mark skinner

 Hey Steve , Great production !  I've always loved this song and it Really brings back some great memories.  

While watching the video and listening , I got confused about if I was listening to the original or your cover. 👍

You always pick some Fantastic songs to revisit.   Suberb job ,       Loved it ..   mark

Hello @subvibe , Thanks for the nice comments. The electric guitar and lap steel were direct in and using The Randal T2 clean amp in TH3 amp sim.

@treesha , I appreciate the comment. 😊

Yes , I probably would have taken this one further if not for all the problems I had. Mine was plugin related (as most are). Turning it off , freezing or bouncing the tracks didn't help. I had to delete 4 instinces of Space Blender . I've used it on a couple of other projects with no problems.  I had to export all of my tracks (dry) and rebuild all the fx in a new project. It took a while for me to get back up to speed.      Good Luck .    mark

Hello , here is a short instrumental I'm finishing up. Any nits , crits or suggestions would be appreciated.

I had a Rough time with this one and pretty much had to rebuild it in a new project. I had all kinds of strange problems ,  glitching and tracks getting out of time.  Weapons -  G&L asat , Ibanez bass , Yairi acoustic and homemade lap steel.    Thanks ..  mark 

https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=15028581

@subvibe Nice ..     I really liked your choice of backing instruments on this , especially the EP.  I thought the sparce harmony vox sections were perfect.    Excellent Mix !    I'm amazed by the balance you've been getting and I for sure think you were on the top of your game on this one.        Loved it ..    mark

9 hours ago, Amberwolf said:

FWIW, the logo is clear and simple...but all I can see in it is 

bV

The new logo is appearing on the SoundCloud page .

I Really like this one , is this the same singer you just used on one of your recent productions ?

Have to mention I also like your new chain link looking "S" logo.     mark

I found "Space Blender" to be a Major CPU Hog on my system.

I Love the effect but .. any more than 1 or 2 instances of it on a lean project , and I'm having problems. Freezing the track gives me No improvement. I will probably try it again but then bounce the track down and delete the plugin.   

(refer to "salvaging a glitchy project"  in the main CbB section)    ms

Thanks @noynekker , Nope nothing connected to my desktop via USB. SSD is pretty dated but checked out OK. Thanks Bruce for the suggestions.                        [Problem Solved]

I managed to import my dry tracks into a new project. While rebuilding my FX I added "Space Blender" by "SoundToys" to one of the tracks and my cpu usage jumped Way up. I had 4 instances of the plugin in the original project. I've used one instances of it on busses  in 2 different projects without issue. 

I Love the swelling effect of the reverb but .. It does not play well with Cakewalk on my system. I brought up my original project and deleted 3 of the 4 instances of the plugin. The 4th was on a crash cymbol on a frozen drum synth. The CPU usage dropped from 98% in Cakewalk to 40%. When Cakewalk reached 98% it would glitch and cause all kinds of weird problems. Turning off SB, disable all FX or freezing the track made No difference. Deleting the plugin was the only cure. I learned a few things during this fiasco.  Glad it happened ..    Thanks ..  mark

5 hours ago, mettelus said:

One thing I have never tried (so no clue the results) is dragging a potentially corrupted project from the Browser into a new project... I always was curious if that can salvage a corrupted project or if it copies over the same issues doing that.

@mettelus, Aparrently the corruption follows it , (at least on this one). I tried that a couple of different ways with no good results.

I exported an acoustic dry track and rebuilt the FX chain this morning. It was one that I had concearns with because of a send to an Aux track with channel tools on it. Also bounced down the drums and brought that into the new project. CPU monitoring is showing Cakewalk at only 6 to7 % with just these two tracks imported. I'm closely monitoring CPU at every step. One thing that I haven't researched yet is "system interrupts" that is showing up in task manager, it's pretty low but everyting is getting my attention at this point.  

I seem to remember adding a new track in an older project that just acted like it was corrupted. Seems the only way to heal it was dragging the file to a different new track. Perhaps that's happening here.. ??       ms

@Sidney Earl Goodroe Thanks , Yes I've checked running background processes several times. Nothing looks excessive. I've even turned off windows defender and have no other virus protection installed. My plugin delay compensation was not enabled. I turned it on and did a little tracking this morning. Short takes stayed in time but , still glitching some and slow about starting and stopping playback. 

I saved as a bundle file to a new location and opened it up in a new project. Same 100% cpu usage. Cakewalk itself is showing 98 to 99% usage. 

