Roy Slough

Thanks John, Right now I am swamped with info and I am struggling with the basic config. When I chose to download the Cakewalk Bandlab it said it would not run on my Win 7 Machines so I decided to use my Win 11 Laptop. Maybe a wrong decision as my desktop has soundcards etc. But the Win 11 has SSD drives and a faster processor so maybe correct decision. Anyway, I installed and during the process I was offered several Additional options in small windows which appeared simultaneously. (very similar to the checking VST window which appear when I start Cakewalk (Should I call it CbB? as many quote this) I chose some which I thought relevant and ignored others as I assumed I could go back and add later, but now I cannot find any of these again. With that thought I have directed towards "drum replacer" I can't find any reference to this in the menus of CbB and the only online documentation says it should be installed with CbB???? what do I do = How can I check and once checked how to rectify? It seems many things are add-ons to CbB = possibly run as plugins, but as a novice it is hard to discriminate between built in stuff & plugins. I would be grateful for any advice you have OR online documentation or Videos that could help . I do have some knowledge of tracks, tempos etc. from my processing of audio with Audacity and another midi editor from 10 years ago. Thanks

OK thanks for all the advice and info. Basically I am re-mixing a track for my ex lead singer from the 90s I suspect the drum track is a simple loop of kick & snare and is constant tempo throughout. He has said he wants to improve the drum track as part of the process and I will probably re-record the bass guitar also (As I was the bass player) I found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7D3wZldUJw which has shown me a technique to make sure the tempo matches the track, then I can add replacement drums in a new Midi track, in the knowledge it will remain in time. Then in the future I might try Melodyne as it look impressive. but baby steps first. I will also investigate the drum replacer feature but as the drums need improvement (Pattern, fills etc.) this is again a future option if I start to work with my old drummer. So thanks for all the help - let's consider this thread closed although I will look to see if you have any more helpful comments.

Thanks John, So the "select algorithm" dialogue box and the processing info in the time signature area is all a red herring and it wasn't doing it at all? Is there another way to replace the drum sounds I have? Thanks

Thanks Treesha, I have had an interesting investigation into melodyne and it definitely something I want to ply with. However, I cannot find any view for melodyne in my cakewalk. Probably because I have not added the plug in or something. OR it is there and I can't see it. So is having Meoldyne installed/added as a plug in essential in this audio to midi conversion process?

Thanks for the advise so far - I have repeated the operation but still without result. Here are some screenshots to show my process (I was not able to capture an image of the messages "analysing Audio" etc. but they appeared over the time stamp (top right) Any further thoughts as to what I am doing wrong?

Hi, New to cakewake (If you forget the brief use I did in the mid 90s) Trying to covert an audio track to Midi so I can assign new sounds (It's a drum track) I followed the instructions on a tutorial = Hold down Ctrl, drag audio to midi track. There was a dialogue box saying analysing audio, converting etc. but when it finished there was nothing in the midi track. I guess there will be further questions once I get some data in the track of how to assign output to VST sounds, but until I can see some midi data I believe I am chasing shadows. I have used midi tracks in an old editor back in 2008 but that was on a different computer (Windows 7) I am using a Windows 11 laptop