jono grant

Hi there, I've been experiencing something new in Cakewalk... My "basic" template that I open each time I create a new file, has a few synths loaded and ready. I always set up my basic template that way. Anyhow, recently, if I add a NEW synth, it creates the new synth with audio and midi track all good BUT it alters all the inputs of the other synth audio tracks! So if I have Kontakt in the session and I add Superior drummer or something, the Kontakt inputs change to something other that the Kontakt ins and I have to go change them back! What could be causing this?? Perhaps something simple but I've never had it do this before. Thanks Jono

Hi, I have a Korg Nanokontrol 2, set up as a cc controller. It's working fine. The fellow in this video below is able to use CC to also control his transport controls which I would also like to do: https://youtu.be/RnGTlJjFlFs?t=135 (around 2:15) I know how to set it up as a control surface using Mackie control but then the CCs don't work. He is able to set them in Logic under CC somehow. Can Cakewalk do this? (I was looking in key bindings as well but it doesn't seem to work) Any help appreciated, thanks! Jono

Thanks, she was using an old version and didn't realize it! I didn't understand because BL version includes the mp3 encoder. Thanks! J

Hi, I have no issue making MP3s from Cakewalk but my sister is trying it and getting a message about having to buy an encoder. Anybody know about this? Just wondering what to tell her. Thanks Jono

Could anyone shed some light on this? Thanks

Hey there, just wondering, I notice after installing the latest Cakewalk update that adding nodes to an envelope seems different. You used to click on the envelope or node directly and now it seems you have to click underneath it? Why? Not sure why they change the simple things all the time... a little annoying to long-time users... Perhaps it's just me though, anyone else notice this? Thanks

Indeed. I suggested just adding a checkbox for "accent beat one" on the feedback site... Cheers

Yes, a million workarounds we all know and love. The point is they should fix it. If the first and remaining clicks are set to same volume, they should be the same volume. End of story. Cakewalk have issues that have been ignored for decades. I know cause I've been working around them for decades. Anyhow, thanks J

Anybody?

I'm using audio snap on a jazz band to fix a tempo screw up that would otherwise make the track unusable. First I set project tempo from clip, then I choose clip follows project and create a tempo map to fix the issue. I bounce it using the Radius mix algorithm. All good. My question: - I'm doing this to the stereo mix rather than on the individual tracks. Is there any benefit to doing it to the individual tracks and using different algorithms? - Lastly, and most important to me: I rendered a version that I had created a fairly detailed tempo map and a version that just had one linear tempo slope from the start of the track to around the middle of the tune. The track with the single tempo line-drawn slope sounded almost undetectable, very clean. The other one with a more complex tempo map didn't sound so hot. I imagine the linear slope has even more tempo changes though, why would it sound so much better than the detailed tempo mapped version? Is it because it's linear and has no jumps in it? (Even though they're just slight jumps...) Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thanks. Jono

There should be a checkbox for "don't accent bar" in the metronome settings. Or at the very least, if the user sets the same sound AND level for both first beat and other beats for their metronome, it should not accent each bar (It does). Sometimes you have multiple time signatures happening and you don't want any particular accent in the metronome to confuse someone who is playing the odd time sig. Jono

That's a good idea, thanks. I think I did that once years ago if I remember. So, I guess it's just the way it is, in terms of cakewalk always accenting the click?

Hi I'm trying to get the metronome in Cakewalk to not accent beat one all the time. I have beat one and other beats set to same sound and same level , yet it still plays an accent on beat one... Is there a trick for this? Someone surely would have asked for this I would think. (The song I'm working on has multi meters so I don't want an accent. I realize I can create a midi sound but wondered if the metronome would just act the way it's set up...) The main question here is, why doesn't cakewalk follow the metronome settings properly? Thanks

You're right! Crazy, I never knew that. Thanks

Hey there, meant to post something about this earlier: Wondering if anyone else has noticed a certain bug in Cakewalk>>> You make some changes to a plugin, then go and click on a clip you don't want and hit the delete button, it doesn't delete, you keep trying, it doesn't delete, but then you notice the plugins in the effects bin are deleting one by one. You can't even use your delete key to remove a plugin!!! But it is deleting effects! What the heck is happening there? It doesn't happen much, but I've noticed it for a while now. Very strange... Cheers Jono

Hi there, if I have my drum "bus" being sent to an aux track, let's say with all effects disabled in cakewalk, when I flip the phase on the aux, it should go null, disappear. Why do I still hear bits of audio? Considering the plugins are disabled, why would the aux send not be aligned perfectly with the source? Sorry if I'm missing something simple. I've tried with low buffer size and high buffer size, same thing. (Update, just tried this with a new file and only one stereo track and it did go null. So then, why would a session with several tracks not do the same? Again, plugins are bypassed) (Update 2: If I delete the aux track and create it again (send from drum bus) it goes closer to null but I still hear a little bit of audio after flipping the phase. So, that's also inconsistent behavior. Why would it be any different to simply remove and put a new aux track??) Thanks! Jono

Anyone have any idea why midi notes might start dropping out at higher buffer sizes (2048)? Thanks Jono

Hi, I use UAD hardware, a pretty extensive system, I'm constantly going back and forth altering buffers to deal with tracking latency and buffers to deal with mixing and plugins. Very frustrating to begin with, but now another issue. If I have a file with a good deal of tracks and plugins, I usually need to crank the UAD buffers to 2048, so it can handle the plugins and playback smoothly. Problem is, it seems I get dropped midi notes in the higher buffer settings (AAAAAAAAUGH!) How can it be this difficult to get a DAW to play files properly? Anyhow, is there a setting that might help the midi not drop out at this buffer size? I would think it would be easier to deal with the midi just like it is for the audio, to be using higher buffers. Thanks

It's random, I could be altering an envelope or even just moving a clip, if it happens right when the autosave happens it can crash. Again, I go look at the time of the last autosave when it happens and it's always right when the crash was.

As do I save all the time but I also make 100 changes per minute and I hate losing stuff. Often it's a performance of some kind. I've been using Cakewalk since I had windows 98, perhaps even 95... there are issues that don't ever get fixed, it puzzles me. The one thing I mention above about crashes occurring at an auto-save point is an issue as well. I think it just tries to autosave at the exact same time as you make a move and it blows up...lol Anyhow, thanks

I think my main point here is that; even with autosave set to 10 minutes/10 changes, it's autosaving each time I stop playback...like, all the time! What is causing that?? Thanks J

Wouldn't that turn the feature off? Auto save has saved my butt so many times...I can't imagine not having it enabled. Is that what you meant? Thanks

I find many files that get to a point where they have a lot going on, are auto-saving constantly, sometimes after every time I hit stop! I have the preference set to autosave every 10 minutes or 10 changes. I think I've been told in the past that recorded midi tracks that have automation etc. may be calculated as "changes" when mod wheels etc. get moved or other parameters get automated, very annoying. I don't make any change at all and it auto saves. I've also found that almost any time a crash happens, it's right when an autosave happens... not a coincidence I don't think, it's gets messed up because it tries to auto-save while I'm making some other change and can't handle it. Anyone know how to make auto-save behave better? Thanks J

Not sure.. I apply region effects immediately as well. This message just comes up after you add a melodyne region effect and it detects the pitches and you open the editor for the first time on a clip. J

Since installing the latest Cakewalk update, one thing I'm noticing is, when opening a melodyne region effect, a message pops up saying "cannot find or open file". Nothing else is wrong and I just dismiss the message but it happens every time, it's a bit annoying. It didn't do this prior to the update. Anyone else seeing this? Cheers Jono