msmcleod

I've only sold two bits of gear (not counting the ones I sold and later bought again), but the one I don't regret selling is my Kawai K4R. On paper this thing is miles better than the K1 / K1R, but in practice I couldn't get any sound I liked out of it. Just goes to show that with romplers the set of samples shipped with it is far more important than the feature set.

FYI, continuous controllers such as Modulation send out MIDI messages continuously - the only exception being when their value is zero. I had exactly the same issue with the modulation wheel on an keyboard of mine. The issue turned out to be dust in the potentiometer, which was causing it to read some resistance and was continuously sending out messages when it was set at zero. Cleaning it with WD-40 fixed it. Just as a side note... avoid using contact cleaner/switch cleaner for cleaning sliders or pots, as it can strip away the carbon strip. Either use a cleaner specifically for sliders, or use standard WD-40.

You should check out MT Power Drum Kit: https://www.powerdrumkit.com/ Not only does it sound great, it's free and has a bunch of grooves you can drag on to your track then edit in the PRV.

In my experience, BIAB is second to none for realism and quality for automatic backing generation. The only complaints I have are: 1. The styles are very middle of the road 2. Handling of anything but common time signatures isn't great (i.e. it kind of works, but is a bit of a hack to be honest). For me it's a blocker when using time signatures of 5/4 or 7/8. 3. Unless you have the audiophile edition, the audio quality is good but not great. I've got the ultrapack, and the backing does have an "mp3" type quality to it. However, I have had some great results taking single parts and putting them into a completely different musical context. This works particularly well for acoustic/rhythm guitar parts - i.e. you generate a guitar part using a country or latin style, then use it in a rock context. Also using only one or two parts from BIAB alongside your own ones does go some way to hiding the audio quality shortcomings if you've not got the audiophile edition.

AudioSnap is designed specifically for this task. There are various YouTube tutorials covering this. First you need to decide whether to (1) snap the grid to the band, or (2) snap the band to the grid. For option 1: https://youtu.be/I7D3wZldUJw?si=wWmHI8Sv7uXPJIo3 For option 2: There are plenty of YouTube videos covering this: https://youtu.be/9rg5c-4QiEg?si=YWXGaT4Yff6Fv90X https://youtu.be/d5Vpyj4dkQs?si=pmHIEgYEPMDpfU5V https://youtu.be/SyKEMul_VGA?si=joDJqObAs5Dv0QO8 You can of course use a combination of 1 & 2 - i.e. use option 1 to create a varying tempo map that matches what the band is playing, then edit the tempo map and use option 2 to align everything to a steady tempo.

You've got 4 options really: 1. Do nothing 2. Flip the phase of the overheads and see if it sounds better. 3. Move the O/H clips so they better align with the other tracks (you can combine this with (2) to limit the amount you need to move the clip by) 4. Use a phase alignment plugin, e.g. MAutoAlign or MFreeformPhase from MeldaProduction However the issue with trying to correct the phase by any of the methods, is that although you might get say the snare to align, other drums may then be out of phase. This is pretty much unavoidable, but the quieter a drum is in your overheads, the less of a problem it'll be for that drum. Another option: if you've got samples of the original drums in isolation, you could "reinforce" the sounds of any problem parts that have phase issues. It's a bit of a fiddly job, although drum replacement plugins on a copy of the track might help. Really, the best solution is to adjust your overhead mic placement so you don't get the issue in the first place.

Yes:

This is due to the position of the nodes relative to the boundaries of the lane. By default, the value is always shown above the node - unless there's not enough room, in which case it'll show it below. Also, not all values are shown if it would cause them to draw on top of each other. The solution to both issues is either to zoom in, or turn off showing values.

Just to confirm - CbB project templates will be compatible with the new Sonar. With very few exceptions, CbB/SONAR/Sonar projects are both forward and backwards compatible. Templates are definitely forward & backwards compatible.

@David Pollock - PM me a copy of your .cwp file and a brief recipe for getting the crash (i.e. which track you think may be causing it) and we'll take a look. A minidump file may be too big to attach, but if you could upload one somewhere and send a link that would also be helpful.

Is it possible some audio related device is going to sleep? This could cause a driver to crash, or Cakewalk to crash if it wasn't notified of it going away. Check your USB sleep settings just in case.

You can already do this:

As far as I know, there are no Cakewalk specific hardware controllers (unless you include the now discontinued controllers from the Roland era). It should be pretty easy to set-up an ACT controller to at least get one way control from any MIDI controller though. If you need two way control, check out @azslow3's AZController - he's got a bunch of presets for various controllers on his forum. As far as stickers are concerned, I used to use them (in fact exactly the same ones as posted) but have stopped for a few reasons: They come off after around 6 months (although super-glue will give them another year's life) They're pretty "busy" and hard to read 9/10 you get to know the shortcuts by heart in any case They're useless if you change your shortcuts, or create new ones Really, you're much better off with a chart on the wall: when you find yourself using a particular function often, find out what shortcut it is and add it to your list. You'll commit it to memory soon enough.

The phase and interleave are applied at the track level just after the track input gain. What is shown on the clips view, is a view of the clip. The only thing that affects the clip display is clip gain and pan automation, which happens before any clip effects and any phase/interleave on the track.

It's a config setting:

I'd personally recommend the Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 ($300) or a used 1st gen or 2nd gen 6i6 (less than $150). The features are comparable to the M4, and the drivers (at least for me) have been solid for years. Neither of these interfaces are bus powered, so you shouldn't have any power issues.

I've tried several times to repro this, but can't.

1. Select the track you want to split. 2. Select "Bounce to Track(s)" from the Track View Tracks menu. 3. In the dialog, make sure the destination is set to "New Track" and the Channel Format is set to "Split Mono" then click OK. As far as recording goes... If your audio track input is a stereo input, you'll get a stereo recording. If you have two tracks with the input is set to each mono side, then you'll get two mono tracks.

The Quantize command works on selection, so if the controllers aren't being quantized, then it's because they're not selected. In the PRV's Controller menu there's a "Select Controllers Along With Notes" option. If this is checked, then your controllers should be selected along with the notes, and quantize should quantize your pedal events too.

Why not drag them directly from Windows Explorer on to the tracks in Cakewalk?

I suspect "4) Keystation 61MK3" should read "MIDIIN3 (Keystation 61 MK3)"

Sending to a compressor is something I rarely, if ever do. Effects such as compressors/EQ's are almost always inline. Once you get beyond the entry/prosumer mixers, a lot of the pro mixers have dynamics processors on each channel for this reason. The exception is when you're doing parallel compression, but since most software compressors have a dry/wet mix control, even that isn't needed any more. I guess you might want to do parallel compression on many sources (e.g. all the parts of a drum kit), but even then I'd be more inclined to do it as an insert on a drum bus than as a send effect. The most common send effects in the old days were Reverb and Delay, and occasionally something like chorus for a thickening effect.

Fish - State of Mind

No - nothing like that. The nearest thing to it would be a track template, either save a single track with all those sends on it as a template, or alternatively save an Aux track with all of those sends on it as a template (then your existing tracks could just send to that Aux track).

The current 2022.11 version of CbB will only work until it needs re-activating - this is due to a change in the activation back-end server. There are no immediate plans to prevent re-activation of the final 2023.09 version of CbB. Part of the reason for the delay in releasing 2023.09 is because we needed the new activation server to work with both Sonar (a paid product) and CbB... but it will stop re-activating at some point in the future. I could be wrong, but personally I don't see this happening in as early as six months time. However, it's not my decision.