John Vere

This sounds more like a plug in from the old Sonar is not activated? It shouldn't screw up Cakewalk but you never know. Long shot but if you own old Sonar then run the command center and make sure everything you use is good to go first then instal CbB . I can't see why but it's worth a shot. The clue is CbB would not take you to the old Sonar/ Gibson web site. And you can contact support here on this web site. https://help.cakewalk.com/hc/en-us

We can now update Cakewalk from within the program so I don't think it matters which version of Bandlab is installed anymore. I think we can forget about it, at least I hope because it's been a POS since day one.

Each track has an input and an output. Most use a Master Buss to send the all tracks to and then the Master has an output where you will choose the Yeti. If you don't see the Master it is often hidden at the bottom. Shift B = show hide bus pane.

Sorry I don't know the exact answer but I myself use the same -0.4 for masters which is were I set either the BT Brickwall or the free Loudness Max listed below. . I then convert them to 190 bpm MP3 in goldwave. If I load them into Wave lab they are almost identical as far as levels and RMS go. What I'm using now is a few different plug ins that you can put on your master buss that have all these different standards as presets. These are free- https://www.voxengo.com/product/span/ https://youlean.co/youlean-loudness-meter/ https://www.kvraudio.com/product/loudmax-by-thomas-mundt I also tried the Mastering meter by IKmedia but the trial ran out and to purchase was way to much for what it does. Youlean has presets so it will tell you if you have exceeded the standard but I'm not dead sure they are accurate at this point. If put after the BT Brickwall the youlean shows overs randomly. When loaded into wave lab the file always shows exactly what I set the BT Brickwalls limit to. The Loudmax gives varying results with Youlean and in Wavelab it's not showing exactly what it was set for. So I put my money on the BT Brickwall if you were lucky enough to score it back with Splat.

FYI it's nothing to do with the midi part, Cakewalk can use all VST's and VST3 as well as many other plug in formats. So if it's a VST instrument it will work.

There are thousands of ways to create an original song. And tenfold that using a daw. The most simple way that I use is to come up with a guitar part I like and then I find a simple drum pattern that kicks it along. Sort of sounds like this is what you did. I play the guitar part along with the pattern. Some people just use a metronome for this but I like using drums. One thing for sure is you really need the tempo of that song nailed down while everything is midi. I will often also play the bass part just to see what happens. I then convert the bass to midi using the drag and drop via Melodyne. This way I can change the tempo. It's not advisable to change the tempo later as audio can degrade with time stretching. I might add a piano too. Just simple chords to experiment with voicings. I might not have words at this point but no problem. I often write songs without words and get back to them later with an idea. I just sit there with a good old fashioned pencil and write them down as they pop in my head during the day. They don't get typed out until I have a solid plan. So I'm not sure why your choosing the lyric page of cakewalk, it's a very crummy word processer, your better off using even Note Pad. If I do have a full set of lyrics and no clear music I will just work this out on the couch with my guitar first. Then I go back to as above only difference is I record the ( scratch) Voice and guitar together after finding a simple drum pattern that fits the music. Now if your talking about figuring out arrangements then Cakewalk has a that tool. I've never used it as I rarely change arrangements. And when I do I'm stuck in the past and still just use copy paste because it's quicker than trying to figure out this new fangled feature ( ya I know I should take the time, someday I will)

Doesn't get any easier than Xpand. It works the same as many VST's but what I like is it's the most user friendly for multi channel or layering of any of my other multi timbral synths. . Open the VST and it's default is midi channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 for the 4 instruments slots. Very clearly marked. Just populate each instrument buy using the browser ( 1,000's of instruments ) and then add effects and balance the levels. There's even some ways to customize the sounds but I haven't used them yet> What I like is I can run the four different midi channels or layer on any one mid channel. Simply change the the channels. Super cool for horn sections and percussion. You can also create HUGE polysynths by layering 4 types and cranking up the chorus. If you don't have $5 to spare then you should at least have tried TTS-1 by now.

You need to use the headphone jack on the mike. The mike is your interface.

You can also have the Piano roll as part of the multi dock and if you have 2 monitors keep it open on the second screen. Just go to views on the main menu bar and choose Piano roll.

Did you ever resolve your issues in these other threads? I'm reluctant to answer yet another thread where the OP does not respond.

I just googled "air Xpand2" and there are lots of web sites selling it right now for $4.99 us. https://www.bestservice.com/xpand2.html I use Plug in boutique lately as it's super easy to get free VST's without fear of viruses and all my products are stored on my product page, the free and the paid for with the serial numbers etc. Never had an issue with the web site , might be the country your from and the internet. Might be the web site is getting a lot of hits right now as this is the week to buy plug ins. Everything is at it's lowest price of the year, so they say. Instead of my link just google the home page and enter xpand2 in the search. Dim Pro is not included with CbB, we have it only because it came with Sonar. It is good too for sure but I mostly use Xpand now. As scook originally said in the free version of Cakewalk only TTS-1 has a percusion bank.

