John

Very nice computer indeed. Nice to see you Panu.

Not showing up here? I did an update to BL Assistant too.

Good point Cactus.

Thanks Chuck, I knew about that there is a key to do that but I didn't recall it. Yes I did like it.

Thanks Noel. I thought it was very cool thing to have. More useful in the pre Skylight versions.

I tend to do everything in the project now. That is because I have updated my computer and am able to run a lot more plugins. However one does it / export/import or all in one, the mixing stage is the most important stage where if that is done right the mastering stage is easy. Look upon mastering as polishing the song not doing deep adjustments.

I don't know it this still is in effect but in version 8 we were able to move the widgets around so they would show those we used most on top. I think it was dropped in X1. But I have not tested this or looked around to figured it. The main reason is the Inspector pane. It can show all controls for a track. Sonar 8 did not have the wide Inspector that X1 had and all the version after it.

I did a test shortly after Mix Scenes was available. I wanted to see if I could change the outs in BDF3 and test how the sound was impacted. What I found is it worked very well and I was able to decide the best output configuration using Mix Scenes. The main reason it was useful was that it did not take a long time to switch. I think it is very useful. Because it can deal with just about anything one wishes to A/B. I like Save AS for creating a new project without overwriting the old. This lets me increment my projects over time. I can always go back and start over. Keep in mind a project can have any number of Mix Scenes. They can be for different things. Its a compliment to Save As not a replacement.

Those are called widgets and the area is the track header.

LOL I am older and also like new tech. I also work with other DAWs and other editing programs and like to have a simple way to have a history of what I did. Save as is my preferred method. I use scenes for a/bing different setups within a project.

I agree if that is really what he wants to do. I got the impression he was trying to export an entire project with all its tracks so he could send it to someone. I also agree with how you are using the term stem.

I'm an inveterate project save as person. I like to save a version that is significantly different from the one before. That way I can go back. LOL

Did you check in List View if there is a volume set in the MIDI track?

I may be wrong but what you are asking Cakewalk to do seems on the face not possible. Having just tracks as your output precludes using a master bus. If you want to have the bus and its FX it must be the source for exporting. Checking bus FX wont run the audio through it.

I'm not understanding your question. Could you explain it more? How is Cakewalk inputing to Kontakt?

Thanks for posting.

Sounds good Jim. Again, thank you.

I have always updated going back to the DOS days. With Windows 10 Pro I seek out updates and am happy to get them. I look at is as Windows being constantly improved and made better. Bugs are address. New features are added. Soon we will be getting a huge increase in how many plugins can be loaded. For more information on this read this FLS Slot Limit Increase. I find with every update Windows gets better. Problems get resolved and useful features are added. The notion that these updates are intrusive or a burden I find untrue. Staying current is a good thing to do. Freezing ones OS so that it becomes out of date makes it harder for developers to update their applications to take advantage the new abilities of the OS. MS tries to keep as much compatibility as is possible. But there is a limit to how this will impact future improvements and greater security. We are not paying for all these updates so I can't see a downside.

Hi Jim thanks for that. I am casually looking for a new graphics card. It is not a priority. What was funny is I have Davinci Resolve which checks ones graphics card and it said it OK but it wont be good for so many things that Resolve can do. LOL In using it I found it makes my videos look really good where Vegas Video Pro is, shall we say, not as good looking. So I have a Nvidia GTX 550 ti. hooked to two wide screen monitors. 1 gig mem ddr5. I want to up that to 8 gig. and a better card. I don't want to spend a lot of money on it. LOL When I got it it was a middle of the road card. Each year it goes further down the line becoming lower and lower. I don't need 4k but.........?

What about a GTX 1070?

What AV are you using?

I must say I didn't expect the jubilation you have. Very thoughtful.

I'm with the others here. Though for casual use an on board sound chip can do just fine. I would check what bit depth and sample Cakewalk is set to. Also you should run Wave Profiler, its part of Cakewalk, to test your sound chip to see what it has to offer. It may be that it can do 16 bit 48 kHz. Make sure that Cakewalk is set to what your sound card can handle. They should be set the same. Normally on board sound chips will switch itself if it gets a signal change. If you also play videos those may be setting it to 24 48. A good interface like a USB with XLR inputs will set you back under $100 it will be very much worth it to you. Plus you wont need the mixer. I hope you can get this sorted out.

So if it can mean anything that would mean it means nothing. I can't believe that.

It could also be a faulty mic.