John Vere

There are a many tutorials and help files regarding the Piano roll. It is always a wise move to perhaps do a little reading and watching in your spare time. It's a very complicated workspace so it is advised first time users do a little learning on their own before complaining that it doesn't work.

You can always screen capture! I like OBS Studio for capture. I rarely need it for Utube's but it is handy when some presentations are only a one shot deal then your expected to pay.

Are you trying to open a project? Are you using the start screen and picking a project from the list? Please let us know what it is that cannot be found.

Once you use CbB you'll have little reason to regress to X3. It's a giant upgrade with many new features that were introduced during the Splat era before Gibson bailed on us. When Bandlab took over much to our relief they announced they would focus on cleaning up a lot of the bugs that had grown over time in the earlier versions. They did a great job in my opinion. X3 is the last version that used a serial number for activation so if CbB ever gets flushed and all the servers go down I'll sadly have to return to X3 or switch to Cubase. I think X3 would be way to outdated and not optimized for W10 like CbB is.

You will get help faster if you provide as much information as you can about what you are doing and using for playback. I can only assume that you hear nothing obviously because you took your headphones off. The answer to that situation is put them back on and you'll hear sound. What audio interfacer and driver mode are you using etc,, give us something to go on don't be afraid to say too much.

I think this is normal. It's certainly been what I experience if I walk away from my computer and have to wake it up. I think it's just the way computers are no matter how fine tuned they are for audio. You want delays then try going back to Windows 7! I just fired up my old W7 laptop,, I forgot how slow everything was back then. Even the internet seems slow.

You don't really have to " move stuff over" you can open any project in either X3 or CbB. The only thing is once you open and edit in CbB X3 might warn you that the project was opened in a newer version and features will be missing ( a lot of features!!) CbB has been the most stable version of Cakewalk since 8.5 for me. Any issues I have are related to W10 and drivers,, not CbB.

What do you see when you look in the plug in manager? That's the place to sort this out. Use the plug in manager found under tools menu.

Split Track has been around along time. Locally I've been asked to make these for Schools and Churches. This was put on a Cassette in those days and then their sound person would just have to split the cassette outputs into 2 different channels of the mixer as Tim is saying. A simple matter of then sending those mixes to either FOH or monitors. In my acoustic duo we use backing tracks that originate as finished songs we have recorded. So they have vocals, guitars,banjos, mandolin, drums and keyboards as well as the Bass. When we perform we want only the bass for FOH. So my split is with the Bass track Left and the "band" in the right. To make the split track my easy method is using Cakewalks Busses. The recordings have busses for drums, vocals guitars and bass etc. To make a backing track I mute the Vocals and guitar busses. I then pan the Bass buss Left and the keyboard and drum buss right and export to a wave file. Note: I use mix recall to keep the 2 versions of the song. I then take it to a mastering step in Wave Lab where I analyze and make sure each song has the same average RMS level left and right. I generally use Wave for live performance but I make a backup to MP3. At the gigs I simply use a 1/8" stereo Y 2 x 1/4" into the mixer from my Netbook. A cell phone is sitting there as a back up with the MP3's. At some gigs I run the Bass output directly to a Fender bass amp. The drums/ keyboards are only sent to our floor wedges. This can also be applied to any monitoring system. Example run the click track directly to a powered speaker or in ear headphone amp.

Overall for the price a good controller with a no hassle USB connection can be purchased for around $100. Guitar players ( and trumpet players) often miss an important aspect of keyboards--- the feel.. Just like you cannot play properly on a crummy guitar the same holds true with keyboards. Get one with nice action and feel. A lot of them feel like cheap plastic toys. I chose a Roland A 49 which cost me around $120 Can. It also comes with a good solid USB midi driver. As said above generic USB drivers often cause issues, like disconecting all the time. I have a MAudio keyboard that uses Generic drivers and it always disconnects. My Roalnd always works. By the time you add up the cost of all the junk you need to make that Yamaha work properly you could put that towards a good one.

Your screen shot looks like you are using the bandlab app on line. This forum is for the Cakewalk version. There might be a forum for the Bandlab app as well. Cakewalk looks like this and there is an Export function in the uper left toolbar. DFownload is for bringing stuff in not out,, I dont think Cakewalk has that option.

You can toggle Spacebar stop in place / rewind to last position using Ctrl/W I use this a lot. W is rewind to start A real good idea is to make a list of shortcuts you use they really do save time and keystroke/mouse moves

Glad you got it working. The reason I said about the interface is true. Your Audio interface has nothing to do with midi playback. It’s an “audio” interface. It of course can play havoc with audio. But it has no control over how VST playback behaves. And it’s been a long time since Tascam had bad drivers. I have a very old us1641 and they put an update release 8 years later. I was not expecting that and had bought a. Focusrite Scarllet after giving up on the Tascam. Ever since that update They have been rock solid for me. I now use the Tascam Again and the Focusrite i gave to a friend.

The solution is on the front panel of the interface. Even with no computer hooked up you should be able to adjust what you hear in your headphones. You should post which model so we can tell you exactly which settings to use.