HUGE topic because it's called "Subjective opinions".. Nobody will agree on the correct chioce because everyone is different. The most important question would be on what $$$ budget. Monitors can be very expensive when you get into professional quality. In the Home Studio category things are very affordable these days. Personally if I need new monitors I would be buying the Yamaha H8 because it is reported to be a close match to my irreplaceable Yamaha NSM10's. Not because they are the best or cheapest but because I could use them like I always have. https://usa.yamaha.com/products/proaudio/speakers/hs_series/index.html I'm a person who has used the same monitor for almost 25 years so I have "learned" these monitors and all my mixes are very very close when played back on other systems. The most important feature of any monitor is accuracy. As close to uncoloured as possible. A lot of new home studio monitors are very bass heavy. That sounds great for listening but your mix will be way off. Your going for an classical sound so you don't need "loud" and bass heavy like you would for rock and roll. I just recorded a real Grand Piano in the clients home. It turned out great because I keep things simple, it was a good piano and a nice wooden room ( unfinished post and beam) . But listening to the recordings makes me realize how far from perfect the VST's I use are ( Addictive Keys, True Piano's) I hope you can find a top quality VST if it even exists.

This- https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/1560 On Super Sale right now- This is sonicly miles ahead of anything else I have or use for things like percusion, horns etc. It's a 4 part player so very cool for layering sounds. Even the built in effects are 1st class. Everybody should have this one if you use VST instruments. Only downside for some is it requires an ilock Licence manager but is well worth the hassle. Air has many excellent VST's and effects that are always on sale. My other "must have" from Air is the DB33 Organ. https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/1684. These are the lowest prices of the year right now so don't wait.

And make sure you install the latest ASIO driver and only use the interface for all DAW audio. In other words don't use your computer speakers, use the headphones or monitor outputs of the interface. https://www.roland.com/ca/support/by_product/ua-25ex/updates_drivers/

Did you try turning off all Effects Bins? This is often why my playing is off time but usually late, not early. . Also a while back W10 updated my Roland driver to a generic midi driver and everything fell apart. I re installed the Roland midi driver and all worked fine after that. If your controller has a midi driver re install it.

Yes Now I see it's missing. Only seems to be there on some projects for me too.

It should only take about 3 minutes tops on a normal internet connection. You should see what is going on in the background of your system.

I should have been more precise with the drawing, the 1/4" to RCA is two cables for most people. I just happen to have some that are welded together so I think of it as a Stereo cable, like the ones used for home audio systems. but either way there are Two 1/4" TS ( unbalanced) jacks on one end and Two RCA jacks on the other. Seems you have that dialed in already. You should use the rear panel 3/4 inputs for the Korg as that is the better match for impedance. You can use the front jacks but the reason I was recommending a 4i4 over the 2i2 is those extra 3/4 inputs allow you to always keep the Korg plugged in. The front panel 1 and 2 jacks are normally used for your mike and guitar.

Patch and bank changes are not on the event list ( bummer) they are as said in the track inspector boxes.

If you song was played to the midi clock then his DAW will have it's own metronome that will follow the tempo you set in Cakewalk. Tell you friend what tempo you used. If they are also using Cakewalk then just send the CWP file to them in a folder with the Audio folder in it.

I just looked back at the post where you explain your hook up and I notice you have not connected the audio output of the Korg to inputs 3/4 of the 4i4> As I think I said earlier, MIDI does not transmit sound, only data. To hear the sound from the Korg it needs to use audio cables. The sound will go into the 4i4 and be mixed with the DAW playback and then sent to the monitors or headphones.

ASIO only allows one audio device at a time. That's why you should be able to use WASAPI, WDM or ASIO4all which is really not true asio. So in your case the keyboard is your audio interface and if it has ASIO drivers you might be best off to use it that way. You'll just need to monitor your output audio using the keyboards output of headphone jack. If all you want to use the keyboard for is a controller then you'll set that up under midi devices.

I edited my first post so folks searching for an answer would find it easy. The toggle was right in front of my nose where I thought it must be in the track inspector under the Clip tab/ Time Base-- but there's was no information when I looked. You have to highlight a clip ( track) first. I then discovered if I used CTRL A to select all, the toggle will do every track and clip at once. it will show as "multi" if there are different values present. This is cool because it would be easy to miss a hidden track or take lanes. My vocal track was split into dozens of pieces even though it's only 2 wave files in the audio folder but that's why the weirdness. So Absolute time works on a project that has had a lot of editing happen. Now I can get to work recording Piano and Organ and not worry about my sloppy playing Midi to the rescue! I'll also be able to use drum replacer and tighten up the kick and bass lines.

So my first reply from Mark (msmcleod) was the (of course) correct answer to this issue. All weirdness gone. A huge thanks to Mark and apologies for not following through right away. I did go looking for the toggle but couldn't find it. In the end it was in the first place I looked but I failed to highlight a clip so nothing was there. But yesterday I found it. I got up this morning, opened the original untouched project, and all I did was globally change the clip properties to Absolute time. I dragged the snare track to the time line and it Bingo- worked!

I think that is a good idea and I will try that. Thanks