for Monitor level and headphone level? Is there a blend control for mixing Input Source with Computer ( DAW) ? A lot of cheaper interfaces are missing this important feature and only have a on/off toggle. How many Headphone jacks? A level for each? This is also important if you work with other musicians. Are the input pads or line / Instrument toggle switches on the front, back or software controlled? Is it a metal box or cheap plastic? Is it light and portable or large and bulky, Rack mountable? Does it have an on / off switch? Does it use Buss power or a power supply? Buss power can have issues with noise and Phantom power and some need a dedicated USB 3 buss. Look for at least an optional power supply. Does it have DSP effects built in? Does it use a GUI mixer? Having a software (GUI) mixer adds more options. Can it be used as stand alone? Some interfaces are also handy as a small mixer. Does it have a Loop back function. This is a newer feature that is real important if you do live streaming, screen captures, stand alone VST recording or wish to record any playback from outside your DAW. What are the Round Trip Latency (RTL) specs? Do you need low RTL for real time processing? Low RTL is going to be at a higher price point. Most interfaces under $600 will have hidden buffers etc. Zero Latency monitoring is not the same as RTL. All interfaces have some latency. Zero latency is just marketing hype for monitoring directly from the interface. And most important of all, Does it have top notch ASIO drivers for your OS. Don’t buy any interface that say’s “class compliant driver” that will work for a Mac, but not very well with a PC. What is the word on support from the company? Visit the web site and try creating an Account before you purchase. Pretend you just bought the device. See if the drivers and manuals are easy to get at and kept up to date. Does it come with free software, Example Focusrite interfaces seem to come with a lot of good stuff. This has added value to the purchase price. Everyone will recommend the interface they have chosen, that doesn't mean it is the right one for you. Make your list starting with the input /output specs. Example you determine you need a 4x4 interface. That just narrowed down the search by a lot! You might find only 10 models. Now compare those to get the most features needed. Check for pricing on sites like Sweetwater or Musicians Friend.

My drumming career was sort lived in a very low keyed Country Band...My speed limit for 1/4 note hi hats was 150BPM. My kit is a no name Japanese solid maple plywood, only one rack tom which is all I can manage anyhow. I also bought a basic Yamaha digital kit to record midi. I had no room for both so the kit went to my sons for 6 years. I just got it back the other day. I'm looking forward to building it up using both the digital and the real kit pieces. It will be optimized for recording that way. I'll use the midi kick and plan on putting a trigger on my real snare but I will use all real cymbals with mikes. This way I'll have only 3 mikes and then all the midi tracks. I find the weak point of VST drums is the snare and cymbals. KIck and toms are fine. Love those Roto toms.

Production Techniques [NEW!] Discuss best practices for mixing, recording, production techniques, music distribution, etc. ? So we have 2 sub forums that cover the same topics. Now if he had posted under the Songs sub forum I would have agreed. The OP topic seems to be about mixing and production Techniques to me? Hey @Marcello-- that FreeG meter is obviously a stereo plug in. It has 2 meters. That's why that happens. But it must be buggy to create 2 different outputs.. in theory they should be the same. I would totally avoid it or at least contact the vendor and complain. And the thing with Ozone is I find it only makes my stuff worse and not better and this is 100% due to the fact I have no clue how to optimize it. It's also a huge CPU hog so I just tossed it aside after a few trials.

Bummer. That's gotta be the most minimal connectivity and feature set ever. Doesn't even have balanced outputs. Just RCA. So looks like your stuck with a mono guitar track or purchase an interface with better connectivity. Most 2x2 interfaces have a matched pair of multi purpose inputs.

The problem is you will have latency if you go from a mixer to an interface to a computer and back out again. A/D and D/A and USB everything adds a bit of latency. And if you use certain effects in Cakewalk they also add latency. Cakewalk is a recording DAW not a live effects processor. Those need to either be built into your FOH mixer or in a rack.

What it your interface? If it has a matched stereo pair you would use that. You don't necessarily have to use the guitar input because your pedal is the correct impedance and it's outputs are most likely designed to go direct into most audio equipment. And no-- a mono signal is a mono signal and does not become stereo in the DAW. All you would have is a recorded track with 2 of the exact same signals in both channels. Most of these type of effects sound better when recorded to stereo. A lot of folks will still use 2 mono tracks in Cakewalk instead of the stereo track because it gives you more control over panning placement. You can most certainly try recording as a mono track and if it sounds good then there you go. Mostly with delay's they have slight to severe differences in the left and right side to make them sound wider.

I use a Zoom multi effects pedal all the time. I just get a sound I like and record it. Guitars like to feed an amp or a pedal. You get overall better tone that way. The important thing is you will be performing your best when you play with the effects and good tone. Playing guitar dry into an interface is uninspiring. So just plug your guitar into the pedal and the pedal into your interface If the pedal has stereo output then use 2 cables and record 2 tracks or a stereo track If it also has a dry output then that would be a 3rd track as back up

Projects should be in a folder. In that folder are the CWP file and the audio folder etc. if you zip the project folder it will have everything. But I thought a Bun file contained audio? That should have worked.

I also have a 1st Gen Scarlett 6i6 and I agree about the pre amps. I ended up buying a Joe Meek three Q pre amp which solved that issue. Otherwise it's still a great interface. I would have upgraded to the 3rd gen but they no longer make the 6i6. You have to go to the 8i6 to get the same features like SPDIF and it's a lot more $$. I should have done that but I cheeped out and thought the Motu M4 had more stuff than the Scarlett 4i4 and was a few buck cheaper. The Motu does have nice pre amps and I like the meters and the Loopback. Only issue is it uses only bus power. there's not power supply, It wasn't working at first and support told me I needed to upgrade my USB 3 ports so I had to spend $35 on a PCIe USB 3 card. So much for cheaper.

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It is possible that Cakewalk and the Bandlab Assistant will at some point not run on W7. They have to move forward and as they update the software it is going to always be with W10 ( and IOS and Android ) in mind. W7 is totally not on any developers radar anymore. I still have a laptop running W7 and I just keep Sonar Splat on that machine. That way I can still use an old M Audio interface that is not supported in W10. I even have a Netbook with Windows XP because my old Epson Printer Print to CD software only runs on XP 32 bit. It sure hates the internet.

This is why you see more and more interfaces coming out with a loop back feature. I have it on my Motu M4 and at first didn’t think I would need it. But this has become a useful feature for screen capture. I can stay in ASIO mode. in the past I had to rig up a small mixer etc. On board audio is very limited in what you can do. Audacity probably has the ability to record “what you hear “ by default because it’s a wave editor not a true daw. Wave lab and Gold Wave also can record direct from your computers audio output. Most likely reason is the developers new people would be needing this. Cakewalk can only use what is available in Windows audio settings under the input/microphone options. None of my computers have a loop back available for on board audio If your lucky enough to have it Then you use WASAPI shared mode to show those inputs in Cakewalk. It’s obvious that outputs will not show up as inputs. But the loop back/ what you hear feature is part of the on board audio driver not Cakewalk.