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All the buses I create for guitars, keyboards, horns, etc, are all routed to the Master bus? So the Master bus is the mix bus? That was easy. Thanks, Byron!!

OutrageProductions, I watched the video you posted,. Thanks! I also watched another video by Hardcore Music Studio called, 8 things to do on every mix. In it he says to create buses for all guitars, drums, keyboards, etc, which I understand. In the video he says this around 3:25 Then he said that "everything comes out a main mix bus." And THAT is what I don't understand and have not seen anyone explain in a video. What and how?

Thanks your help! I appreciate it. For whatever reason, my brain is having a hard time absorbing how to mix and create and use busses.

I have been watching a lot of videos trying to understand a mix bus. None that I have found so far explain HOW to create a mix bus, only that I should use one. They say that when you create a mix bus, route everything to it. Ok. How? But if you have a Master bus and route everything to the mix bus, what's the purpose of the Master bus? Probably easy to understand for everyone else, but for someone like me who is new to mixing, it makes no sense. And videos don't explain it - at least, not the ones I've watched. Does anyone have a video tutorial that explains how to create a mix bus and how to use it?

I've watched at least a dozen videos or more on reference tracks, and so far all of them say to just drop a reference track into a track and compare it to my song to compare. But none of them have said anything about the issue of the reference track being mastered and my mix track being unmastered. It has not been mentioned as being an issue. The only thing they say is to turn down the reference track so that it will be as loud as my mix. If you have a video in mind that talks about what you've mentioned, I would really like to watch it. But so far, I haven't seen anyone talk about it.

I'm mixing, so I don't have plugins on the Master bus at this point. And I'm comparing levels and overall mix. I've been watching a bunch of mixing videos, and so far they haven't addressed putting plugins on the Master bus during mixing.

Now I get it! Thanks, everyone, for your comments and explanations. I appreciate the help!

I've never thought about where the Master bus outputs to. I always thought of the Master bus as where all the tracks are collected for overall volume control.

I have another question. What are you all using to compare your mix with the reference track? I was looking at Izotope's Tonal Balance. Is there one that's better?

Yes, I need to get the track off the CD and into Cakewalk. I don't have Media Player, for whatever reason.

Not really understanding this. Don't you just put the reference track into a track in your project? Then you mute it when your song plays, then solo the reference track to compare. Or is that not correct?

Great. Thanks!

How do you get a reference track from a CD on CbB? Thanks!

I went to my computer and clicked on CC 64. That's what I needed. Thanks! Greg

I don't understand about clicking on "velocity." I already have it. I want the other one that controls the sound bleeding from chord to another. Or does clicking "velocity" add the other icon? I'm not on my recording computer at the moment. Thanks, Greg

When I play chords in MIDI, sometimes one chord will bleed onto another. In the past I always adjusted that with the icon that is supposed to be above the "velocity" icon in the photo (lower left of photo). I forget the name of the one I use. Anyway, it's no longer there. I have not changed anything. It's just not showing up. How do I get it back? thanks

Thanks!

I plug into input 2. It's the same if I go direct.

I'm using a Warm Audio WA12 Mkll for a mic preamp, a Focusrite 18i20 interface, and a Stam Audio 87 condenser mic. I have the mic preamp set to where the levels get barely past the green when singing louder. And yet when I record, I get distortion at certain places. I don't know why. Suggestions are welcome.

I've had that MIDI file there for a while, and the drop down was normal. It just changed all of a sudden. Thanks for the link!

This is stupid, but this just started to happen. The drop down menu is huge. How do I get it to go back to normal?

Great! Thank you!

I don't know what key I accidently hit, but I hit something and this yellow marker appeared. No matter where I start the song, it always starts at this marker. How do I delete it?

It was a few months ago, so I don't remember a lot of specifics. The only thing I remember is that things were changed from where they were. Drop down menus had changed somewhat, and I liked things where they were. Other than that, I don't remember. I may have had an issue with something not working right. It was right when it came out, so the bugs may have been worked out by now.

I did bounce to clips and dragged and dropped the MIDI drum track on my desktop, and it worked. I hear what you're saying about keeping up to date with the versions. But I updated a few months ago and didn't like it. So I rolled back to what I have.