mark skinner

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.

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

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.. 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. 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

Fantastic song Barry. Very honest. It sure is nice to hear your unmistakable and intimate voice again. Your ballads always sound like you are singing directly to the listener. I really liked the remix. It seems the harmony really came through and boosted the parts. Nice cello and guitar as well. Loved it .. on a side note , it was nice to have you and @Kevin Walsh back on the same page .. ms

Kevin , your hearing may have degraded some , but your voice sure hasn't ! Great job on the vocals. I love the way you hold notes out without using much vibrato. Very nice guitar tone as well . I thought it fit nicely. Enjoyed it . ms

This used to happen to me if I got "too fast" at stopping the recording then hitting the space bar again to play the take. ??

@T Boog , Thanks for the compliments and Great suggestions. I probably will try another "Swampy" one later. My biggest problem right now is just playing the thing. That was my first attempt and don't know the neck yet , ecpecially in an open tuning. I believe it's my first song not using a standard guitar in a song at all. I'll probably use the lap steel for backing against a standard guitar in the next one. I have relatives in Lafayette and have spent some time there in vodoo country. Before he passed my uncle was a chiropractor there and sometimes traded work for learning voodoo practices from some of the older patients. He had some interesting stories. ms

Thanks to "Everyone" who listened and commented on this one. Sorry to @garybrun, @hsmusic , @treesha , @Larry T. , @Marshall , @Mr No Name , @freddy j. I thought I had responded back , but apparently I didn't. I'm calling this one done but.. I've been working on it All week playing with my own mastering . I'm normally happy with mine until I get an impressive one from Gary. Always a Lot to learn. Thanx , mark

Very Interesting thread .. I too am in the habit of cleaning my hands with Dawn dish liquid every morning before I leave my house to go to my barn studio. It does seem to help. I remember when I was doing duo acoustic gigs , I would completely kill a set of strings after a weekend gig. I didn't like the coated strings as they already sounded dull to me but probably would have held up better. I played D'Adarrio forever , but I have recently changed to Martins that have Really improved the sound of a few of my less than steller instruments. Not able to give a string description at the moment. Regardless of what strings you use , wipe them down with a string cleaner . Back them off one at a time until they flop. Leave them for there for about 10 sec , wipe them back down again . tune back up and they will come back to life. ms

This sounds Great. I Love the laid back feel of this one. Nice reverb on the vox. Enjoyed it .. mark

Try selecting your Melodyne "rendered" clip and bounce it to "clips" first , before further editing.

Not sure about how to correct your situation . You could always duplicate your guitar track without the previous guitar takes and leave melodyne out of the fx bin. Use melodyne as a "region effect" instead. Do your new take , render it , bounce it to clips and drag it to your original track. I've found using melodyne as a region effect is always the better option. Using "sound on sound" also speeds things up for me having to do so many re-takes. ms

Hello , I recently finished building a cigarbox style lap steel. This is my first attempt at playing and recording it. I'm pretty slow with it and not used to using a slide. Hopefully some trickier stuff will come later.. Regardless of how you feel about the lyrics , feedback and suggestions for improvement would be nice . I'm getting pretty fed up .. https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14974880

Peter , I always get excited when you post a new one. I Love the way you "sing" with your guitars.. Fantastic production. ms