John Vere

Another possibility is that midi output is enabled from another track

The Zoom driver might not have been updated to work with W10. I don't think they were great drivers to begin with. Too bad because those built in mikes are very nice.

Every time I install Xpand the installer is fine but when you first try and use it it say's can't find Xpand big. Even though it's right where the installer put it. Above mess is why I always try out free ( and some paid) VST's on my other computer. The VSt count on my main DAW is around 100. I don't use half of that but not much you can do about bundled packages like Blue Tube. But I could move some of it to the folder that is not scanned. If it is not in the scan path it won't appear in Cakewalk. If it is appearing in Cakewalk then you haven't removed the folder from the scan path. A dll. sitting in an unused folder is not going to have any bearing on your computer performance. It was great to re build that 2nd computer which was running slow and glitching. Over time when you treat something that way it really bogs it down. New SSD drive and fresh install and it's incredible how perky and fast it is now. It's a few hours work but well worth the time if your feel your machine is not up to snuff.

In the Process tab- Length- But be careful as stretching audio will leave artifacts sometimes. Only do this to a copy of your original. If the piano is midi you can just slow the tempo down.

Look in the plug in manager at what pathways you have used. Go to those locations and clean out you junk. I use the VST folder for unused Plug ins that I might want someday. I then removed it from the scan path. I put all my 3rd party stuff in the stienberg VST folder. I don't normally allow installs to the Cakewalk plug in folder but some VST's like Air won't work otherwise.

No unless things have changed. I looked into this years ago when I worked in a Care Home. Before I came along they had been forking over a lot of money for these real bad Karaoke CD's. I thought I could make my own. I looked into this and the software was terrible and often $$$ . I think it was a popular thing in the 90's but left in the dust now. You best bet is to google 10 best free Karaoke creation software. The way it worked before was you export a WAVE file, not a midi and then the software was to add movies, pictures and the lyrics. Hmm, that,s not what you need. So forget it. Did you try googling imbedding Chords in midi data? Might just be a midi plug in??

Not sure if anything midi has changed since S7. I don’t think so. But two places to look are the events list. And for sure the midi track header. the track header midi bank and patch dialogue boxes are ultimately what happens. They override all other data

I have never had to render midi to audio unless I was collaborating with someone who might not have the same VST’s. All my mixing / panning is done with the instrument track unless it’s a multi channel VST like Xpand2 then I have to pan in the GUI But this is why I do not like to bounce or commit tracks. I will need to be able to make changes during mixing

This a bit of a dangerous question because ask 100 people and you will get 100 different answers. And what if 50 of those are the wrong way of doing it which is a high probability on a user forum. I know you goals are to learn about audio engineering and at least you’re willing to do that. Surprisingly a lot don’t. but I highly recommend seeking out professional documents as a starting point. I’m liking all the Creative Sauce videos he’s a good teacher. My first book was the Yamaha Sound Handbook it’s outdated but the foundation of analog sound engineering is an irreplaceable asset even in a digital age https://bgaudioclub.org/uploads/docs/Yamaha_Sound_Reinforcement_Handbook_2nd_Edition_Gary_Davis_Ralph_Jones.pdf You see if you grew up on analog mixing consoles and your effects came at a high price and required cables, you would know exactly how to run a signal chain. Mike into Input / Or Tape Return adjust gain Compressor via insert jack( bin) Adjust EQ ( pro channel) Aux send to Reverb and delay which go out mono and return stereo to return it to Master ( sub busses to master) See it’s actually very simple. It just seems complicated because it’s not real. But a DAW is laid out just like Mixing console

Did you go into Windows sound settings and make sure the zoom is showing as your input audio device?

Works here, just make sure the smart tool changes to the move tool. looks like a cross. Place cursor in "C" area. This is a picture of a midi blob with all the hot areas for the smart tool. C is move and A is Velocity The greens ends are for dragging the note longer or shorter.

https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/ Did you manage to log in to your Focusrite account page there are lots of video tutorials there. And don't forget to grab your freebies. The Red Plug ins are very good.

. Myself if my DAW did that I would either 1- Not use it. 2- Find out why. The majority of users never have crashes now. And I would always put my money on what was posted above as the #1 cause- 3rd party VST-s that are not coexisting. If you find which ones are not working with Cakewalk and report this they will try and fix it. Only a week or so a go someone posted issues with a certain plug in company and I just noticed in the update release notes that they already fixed it. By the way everyone, looks like Carl was a Troll. ( I think that's what you call 1 post wonders who post dribble and go.

Who needs to tune? We got Melodyne I still have the original because I guess I always install bits and pieces of 8.5 I never use it 'cuase its kinda lame and slow. Most times my Boss Tuner or my Zoom multi effects are in line. And then otherwise I just use my cell phone.

Most importantly what is the audio interface and driver mode you are using?

What my I ask is the reason to include the chords in the midi file?

How many times do I have to repeat this- YOUR INTERFACE IS THE ONLY PLACE YOU ADUST RECORDING LEVELS. Sorry for shouting

I wonder how many newcomers are unaware of the Studio Instruments collection available as the optional download in Bandlab Assistant. It a bit dangerous right now to have TTS-1 as a default. It has old age issues. How hard would it be to give it an overdue update? Particularly converting it to a VST or VST 3 format. It’s becoming unstable There are no GM Players out there anymore.

You should really watch the tutorials as the answers to you questions is absolutely you can do anything your heart desires with a modern day DAW. The learning curve is steep and everything you need to know is covered in the hundreds of tutorials written for Cakewalk. there is a tutorials section of this forum And for sure watch the Creative Sauce series on YouTube

Well I gave up Seems I cannot add multi output instances of it. Either nothing happens or Crash. Big waist of time. Interestingly I googled VST General Midi players and there is really nothing made in the last 6 or more years. The most popular was Rolands Sound Canvas VST which I’m pretty sure tts-1 is modelled after. One person on KVR said that Synth 1 has a GM patch so I just downloaded it and will try later.

I think what the OP is having issue with is ever since they added the + Add track button there’s been this same question a few times because somehow people are not bothering to explore the options in the dialogue and the default is the tts-1 There are I think at least 4 ways to insert VST instruments and each has many options. Open the help module in the Browser and if you hover the mouse over any place all the features of the workspace will be explained there. I use the Synth rack view to add and remove instruments. That can also be added to the browser If you don’t want all those TTS-1 tracks use the Replace Synth option to change them for something else

Yes everybody who uses Cakewalk even long time users can learn from that series. There are some things he misses but overall they are very educational and entertaining. like in that video he disables plug ins one at a time instead of just using the global bypass.

Yes absolutely. It’s too bad the video is about mixing not tracking. Basically you insert an audio track and you don’t need to touch it. Nothing you do changes the recording level or sound quality. That happens in your interface.

The gain and level controls in any DAW do not control recording levels. Your audio interface controls level. The faders are for mixing after you have tracks recorded. The gain controls are best left at unity unless the tracks were badly recorded and need help. The video covers this part very nicely

Wow. I had another crash! And these don't even ask to save before closing. Just a good old fashion "poof" no more DAW. I never get a chance to read the dialog box but this last time I pretty sure it was the tts-1 Were are those crash dumps stored? This one happened when I tried to insert a second instance with multi outputs. All I lost was I had renamed the tracks and coloured them. I've never had an issue with TTS-1 since way back when CbB first was released. Might be this new release is leaving pour old TTS-1 in the dust. I wonder if I can port over my Cubase HALion. It's a very nice sounding GM player. But then I probably need my elicence dongle every time I use it away from my main DAW.