John Vere

Why I like to have an on off switch on my interface but that is usually the solution

Seems mr twang leaves a trail of threads behind that he doesn’t respond to This is becoming annoying common especially on this Q&A forum

If you had read the release notes for the update you are told that it will ask you to install what you ignored. It’s needed for the way you can now update without the assistant Don’t blame people for not doing it as it seems like a scam. Badly done once again with that pita assistant

Make sure you midi device is checked in preferences /midi /devices as input

You did download the driver? And make sure your master bus didn’t change. Make sure you’re using ASIO and check the audio settings in preferences

I actually tried to test asio4all and had set everything up. But on the 2 computers I used ( no way it was going on my DAW ). I could not get an input from my on board. I tried everything and gave up because why should I bother. I don’t see the point in it anymore as my testing shows WASAPI exclusive will be just fine without having the invasive stuff that comes with asio4all. Another one I tried was this viocemeeter app. It was also invasive. It also did nothing my on board doesn’t already do. There was also a huge noise floor with it. So that’s not on my list of on board options. I’m thinking of making a tutorial on optimized on board sound for recording. I actually have a new respect for it’s limited but free uses.

You didn’t get the humor when I tossed the jug of wasabi in there. Thanks for the clarification. But my point is that if you use ASIO you don’t need to mess around with the offset. That’s what I said at the end. I think there people blindly using the other modes and oblivious to the timing offset function. There’s also a lot who don’t understand why you need to use direct monitoring on most systems.

It might be quicker if you watch some tutorials on basic operations. We have a sub forum here as well as the highly recommended Creative Sauce videos. I also don’t think that it’s a driver issue. Use WASAPI exclusive if you can. It’s next best thing to ASIO. Wonder if you use “save as “ and put the project on a different drive, even external, if it would work.

Looks good in your screen shot. That info is totally the same more or less as all 3 of my interfaces. From what you just said I’m thinking you are recording with your effects turned on. This can cause the sync issues for sure. Especially look ahead effects. I always bypass my effects when tracking audio and midi

Roland make good stuff. But that does bring up the question of whether the drivers are up to date or not for W10 latest version. I have an M Audio fast track pro that works with the early versions of W10 but now the drivers can’t even be installed. So even if the driver download says W10 that might not mean the latest update.

First thing I would try is another interface. Possibly you have a store or friend that would lend you one. Another easy way to test would be to disconnect your interface and use on board sound with WASAPI Exclusive mode As long as your not recording that will be fine.

I guess I've never even noticed that. I only use Console view for mixing. A difference might be that I have 2 monitors so track view is always open and with that the Browser and the synth rack too. Like Gregy I use the synth rack a lot. Multi dock views are on the other monitor and either the PVR or the Console view are always open. There are millions of Cakewalk users and you might be the first person looking for that feature to be added. I think it's better to keep the console view uncluttered as possible. It's already too busy.

clicking that should open the VST GUI. Is this happening for all synth tracks or just that one.

You really need to watch the video I’m making. Just finished editing the audio. Take the rest of the weekend to edit the video part. It is Tutorial on latency. My guess is that your not using ASIO and if you are I think Bitflipper is thinking what I’m thinking about your Latency adjustment

No you don't work with CWP files, you Export your master and then you top and tail. What people are telling you to do is to delete the material you don't want then drag the whole song to the starting point. This is a receipt for disaster in Cakewalk if you don't set things right. It works if the song is simple with no automation etc. So best to not worry about the song at the project level and export it and deal with the master as a wave file. I'm just not a fan of using Cakewalk for mastering when wave editors are easily available with a better workflow. Example just a month ago I created a new Cakewalk project for Mastering an album of songs. My goal was to make every songs dynamics and overall sound even. You put all the goodies on the master bus , drag each rough master to a track. And then solo each song as you work on getting things right etc. The sonic portion of this worked just fine and I got things very close to perfect but the export of each track was the downside. It was not hard to drag each track to the starting point but it was never precise like in a wave editor. And every song had a way different amount of space at the end so the exports still needed trimming in a wave editor. Ya I know there are work around to fixing this but it just is clunky and time consuming the wave editor does it in seconds. Not only that I can check the file has no overs or errors.

I think there are at least 3 threads running right now with the Laptop blues. They either work or don't. You shouldn't have to screw around so much just to record audio and on todays machines there seems to be fewer of these types of posts. When there are, it's a laptop.

In your screen shot I see an instrument track with SI drums and some midi data it looks like it is set properly Your guitar track looks like you are in recording standby but your signal is to hot so your going over turn down the gain on your interface only your interface can adjust recording levels Download the latest ASIO drivers for you interface otherwise your tracks won’t sync up properly There are lots of good tutorials on basic set up of Cakewalk try the ones from Creative Sauce first Not sure which M Box you have but on the support web site looks like last driver update was either 2011 or 2014. So chances are that your going to have issues. Time for a new interface. I have the Fast Track Pro of similar vintage and the drivers won't even load into W10.

This happens. Kill it in Task manager. And often peoples anti virus is blocking the install. It should take less than 5 minutes to install on a normal connection.

With ASIO there better not be any issues with sync. Your DAW uses reported latency to adjust playback so your overdubbing will sync perfectly with the original tracks. This is only true in ASIO mode. Your songs would be a total mess if this didn't work properly. If you do a loopback test and compare different driver modes. ASIO is right on. The other modes are late. Second best is WASAPI exclusive which when I tested was very good performance but depends on the interface used. But even though the reported latency was low, Cakewalk doesn’t use it in the calculation so it’s still late by around a 32 note

First. Is there any way to clean up your C drive. It’s not good to have it over a certain amount like 80% or less. How big is it? As far as VST’s go each install is different most allow you to set pathways. Best to keep the main files on C drive and point library to a data drive. it might be you have installed large libraries already and this is what might be hogging up you C drive. But to answer the question yes many people put VST’s and libraries on other drives.

My son bought a Dell laptop was a higher end one too, It just never worked for audio. Dell couldn't help him because audio recording is not on their radar. And he's very tech savvy and always builds his own machines but laptops are another animal. If any one could have made it work he could have. He boiled it down to how the BIOS was set up so this was nothing you could change. So He bought a cheap Acer that worked perfectly from day one. He still has both. Laptops are a crap shoot with audio systems.

There's some confusing answers. Here are the basics Looks like your Korg is an older keyboard so I'll assume it only has Midi din jacks. Take the midi output of the Korg and run it to the midi input of the Focusrite 4i4. This next step there are many options I will only explain the way I do it for clarity Insert a midi track and set the input to your Focusrite midi input. Omni. If it does not show as an option then look in Preferences midi devices and make sure the Focusrite is checked. Insert a soft synth instrument and test it is making sound using the GUI. If you don't hear sound check the instrument tracks output is set to Master- and your master bus is set to output to your 4i4. Now set the output of the midi track to the VST instrument. Make sure input echo is on. In your screen shot it looks like most of what I say is already done except the midi track has nothing to play into.

WAY easier to just top and tail an exported track in a wave editor. Lot's of free wave editors out there. I use Wave Lab ( $100) but I also use Gold Wave which is free to use with nag screen http://www.goldwave.ca/ There's also Audacity and Sound Forge. Cakewalk is your multitrack tape deck, A wave editor is for mastering. Just open or drag and drop the file and in 2 quick mouse moves delete and unwanted material from beginning and end. Cakewalk cant ever export exactly what I want.

Have you run Latency Monitor? https://www.resplendence.com/latencymon Laptops can be nasty homes for some DAW's. They need more setting up. And that's an older interface are the drivers up to date for your OS?