You can configure Tts1 to play all 16 midi channels. It is only limited by its mixer and the possibilities offered are actually a lot. Example you can edit the effects and the sounds if you dig into the menus. I think where people go wrong is using it in a simple instrument track. TTS1 was made to use the old school way with 16 (or more) midi tracks. Each track has its own midi channel. You can divide the output into four sub mixes which is handy if you wish to add VST processing to just certain instruments. I Use it to preview download midi files. It is most certainly multitimbral And one of the easiest VST synths to use The sounds are sort of dull mostly because it is not sample based and the effects are lo fi.

oiYou will not easily be able to use the DAW's effects while recording, To do that you need a top class interface with low Round trip latency. RTL needs to be around 4 to 6 ms so as to not be that noticable. Most budget interface run at around 12- 30 ms at a safe buffer setting. Too low a buffer and you might get drop outs. There are a few work arounds but best practice is to always use ASIO mode and your direct monitoring so that your tracks will sync up properly. If you use any other driver mode other that ASIO you will need to adjust your timing offset manually-- a real pita. The work around is to use your direct monitoring mixed with the computer playback/ input mix at about halfway. Now use input echo so the recorded sound ( effects) can pass through to the headphones. You don't want speakers on will recording. Now crank up the effect but then turn the tracks level way down until you get the right blend. That delay caused by latency will still be there but in the background now. Note, the tracks level and gain controls have no bearing on the recorded level. Only your interface controls input level. And you should avoid using your computers sound card and stick with the interface only. To use your computer speakers simply plug them into the headphone jack of the interface. You might need one of those 1/8" to 1/4" adapters that come with many headphones.

Why are you blaming your interface? It will have nothing to do with hardware. You have somehow toggled something that has made the VST silent. You did the correct test by opening the GUI and playing the sounds. This narrows it down to the VST itself. Check and double check all the settings within the VST itself. The first thing I would do is open the mixer ( if it has one) and see if there is any meter action. In Cakewalk double check that all level settings are up, that there is no effects or anything in the signal path that can shut things down. Try bypassing all effects. Check the VST output is set to your master or an active sub buss.

I mostly use it to make backing tracks to use at gigs. I play as a solo and a duo. My first midi backing tracks I made in the 1980's will still open in Cakewalk. I also use the backing tracks for recording full songs I share with my friends and family. I used to make Cassettes, then CD's. Now I just put them on Sound Cloud or Sound Click. I just started making Videos for my original songs so from now on everything will be with Video. Seems that what people like. I have also used Sonar to record live gigs of a band I was in for a few years. I have made about 80+ albums of other bands and solo artists but most of that was done on none DAW equipment. I used an Atari synced to a Yamaha MD8 and O1v for a long time. I think I've only done 6 client albums with Cakewalk. By the time it came into my life I has stopped taking on clients.

Did you load a kit?

What I did a few years ago was create a song template which had my "band" all ready to go. I also have track templates that quickly insert a midi and a VST all ready to record. If It's a downloaded file I can insert a track template and just drag the corresponding midi track to the new VST midi track. I will be a coloured and set up with the correct sub mix buss too. Only bug to this is I sometimes end up with 2 master busses.

The Virtual Controller doesn't seem to dock but I just drag it to the bottom and plunk it along side my Tabs.

Did you try WASAPI Shared? That is supposed to work as well as ASIO4all. I myself have used WDM mode without issue a few years ago to record our band at live performances. I used my Tascam us1641 interface along side our Yamaha mixer that has stereo USB output. This gave me 16 audio tracks as well as I recorded the keyboard to a midi track. That said both devices have proper ASIO drivers that I installed. I think the issue is always going to be with anything that uses generic ASIO drivers like the Art does. So try WASAPI and then if it doesn't work try ASIO4all. I used ASIO4all on my laptop for over a year until WASAPI came out in Cakewalk. It work just fine and it never interfered with my proper ASIO drivers. It used to have issues but they have always kept developing so it's improved over time. It's just that you don't want to be doing any overdubs in those driver modes. They will be out of sync.

I don't really think there is much reason to remove them. I still have them too as I always install bare bones 8.5, X3 then Splat. I have never used V vocal ( or Melodyne) and I don't even think about them. I have used Drum Replacer a few times. But I could never get V Vocal or Melodyne to work so I just leave them be. And I must have a dozen VST instruments I never use. They too cause no issues. I just looked and I don't see Pentagon. I guess I don't check the box during my custom installs of the old versions.

I totally agree. I'm by no stretch a gear junkie. I spend most of my music budget on instruments, not hardware. I have not really ever bought any of the high end stuff, I don't think a it's at all necessary for a person like me but I do like dependable gear I can trust to work when I need it. My interfaces are all lower end and at least 6 years old. I'm a firm believer in their value when using a DAW. I had a terrible first few years because I was trying to use a stupid Sound Blaster PCI card. I soon found out about why you need a proper interface with good stable ASIO drivers. The big issue is your tracks will be out of alignment. I'd try to record bass along side a midi drum track and it was way out of time. Not only that, sometimes the time drifted. I would never go back to not using ASIO. I will use WASAPI for editing already recorded parts and mid but if you want to overdub audio you have to use ASIO. I have never wasted money on fancy mikes, I have a nice collection from doing live sound and there mostly SM 57's and 58"s. I use a Beta 58 for my vocals. I have a cheapo Audio Technica LDC but never use it. I have these CAD mini condensers I got from Musician's Friend for like $30. My mixer is a Mackie mix 8 I got for $50. All my headphones are worth under $30. I buy them at the dollar store. I have an old set of Sony's.

I use my android mobile phone (using woMic app) microphone to record my vocal. For monitoring of my cakewalk while making music/mixing, i use my in-ear earphone. Don't listen to anything I say, We are on different planets when it comes to audio. The world of recording just got flushed....