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I used to do that, but 3 days of re-installing, finding licenses etc, versus 3 hours of a relatively unattended restore of everything (i.e. I only need to be there to switch disks)... backup images became a no-brainer for me. A full restore takes 1hr 40 mins for my WIN10OS/DATA drive, 30 mins for my WIN7 drive and 30 mins for my project drive. Plus, it gives me the confidence to mess about with my configuration and try new things. Only backing up the Win10 partition takes 30 mins. I can change hardware, install new software (or Windows updates), do what I want... and if I don't like it, I can go back to what I had in 30 mins. This was invaluable when I was getting my mLAN system up and running on Windows 10. I had to restore the OS a number of times to get the install right. Now I've an easy way of switching between my Scarlett setup & my mLAN setup, and it takes less than 2 mins to switch... click a batch file, reboot, copy my AUD.INI & TTSSEQ.INI over.... done.

FWIW the only SSD I've had fail on me within the warranty period was a SanDisk SSD Plus (it lasted around 14 months). It was my samples drive as well, which for the most part was read only. To give SanDisk their due however, they did replace it without fuss with an Ultra II which has been going strong ever since. Almost all my other SSD's are Crucial MX300's or MX500's which have been rock solid.

I agree, although I normally use audio editors for editing the waveform itself, either cut/pasting or removing clicks or pops. If I want to apply an effect, normally I'd just do that in Cakewalk.

I think you're right, but then again so was SoundForge until version 12. I'm still using SoundForge 11 Pro with no issues, but I do find Acoustica much easier to use, and faster for basic edits.

I forgot to mention, yesterday I was using Melodyne again and the problem has re-appeared... although in a slightly different way. Now it doesn't crash when dragging audio to MIDI, but any subsequent creation of RegionFX will not have any algorithm selected. Re-selecting the algorithm fixes it for that edit, but it forgets it again for the next edit within the same session. This I can live with as at least it doesn't crash. Hopefully @Noel Borthwick has got to the bottom of it.

Yes, that's the best way to do it.

I'm sure some of you are aware of this, but for those who don't, PluginBoutique are offering Acon's Acoustica 6 Basic Edition for free: https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/3-Studio-Tools/48-Audio-Editor/1956-Acoustica-6-Basic-Edition Using scook's excellent ToolEditor (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eiVH_I1clbbRtWFh4-3Mo7HANjCxR8SwqHJtYXy19gw/pub ), you can add this to your tools editor to edit audio within CbB: The settings for the ToolEditor are as follows:

I struggled to find it too - it ended up in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Steinberg\VST3, so I just added this to my VST search path, re-scanned and it found it. I only tried the GFX in stand-alone mode, and it seemed pretty good - as you say, good not great. My only gripe was that the noise-gate is saved along with the patch, rather than a global setting. I've not tried it in an FX bin yet... [EDIT] - Just tried the VST3 in an FX bin, and it worked fine for me.

Have you changed your audio driver settings recently, or updated any drivers? I've found that after any driver changes, or even just changing from ASIO to WDM to ASIO again, can occasionally mess up AUD.INI, and can cause the problems you describe. While you're not running CbB, try deleting AUD.INI from %APPDATA%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core\ - CbB will create a new one the next time it starts.

FWIW I use screensets to give me this sort of functionality. So for example, screenset 2 only has the Console View in the multidock, whereas screenset 3 has PRV and Event List. I think this is actually quicker than having to manually arrange the tabs to what you want, as you just press 2 for screenset 2, 3 for screenset 3 etc.

FWIW, I've noticed that Groove Music plays things louder than other players (e.g. VLC). It's almost as if it's got some sort of automatic volume control built in to try to make every track the same volume. This post seems to support this theory: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/musicandvideo/forum/all/groove-music-very-heavy-sound-distortion-and/665bdf56-5438-4cf2-aae7-fb7afd671c6b

I've got it's baby brother, the i3570 which I'm more than happy with. I've never had it max out yet in a real project.

