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I do commercial work and automation works without any issues. I create my own samples in app while doing my Sound Design.

You need to setup 2 seperate tracks in any DAW to play you instrumentals and to record your vocals only. Dont use the record button on the "MASTER" track. Cakewalk does not have a dedicated "Master" track without the Pan and Record button on it. This is where most confusion amongst newly users running to Cakewalk to do Podcast comes in. So your steps will be as follow. Drag your instrumental into Cakewalk. Next - hold down "Ctrl and press T" to create an Empty Audio Track. This Empty track is where you will record your voice on - not the Master Track.

No. Sidechaining reverb to vocals wasnt really used until the 2000's, but it was a common technique in the film industry on screams and explosions and mostly on claps and snares in both Film and Music. As for the "Sidechain" technique itself - that has been around since the 1930's.

You don't always have/need to sidechain the reverb. There's NO "secret effect." That lush reverb effect does not always work on every vocal EDM track. Sometimes only a delay is needed. It all depends on the track. You can easily destroy your vocals with compression if it's not needed. Just because your favorite singer/rapper uses a certain effect - does not mean it will work for you. We use certain effects to fill up the track and if the body is already full and round, using this effect might eat up and muddy up your track - ruining it. Even though it's meant to clean up the vocals. In the end it all comes down to your taste and approach to what works for the mix/track. If it is not needed WHY use it? ?

We use different kind of compression in EDM. Again, an RnB approach even a Jazz approach will work depending on the track. Sometimes compression isnt needed. Its what works for you through what your monitors tell you whats in your tracks.

Why not use a multiband compressor for this purpose - instead of sacrificing what might have been a good EQ sculpting before?

Not quite true. Your threshold, attack and release compensate how the compressors uses its ratio. You can get a -1dB GR on a 8:1 ratio. Even a -14dB with a 2:1 ratio. Its all about what works for you to catch all your peaks with that specific track.

Look at it this way. One is to tame the peaks and the other one is to glue it in the mix. You can achieve the same results by using the same compressor. It wont give you the same character as analog gear, but wil give the same results Warren is explaining here. He is a great buddy.

Bounce them to track dry and store them as a sample pack. Create a new folder in the browser pane then drag and drop them from the TV in to your sample folder.

The best answer here would be to learn some recording techniques. Recording is a skill on its own. One you become your own skilled Recording Engineer - working with any pitch correction plugin will become a breeze. Certain words dont need pitch correction or to have the pitch drift set to center. Then there are times when you'll have to cut the last half of a words to time stretch it (this is where that recording skill come in to play.) You might want to straighten out some vibrato in a word or you might want to add some. Everything mentioned here plays a big role before using melodyne and understanding Melodyne alone is a skill on its own. It can both ruin a recording and polish it. So knowing where and when to use it is key. We might think we know how to use it, but trust me we havent even scratched its surface. It is a powerful engine. Evertime you use it - its with a different approach. So if yoy have great recording skills, melodyne will be your best friend.

Just this morning, I wae working with a known songwriter in the industry remotely. She's extremely talented, but 40 mins in the Zoom she cursed and said that the iLok cloud was down again. Cause we were exchanging files to and from within PT. Her timeout was 5mins max, but everything has been smooth since. I had immediately thought of your issue and suggested to her to get a dongle 3. Now heres my question to you, Sir John. Do you have your PACE license app installed? If so - how is the relationship between your AV and PACE? Are things rocky perhaps? Have you noticed any strange behaviour between the two parties lately? Maybe councelling is needed. Check for these things. ? Thought I might throw some humour in this as well. Apparently Andriod has been cheating on Siri with Alexa.

Yep, definitely iLok issue. Contact them too. They probably think you're running a pirate version of the plugs, seeing that you have it installed on three devices - where two of those are new machines/ID's? iLok is a pain.

Are you using a sine within a instrument? The great thing about Automation is it copies with your file. Just create the first two beats and use the shortcut Ctrl+D to speed things up. Remember to do this in the automation lanes. You can also highlight all the nodes > hold down CTRL and drag-copy to the next beat.

Squares will clip.

Use automation on your sine. This eliminate the use of plugins.

It is actually really stable now. Suits certain tracks really well.

This was because of your new Machine ID which iLok do not recognised. iLok have been a pain the past two weeks. Licenses have mysteriously moved from my dongle to the cloud at one point. It took their servers 5 hours to be restored last week Tuesday. Anyway - your issue might have been related to a server issue on their end.

There are DAWs that compensate for this - much like 0dB center balance control with panning in Cakewalk. The same goes for when you do a send. It adds the same 3dB as collapsing the L&R channels together.

Is it necessary to reset a stuck note? I normally just hit the same NOTE again to get it to stop.

All you need to do is just overwrite the current preset. All my plugins Default presets have been overwritten for me to start off with a "Clean/Empty" preset everytime I load it.

You dont have to bounce to tracks with your effects on. It gives you the option to choose that, but even when you do or dont - it still doesnt degrade the sound.

No. Neither does Bounce to Track - should that be your next question.

In the Track View, locate the Tracks Tab next to the Options tab and select BOUNCE TO TRACK You can also set this up as a shortcut in preferences.

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