Jim Fogle

I thought this was a very good cover. I agree the sax has a little harmonica sound to it in various parts of the song but I think that's charming myself. Several people on the Band-in-a-Box and MIDI Guitar forums use a breath controller in addition to their normal controller. A breathe controller will help you add MIDI expression. Most saxophone players learn to control the sound of their instrument by changing how hard their mouth clamps down on the mouthpiece, how hard they breath and by using their tongue against the mouthpiece.

Groove Monkey has free MIDI sample packs. Look for the "Free Loops" link at the top of +++ THIS +++ webpage.

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Just a thought; perhaps the developers could add a command for the program to add track and buss names, as well as the names of plugins used on each track, to the project notes. Another thought is to collect the data and export it as a spreadsheet file.

Open Windows Control Panel > Hardware & Sound > Manage Audio Devices. Place the mouse cursor in empty white space and right click. This opens a sub menu where you can enable audio devices that have been disabled or disconnected. Some audio devices have a built-in "record what you hear" audio loopback. If so, once it is enabled or connected Cakewalk should be able to recognize it as an audio device and use it. Another way is to use a +++ virtual audio cable +++ that connects from your browser to Cakewalk.

Very nice sound on the sax. Well mixed and interesting arrangement.

I think it would be nice to be able to identify what bars to preview. While @msmcleod has plenty of projects that are 8 - 16 bars others might have a different workflow where they place riffs or ideas one after another. I like the idea of having a preview checkbox to have the program save a preview file in the project file. The checkbox line could include two textboxes for preview start and end bars. That way a user can make each project preview as short or long as desired while the project is fresh.

The whole song has a nice, easy feel to it. I enjoy listening to your voice but I wish you wouldn't double it so much. To me the doubling distracts from how good your natural voice sounds.

@para.realist, try using the "Cakewalk Installer" link at the bottom of +++ THIS +++ webpage. There are presently two methods to download and install Cakewalk by Bandlab. The Cakewalk Installer is the newer and preferred method. Some people have reported the SI Instrument Suite does not download as expected using Bandlab Assistant

I support the feature request for preroll recording.

Kenny Gioia created 10 free-to-view videos for Groove 3 that explains how to use 10 VSTi instruments. https://www.groove3.com/tutorials/Free-VST-Instruments-Explained-Vol-1 Download links are provided to the virtual instruments. Note: You will need to sign-into your Groove3 account or create an account to access these videos. The featured free virtual instruments are: Drum Pro Sitala MT Power Drumkit Steven Slate Drums 5.5 Free Ample Bass P Lite II Ample Guitar M Lite Piano One (Neo Piano) Tyrell N6 Tunefish 4 Alter Ego

Good song. Nice arrangement. I like your tasteful use of delay and reverb. I would place the vocals a little more in the forefront and move the drums more into the background but that is a taste decision. I love the balance of the rest of the tracks. By-the-way I appreciate you are posting your songs to Bandlab.

Love the sounds of the guitars. Nicely done.

Very nice harmonies. I like the arrangement. The guitar has a tasty sound in this song. The piano blends into the background really well. Very abrupt ending.

Very nice. Impressive vocals, nice arrangement and mix. Small nitpicks are too much background reverb and forefront guitar sounds too much like a piezo pickup and not enough like a guitar for my taste. All-in-all, an enjoyable listen. Thanks for posting the link.

You may find +++ this +++ thread useful.

I support the idea of a more intuitive way to delete a marker.

Chernobyl Studios Learn To Mix with Cakewalk by Bandlab 12 tutorial videos in the series. Here's hoping @John Vere will somehow continue to find time to make video tutorials!

The Zoom H2N also has a headphone jack that will let you hear the microphone input as well as the computer output.

This is a wild guess on my part. Try putting a number in the "changes" box. I'd try 3, 5 or 10 first. I'm thinking autosave is wanting both a time and a number.

@Jonathan Seymour, Email support@cakewalk.com with whatever information you can provide about your old Cakewalk account. Once they verify you are an owner of an account at the former Cakewalk website they will provide you with the means to access the account.

Steve, Try https://realitone.com/products/realiwhistle

Great idea for a tutorial.

Nice cover Steve. Good job on the vocal harmonies. It brought back some good memories. The Lovin' Spoonful songs were different than most other bands of the time. Hums had everything from Summer In The City to Darlin' Companion to Rain On The Roof. The 2003 release of Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful has a beautiful instruments minus vocals version of Rain On The Roof.

A little gray box beside the plugin name with a label, New, inside the box would be nice. After the plugin has been selected x number of times the New gray box could disappear.