John Vere

The way I look at it is you have a few options to open projects. The file menu. Double click in a folder. The start screen. I was unaware of the forth option of drag and drop. Thinking about it that would require cakewalk was already open. The start screen can be disabled for those who use the other methods. But if it is set to open and you decide to use a different method it seems logical that you would close it and then use another method! In other words it’s an action screen waiting for your response. You either use it or close it. And if you don’t normally use it you can disable it

Good thing you were not recording music in the days we had 4, 8 or 16 track recorders.

If you haven’t saved and closed the project yet just use undo. Otherwise it should still be in the projects audio folder. Open it using the browser and drag it back.

I don’t think you can but you do have complete control over the clutter. I made a video about that

A word of caution about used keyboards. They wear out. Some cheap one very quickly. The trigger strips start glitching. I’ve had to replace them a few times on Yamaha and Roland boards but both of them were like 20 years old. I bought an Akai and they didn’t have replacement parts so the controller now has 4 glitchy notes right in the middle and it’s only 4 years old. Even if your not a keyboard player best to get a name brand and one you like the way the keyboard feels. And then there’s the extra controller features that are certainly worth having available. Most new controllers are now using Midi 2.0. This is a huge leap in technology after a long wait. Latency issues are now solved among other things.

As long as they don’t remove the audio tracks I’m good.

Never thought it would work really. You double click the ion and it opens no problem.

Are you using the demo?

My experience is the playlist is a little sensitive to playing “dirty “ projects. Best to keep them dead simple. If your plan is to use it live in front of a large group of people then to avoid embarrassing your self always go for bulletproof technology that tested 100% reliable. The playlist will work but you need to see it’s limitations and for me keeping projects simple was the answer. Only use solid VST’s or bounce everything to audio tracks with no active effects. Definitely no looping. I’m not even sure I would trust the arranger.

Ya I just realized this myself and changed my original reply.

One of the best things about this forum compared to many is it is generally very civilized and we truly are a community that usually shows respect for each other. If a thread becomes disrespectful or off the rails it will be thankfully frozen. So you realize the thread was closed was not by you? And that person seems to have read all the threads about the topic. We have very good moderators and I think they do a great job of keeping this forum on topic and respectful

You obviously didn't watch my tutorial on how to install and use an Audio Interface yet. If it's a language issue let us know and we'll try and help.

There are many weird things that can happen with your audio even when using a good interface. I often have to re boot my system after using other apps that use audio because Cakewalk becomes distorted if I try and record new material. Glad you like the videos. I'm just re doing all of them so will be a few months before the whole series is posted. Getting positive feedback motivates me to keep at it.

Only issue may arise is if your project is 48Khz and the CD is 44.1 and certain setting are involved that this might cause a loud pop in your speakers as the sample rate changes.

When you get that message go to Windows Settings/System/ Sound and see if the Focusrite is the audio device there. If not, then open Manage sound devices and see if it is listed there. If it isn't then you have a bad connection. In my first few videos after the introduction video I have 3 videos with details of troubleshooting audio issues in Cakewalk. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7YqVth30eGt7K5L5fUIUF_UjCsdAVCbd

The first couple of tutorials after the introduction video will get you set up. I guarantee it. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7YqVth30eGt7K5L5fUIUF_UjCsdAVCbd

I’m pretty sure that the pre sets for any 3rd party effects and instruments are stored in a folder that belongs to the VST and has nothing to do with Cakewalk. I know this is where I found my pre sets for Addictive drums.

The problem here is you don’t actually use a reference track in a mixing project as a comparison to a master. You use it to compare your mix balance. As in the balance between the different instruments. This is not the point in production that you are mastering so it is normal not to have processing on a master bus if you choose to do so. It is possible to mix and pre master a song so many of us do have some basic processes on the master like a bit of eq and a limiter. So that’s why the reference track bypasses the master bus. I read about how many studios set up a pre mastering bus so that they can give clients a better idea of how things are going. I never realized that this was how I was working too. Proper Mastering is a completely different process. This is where you export the song(s) and create a mastering project which is now where you do go to town on the master bus as well as using a reference track to compare the loudness and eq and in this case it will for sure need to bypass the master bus. I actually use my own songs as reference tracks. I pick the one that I like the best and use that. I have zero interest in sounding like something I’m not.

This is a $80 interface possibility the least expensive one you can purchase, but unlike the others in that product line, it doesn’t have ASIO drivers. It is class compliant which results in Cakewalk having no control over adjusting for latency. Audio will be out of sync. I would get your money back as it is more or less useless when used with any DAW on a PC. It would probably work fine under OS core audio on a Mac. Only option is to run a loop back test and then adjust the timing offset. This might drift on you if you change other settings so it’s not something I recommend. The Focusrite Solo is best bang for the buck in the bottom of the price range.

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Any vendor of midi clips that added blank measures to the start of a clip is garbage and don’t waist your time with them. It’s basically unheard of so not sure where you got those but move on. There better way to spend your time.

The midi volume was sort of a half solved mystery for me. In my zillions of projects with midi instruments involved I never touched the slider in the midi track. I normally set the volume in the instrument GUI. But occasionally if I was using a download midi file that setting would not stick. The infamous hidden events issue. Example I always set Ample P Bass at its default of 1.0. The mystery event would change it to 2.0 on playback. The easy solution was set the midi tracks volume at 64 and the Ample Bass would now stay at 1.0. Reading this I am now assuming that if you leave the midi volume at it’s unity no cc7 event is created. But if you move it elsewhere it does. That event will override hidden events. So back to our test does every DAW also behave this way? As I hinted at already and not sure people caught it. Play 2 examples of a song. Don’t change the mix. Just add + 0.5 db LUFS to one. Everyone will say it sounds better. So I was thinking one test will be to use only audio as that will have a known Loudness and peak level. Then using analytics and ears see if there is a difference.

If I'm correct your interface doesn't come with an ASIO driver. If so you will have out of sync audio tracks. ASIO corrects the timing and adjusts for system latency. All other driver mode including asio4all don't. Watch this video for details https://youtu.be/nlSr3Ab6jj8

When I made the video about testing 50 free compressors I also made the claim in the intro that this is only for my own curiosity and is not bench testing or scientific. I'm just sharing my observations and I even posted how I made the tests. Which was using Melda's Oscillator, Span and a few other basic analyzing tools. Mostly I listened to different material and tried to use the exact same settings etc.. But I still ended up with dozens of comments about how my results were useless. I don't think so. I certainly was able to sort out which plug ins would defiantly not work for me. I found it very interesting. We are nerds and nerds will poke around with things nobody else even bothers to think about. Your finding that the LUFS came out different might be at the heart of why some people claim their DAW sounds better. I need not state why because everyone involved in this thread knows the answer.