John Vere

Regarding #1- Did you add anything to the project you are recording to. That's what I mean when I say processing. That implies there could be effects added to the track , bus or master bus that would make the sound different. Regarding #2 - You will need to read the owners manual and see what options are inside the box as far as signal path. You might find more out by posting a question on the Line 6 user forum. This is not really a Cakewalk issue. It's user error in setting up a device or user error in Cakewalk signal chain. We've seen lots of posts with a similar title to this thread only to find out 25 posts later the user had added an effect that was causing all the issues. Because you haven't started with all the information about what your doing it takes a lot longer to get a solution. I did just notice one thing from your first post . Your buffer setting might be to high. Somewhere in the middle like 256 is normal. To high a setting can cause trouble on some systems. But that wouldn't cuase your issue.

#1 rule when purchasing an Audio interface for a Windows System- Check the manufactures web site before you purchase and make sure there is an up to date ASIO driver for it. Class Compliant drivers work fine on a Mac but rarely on a PC. And if all they are offering is Asio4all that is actually worse than nothing at all. Hopefully the device might work under WASAPI but then why does Alesis tell you to use Asio4all? It like they didn't even test the device on windows at all. Oh @Promidi Asio4all is actually a WDM wrapper not WASAPI.

Ok so it seems like your playback system is working properly Then only thing left would be either of two things 1. You have added processing in Cakewalk that alters the sound 2. The monitoring of the sound at the interface is not what is being recorded.

Had to laugh because first thing came to mind was In the early years of midi we had a panic button (Cakewalk still does) to kill stuck notes that were caused by the “ midi log jam” Second thought was when my cat slept on my keyboard. Third thought is record a chord for a few measures and set the tempo at 1bpm.

I see mr Sica gave Marks comment a thumbs down? you are annoyed that they only ask for a donation?? If you like the software then pay for it, a very simple system. If you don't like it, don't use it. And your asking for help to basically Hack/ Pirate the software which is sort of against the rules here. This thread reminds me I haven't un packed my Yamaha DTX kit since I moved 2 years ago! For sure you can trigger any VST even pianos if you wanna be weird. But make sure you bypass all audio effect to bring your midi latency down. I found I played better if I monitored the Brain while recording as there is no latency at all that way.

There's no support for X1 for 14 years or more. You'll have to use Google to find old threads. It was a very buggy version of Cakewalk so I wouldn't invest to much time in it But midi hasn't changed much. I have a bunch of Tutorials on how to set up midi https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-studios/cakewalk-videos

It was the same with Sonar. I had a free version of Guitar Studio came with my Roland keyboard. I bought 8.5 for $100 off a friend who never had used it. ( still have the box) I got X1 LE free with my Tascam interface. So almost a free ride for the first 10 years. I registered and signed up for emails ( this is the ticket) I got an offer to upgrade X1 LE ( the version I never used) to X3 Studio for $99. That turned into an upgrade to Sonar Professional for another $99. That turned into Sonar Platinum for another $150. So between 2004 and 2017 my total investment was under $500. I think that's the full price of the original Splat. What I can't remember is if I ever paid for any updates of Splat during the weird time for Sonar before it got the boot from Gibson.

I got Assistant 5 for $99 on sale as an upgrade from Essential 4. I think I paid $99 for Essential 4 as an upgrade from the free version that came with X3. And yes I found a big difference in stability. My computer is not very powerful and I only have 12 GB of RAM. But once I watched the video on the new release and they showed very quickly how it actually works I started using it and within a short time I sort of mastered as much as I needed to master. I did the vocal tracks of about 10 songs that week...whoops,, I shouldn't admit I needed it Ya I wouldn't pay that much for it either unless I made a living with it but sign up for Emails from them and eventually they'll have it on sale again.. I would hope>> Oh and by the way , I just opened V Vocal and it didn't crash, I'm 100% up to date both Cakewalk and W10. I didn't work with it but it seemed OK. I always found you had to use real short clips..

Here you say you were using ASIO but your screen shot say's WASAPI Exclusive? Change back to ASIO for the troubleshooting. WASAPI probably is fine but not all audio interfaces support it. Sorry if my screen shot implied you should use WASAPI, I just grabbed it from a folder I have with screen shots. WASAPI is for using on Board audio. And you didn't answers my questions #1 & 2.

Sorry I guess your not familiar with audio terminology. What are you using to listen to the playback? ( monitoring) 1- What is your Master Buss Output sending to - Your computer speakers ( on board audio ) or your Zoom audio interface ( ASIO ) . 2- Are you using the same speakers/ headphones to listen. Screen shots of your audio settings might help us figure this out. Take a shot of the Devices, Driver settings, and playback and recording tabs. If you don't know how to make a screen shot you just press the Windows key and prtscn it will save to your Pictures library under screenshots.

Well I used to say the same thing, but then if the user is not planning on recording audio they don't really need one. It's another aspect of the "free" DAW world. Musicians are used to spending money on their gear. Musicians will need an Audio interface or they won't get far recording themselves, well I guess a keyboard player who doesn't sing would be the exception. But I think a huge chunk of new users are all non musicians. They use a DAW to glue together pre recorded audio and midi clips. I call them DJ's just to generalize. They create something that is called music, but they are not what I call a musician. Musicians play instruments. We even allow drummers and singers into that circle

Thanks for updating and letting the community know you found a solution. Many don't. Your thread might help others now.