 I think I am going to export one dry track at a time and import them into a New project. I'll rebuild my FX as I go and see when or if the excessive cpu usage changes.  I exported my frozen drum tracks this morning and deleted the synth CPU did not change. It took awhile to even get the export page to come up. I don't know anything else to try at this point.    Thanks ..  mark

@mettelus , I've got the "offline" pc pretty well optomized for daw use. Before Cakewalk is opened , cpu is reporting 1 to 2% usage. Opening the project in question ,  I monitored the cpu turning off each plugin and amp sim one at a time with no good results. There is something happening under the hood on this one. I'll give it another go this morning. I believe the takes getting out of time is the main clue. I have not checked plugin compensation yet.     ms

 Hello , I've started a new project and only about a 1/3 rd of the way thru it.  Glitching pretty bad and after a few S.O.S. deletes and retakes the timing is getting behind on my latest take. Pretty lean project with a drum synth with seperate outputs and 5 guitar tracks 3 of them with amp sim. (TH3). I Rarely Ever get a glitch or drop out on my lean projects with my Lenovo SSD / I5 /16 gig ram, Tascam interface with ASIO.  I've Never checked my cpu usage or adjusted buffer settings. No need to..

I opened the task manager and saw the cpu at 100% with the project open and idle. I bypassed All fx with little or no change. Froze all the tracks with no change. I don't have any new plugins that haven't been tested or used on other projects. I opened an older Large project and my cpu was sitting around 20%. Did a "save as" with the same results. I'm afraid I won't be able to complete this one and there is no way I can start over. 

Any suggestions or trouble shooting ideas to complete this one would be nice..    Thanks ..    mark    

This reminds me of recording in XP.         Thanks ..  mark

I moved from win 7 to 10 on an older pc also because I couldn't seem to be able to get the product center to install.

I did see a responce by @Mark McLeod the other day on a different issue . He stated he was still running CbB on a spare Win7 pc. I was wondering myself how he got that done..    ?    Perhaps he will chime in ..                  ms

I think you misunderstood the reply by Canopus . I believe he was stating that you are trying to activate an "old" version of "Cakewalk by Bandlab" on your win 8.1 pc. You need to download the latest version of CbB.             

4 hours ago, TracingArcs said:

Thanks very much Mark. Nice to see that the work put into nuances are noticed.

Not just noticed  !  I was Extremely impressed .       ms

Cool ..  I Loved the percussion and the "sub" bass. Perfect attack and Very relaxing ..     Enjoyed it ..     mark

@Bajan Blue , Thanks I appreciate that. The original version only had a single acoustic , a kick , vox and harmonica. I had to do a lot more embellishment on this version to fill it out. The original was steller for a stripped down song.

@jwnicholson78 Thanks Jeff for the listen and comment. I thought if I covered it and had to listen to myself a thousand times , I'd get sick of it.   Still can't get it out of my head ..

I've been micro editing this for a week . I believe the original link now reflects my "final" mix.    moving on ..

 Thanks for the listens ..   mark

Hello , I ran into this song recently and couldn't get it out of my head.  So ..   I attempted covering it just to see how I could do.

 The link now reflects my 8th and "final" mix. I may revisit it in a few months , but I'm happy for now .     

I used "SpaceBlender" by "SoundToys" on the cellos. It has been Awesome at Everyting I've thrown at it.  It's Free for a Very short time.    Thanks for the listen ..      Thanks to @garybrun for surprising me with this final master.  6/14/2025

https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=15011256

On 5/9/2025 at 9:12 AM, Wookiee said:

Funky little groove on here

Thanks @Wookiee , I think I enjoy playing funk stuff more than anything. It's something I don't have to think about.

@Bajan Blue , I appreciate that..   

On 5/10/2025 at 5:32 AM, Bajan Blue said:

wish I could play one😎

I think you can play "anything" using  Sound on Sound and Melodyne.    I'm getting pretty creative about faking stuff.

       This one is on the back burner for awhile.              Thanks ..   mark

Using this now on a cello track with Amazing results. Great for reverb swells . Very rich texture , width and movement if used subtly.   Never been able to get this sound before ..   Love it !      ms     

@MichaelJohn , Thanks for the listen and comment. 

On 5/1/2025 at 8:34 AM, MichaelJohn said:

sounds good!

That was my main objective 😁

@noynekker , Appreciate that Bruce. Until yesterday , I havn't listened to it since the original post. I may revisit it at some point. 

@treesha , Thank You . I've been having a problem lately with excessive reverbs. I'm really having to check myself. I think from now on though ,  the lap steel will be used for support instead of being the main instrument. It's just too hard for me right now for any direction changes.    Appreciate the listens ..    ms

Loved the high energy lead guitar in this !    ms

 Hello , here's a pretty short one just trying to find my way around  on my lap steel. It's a sparce mix with 2 lap steel tracks, bass and drums. I'm trying to figure out how to get a pedal steel sound without having any string benders . I think I got it in a couple of passages. I think the next one I build will be short scale so I can slant the slide bar.   Thanks for the listen and any suggestions or comments.    mark

https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=15002022

Powerful song and production !  Great lyrics Ed ..   Enjoyed it ..   ms

Waves just offered a free bundle with a convolution reverb included.  No idea if it is Jaws compatable though.

Good Luck ..        mark