John Vere

You didn’t really say what the tape deck uses for syncing? Last time I did this 20 years ago the multi track used MMC and that’s what I set Cakewalk to. There was a few things I forget but I basically followed the instructions that came with the multi track.

Actually for me I just turn one off and turn the other one on. Best to close Cakewalk first. When I reopen Cakewalk the interface that is turned on is 100% up and running. Might depend on manufacturers but this works for me with Motu, Focusrite, Tascam and Soundcraft. If I turn them all off and re enable the computer audio. Then Cakewalk is mad and I get the “There is no audio device “ message. I have to switch from ASIO to WASAPI shared and all is good. If I close Cakewalk andturn my Motu back on Cakewalk returns to ASIO.

I thought they were referring to total forum post count, not individuals. Even Bapu. Won’t make it.

You don’t actually loose the Realtek. It’s only the Realtek ASIO driver that causes issues. You delete that in the Reg edit. You don’t get rid of the actual Realtek sound chip. You just disable it in Windows settings as I demonstrate in the video. You should be able to play all audio through the interface at any time if you choose the settings I demonstrate. I never shut off ASIO in Cakewalk. I often have Cakewalk, Wave Lab, OBS , Winamp or Media player all running same time. This works for all 3 of my interfaces. Always did. When people say get rid of Realtek they should clarify that this is only the Realtek ASIO driver. The Realtek sound chip will work just fine with out the Realtek ASIO driver. It will use the Windows default driver instead which I would guess is WASAPI shared. The computer audio system can co exist with the Audio Interfaces ASIO in most cases but I find it best to disable it. This totally rules out any conflict. For me the interface is the only thing I need. If you turn off the interface it will use the Computer sound system if you just re enabled it in windows settings. I do this occasionally just to test stuff for making videos.

I was the 4th person to post here 4 years ago. Jack Stoner beat me by a minute and I don’t recognize the first 2 people. https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/67-how-do-i-turn-on-my-computer/

I had to go back and make sure that this is the same thread I was thinking it was. A screen shot would have helped but I will assume you are refering to Windows Settings/ Sound/Device properties/Additional Device properties as shown in my video. I'll duplicate the info here. If you open the Properties Tab and select the driver tab you should see this. In the advanced tab it should look like this. There should be No 16 bit options. That only appears with non ASIO drivers. This is my Motu control panel. In the Reg Edit it should look like this. I have 3 other ASIO devices and those all use proper drivers so they do not interfere with Cakewalk. But you should only see the Motu listed here. Anything else needs to be deleted. Disabling in device manager is not going to do the trick. There's no need for that anymore, you just disable it in Manage Sound devices. But you do not want the Realtek ASIO driver listed here. Or any other ASIO drivers that do not belong to an audio interface.

Ok the mystery is why is there no option in the Cue Mix? Sorry if I misled you. I assumed it was the same as a Focusrite mixer. Is there a separate control panel like I have ? My M4 doesn’t support Cue Mix so there’s just a control panel. That is always where you ultimately change sample rate and buffer settings with all ASIO interfaces. Bit depth is 24 and can’t be changed. So the fact you are seeing 16 is a red flag that the Motu driver is not installed at all? The Windows settings are not the same thing. That’s generally for the computers system. Look in your start menu for Motu. But I would re install the driver

I vote for 1 forum for the continuing of Cakewalk/Sonar. The other app should definitely have a sub form as it will only be used by a completely different group of users. There’s not that many posts here anymore so sub forums for Cakewalk/Sonar are really not needed. I have no clue why we seem to have 2 forums for Cakewalk? I don’t like the format of the QA forum. You can’t tell when or who the last answer was posted. And nobody ever clicks the vote thingy. If they are going to redo the forum can we please just have one main forum for Legacy Sonar/ Cakewalk by Bandlab/New Sonar. A big reason for keeping it this way is the collective knowledge of many users who will no doubt be using the new Sonar will be more beneficial to the people clinging to the past for many valid reasons. Those people will then be seeing the threads about the new version and it will help them decide if the upgrade is worth it. Good example was when X1 came out and the forum was nothing but negative stuff about it. I stayed clear until things settled down with X3. I doubt that will be the case this time around but for some people they will most certainly be reading this forum before they reach for that credit card. And I’ll be one of them.

He beat me to it. But 2 years too late! I do the same with the TTS-1. It can crash Cakewalk so I either freeze it or better yet export the tracks as stems and bring them back as audio and delete the TTS-1. You need to plan for the not to distant future as we move forward these old instruments which are no longer supported will cause even more trouble later on

And don’t forget SonoBus It’s an app that you both install on a Cell Phone or Tablet as well as a Plug in. You plunk it in the master bus as the last effect in the chain. It uses the internet to send the mix to your mobile device. Just a quick question? Why do people still use MP3 and 44.1? It seems so year 2000 to me. https://sonobus.net

If it works like the Event list, then I've never found a way to select all events. I just use the View to show the events I don't want and hold the delete key down. It will gobble them up pretty quickly. If you don't use hardware these messages don't seem to have anything to do with soft synths. If you are using hardware then you can disable the sending in these options shown in the screenshots.