OK, that is more or less the perfect level to record at so that is not the issue. This rules out that you are not overdriving your pre amps or the A/D convertors. So this only implies that your monitoring system is defective. What are you using for playback monitoring?

I was a V Vocal hold out up until this fall when I finally sat down and figured out Melodyne. I had grabbed the upgrade to Melodyne 5 on sale so had incentive to make it work after all these years of giving up. If you do take the time to learn Melodyne you would never use V Vocal again. Trust me.

The trick with regional effects ( RFX) is to use them and then render the clip so the RFX is gone. With drum replacer I extract the midi data and drag it to a midi track because I don't like any of the built in samples. I use this data to trigger Addictive Drums. Once I have my midi data I undo the RFX. I will now have the original audio track and the midi data to match. This goes for working with Melodyne too. I open the clip in Melodyne, fix it and then render. You can always re open but I've never had to. I think that RFX if left active build up in the memory of the project and slow everything down.

Yes that Realtech ASIO driver has shown to be the heart of a lot of recent posts here that are titled " No Sound!".

This is a midi track but the meters look the same.

On the audio track you recorded to what do the meters show when you set the track in record standby and play?

It’s why I made the video. In the past the people willing to invest $300- $500 in the software thought nothing of spending the additional $200+ on the audio interface and then even more on proper studio equipment like mikes and monitors. So a basic studio set up would run you $1,500 and up. We now have the majority of new users who attempt this for free. So sadly on board audio now the new standard

A few thoughts. I have to agree with @S Roy Choudhury about the lack of any up to date tutorials. I spent an evening a few weeks ago watching a lot of them. The collection of official Tutorials regarding Cakewalk is actually all about Sonar. And even some my popular series like- Making a midi backing track was done on Home Studio so has become dated. And it's easy for an experienced user to say that they should be fine because Cakewalk is based on Sonar but I think that for most newcomer it would be confusing just to even look at the screenshots. A LOT has changed in the workspace since X2 and even the last release of Sonar. A lot of the new features make workflow faster so why teach a new dogs old tricks. But it's a very time consuming process to make tutorials. For me to re do my Backing Track Series would take weeks. You have to make sure every little move you make is easy to understand as well as conform to best practices. I usually have to re do my videos 3 or more times before they pass the proof watching stage. And then to make a professional presentation you need to be advanced in your knowledge of Video editing.. another complicated piece of software to learn. I gave up on that part and just keep to basics. Most of the latest tutorials, including mine, are task or subject oriented. The reason being that's how people seem to learn these days'. They get stumped on a process and they use Google to search a topic _ example" Cakewalk- how to add reverb" This will bring up a dozen or more videos you can sort through and find the "best" one that suits your learning abilities. If you liked that persons video you subscribe. That person, if they get enough subscribers, might see a little cash flow someday for their efforts which encourages them to keep making videos. It's all about knowing how to look for stuff using Google in this day and age. You won't find mine when you search because I only have a very small subscription count. So for a professionally produced, linear course on Cakewalk to happen someone would need to pay someone to do this or promote the independent creators so they get the paid level of subscription count. . Cakewalk is free, so Bandlab has no real incentive to spend money on tutorials like Roland or Gibson did in the old days. They leave that up to the volunteers and the user group. There seem to be a lot of tutorials. You just have to find the right series.

Best practices before a live session Test that everything is working. All mikes, cables, mixers, interfaces and that the laptop is fully updated and the software will run. I usually spend the day before creating the blank projects and testing stuff. I charge 2 hours prep time as part of the session. Another best practices is always have a back up of as much as possible even if you leave it in you vehicle. Technology has never been 100% road worthy only Shure SM mikes?

I just used it in my last tutorial and it’s working fine. You need to use it first in projects. If you add it later on it goes weird. It’s only use to most of us is to preview midi files. As a sound source it’s a bit dated

Go to the tutorials sub forum and I just released a tutorial that explains how to do this. So it’s at the top

Our School district started with Macs because they got some sort of educational deal on them, those little iMacs. They where 100% Mac for 2 decades even the servers. But buy the mid 2000's the IT crew started recommending they move away because in the real world of business nobody uses Macs. It was getting hard to service them and real expensive to replace. I took on the task of destroying or wiping the hard drives on about 200 of these puppys. The deal was I could do what every I wanted but all data must be destroyed. There was also over100 Compact towers all running W98 with these huge 10 GB hard drives, Anyhow they now use nothing but PC's with the exception of the teachers still have Mac Books. The little iMacs all had the same RAM and Hard drives etc you find in a PC. I guess only the MObo is different. But I learned a lot about them in those days and had a few set up including I re imaged one of the Servers which was a smoking studio computer. I made about $2,000 on ebay selling for parts,, mostly selling RAM. But I never felt there was any advantage to the OS or the machines. Huge issue is there's very little free stuff for Macs.

I had issues with 4 and I'm glad I updated to 5 because for the first time in years everything is now working the way I would think it should. I think Melodyne 4 was a bit buggy. But one thing does come to mind is that if the clip is long it uses that much more CPU to render as you work. So I still use real short clips. Most are only 1 measure. Open Task manager performance monitor while you're working and see what's going on in the background.