John Vere

The send is were most add the amount. The buss is at unity. Then if there is overall too much reverb in the mix you turn down the effect buss.

Don't obsess over meters and stuff. They are there to make sure you don't go over and are one of the tools you can use for balancing a mix. With digital being lower is OK as there is no noise floor anymore. I use the Youlean meter on my master bus only. I would never be overly concerned with tracks or other busses. I can see and HEAR them just fine. For sure you do not want to see any red lights on any track or bus. By the way- those guitar track reverb send are way up there? If I did that it would sound horrible. https://producelikeapro.com/blog/signal-flow/

Sometimes you get an answer quicker if you google your question.

Glad you figured it out. But it's a question of how in the heck did a 48hz audio file get into a 44.1hz project? As I said Cakewalk converts all audio to the chosen settings like 44.1/24 And if you recorded it directly into Cakewalk it would follow the settings as well. You can easily re record it again, Just send the midi back to the Roland and record the audio in stereo.

From the web site- The OMEC Teleport interface is a universal connection device (IOS, Android, Mac, PC) without any specific drivers or software requirements That's exactly what you don't want. Low Round trip latency is what you need for Sims and that will come with up to date ASIO drivers that come with the major brands of interfaces. The Focusrite solo is pretty small.

We’ve all had projects that get corrupted for whatever reason. steps you can take remove all iffy plug ins.Bypassing might work too. Open in safe mode. next is rebuilding a new project because you use midi and the Tts1, this is easier that normal. just save as midi file and OPEN it. most of you project should be ok. now save this as a CWP and make sure to rename now back in the dead project save track template for each audio track in the new project insert these this should preserve all effects and routing now using the browser find the audio folder for the dead project and carefully one by one drag the audio to the respective tracks. Test playback as you go cakewalk converts the audio to the project settings so this will rule out sample miss match just an extra step would be to save your tts1 settings as a preset I always do this with all my vst’s

@njm255 That's defiantly the best VST piano I've listened to. I want it! All of their stuff seems pretty high quality. To bad I blew all my studio money on that dang Motu.

So your using ASIO mode. when you look at windows sounds it shows your audio interface as the default device In cakewalks preferences the audio interface is checked for all settings under the audio tab there’s no other audio devices you don’t have asio4all or magix drivers hanging out That other song note is not normally seen but did you shut down and re boot?

That’s funny because I normally troubleshoot by swapping out components. But out 400 cables I have, that USB C is one I don’t have. At least yours has a power supply. I think my issues boil down to buss power and that cheap cable. Like I say, compared to Focusrite these guys are cheaping out on extras. Not impressed. I did all the stupid tweaks on the list and it made no difference to the crackles. I think I will order a pci USB card and find a better cable if that’s even possible. USB C is cell phone consumer junk. This is what really bugs me I thought I was buying a better interface than my Scarlett I'm giving it one more chance. long and mcquade can’t get back to me because they are having web site issues

The key might be the sample rate. Did you also check you audio interface control panel. You can also look in windows sound settings but it’s odd because usually the song still plays but out of pitch and in your case slow

I got a nice reply from Motu and a link to this pretty good document regarding windows tweaks. https://cdn-data.motu.com/django_prod/techlink-attachments/159747/Troubleshooting USB Audio Problems on Windows.pdf There were a few things in there I had not done and I unpacked the M4, re installed the drivers. Things went a little weird as I got that Windows doesn't like this app warning which didn't happen before. Anyhow drivers installed. Even though I've never heard this was an issue I went into reg edit and deleted all other ASIO drivers. So we'll see tonight if I still have the issues. I would prefer to keep it.

As you say subjective- you do what you think sound right to you. Generally distorted guitars are in your face with not much if any reverb. Delay is more popular, Country guitar uses reverb and clean effects like chorus. I don't even use reverb on vocals of hard rock. Just a little delay.

The Air mini grand I actually have deleted from my system as it was causing problems. I don't remember exactly what they were but it was something like the volume would go full blast .. Anyhow It might have seen an update but it was not that great anyhow. OK if you have AD then it only takes a minute to download the demo of AD keys. Just run the XLN installer.

Lexicon has never made a good ASIO driver. I'm pretty sure it's some generic asio4all thing. You might want to purchase a proper audio interface. If it doesn't work under ASIO try WASAPI

My go to piano has been Addictive Keys. The demo version is free with the only limitation is a few octaves are silences. For most pop music you won't miss them. Do you have Addictive drums? If so you can download the demo from the XLN installer. If you don't just go to the XLN site and set up an account, download the installer and try the demos. I think there's even a good basic drum kit there. If you purchase any Focusrite interfaces they include a free ticket to any of the ADKeys add ons. A lot of folks never follow through with the free offering you get. My other piano I use came with Sonar a long time ago is called True Pianos. I use that when I can't use ADkeys. There's a few free Shareware type vst pianos kicking around and I think I've tried them all. They don't sound any better than tts-1 to me.