There are humanizing midi tools but all they do is move the notes out of time. So ya, humanized like someone who is a bad player! Just because the midi notes are perfect doesn’t make them inhuman. Some keyboard players and drummers can actually play like that. The secret is to learn how to edit the midi to sound the way you want it no matter how the midi was created. Expecting AI to accomplish this task is wishful thinking. Google the question results in many videos this one I like

Just thinking out loud here. Doesn’t it depend on the video game player how it works? Like I know games on a PC can use the ms wavetable synth. Apple probably uses something similar? Or do modern game players just play wave files? If there is a midi sound generator then you would need to find out what cC events it responds to. I would figure this would be GM. If it is then you would definitely use the TTS 1 to compose.

I’m glad you posted those shots. I was going to but was too lazy. The player piano was my first experience with playing a piano back in 1959. My neighbour had one. I was fascinated by how it worked . Notice the sustain CC on the far left? Of course the holes( notes) you are looking at aren’t the ones playing but they printed the lyrics on the right side in sync. First time I saw a piano roll view ( Cubase?) I new exactly what it was and how it would work. It’s just sideways.

It’s about that much if not more for me. I thought it was broken. I’ve just become used to it and I go cut the lawn or something while waiting.

Never start a song at zero. It’s been a long time feature request to have a negative measure at the start. Everyone starts at at least one. I’ve added count ins starting at zero using the drums rim shot and that first click is always a bit quieter.

I’m on my phone so can’t check but isn’t there a virtual keyboard in windows that will highlight any keystrokes? Be an easy way to check broken keys.

To answer your question no you can’t use them both at the same time . You have reconfigure Cakewalk driver settings. What I do is I have a Bluetooth speaker and that can co exist with my interfaces for some reason. Not with Cakewalk playback but as said above I export the mix and use media player. I simply turn the Bluetooth speaker on and it plays. If I then turn it off Media Player returns to my interface and studio monitors. Another set up I had before was a pair of computer speakers connected to my headphone jack.

This almost sounds exactly like another thread recently and like I told that person. Follow the steps in this video carefully. The Realtek needs to be completely out of the picture.

Reason I say this because most software will have a check box to install desktop icon and a quick start icon. I have the Motu M4 which doesn’t use cue mix. I was curious to see what happened if I installed the OP’s driver on my other computer. After the install I expected the icon but it wasn’t there. It’s easy to just drag the link in the start menu to the desktop or add it to the system tray. But it made me wonder if the OP was aware that the interface had a control panel. You would be surprised how many people never read the manual or even go to the manufacturer web site for drivers.

Not sure exactly the plug in but a lot of saturation plug in s add upper harmonics. Thinking out loud here. Copy the track. Put the saturation plug in in the bin 100% wet. Use EQ in pro channel to remove lower frequencies. Use a spectrum analyzer as you experiment creating the upper frequency harmonics. Put an EQ after the saturation in the bin and hi pass all but the new frequencies.

No I think I noticed it first, I was just adding to what I originally said. That's why we need more screenshots as something weird is happening as normally a user does not have to set the master bus, it automatically is routed to the hardware. So either the OP manually changed the output or an audio set up error is happening< Example we are not using ASIO.

First I will assume you have successfully removed Realtek from the REG EDIT Next go here and download the driver- Unless you have done this already- I can do no harm. https://motu.com/en-us/download/#category=1&product=251 Once installed OPEN CUE MIX, Cue mix is where you make your settings. The Motu ASIO driver only works as 24 bit. So that tells me something was not installed correctly. And use 48Khz for your clock rate. 44.1 is from 1970's. Nobody uses that anymore. A mistake Motu makes is they don't have an option to install a desktop icon so I guess people might not even be aware that Cue Mix is installed.

The only reason this might happen that I can think of is there’s no output chosen in Preferences audio settings. But we have a screen shot that says otherwise? Screen shots of all the audio settings might shed light on the issue.

This thread is one of those stumpers where the OP asks a question that to 99% of us who have used midi forever had to immediately think that the question must be worded wrong because it’s sort of obvious how gaps in midi PRV are created. I’ve never actually seen the question, if I am understanding it correctly, has ever been asked! Take a piano note in PRV and don’t use the sustain pedal. Hit three 1/4 notes in time with the metronome and don’t hit the 4th note. The 4th note is a rest ( I guess). Those notes will appear in the PRV as 3 rectangle blobs each starting on the 1/4 note grid and ending before the next blob starts. The 3rd blob will end before the 4th grid line. If it doesn’t then it’s not a 1/4 note. The only answer I can truly think of is if you want a rest, don’t draw or play a frgn note there.