6GB RAM? Did Dell supply sell it to you with 6GB RAM, or did you upgrade it? If you've got more than one memory module installed, they usually have to be exactly matched (e.g. 2 x 4GB, or 2 x 8GB). If not you can run into what seem like random crashes when the CPU accesses RAM across the two modules. Even if the specs match but are different makes/models, you could have issues. You might not notice any issue with normal usage until it starts using up more RAM, forcing it to cross over the second memory module. I'm not saying this is your issue (although it could be), but its something to be aware of - especially if you're considering upgrading your RAM.

Try Insert Series of Tempos from the main menu. It's on page 429 of the pdf reference guide.

Another thing to try is to use some reference tracks. Rip a similar sounding track from a CD and import it into your project. Have the track routed directly to your audio device output, or it's own bus routed to the audio interface output (i.e. so it's not through the main master bus). Then swap between soloing the reference bus / main bus to the match the volume between the two. Once you've done that, if you can match the EQ (preferably using your ears rather than a tool) of your own mix to the reference track, this might mitigate some of the effect of hearing loss, or even badly matched monitors/room.

I've been reading SoS since the late 80's. Not every month, as budget didn't always allow, but more often than not I'd skim through it in WHSmith if I was waiting on a train. If it had a must-read article, I'd definitely buy it though. IMHO it's the best pro recording magazine out there. Before eBay was a thing, I must have dumped around 100 issues or in the recycle bin before I last moved house... if only I knew...

I think it might make more sense if it was called "Bounce Bus to Track". I can see this being useful when creating stems.

This may sound counter-intuitive, but I find putting a high pass filter on the bass can help tremendously, especially if it's competing with the kick drum. In saying that, it might actually be a bass build up on other tracks. Try high passing every other track: move the roll-off frequency up until you can just hear a difference, then back it off.

I've knocked together a tool to make it easier to map VST parameters to the knobs on a Mackie C4, rather than editing MackieControl.ini manually. It allows you to drag/drop your VST parameters and arrange them as required. Although it's geared at the C4, MCU users can use it to if they limit themselves to the top 8 knobs. As MackieControl.ini lives inside a sub directory of C:\Program Files, you'll need to run it as Administrator if you want to overwrite MackieControl.ini. If you don't run as Administrator it'll default to letting you save your edited MackieControl.ini in your Documents folder (you'll then need to copy it over manually to C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Surfaces). You can download the tool here: http://msmcleod.co.uk/cakewalk/C4Mapper.zip No installation necessary, just extract the .zip file and run C4Mapper.exe. Note that depending on how many plugins you've got, it may take 30 seconds or so to read in all the plugin details when your run it. Also, as the tool is just a GUI front end to MackieControl.ini, it assumes you know what the various parameters mean (particularly with regard to EQ bands). It's best to consult Chris Boucher's original guide here: https://web.archive.org/web/20120625023520/http://www.chrisboucher.com/cakewalk/mackiecontrol/, or if you've got my version of the MackieControl.dll, this guide is included in the help pdf. If you find any bugs... give me a shout!

Just a thought... have you updated any of these plugins without doing a re-scan of your plugins within CbB?

The easiest way is to use the Export module: Or, if you want to export individual tracks as individual mp3's:

Strange - it's working fine for me too ? I guess it must be a Windows update - I've done nothing else to have suddenly caused it to work.

I don't think it's Cakewalk's issue per se - Cakewalk uses Microsoft's in-built stock codecs. They're obviously different from what Apple supports. Having extra codecs would (probably) require licensing, which would drive up the cost for BandLab. As video editing isn't a core feature of Cakewalk, it's probably not seen as a high priority. And anyway, it doesn't stop you scoring to video, and I guess you can always provide a broadcast wave if necessary - which would probably be preferred, as it would be high quality vs some lossy compression. Dedicated video editors such as Vegas / Movie Maker cover all audiences, so their codec support will be larger.

Maybe the audio codec in your mp4 doesn't exist on MacOSX ? There's an old Sonar thread that discusses a similar issue: http://forum.cakewalk.com/Sonar-issues-with-MP4-video-files-Please-help-2016-m3347825.aspx You might want to try the suggestions in this post: http://forum.cakewalk.com/Export-your-Mix-to-MP4-Format-with-a-free-AAC-Codec-m3640301.aspx