reginaldStjohn

The only real reason to bounce a virtual instrument or synth to an audio file is if you want to free up resources from a CPU hungry synth or project. Or, I suppose some people may just like to look at the waveforms of things as they mix. I do this regularly with Drums so that I work with them as though I recorded them and am not so tempted to keep going back to the midi to tweak things. However, you can keep it as a midi track and do the same things you can do to an audio track it is just that you won't have the audio waveforms to look at. You can apply effect, add VSTs etc. just like an audio track because the output of the synth or virtual instrument actually has to go to an audio track to be heard.

When you say "select" do you mean click on the track and then play something on your keyboard? Normally selecting something doesn't make it play unless you are talking about playing a VSTI using your keyboard. This is only the case if your input echo follows your selection. If you mean when you solo the track it plays the wrong instrument then you should check that your tracks a re referencing the correct snyth. If you are using simple instrument tracks then you will have to open the inspector, 'i' key, and check the midi in and out as well as the audio channel it is feeding.

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This is a problem that I have noticed from time to time with take lanes. Back in the Cakewalk/Gibson days I even sent in a project that reproduced this problem. They acknowledge that they could reproduce it from my project but I never heard anything after that.

I you right click on an audio clip and look at its properties in the inspector you can make it a "groove" clip. This will then allow it to follow the temp. You can also "ctl click" on the edge of a clip and stretch it. See pp 66 of the Bandlab Users manual

Are you saying the bug is that it exports slowly or is there some other issue? Do you have audio files that are being stretched with the tempo changes?

Then make sure to route the outputs of your tracks to the master.

Kontakt 6 is on my list but I don't know if I really need it. Are there libraries that are requiring 6 right now? I can't figure out if I get any benefit from it now or if it is just a future proof thing? Opinions?

You either need to assign your master bus output to your headphones or do it with your interface. Many interfaces have there own mixer and settings. If you tell us what your interface is someone might be able to help you with that

Yep, Saw this and got it

You should be able to assign your orphaned automation to the desired CC or plugin parameter. I would use the automation lanes for this purpose. I am not at my DAW right now so I don't remember the details. I don't know why it is losing the connection but you should be able to re-assign the envelope without having to re-do it. Look in the reference guide and check this thread on how to reassign an envelope. http://forum.cakewalk.com/Solved-Removing-or-reassigning-an-orphaned-automation-envelope-m3586154.aspx

Try screen sets or lenses.

It could be that you have a locked screen set or lens enabled. If they are locked then they won't update when you hit save.

I am not at my computer right now but if you add an envelope to the desired track, just like you would add volume or pan automation, you should be able to select whatever CC you want.

Did you solo the track? If so then click on the "S" in the track header to unsolo it. Maybe you soloed a bus instead of the track?

Make sure that you have the audio routed to your main out. With an instrument track it is really a midi track connected to an audio track. In the inspector there are tabs at the bottom allow you to see the midi and audio channels. If you can see midi activity when on the midi tab then make sure that the midi track is routed to the Kontakt instrument and that you see Kontakt receiving midi messages from the track.

I was waiting for this one. Grabbed it with 30 of my jam points.

You have to change the recording mode to "sound on sound". The default is "replace". https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=SONAR X3&language=3&help=Recording.11.html

If I am understanding you you want to remove the existing drum hits that are located at the same time as the fill that you just inserted? If that is the case then you can split the track in the track view and drag the edges to make room for the fill. You can also drag select the time range in the track you want to clear and hit delete. Another option is to go into the Piano Roll View (PVR) and manually select the midi notes and delete them thus making room for the fill. I you drag the drum fill pattern onto an existing midi track it should create another "take lane" inside the track. you can then swipe the cursor across the drum fill in the expanded take lane and it will replace the existing midi with that of the fill.

Glad to have helped

This could be a lens or screen set that is locked. Set the lens to "none" and check for a screen set that is locked.

I don't know why your ASIO driver would not work on your laptop. I am actually surprised that there is a ASIO driver for the built in realtek chipset. Usually those just use the built in windows drivers. As for #3. For a laptop without a dedicated external audio interface I would say that you are just fine use WASAPI.

Use the edit filter, located in the track view, and select from the dropdown clips. You should then be able to multi-select clips and adjust their gain. You may have to hold down cntrl. I am not at my computer to try it right now.

If you have had two solutions that worked at first then stopped working for you then there must be something about your network that is getting messed up or is not configured correctly.

Once the tracks are grouped then comping in one track should select the same take in all the group tracks. Is that what you are asking? are you trying to select the best take for the whole kit at different times or are you trying to select different takes for different pieces of the kit at the Same Time?