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ACT and the MackieControl control surface are different beasts. You can't use them at the same time. You need to make sure that the MackieControl plugin has exclusive control of the Mackie MIDI ports. ACT can't be using them at the same time. To setup, add it as the following (obviously with your own Mackie MIDI Input/Output ports): You should then see it here: Once applied, you should see it under the Utilities menu: Also make sure these options are selected on the Mackie Control dialog:

It's significantly faster at detection. Not sure if they've improved the accuracy of the detection or not, but it's still just as good. As long as you've created a Region FX, and selected an algorithm you won't get the crash. The template method I described earlier was a bit hit & miss. The common factor for failure seemed to be whether the Melodyne GUI had been active or not. If it was visible, and was focused at some point (i.e. you clicked on it), then it seemed to work.

A couple of things to check... 1. Make sure Analytics is unchecked in preferences: 2. Make sure you've not got background plugin scanning enabled. Set it to Manual:

I find drinking water when I get the munchies helps. Also forcing myself to go to bed earlier... but that's easier said than done. Too much to do, to little time.

I think I may have found a new workaround... Create a new project using your usual template (e.g. Basic) Create a new audio track, and record a very short silent audio clip Create a Melodyne FX Region using this clip Select the Algorithm within Melodyne Hide the track from both within the Track view & the Console view Close Melodyne within the MultiDock Save your project as a template (e.g. Basic_Melodyne.cwt) Now when you create a new project using this template, Melodyne is loaded & initialised using the algorithm you previously selected. The hidden track can be a bit annoying if you use an external controller however, so in this case just miss out the hiding the track part when creating your template, and delete the melodyne track as soon as you've created your new project. [EDIT] - Scratch that... it doesn't work every time

Have you tried JBridge rather than Cakewalk's BitBridge for 32 bit plugins? I use SampleLord as a SF2 player (it'll also play GIG, FXP, NKI, EXB, WAV, AIFF files too). It's not free (€40) but it is 32 bit. For something like my own sampled piano, I find using SampleLord via JBridge is a lot more CPU friendly (and perfectly stable) than something like Kontakt in native 64 bit. There's far more options in JBridge for dealing with any compatibility issues than BitBridge, which has no options at all.

Have you got any look-ahead plugins on the vocal track? Try bypassing FX and see it that solves it. If it does, then look at what plugins you're using. Also, when using Melodyne consider "Bounce to clip(s)" after editing. I've never been comfortable leaving a region fx open for any length of time.

Have you looked at Plogue Sforzando? https://www.plogue.com/products/sforzando.html

I take it you're using Melodyne as a Region FX (as opposed to putting it in the FX bin) ?

Changing the buffer size will force a change in AUD.INI, so although it isn't quite the same as deleting it (which would force Cakewalk to create a new one), it was obviously enough in your case. As you say though, having a mismatch between 44.1K & 48K would have caused issues too. Some drivers don't always change their sample rate / buffer size when Cakewalk tells them to, so it's best click the ASIO Panel button and check there too. I'm glad it's all sorted now

Have you tried deleting AUD.INI from %APPDATA%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core ? I've found this can help with issues after updating audio drivers. This might also explain why you're getting the same results in SPLAT - the AUD.INI is using the profile from the previous drivers.

In my defence, the adapters were cheap and I did actually buy them from China! Your meme did get me thinking though... as quite a lot of my fellow countrymen pronounce wrong as "wrang", the meme would be more appropriate as "This is wang on so many levels"... but I suspect such a meme would get banned pretty quickly!

Good question. The answer is sort of, and yes. Take lanes do get copied across. Envelopes get copied as well for standard audio & MIDI tracks. However, for instrument tracks any automation lanes end up in an additional MIDI track that is created, holding only the automation lanes. What you then have to do is do a copy special / paste special of the automation track into the original instrument track. Another observation: When you initially do your paste special of the track data, it doesn't look like the lanes have been copied over. However clicking the take lanes button to hide and re-show the take lanes makes the extra take lanes appear.

Interesting find! Just as a thought - does closing down Cakewalk's Performance Module stop it from being queried? And does it cure the SampleTank 4 crash?

For me, it always creates a directory for the project:

I've not noticed a difference myself, but isn't this just a matter of setting your project directory correctly in Preferences?

I've been wondering the same.... I do have EZ Keys, but not EZ Drummer. If anyone can confirm this I'll consider buying them.

FWIW I've been having the same symptoms with headphone channels cutting out on my 2i4 and 6i6. For me though, it turned out to be the 3.5mm to 1/4" headphone adapter. It seems that the cheap metal adapters from China I'd been using get loose inside really easily. I've got several of them, so it obscured the problem as a thought they couldn't ALL be bad... but they were. Not only were the inside dimensions slightly off, the actual plug itself wasn't fitting snugly. Changing the adapter to a plastic housed one from a different supplier sorted it for me.

There's also an associated prog set for EzKeys: https://www.toontrack.com/product/seventies-prog-ezkeys-midi/ This actually impressed me more than the drums.

I've used a 13 tog duvets in the past, which are a lot thicker than sleeping bags. The last time I bought a king size one (90 inches x 86 inches), it was only £12 (~$15) from Asda (UK equivalent of Walmart). I've actually stapled two of them to the ceiling in my studio.... it makes it look like a padded cell, but it does reduce a lot of high frequency reflections. The great thing about them is they're easy and cheap to replace, especially if you're making a curtain out of them.

I think that's just how the forum works.

I use Screen2Gif: https://www.screentogif.com/

I originally posted this as an answer in another thread, but it struck me it should be made available here... Copying tracks from one project to another needs to be done in two steps: Using Track Templates to copy your ProChannel settings, and VST instrument & effects settings Using Copy Special / Paste Special to copy the actual track data (e.g. MIDI events, audio, automation etc) The steps are as follows: Open up both source & destination projects (Note: "Allow only one open project at a time" must be unchecked within Preferences->File->Advanced) Select the tracks from the source project, and save as a track template. Consider using the same template file every time in the root of the Track Templates folder (overwriting it each time), so you don't need to search for it. "Copy Special" the tracks from the source project Insert the track template into the destination project "Paste Special" the tracks into the tracks on the destination project that were created by the template If you copied instrument tracks, extra audio tracks are created at the end - you can delete these.

Yeah - it would be great if this was a single operation... maybe have the save / load template bit as another option in the copy special / paste special options. I'm kinda used to it now, but it took a while to work out a stable process. I now always use the same track template "copy_tracks.cwx" in the root of the templates directory (and overwrite it each time) so I don't need to go searching for it. This speeds up the workflow a bit. For project merges, just dragging projects in from the media browser works to an extent... but you don't get everything unless you do the track template part as well. Maybe having it so if you hold CTRL whilst dragging or something like that would automatically create a track template and import it as well as importing the track data.

If you can fill the shelves up with books (preferably paperbacks), it'll make a huge difference. It'll also change the measurements of your room so the length doesn't match the width. A shelf full of books is like having 6 inches of fibreboard over the wall.