John Vere

Not sure how you tested you don't say. Did you use a loop back test? https://oblique-audio.com/rtl-utility.php This utility can be used to see if Cakewalks report matches correctly. It's a good idea if your curious about this topic. Generally 99% of the time with a good ASIO driver you will find the timing is almost right on. Close enough to not be an issue. Down to the sample level. But when I tested other driver modes sync was off by as much as a 1/4 note. MME mode is the worst. This is why ASIO is important to overdubbing audio. Nothing else will be accurate. Its all about the driver reporting correctly to the DAW so the DAW can adjust playback and recording sync. But if your finding an issue this would be a huge problem that the Staff at Cakewalk would need to deal with. I've got to go to work but tonight I'll post a loopback test to show you what I do to test. I have 4 ASIO audio interfaces including a brand new Motu so I was going to do this anyhow.

It is the top version which was Platinum. Only difference is it doesn't come with the 3rd party stuff anymore. Only SI Instruments and TTS-1. But not a problem if you know where to go for plug ins.

No DAW is perfect. And most free DAW's are a huge waist of time because they are very limited in features. Cakewalk is a $500 DAW that the new owners just happen to feel like giving away with very few strings attached. And a big plus is real good support. Both from Staff and from the Community here.

It at the top of this page in the menu I’m real old guy and I have no problem using the internet ?

This is covered in the documentation. It’s well worth the time to read this as it can make you workflow better

You should start your own thread it confusing to hijack with different issues

OK if that's all you want to do I find the good old fashioned SPLIT/ MOVE works great. I take the offending chord ( or whatever) I split it top and tail. Turn snap off, and drag it to the correct placement. Cakewalk will automatically crossfade so I don't normally get any glitches. 2021-02-11 19-07-22.mkv

Dragging the end of a track is what I do. Never had it not work? 2021-02-11 18-57-43.mkv

I don't know how to edit the PVR note assignments but what I have done in the past is mark my Keyboard controller with a strip of masking tape and write the drum sounds down on that. I don't really ever write music in the PVR I just edit. I play stuff in real time on my keyboard. Faster. Can't think of anything more painfully slow than manual entering of notes. Much easier to just bang it out and fix my mistakes.

I can't answer the general question as I think your computer might be more powerful than mine ( i7 quad) but I can say I noticed huge improvements to all my computers ( 6 of them) when I slapped SSD drive in there. My main DAW has two 240 GB SSD drives and then a 3rd 1TB HDD 7200 drive. I just keep my working projects and stuff on the second SSD. I archive and back up to the 1TB drive as well as a few externals and the cloud. I only have 12 GB RAM but more is always better. I would be tempted to just add more RAM and the SSD drives first. What is your CPU usage showing on your biggest project?? if your not maxing out then you might buy a few more years out of what you have with just a simple upgrade to those parts.

@Bristol_Jonesey Jonesey just got the process and the Project tabs mixed up but I knew what he saying and I forgot about that old trick.

There's no user forum for Bandlab but I think there's a facebook page. I don't think the Bandlab app is a real DAW like Studio 1. If you want to record your drums use Studio 1.

It's one of the new features that take me a long time to have a reason to use it sort of things. I keep meaning to try it, but it's rare that I change my mind about song arrangements. But your right about the old cut/paste/ move features as one has to do thing's exactly perfect or you may end up with a mess. The OP is only trying to insert to one track( I think) so should be safe enough. Like the arranger track- I just started using this feature but like others here not to re arrange songs, but as very spiffy looking placemarkers. I used to do this with just markers but the arranger feature is much quicker and easier to see.

Snap to grid is a icon right in front of your face unless you don't have your control bar open.

Absolutely, Steve has covered everything I would say nicely above. There's nothing to loose and LOT to gain. Splat was actually full of bugs. The focus has beed to make Cakewalk super stable and as bug free as possible. They have done a lot of work since the Bandlab takeover and it's all good.

I'm not totally understanding but my guess is you need to change your snap to grid settings.

There is now a feature called ripple editing but I’ve never used it. What I still do is this Set snap to whole note place now time at the place you want the insert use Ctrl A to select all Split = S key Ctrl A again Unless you have chosen the right in the options ( see screenshot) but make sure the right side is highlighted now drag the whole works right to create the space it should snap at the next measure The drag and drop options dialog should open if you have ask every time checked and choose Slide over to make room.

I'm not sure distorted sounds can be converted easily. Not surprising your getting extra data. Distortion is all about harmonics and those probably confuse the h... out of Melodyne. Polyphonic is for single note lines like Bass. Melodic would be the correct choice I would think. This would be a good question to ask Celemony people. https://helpcenter.celemony.com/M5/support

This can happen if you have auto punch in enabled somewhere along the timeline. And for recording midi tracks you arm the TRACK for record and then press the R key on the keyboard. You should see the data being written as you play.

Wonder why so many new posts are using old versions of Sonar? Cakewalk by Bandlab is free and is a much updated version of Splat. ANd always use ASIO mode to show all inputs of an interface. But as Greg said you need to download the correct driver.

There does seem to be an ASIO driver for the Zoom- https://zoom.co.jp/products/guitar-bass-effects/guitar/g1u-guitar-effects-usb-audio-if-pedal#downloads And it does say up to W8 so it might be OK. Certainly worth a shot. I understand the need for silent recording as well. That's why I often use my Zoom G1on which seems to be a close match to yours. Mine doesn't have an interface built in but I have 4 audio interfaces. For a lot of songs I like the sound I get from the Zoom better than the Blackstar. But for styles like the Blues I need that overdiven tube sound. I also have a Fender Princeton but it's real old and needs work right now so too noisy and REAL loud. The Blackstart was the closest I could come to the sound of the Princeton when I demoed a bunch of amps in a store one day. They had the new version of my Princeton and it was great but it was $1,200 Can. The Blackstar was $300, lighter and could be turned down. One solution to recording a loud amp is to build a little sound proof box for it of lock it in a closet.

Did you render the clips before saving and closing? Do you have a paid for version? Melodyne is only a demo until you pay. If the demo expires then Un rendered clips might’ve been muted

I’ve been converting real bass tracks to midi for a long time now. You could even do this with Home Studio. So it’s been built in to the core program I think since X3 The process seems to work much better in the last few years for me and now with M5 it asks you which algorithm you want to use before proceeding. There’s always some editing to do but much faster way to create a realistic midi track than standard keyboard entry if you’re not an ace keyboard player.

This is simply the fact you are not using a proper interface. Only good ASIO drivers will sync properly. You cannot expect studio quality recording on. $5 audio chip