mark skinner

The only problem I've run into using bundle files has been loading one up from a collaborator who used 2 monitors. Seems "it" or "I" messed up my settings trying to get the console view re docked. Turned out to be a Big headache for a while. ms

Absolutely Beautiful.. I really liked the driving piano and the way you faded it down in sections giving your vocals the spotlight. Wonderful production. mark

Good one John ! I think this would be a perfect one for a pedal steele. Wish I had one and could play it .. I agree that the lead vocals need some EQ work. They need to cut thru the mix a little bit more. Kinda getting lost against the fantastic backing vox trax. I wouldn't be too shy with the highs after getting a little mud out. From the next song that plays after it on Soundclick , it seems you've got a little bit of the "shy" syndrome , not wanting to boost your vocals to the level they should be . I also think the Tele sounding fill guitar could be fattened up a little with a little more reverb or delay . Anyway .. I Really enjoyed it as it is .. mark

Fantastic job on this Kieth. I wish I could get the voice back I had 30 or 40 years ago .. mark

I've Never considered bouncing to clips as being a problem , and for me is just part of the editing process. I don't understand what you are trying to fix. Are you bouncing to "clips" or bouncing to "tracks" ?

Agree with the above comments. Beautiful .. Great job from all of you. Loved it .. mark

Good one Jack , You always do a Great job with funk. I felt like the drums could come up some. Needs some Power being as slow as it is. Enjoyed it .. mark

Pcode , I liked the clean mix and the instrumentation. I probably would have reduced the FX on the lead vocal in sections though .. giving it a little more impact. Still , I see what you were going for . Enjoyed it .. mark

@DeeringAmps , the statement was from Mark Mcload. I believe it had something to do with scaling. It may be in the Future of Win7 thread.. Q&A section. His 2nd reply ms

You Will need a win10 machine , if you plan on using the new "Sonar". I'm in the same Win7 boat . ms

Once you split , move a clip , or put fade ins or outs on it etc .. the changes will get "baked in" after you do "another" bounce to clips . The original won't come back unless you undo your last bounce. My tracks (especially guitar) end up getting split in so many places , I pretty much bounce to clips All the time. It looks like a mess if I dont. There was actually another thread like yours , with the Same problem about a week ago. Most of the time , if you just Google the problem , you will get directed straight to this forum to a thread with the answers. ms

Hey John , actually the pause around :49 is the "start" of the tempo change. So the pause is using the faster 80 bpm instead of the slower 68 bpm before it. Probably 4 quarter notes with the metronome. Maybe backing it up 1 or 2 quarters would make it flow better. I could easily split a "full" stereo mix and slide it around to see where it sounds best. Edit the project afterwards , if it works ... I agree it doesn't sound that musical. mark

Select your entire clip , bounce to clips. You can then split it anywhere you want with your FX still on it.

I started feeling forum withdrawal symptoms creeping in last night. Feeling better now ..

@bjornpdx @Miguel Carzola and @Leadfoot. I appreciate you taking the time to listen and commenting. Thanks ! After taking a break from this and not listening to it , I found it pretty easy to do a final clean up of the pause and tempo change. I think it's as good as it will get. I'm calling it done and moving on. I Thank You All for your help. mark

Bjorn , this was a Wonderful soundscape.. I got the tubular bells comment and a slight touch of Blade Runner in sections as well. This was quite emotionially provoking and relaxing at the same time. If it were longer I could probably fall asleep also while listening. Loved the clean mix .. mark

Sounds Nice. I think the Apollo has made an improvement in the highs and overall smooth EQ. I did really feel like I needed to grab my volume control and turn it up . It sounded a lot better afterwards. Going back and forth using a few other songs , it for sure sounds subdued. I know you usually finish up at -14 lufs , but it sounds to me like it's streaming quieter. Enjoyed it .. mark

