John Vere

Does this same compressor work on other projects? Is it 64 bit?

+1 to automating a EQ or filter on the master buss. Another song that does this is The Way by Fastball. The intro has this lo fi and then even the first verse is a bit off. Song kicks in on 2nd verse, very cool and impossible for me to do it live!!

Windows Media player doesn't normally enhance playback but other players might. Also if your using your on board sound card for none DAW playback those often use enhancment to make up for cheap systems that are the norm for computers. I only use my audio interface for all sound playback just to avoid things like this. I disable my on board and HDMI audio in device manager. If you want bullet proof playback then use one of the many free Wave editing programs. Gold Wave, Audacity, Sound Forge, Acoustica Basic are just a few.

I sometimes get stuck too. I have one machine that is still on 1903 and won't budge. Try changing your active hours to the whole day. The other thing that seems to work is to keep re booting a few times. Re boot, open Windows update. Re boot etc..

Did it work before you updated?

The video feature is just an add on that was not fully featured and is very limiting. it is not a video editor, just a simple player. You are best to make a working copy of the movie as a MP4 to score music to, but do any movie editing in a proper editor like Vegas. Load your movie into Vegas and create a project file. Move the movie on the time line and save as an MP4. Now use that in Cakewalk to score. When you 're done, export the music and drop that back the the original project in Vegas. Make sure to have a clear count in you can use to sync up.

Does that line 6 use ASIO drivers? It say's nothing on the web site.

So as the tempo slows down does the tempo indicator also change? In my 36 years of recording midi I have never experienced a tempo change unless the software was TOLD to change the tempo. This is why I don't understand your issue. Something is telling your software to slow down by changing the tempo, I do not think it even possible for a DAW to play back midi at a slower tempo than the tempo that has been set. A buggered system would simply burp and fart and play back the midi spazmaticly. Long shot--but you don't happen to have any external hardware patched in that could broadcast a tempo?

Ya I noticed your using 16 bit as well THat's not a normal default Here's a screenshot of a common default ASIO interface settings.

If you have One drive installed via your Microsoft account it can be told to save all "Alt/ prt scn" screen shots to it's " Pictures/Screenshots" folder. So they are automatically saved to the cloud and your hard drive too. So do you have Command Center installed? My self I would try deleting everything that says Cakewalk from the computer. Install and run Command center until everything is up to date. Open Splat and test a few things to make sure it's working normally. Now download and install the Bandlab assistant then install CbB

I just did this a few days ago. Install the XNL installer https://www.xlnaudio.com/demos Log in with the e mail account you are registered with. Follow the prompts to install the products you want. Now open Cakewalk and run the plug in scanner. Done

As I said you have to go through the process of elimination. You say the kick is clipping even when the track meters and all else show safe levels?? What happens if you try a different kick? I can think of hundreds of ways to try different things.

In it's simplest format all you need to do is export a stereo wave/Mp3 file mixed without drums ( click track) in the left and then the with the drums ( click track) in the right track. This is called a "Split track" format that is pretty common. Then it's a simple matter of splitting the stereo signal which alas is not easily done internally within a laptop but very easily done through any external sound system. Complicated ways to do this would involve using an audio interface and sending the different mixes left/right.

Your issue does not make sense to me. Hardware would not have any bearing on tempo. Glitches and pauses yes, but a tempo slowing down is normally only controlled by the software ( DAW) You re installing probably just cleared out the cobwebs.

Also you need to activate it. It does not come free with Cakewalk anymore. You would need your licence from Splat version.

Check the tempo map. It's one of the multi dock / view options.

As I always advise the best way to trouble shoot is to swap out components and see what is causing the problem. You should really try a different Audio interface as yours might be defective. Borrow one from a friend or a music store. You can even order stuff on line and send it back. Issues like this can be a number of things. Even something as stupid as a bad USB cable. Swap stuff out until the problem goes away.

I have never seen a "contact support " pop up in CbB, Only notification I've gotten was "demo mode" which you get if you leave your computer in a closet for 8 months like I did. That's why I was wondering if you somehow downloaded a fishy version. Your message does not seem normal.

You need to trouble shoot the issue by the process of elimination. In other words you swap out components until the issue goes away. It might be a hardware issue like a loose wire. To test plug in a set of headphones. If the problem is gone then it's in your monitoring system. If it's still there then work backwards starting with your USB cables etc. If you end up back at the DAW then try a multiband limiter on the master. If you have it try the LP 64 and see if your low end is hitting it too hard.

You friend had probably toggled a different mouse feature. look in the control bar , on my screen its to the right of the export module. Make sure the smart tool is selected, or you can select the move tool like in the past. Cakewalk is complicated and it's real easy to toggle a feature your un aware of that make things weird. Pay attention to your control bar settings.

Did you download the assistant from here? https://www.bandlab.com/products/desktop/assistant You download and install the assistant. You log in using the Email account you signed up with and password. You go to the APPs tab and install Cakewalk. It works perfectly fine as I just did this a week ago on a new machine. It worked but I then found myself short on VST's so I installed Command Center and installed Splat and all my goodies. You should really do this first but so far it didn't cause any issues. I then patted myself on the back for remembering how to transfer my Splat Tungsten theme over to CbB. Then I populated it even more with my freebie collection of VST's. A cool trick I had to do as this is my 3rd machine and you are only allowed 2 installs of Addictive drums. I simply created a new XLN user and a different email address and grabbed the demos. That way projects that use AD don't freak out. The demo sucks as there is not much there but at least the project opens. I had to load up good old Session drummer to fill in the missing cymbals and COWBELL!

Have you thought of bouncing the 100 clips to create one track?

Use the UNDUPE CAL script. Works most times for me. PS did you make the double notes or did the midi file come that way? If you getting double notes it's often because your getting a loopback. Make sure to uncheck the enable midi output from the synth properties, Or simply disable all midi out in midi options.

Always one of my favourite poly synths. My friend had the first one that had a weird multi pin midi cable and adaptor. He used it with his Atari. I use this VST anytime I need FAT strings. Its only 32 bit but seems stable still.

For the money , On board graphic cards usually play better with DAW software. And having 2 or even 3 normal lager monitors works real well too. I tried the BIG screen TV thing and got a sore neck looking at it.