John Vere

This is the heart of the matter. With software we often get it in our heads that things should work the way WE want them to work. This is rarely the case as the developers are computer geeks and some luckily are real musicians who get into music software for this very reason, dreaming of software that works for you. So that person develops the software that works for THEM. They release it and then get 1,000's of requests for updates to make it work for others. If your lucky one of these people will grant your wish in a update that many requested. If your the only person asking for some specific upgrade it will likely never happen. Bottom line is most times we pick the DAW software that works the closest to our way of working/ thinking. For some this takes years of demoing a lot of stuff! I'm lucky I just happened to pick Cakewalk because I would have probably ended up using it anyways. So we use the best parts of it and avoid the buggy poorly done stuff like Playlist, Staff and Lyric view and move on to what works for us. Obviously most Cakewalk users are happy to either use a real or virtual notepad. You can bug the developers to give the lyric view some love, but unless a lot of other support this they will probably spend time on more interesting things.

So is what your saying is when you draw a fade out on the Instrument track ( audio, not midi) it is there, but the instrument does not respond? Here's an example. I drew a fade out in both a midi track and an Instrument track. The midi track I used the W and the track fader, The instrument track I opened the envelope lane and drew 2 nodes. Interesting the midi track envelope doesn't show in the event list or the PVR under CC7? But both move the corresponding track faders.

I tend to not want to paint myself in a corner by committing to any "mix" of instruments that I cannot undo. I cannot think of why I would bounce 2 tracks to 1 in multi track audio since I stopped using my 8 Track . I combine guitar tracks all the time but I simply use a Sub mix bus. This way I can apply things like global effects to the Guitar bus. I find this works best for me as I often will return to the tracks and tweek EQ , volume or compression of just one of the guitar parts. The more options I have during final mixdown the better. And I love having instrument sub busses. So easy to listen to a mix in my truck on the highway and go " I need to turn up the guitars a hair and just bump that buss up. If it's a guitar solo or fill, then you return to that track and bump it up but leave the sub bus alone. I can think of dozens of ways to accomplish this goal without bouncing the audio. I guess that's OK as long as the originals are still available in the audio folder.

You have the audio cables connected to monitor system? Midi cables do not transmit sound only data. The files you downloaded are instrument definition files so that Cakewalk will display your patches and banks correctly. This box looks like it works the same as using the TTS-1. You should try that as well. If you do have the audio cables hooked up then you need to turn the headphones or monitor knob up. If your using inputs 3/4 on the back those are controlled in Mix Control. Open Mix control check nothing has been changed . Re set it to " restore Factory defaults" under File, if you don't have a handle on how it works. ( it's complicated)

That's an interesting tool. What it's showing me is I'm generally 1.2 db too loud. Youlean has a similar drag and drop analyzer on the web site and if you purchase the unlocked version, which I did today because Black Friday special, it does this with more detail. Just drag a audio file into the GUI and it spews out the Loudness and peak details for your file. Very handy tool well worth the $39 Can. Interesting story behind it's development too.

I think the upgrade is free if you have M4 essentials I do think I upgraded from the free Sonar version to Essentials a long time ago for cheap. They just sent out a Black Friday deal to upgrade to Assistant for $99 and I fell for it. I really haven't used it much. But this winter I will spend some time to really learn how it works.

If you update to Melodyne 5 this issue has been corrected. The metadata is now stored in the WAV file. I just upgrade to M5 Assistant and took some time to read the update release notes.

I think so My understanding is as long as you are logged into the assistant you can update Cakewalk. I was hoping we will only have to update the assistant 2 times a year now instead of the way it's been. But updating the assistant has almost always involved this: Go to website and download latest version. Before you install make sure no other version is running- this is what causes hangups. You can even check in Windows settings "Apps" and see if there is 2 versions installed. This happens a lot too. It doesn't delete the old versions. As I said, it's a POS software and has needed someone to work the bugs out from day one.

In the pro version of the Youlean meter ( and others too) there is a preset for the different formats including Spotify. This to me is a lazy mans way of proofing your mixes for different outputs. Just keep adjusting your limiter of choice until your right on.

I think you answered you own question when you said " Two other interfaces from another brands restart normally after overload, but not the Apogee One" Your's is not the first post with issues with this brands drivers. Too bad as it was on my list of interfaces to think about when I upgrade. My guess is it works flawlessly on a Mac. Cakewalk seems to be picky about the ASIO driver. it needs to be perfect??

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.