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On the Mackie Control Surface dialog (you can get to this from the Utilities menu), click the "Configure Layout" button, then: For MCU 1-8, XT 9-16... turn the Channel 1 V-Pot on the XT so it shows channels 9-16 For XT 1-8, MCU 9-16... turn the Channel 1 V-Pot on the MCU so it shows channels 9-16 Then click the "Press again when done" button, and save your setup as a preset within the dialog.

A thing I've done a few times over the years is "virtually" downsize my studio. Basically I switch off my DAW machine, all my outboard gear, and switch to either an old PC or a laptop and start with the most minimum amount of gear. The last time I had serious blocks, I went with a master keyboard, a Yamaha QY20 pocket sequencer and a pair of speakers. I just played around with the styles in the QY20 until I came up with something I liked, then used the internal sequencer to record stuff I played on the keyboard. After a couple of months, I had enough material to take it back into my studio and develop it further. Right now, I'm messing around with Band in a Box. I'm forcing myself not to care about the fact I'm not playing all the instruments myself any more, because the simple fact is that playing everything myself takes too much time that I no longer have. What I want is results quickly, so I can be inspired / motivated to take it the next level... and then I may consider re-recording each part myself. Getting around the feeling that I'm seriously cheating is hard, but then (a) no-one would know apart from me, and (b) it's really just a means to an end - I'll probably re-record the parts anyhow. Another thing about this approach is I can focus more on the song and less on the endless tweaking. A good song is a good song whether it's played by a full band, or strummed on guitar and sung along to. It's something I constantly have to remind myself of. But in the end all I know is, it's WAY less work, and the personal rewards come far quicker.

Oh,... just noticed... you've you Local set to on. I'd recommend turning local off when using Cakewalk. What this does is turn the SY77's keyboard into a silent MIDI controller, and the SY77 will only play sounds as a response to MIDI coming in on the MIDI in port. You will still need to play your project at least once for the program changes to be sent. Afterwards, you should be able to click on each track and hear only the sound for that track's channel, as Cakewalk will echo what it receives from the SY77, back to the SY77 on the appropriate channel. Don't forget to switch local back on when you're not using Cakewalk though, else you'll think you've broken your SY77 !

Yes: In TH3: 1. Create a new bank, 2. Click on that bank, and click on the first empty slot 3. Save your current settings as a new preset in the first slot 4. Right click on the preset, and "Export to File" 5. Remove the TH3 effect. Add the TH-U effect 1. Create a new bank 2. Click on that bank 3. Right click on the first empty slot, and choose "Import from File" - load the preset you saved above 4. Double click on the new preset to load it.

This may be a limitation with the SY77 in multi-mode - not all synths respond to program changes on individual channels in multi-mode. I'll need to check with the synth. This may take some time, as my SY77 is back in storage.

Time signatures are entered in the Meter/Key view. Go to View->Meter/Key and add a time signature / key entries at the bars the meter or key changes. The staff view will automatically add a time signature/key signature change at those points.

I find the easiest way to achieve this is: 1. Expand the take lanes before you start recording. 2. After clicking stop, just solo the take you want to "favourite" Don't forget, there's always the notes area to the right of the MSR you can add to as well.

The Rode NT1 is a great mic, and has a much flatter response than the equally good but brighter sounding NT1A. Other great mics... Aston Sprit / Origin, any of the Lewitt LDC range or the Warm Audio range. If you like the sound of the SM58/57, check out the Shure SM7B - not an LDC, but a great vocal mic nonetheless and a step up in quality from the SM58/57. If this is for your own vocals however, I'd strongly recommend trying a few before you buy as you can't guarantee the mic will necessarily suit your voice. With a budget of $1000 however, you could also consider the Slate VMS system which would give you a huge choice of mic emulations.

Be aware that 16 bit and 24 bit are integer based formats, whereas 32 bit / 64 bit are floating point based formats. The jump to 32 bit is not the same as the jump from 16 to 24 bit, as being different formats they're not really comparable in the same way. Generally speaking, exports should always be 16bit or 24bit unless you're going to be doing additional processing to the exported file.

Try increasing your ASIO buffer size: If the slider is greyed out, click the ASIO Panel button and change the buffer size from the dialog that pops up.

