Jim Fogle

That's great if you have the talent and instruments BiaB offers. It's always better to create your own audio when you can achieve the audio you desire. The program has advanced a lot in 15 years and there are over 3,100 hours of RealTracks available.

@abacab I have the free Amplesound acoustic, the Amplesound SC electric and the no longer available Spicy Guitar. So I have enough VSTis to get me started with guitar plug-ins. The main issue is me. I have trouble concentrating. Combined with my lack of knowledge of most things musical, beginner's skills with Cakewalk and, I'll freely admit, I'm having the devil of a time getting anything musical out of any of the VSTis I'm spending more time watching videos to set up the Cakewalk project like I want that I haven't spent much time using a VSTi yet .

I've never heard the Conway Twitty version but listen to the Lynn Anderson song every Christmas season. I visited your Soundcloud site and am confused as Ding A Ling is not visible.

I have an emergency cell phone available when I'm away from home. It is not a smart phone. Back to the original subject, a way to manually set the number of times a track loops while in record mode would be a nice feature to have available for use. The Boss digital recorder I use to have included a foot switch connection to remotely control the transport. Foot switch transport control would be difficult to implement in a DAW so a feature that automates the process is the next, best thing.

@kevro2000, Nice idea for home studios. @Mark MoreThan-Shaw, A smartphone and app for remote control is also a good idea but not everyone has one.

@abacab, Thanks again. At this time I'm not looking for guitar plug-ins. There are a lot available though.

@abacab, thanks for the information about PreSonusPro, the Presence XT sampler and the Core sample package. I'm surprised I wasn't aware of this since Studio One is my brother's DAW of choice. I see the guitars are part of the Core sample package. However, this instrument package is not included with the Artist edition but it is included with the subscription version of Studio One or the $399 retail Pro edition. Since the Presence XT sampler is available in all editions it might would be cheaper to get the Studio One Artist edition and then purchase the acoustic guitar and electric guitars sample packages separately. Thanks to everyone for your contributions.

What other folder options do you think needs to be in Media Browser?

The parent company, Bandlab Technologies, has a line of brick and mortar music stores, owns a couple of music related magazines, an effects stompbox manufacturer and at least two instrument manufacturers that I can think of off the top of my head. Click on the "Other Links" tab at the top of each page and you can investigate how the company makes money.

Looking forward to your next article Scott.

@User 905133, thanks for pointing that out. I overlooked the Overlord folder.

Steve, I stand corrected.

@steve@baselines.com, Thank you for your response. The current version of Cakewalk by Bandlab does not include an amp sim. @scook, Thanks for responding. The applications you mention are kind of before my time. I use to have Sound Center with Music Creator but removed MC from my computer. @abacab, Thank you for your thoughts. I have Amplesound's free acoustic Martin and Fender electric bass. Both are extraordinary instruments considering they are free. I imagine the paid, full featured virtual instruments are outstanding. The free Spicy Guitar virtual instrument has some interesting sounds. @User 905133, Thank you for the link and your response. Swatches is new to me. I appreciate all the responses. I'm not looking for third party guitar plug-ins as I have several. I was more thinking out loud and wondering why no DAWs that I know of include virtual guitars since guitar is so prevalent in western pop music.

Most DAWs include some free virtual instruments, for example Cakewalk by BandLab has TTS-1 and the Studio Instrument suite. Do you know of any DAW that includes virtual acoustic and / or electric guitar?

True mono external input selection so a single input audio interface does not take up two input assignments.

While browsing the MIDI.ORG website I came across +++ THIS +++ Craig Anderton article about using MIDI plug-ins to improve your MIDI.

Great to see you've posted a new Cakewalk by Bandlab video Mike.

Google translation:

At least they offer special financing on the deal.

Of course, one HUGE benefit of returning to a Windows computer is @Marc Harris can use Cakewalk by Bandlab as his DAW.

I like the second video better. Not because of the telegraph and teletype sound effects but because of the "Goodnight Chet" at the end.

I like your arrangement. Unexpected and interesting to listen to. In my opinion you have too many background voices; two would be sufficient for most of the song.

Good luck in the competition. Very professional sounding mix.

I like the doubling and the instrument mix. It's an interesting song to listen to. One thought. In the latter part of the song have you thought about adding a teletype or typewriter sound effect? Not a dominate sound but just barely audible. I think the sound effect would underscore the song title since both Chet Huntley and David Brinkley started out as newspaper reporters.

Very well thought out and presented series of instructional videos. I hope the series will gain enough traction on YouTube to advance up the search recommendations when "Cakewalk" is the search term. Do you plan to revisit and update these videos as Cakewalk changes over time? It is very possible the videos will become outdated and lose value if you don't.