Bruce , I thought this was a Beautiful and Well crafted song. I Loved the guitar break and the ending outro chord. The mix sounds very Nice and well balanced. I wouldn't know what would improve this any , except for maybe replacing the word "exclusive" and "exclusively" with a synonym in a few spots. Plenty of them would fit and still rhyme. I Loved the song and production .. mark

@John VereYes , I guess it was. Compounding the problem .. my global workspace settings weren't being "applied". That didn't help after making changes in them. I'll probably play with this a little further at some point if I have to. I don't really feel that this is completely solved , but I'm going to mark it as so .. Thanks for your help .. mark

I have my "basic" workspace now set up and working properly , with all of the toolbars set the way I want. I will use it from now on. I just wanted to get everything set up and working properly on this last 2023 update. ms

John , Nothing happens when I press "d". Console Does show up in views , but selecting it does nothing. Yes , screensets may be an issue. I could try different ones and see what happens. A few days ago I temp. changed my screen resolution to 600x600 . CbB opened up with the console view on top and floating. I could grab and move it , but not knowing where to put it I left it alone. Went back to 1920x1080. Maybe there is a way to redock it from there. ??

@John Vere Thanks for the links. All of the videos were Very informative. The first thing I noticed in the "workspace" video , was that the arrows at the bottom right , for expanding it to see the undock options were missing on my normally used workspaces. None and custom. Only showing "multidock" no console. Nothing I did would bring it up except changing to the "mix" workspace. I brought my laptop to my offline daw pc and compaired settings. I found "apply workspace at project load" was unchecked. After checking it , I returned to my "none" workspace and it is now the only one not showing the "console" option at the bottom. But .. the shortcut I had earlier put in a toolbar module now works for bringing it into focus. This is a workaround , but still isn't correct. I guess after making and Saving changes to my workspaces and toolbars , they weren't being applied going back and forth between projects that were saved in different states. I don't know how my "apply" got unchecked. I've never touched it or had any reason to. Unless anyone has further suggestions , I'll live with it as it is. Thanks .. mark

OK .. So this issue started after opening a Bundle File from a collaborator. (who used 2 monitors). This was several updates ago. The project opened with the console view in focus. I used the X to close the screen and the tracks view came up. Had a listen and Saved . I then exited Cakewalk , I removed my flashdrive (with the Bundle file) and shut down. Later .. during normal project work, I found I could No longer bring into focus the Console View. I ended up changing my workspace, edited my toolbars , and saved it. This worked for a while then , suddenly lost the ability to bring up "Console View" again. 2 more times with the same procedure. After that , I used the "offline" activation , not wanting to go thru it again. (I am an offline user). Everything worked Fine until the 2023 update . No longer able to do it "offline". My workspace settings got lost , and I did the procedure again to get my Console View to load up. I had a shortcut in the tool bars that doesn't work. File/views/console view does nothing except grays out the entire section where views etc.. live. I've searched online and found Lynn Wilson had a simular problem. Nothing suggested to him has worked. I have become "undocked" and the only way now I can bring it up is , changing my Workspace to the "mix" setting. This actually works OK and it's only 1 click. I would Really like to resolve this before the "Sonar" roll out . I'm not knowing if it will be a clean install , or just a continuation of a problem on my end .. Thanks for any insite .. mark

You should lower your Avatar picture.. Your hair on the impressive but , worth nothing ! not legal tender bill ! is pretty shocking and impressive.. ms

@KSband You are not going to Quit until I get this Right are you ?? @Wookiee Thanks for weighing in and confirming a problem. I am in fact , 1 beat off on the return , (after the pause) and tempo change. A Big mistake I made in this project , was sending my metronome to an Aux track , and recording it for a shaker/maraca track and Not resetting it for further work on the tracks. Lesson learned.. I fished all day and fixed the problem when I got home. Burned out now .. I'll repost the changes tomorrow without bumping it up. I Honestly can not "Thank You" enough for your persistance , and not giving up .. mark