Glenn Stanton

depends. some places its "nu", others "neu", "νέος", "nuiu", "new", "noo", "新しい", "neuf", "neseniai įgytas", "cusub", "新的", "ny", etc pretty sure they mean it as a shorter version of "it's the newest iteration of our digital audio workstation product"

if you have any one of many audio file editors - SoundForge, Acon Acoustica, RX, etc they all have statistics windows, just drag a bunch of tracks into (e.g.) Acoustica -> Analysis -> Show Statistics. or SoundForge - Tools -> Statistics etc. if you want to go further, you can copy to clip board and paste to your favorite spreadsheet and do some quick graphs across all the files to show you the potential issues or options for each track. depending on the project - i'll just run it through and read the peaks off the meters. i like the Acoustica stats as the most complete of my tools. i like SoundForge because of the loudness log which shows all the significant levels per 8K samples.

i don't think there is a way to disable the auto numbering ? if you had a template set up for the majority of those tracks, then the clip names would get the auto numbering and the track names would be stable. another option would be to investigate if something like auto-hotkeys could be used as a macro to scan the tracks and remove the (##) from each name.

maybe it's me? i have a couple of the older MX2004A mixers which in the instruction manual are the block diagrams. so Behringer must have decided at some point in the last 10 years to stop doing it. sad because sometimes the block diagrams can be useful esp when you are using a bunch of patch bays. i have the UMC1820 and an ADA8200. and they're coupled via the normal optical cables - with the out on the UMC via optical splitter is going into the ADA input (as the 1820 is the master clock) and also my JVC RX-7000V 5.1 receiver to provide the power for my 5.1 JBL setup. the out of the ADA goes into the 1820. the next thing is to make sure the clock settings are right. once having done that, then everything (for me) worked as expected. all 16 channels are inputs into my PC via USB and the UMC ASIO.

interesting. yeah, the export seems to show it as "hh:mm:ss:ff" and the selection box shows it in the "M:B:T" format: neither seems to change with the time ruler format or the larger now time setting.

you could try to convert the instrument tracks to MIDI and re-instrument them as an option. depends on the material and how critical the original performances are . if you're really just getting a bunch of clips together to create the material, then maybe MIDI is the answer to getting the parts aligned properly. as an example, i'm taking a recorded electric guitar track, converting it to MIDI, and then re-instrumenting it as an acoustic guitar (and later, a piano part with some edits after the fact) but then i can tweak the tempo at will. and it's "close enough". in this case, i'm going to import the MIDI into the Ample guitar "riffer" and tweak it, plus add the scratches (which don't register as MIDI notes but will as added keyswitches for the Ample guitar) and use that for the songs rhythm track.

yeah, this is where MIDI really shines, create MIDI tracks and drive virtual instruments. simply change the tempo and voila.

so some basics: you have 2 soft synths (virtual instruments) = SI Drums & LABS - they produce sound based on MIDI notes. they are not "effects" (FX). so they belong in the synth rack. like where you have the SI Drums. then you need either 2 instrument tracks, or 2 audio + 2 MIDI tracks in order to provide the MIDI and also hear the output of the instrument. nothing needs to go into the FX Bin at this point. if you like, you can directly create the instrument track and assign the instrument using the insert track dialog. do this for the drums and the LABS instrument. LABS let's you use a number of libraries - so open the LABS synth and select your instrument. you should now be ready to add your MIDI to each track to drive your instruments. for drums - dragging MIDI clips is useful, using the CW step sequencer works. for LABS, you might use clips or perform using your keyboard, or using the Piano Roll View (PRV), directly add and edit notes.

never knew that, i guess i need to spend some more time clicking on things that aren't obvious ? definitely nice to "stack" the time ruler.

how many vocal tracks do you need to change? stretching has it's limits. regardless of DAW. for starters even stretching won't necessarily place all the vocal parts where they need to be. you could try the billie eilish trick where her brother (and producer/co-writer etc) chops up each syllable to create the vocal lines. in the video where he was demo'ing this - he had ~80 clips per track... but he positioned each and every syllable where it was supposed to be and then did some stretching here and there to get it to flow. perhaps using Melodyne, you could do something similar for placing the words, and stretch as needed etc.

yes, the ADAT optical on the UMC1820 also connects to my AD8200. ? but the 1820 doesn't work without the ASIO. ? the 202HD does work with WASAPI etc.

you have to hold the button down while dragging. if you let up, then you drop the duration...

i use the UMC 1820 and UMC 202 HD together - they use the same ASIO driver so enabling them works. pretty sure two 1820 would work as well. a ways back, i had 2 M-Audio 1010LT cards which also worked on the same 1010LT ASIO driver. it's just a matter of hardware being able to use the same driver (and of course not have the driver restrict itself to a single HW IO unit). otherwise different ASIO drivers - not workable.

as Base said: then as you drag on the millseconds time ruler, you'll see the duration shown ± time note: the aim assist time shows the duration in whatever time ruler format you've selected.

otherwise if you miss that one, there are many for $599-$699 refurbished units.

ah yes! set timeline to millisecond, then place the markers to align on clips etc - helps to define the spacing, then just drag in the timeline from marker 1 to marker 2 and you can read out the duration. in the example 00:00:14.732 between the 2 markers (ignore the now time)

if you open the UMC control panel - check the settings to make sure they're essentially the same as the Windows audio settings - sample rate, etc. e.g. my UMC 202HD uses the same driver as my UMC1820. my Windows audio is using 44.1, 24-bit stereo

one way i've been doing it - click on the clip and look at the length in the inspector -> properties. you have the same set of selections as the main clock. the only downside is if you select several clips, it just shows "multi" which is not helpful ?

in the "tracks" menu, select "bounce to track(s)" and use the preset "tracks", channel format "split mono" etc to create 2 mono tracks.

my main keyboard is usually my Kurzweil Stage 88. great sounds, MIDI in and out, great keyboard feel (weighted Fatar keys - easy to maintain). it's great to have 88 keys when your composing/arranging since you don't have to switch octaves on the controller (like a smaller keyboard would), and with key splits having multiple instruments on a single set of keys is very handy. bass-piano, cello-violin, etc combos are really nice when you're working out arragements. i like the idea of the Arturia Keylab 88 (as it also has the weighted Fatar keys and some additional controls) but it's like 3x the price of the essentials... my current keyboard (due to space constraints at the moment) is my Komplete Kontrol S49 Mk2. nice feel, useful with Komplete Kontrol software to work out instrumentation and with the keyswitch indicators, nice feature. if i was in the market for another Komplete Kontrol, i'd get the S88 Mk3.

in my approach i do one per track but the tracks are staggered to represent the entire "record" so playing or exporting as a single 2-track i can check for consistency, gaps/fades. markers for stop and start times, fades (in or out), etc. and still be able to tweak on track by track basis. i'll use clip gain in lieu of volume automation on tracks so i can move the clips as needed while keeping the gain automation. edit: probably in the future i'll use the arranger per track/clip to allow faster swapping of arrangement.

not sure what you mean by "bleeding though". do you mean you're recording something and your headphones or monitoring speakers are too loud and thus being recorded? or do you have your routing set up so that track 1 is part of the overall mix being sent to track 2?

just create an export task for each track - set it to the type and length you need. for me - i create WAV export task (first, then clone for the MP3) and an MP3 export task (where i added the track metadata as well as select the rate, quality etc etc settings). so for a 10 2-track project - 20 export tasks. once i'm done just select and run them all. and if i need to tweak something, i make the adjustments on the track then simply re-export. easy peasy.

long ago i tried to use this for "vocal pitch correction" (before getting autotune) and found out, crap in = crap out, even if it's relatively in tune... LOL

if both use the same ASIO driver, then it should work. i have a UMC 1820 and a UMC 202HD and they work together because they use a single ASIO driver. they appear as separate devices in CW but they're both enabled. however, since the 202 HD doesn't have the ability to accept or output a clock, syncing them fully is not possible. in the past, i have used WASAPI Shared and different IO units which support it to connect them. again similar issue though, these devices did not have the ability to share a common clock - but i made one the input unit and one the output unit so it didn't really matter (4 in, 4 out).