This is where a good brickwall limiter come to play. If there are just a few random overs it will tame them without compressing the whole song. You start the "turn it down" routine and your song will end up to quiet. Lately I have in my master bus bin the LP Multi Band then the BT Brickwall then Youlean loudness meter. The Multi band I set the output at -.08 and adjust the input until it's showing right in the Youlean meter. What I also like is it shows me what frequency bands are too hot. I can return to the tracks and busses if need be and sort that out. The Brickwall- I set @ 0.08 because I'm going to CD. For Spotify as example I would use - 0.1 I set the youlean to -14 LUFS and .08 This has resulted in, for the first time ever for me, an 18 song album with a variety of music styles that are all bang on the money level wise. The Youlean meter has been the best investment made this year. https://youlean.co/youlean-loudness-meter/

It's actually rare that I would send a whole kit to the reverb. This song is more ambient and like CJ said this is a matter of personal taste in what your after in a mix. The bottom line is to use these routing options to have 100% control over your mix. The concept of using only one reverb is based on the fact that people are used to hearing "space" this way. All the old recordings used one reverb or in most cases it was the "room" they were in. So the listener might be confused if you put them in 5 different rooms at the same time. But we are talking traditional recording here, you can do what ever you want and experimenting is a good thing, but it's good to have a understanding of traditional recording first. In a studio the drums are recorded in a special "room" and the overhead mikes pick that up. Some producers like lots of reverb on the snare and toms so that is added at the console. If you use a VST drummer most have built in reverbs and effects. This is 90% of how I will reverb to the drums. If the VST doesn't include effects (like Session Drummer) then you can split the parts into multiple audio outputs and apply effects the same way you do to a guitar track. Normally you don't put reverb on Bass or a kick drum as this will lead to mud. We have many options on routing but seems most of us follow the same path because we all grew up using analog mixing consoles. I think there's a danger for newbies to use way to many effects and tracks just because they can. You see how many instruments and vox I'm using? Six - and that's a full sounding mix. I think I'll add a harmony. Didn't anybody spot the routing error yet?

As I said it’s going back. I A/B it with my 6i6 for a few hours last night and the Scarlett is more stable. I am not about to fight to make the Motu work. This computer has been my DAW only computer for a long time now and as I said I have 2 older interfaces that run smoothly at 256 year after year. I plug in a brand new interface and I get crackles? If the Motu is that picky about my system then I’m not interested. The computer is about as optimized as possible. I unplug the internet most of the time just out of habit. it doesn’t even have on board sound driver I disabled long time ago.

Did you upgrade to 5? There were a lot of bug fixes applied.

Thanks. I always have sounds in windows disabled. Even in my office machine. I have put it back in the box and waiting to hear back from Long and Mcquade to return it. I'm happily back using my 8 year old 6i6 without any issues . I will see if I can get a Scarlett 8i6 instead. Of note is that Motu does not support Cakewalk. I think it's a good interface for Mac people etc. they obviously need to work on the windows drivers. And besides Focusrite on all the bench test sites comes in very close performance wise with DAC's etc to the M2 and M4. Motu gives you diddly squat in freebies. Focusrite gives you a bunch of good quality stuff worth well over $200. I already have it of course, but for first time buyers things like that are worth paying attention to. Focusrite has really grown as a company and seem to be keeping on top of things. I was real surprised to find a new driver for my 6i6. They donèt need to do this but they did so that brings loyalty. I see they even re vamped the Mix Control software now called just Control. Another feature lacking with the M4. Scarletts rear jacks have software controlled Pads. I couldn't plug my Korg 05/rw into the 3/4 of the M4 because the signal was way to low. No problem on the 6i6. Another deal breaker for me. So back she goes.

What can happen is you end up with more than one open, Check the task bar Show hidden icons. If that doesn't work go into apps and un-install it and re download and install again. It is a bit of a turd so it's not you fault. Just go slow and don't try opening it more than once. Check that task bar or Task manager.

I just set this up. I downloaded the latest version of OBS studio I opened a project in Cakewalk and plugged a mike into input 1 of my interface ( scarlett 6i6) In preferences I changed driver mode to WASAPI shared -this is important. Otherwise you won't get the DAW output. Opened OBS and in audio settings: Desktop audio ( this is sound from DAW ) = Speakers ( Focusrite USB audio ) Mic/Aux audio ( this is my mike input 1) Analogue 1+2 ( Focursite USB audio) In OSB when I play my Project the meter at top desktop audio shows signal. So I can balance the level here so the DAW doesn't come across to loud. The Mic Aux is my mike plugged into input 1 of the interface and shows full signal. I have not done this but the tools to have a little screen in the corner or ? are there by adding my web cam the the Sources list as a Video capture device. It seems to automatically show when hooked up. and I believe studio mode allows messing around with that. So everything you need and best of all just like Cakewalk- its free! I don't see why you would need Voicemeter what ever that is? What I do is use 2 monitors and put OBS on the second screen. I set OBS to only record monitor 1. Then I edit the MP4 in Vegas Movie Studio Platinum where I add the titles etc.

Possibly your moving the tool the wrong way.. Up makes them louder, down softer.

I got this to work. I'm pretty sure OBS can use ASIO drivers and capture. If not I might have been using WASAPI shared. It's just a matter of getting the correct settings. I think I had to go into windows sound settings and uncheck that let software take exclusive control option. Been awhile I can check later. OBS is defiantly the best capture program I have tried out. If you follow the links in my signature those videos were done with OBS and a Scarlett interface.

I'm sending the M4 back and hoping they will swap it ( plus $$) for the Focusrite 8i6. It's hard to get over that my 2013 Focusrite 6i6 is more stable than a brand new interface. The MAIN REASON I bought a Motu was everybody raves about the drivers. I guess if RTL is important then this might be true, But I don't use real time effects and what I need is rock solid stability. Misha possibly you should see if you can try a different interface? Is there a store you can demo one from? And one other thing is I've read a lot of threads with thunderbolt issues, seems you need the correct chipset from Texas Instruments or something like that.