@dogufo - here's a video showing you what you need to do in CbB: PART 1 - Importing the SY77 instrument definitions - this only needs to be done once. 1. Go to Preferences->Instruments 2. Click the Define button 3. Click the Import button 4. Navigate to C:\Cakewalk Content\Cakewalk Core\Instruments 5. Click on Yamaha.ins and click Open 6. Click on all of the SY77 definitions and click OK 7. Click Close to get back to preferences 8. Click on the Channel 1 of the MIDI device connected to the SY77, then hold down SHIFT and click on Channel 16 of the MIDI device connected to the SY77 9. Cick on "Yamaha SY77" 10. Click on Channel 10 of the MIDI device connected to the SY77 11. Click on "Yamaha SY77 Drum 1" 12. Click Apply, then Close PART 2 - Assigning MIDI Ports on a track 1. Insert your MIDI track 2. Choose the MIDI Output Channel 3. Choose which SY77 bank you're using 4. Choose the patch

Ælleden - please send us a crash dump. This should help us to determine the cause of the issue. Also, if you have a project that can reproduce the issue please PM me a copy.

Linked clips shouldn't affect external controller behaviour - they only affect editing operations on the clip event data. @Dana Elston - are you using CC messages for external control? It might be that one or more of your softsynths have their MIDI output enabled, and are echoing the CC messages to other tracks. Unchecking the "Enable MIDI Output" on these synths might solve the issue: You may also want to uncheck Enable MIDI Output on your default synth options:

The view state of almost everything is saved with the project. The key thing with workspaces is the "Apply Workspace on Project Load" - if this is checked, then the workspace will be applied to the project, regardless of what was saved in the project. If this is unchecked, then the project view will remain unchanged by the workspace - i.e. features hidden by the workspace will stay hidden, but the project's UI state will be largely retained.

The Track View splitter.

Not exclusively. They send out CC 93 ( Which is defined in the MIDI spec as Chorus or Effects #3 Depth ) and CC 91 ( External effects, or Effects #1 depth in the MIDI spec ). I guess it depends on the synth. If they're respond to CC 91 / 93 for effects control, then yes, otherwise no. If they don't respond to CC 91/93, you can use assignable controls instead. First check "Show Assignable Controls": You then have 4 slider controls to re-assign/play with:

It's likely the file location of the Garritan Steinway was different in your older projects.

When a keyboard supports Mackie Mode, it should show two sets of MIDI ports: one for the keyboard part, and another for the DAW control part. It sounds like you've picked the keyboard MIDI ports rather than the DAW control ports. Also, unless your keyboard has a specific SONAR or Cakewalk mode, you'll need to check the "Disable Handshake" checkbox within the Mackie Control dialog under the Utilities menu.

I'm forever putting my back out, and I've got an old shoulder injury I sustained while playing squash which plays up every now and then when putting PA speakers up. My usual go-to is my tens machine, which works wonders. On my shoulder, the pain is gone again for around 6 months... for my back, it takes away enough pain to allow me to move around normally while it sorts itself out over the next couple of days.

Aha - there is a two-click solution.... only just noticed it. Click on the right hand corner of the clip header, and you'll see a popup menu. You can select Render Region FX from there:

I was about to suggest that, but realised if you've got clip gain (or pan) automation, or any clip fx, they'll also get bounced. If you've not got any of those, then yes, it's the same.

FWIW I record everything on MIDI channel 1. The track MIDI channel overrides the MIDI channel before it gets to the synth (whether hardware or software). In any case, if you're exporting as audio to give to an engineer, MIDI doesn't come into it. I wouldn't worry about it.

Up-sampling on Render is when freezing, bouncing or exporting audio, whereas up-sampling on Playback is just when playing the audio in real time. Up-sampling will almost double your CPU usage, so you may want it only for rendering. Your audio interface doesn't really come into it. The way it works is, that audio is read from the track, then up-sampled to double the rate as it's passed through the plugins. It's then down-sampled back to your project sample rate before being sent out to your audio interface. Up-sampling can help reduce additional artefacts introduced at audible frequencies, when a plugin tries to add harmonics above the nyquist frequency (which is half your project sampling frequency). This is generally only applicable to plugins that generate saturation or distortion, and the artefacts although visible on an analyser, aren't (IMO) usually that audible. The down-sampling at the end won't introduce any additional artefacts as this is a simple process. It's worth mentioning though that: - Many modern plugins do internal oversampling, which can negate any benefit of up-sampling. - Not all plugins will work at an up-sampled frequency - some may even crash, especially your project is at 44.1K (88.2K is not a common sample rate). - Many plugins will sound exactly the same after you up-sample them, but will take up twice the CPU usage. So my advice would be, check each plugin first to see if it works, and if it makes an audible difference - if it doesn't, don't bother.

You can also bind a keyboard shortcut to open the synth on the active track: