Glenn Stanton

maybe you could provide an understanding your need for still images in CbB would be helpful. there is the "video" capability which is designed to let you monitor the video while you compose, perform, or mix, but no editing of the video. so go get the image editing software (still and/or video) and use that. then if you need to sync with Cakewalk for creating or editing audio as part of the sound track, then you'll be all set.

GIMP (free) - a photoshop like app IrfanView (also free) - primarily a viewer but basic image editing possible Inkscape (free) - a vector editor but also useful for tracing images...

@winkpain @Syphus so, in re-reviewing this, you save the template source file (with image, copyrights, etc) as "normal" in the "project template folder". this is a .cwp file in the template folder at this point. then rename the file as .cwt. now the template file has the image in the header section of the file (which is what needs to be read from the start screen display) as well as embedded in the file notes.

if you're using a loop. it needs to be in 6/8 time or you could use delays to simulate it. otherwise, if you're using guitar mode and strumming is set to auto, it should follow the time signature. check which articulations (switches) you use as they also impact the strumming. note that the "loops" are midi files which have some specific note controls you need to use, so you can create your own to fine tune your strumming patterns.

ah, no. The Beatles changed it for everyone around the world. all music is good. even the bad music. ?

you select the type as "template" and the folder as "template folder" ? then when you save the file it's added as a .cwt file into the project template folder ? i almost never bother with extensions and let the app sort it out...

a template is essentially a project file. if you have existing templates, you can edit to add or change the image like you would in a project, however you need to clear the cache of templates in the screen view otherwise they may not show up right away.

when you are editing the template, there is a browser section for adding notes, etc and includes adding an image.

maybe make a custom workspace and matching theme that does that?

what would be cool - a way to automate a chain of mix recalls so at each part of the song you could spend some time with changes, snapshot, perhaps re-use in another section (e.g. chorus) then automate them (say, in the arranger), and in some cases, reuse across projects (e.g. acoustic automation chain, rock automation chain etc as sort of a pre-mastering set of moves)

are any of the tracks on OneDrive or Google Drive folders (or other sync services - CarbonCopy, Box, etc)? i've found that if i try to do audio edits or even just mix on one of the sync drives, it will fail, and sometimes it's the "general error" and most times "permission" errors because the OneDrive and Google Drive are aggressively trying to "sync" files while i'm in the middle of using them, so now i make sure i always pause those services for the duration of a session.

setting on the VST scan logging has helped me more than once to find the offending VST and get it removed... Synth1 and a number of the SynthEdit based instruments seem to have problems even if the paths and permissions as all good. possibly just sloppy workmanship.

i think it's the middle 2 bullets for people who are even slightly interested. i'm playing around more and more with guitar (some Kontakt instruments and AAS Strum) and i think it's pretty cool. i've made a couple of custom maps to make it easier to use on some songs, but it's just really nice to compose something, then have the computer play the parts as if i taught someone...

one trick is to take the "tempo source" track (say a guitar or bass track), make a copy, remove a bunch of high end via a destructive EQ on the track, then drag that. sometimes the high(er) frequencies (e.g. pick noises, finger thumps on the body of an acoustic, etc) in a track can confuse the algorithms even in Melodyne. cutting the HF causes the overall tempo being exposed by the audio to smooth out bit.

just create the individual drum tracks in a regular track folder. route the outputs of those tracks to a buss or two (i route kick to a separate buss and have a parallel compression buss for kit except OH, room, cymbals and kick). mix the tracks to taste then compact the folder. use the buss(es) to control overall drum in mix. use buss level effects (perhaps on other "effects" busses) like delays and reverbs to reduce plugin count and save processing power.

are you dragging the clip to the measures bar? Melodyne does a pretty good job of finding the tempo, notes, and depending on version, chords.

sure you can buy a third party mouse to use with Apple, but they still ship the one button thing... fwiw - i still have my 1988 macintosh with radius accelerator and radius 2-page BW high-res display... mint condition ?

matrix view? then midi notes to trigger a full play? say each matrix item would have 4 bars of midi, then each quarter note could trigger 4 bars and only "release" back to the triggering track and the next note. could lead to some interesting mixtures of timing and so on... it would also be nice to have the scoring module "behave as written" with repeats, and other notational elements... ?

you can arrange your console so you have more access to busses. some some things like "drums" (or equiv synth bits) and "bass" (or equiv synth bits) etc as busses which are fed from multiple tracks allows you to easily concentrate on fewer controls, and nothing wrong with multiple "drums" busses with different mixes of the same drum parts (using sends for example) and effects to create wholly different song sections by swapping, cross-fades, blends... and also spend some time on aux tracks and patch points are various intermediate options for applying effects - one challenge for folks is there can be too many routing options ?

isn't your feature request to do repetitious playing for x # of measures based on musical score notation? there's no penalty for creating (in your example 99 measures) esp if the goal is to add something else along the way (like melody, harmony, sound effects, soloing etc), you'll need those measures anyways. otherwise, maybe export the audio and run it in an audio player on loop until you're bored with it...

same here. also switch between mono and stereo, plus use my single mono speaker physically set dead center and i tweak the levels on the speakers and the monitor controller (and sub etc) until they're all balanced for levels and panning. then anything i do in the "console" to pan etc works as expected. i'm wagering many people don't calibrate their system to compensate for deviations in their hearing, it would probably be a surprise to find people with perfectly balanced hearing...

you can insert a quote after you start a reply ? then the skys the limit as far as before quote and after quote commenting goes ?

thanks. i never tried that approach - just using inputs as labels. we definitely need a CAL update - JavaScript would be really good, or Ruby ?

i do not know how to display the name once you've selected it. that would be nice though to be able to display the name of the file being executed. maybe add the name into the string of an input parameter? (do (dword off_set 10) (getInt off_set "HUMANIZE - Enter the offset percentage " 1 99) ) or a second input variable: (do (dword title 10) (dword off_set 10) (getInt title "HUMANIZE" 1 1) (getInt off_set "Enter the offset percentage " 1 99) ) another option: using a "message": message This CAL function allows you send output to your Cakewalk program’s status bar. (message <value> [ [value] … ]) i haven't tried this one but it might work as well. also more CAL info, perhaps something in the undocumented link would be the answer: Cakewalk Music Software - CAL programming information (bikexprt.com) http://www.bikexprt.com/calfiles/index.htm

do you mean in the CAL edit/view window so you can see the title bar with the currently being edited/viewed file?