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  1. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Hadn't seen this - looks excellent! Thanks to both you and the op
  2. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    I very much appreciate your feedback Tom
  3. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Thank you kindly my friend - I really appreciate your feedback
  4. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Thanks for the heads-up - that's quite some negative feedback though!
  5. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Thank you kindly! Hopefully a future release will be more to your style - we do have a wide range of tastes between us, so it won't all be heavy
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    Thank you my friend! Appreciate the mix feedback - will pass that back to the engineer as he's fairly new to the game, so will value that! I must admit i'm a big sucker for key changes and so the combination of that and moving to a heavier guitar pattern was something that made me super happy to implement I'm glad you feel it works.
  7. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Some cool atmospheres - great job!
  8. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    This is groovy! I really like it.
  9. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Thanks i'll have a listen! Oh small world! Lovely area. Best wishes, Matthew Edit: Oh cool looks i'm already subscribed to you on YT! Very cool
  10. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Thank you kindly for your feedback Nigel! Have you got anything to share that I can check out and enjoy? I hear what you mean about the cymbals - we ended up having a fair few mixes on this track as it was very difficult getting all the elements balanced; if we were doing another one I'd probably agree on polishing those a little more! We've been experimenting with a few different engineers, although are trying to do as much basic mixing as possible to really let them focus on the polishing/production to really take it to the next level. Best wishes, Matthew
  11. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Love the atmospherics on these!
  12. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Very catchy and well produced. Thanks for sharing!
  13. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Very catchy! Love the groove. Great work
  14. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Thanks for sharing! I'm really enjoying what i'm hearing so far!
  15. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Thank you kindly! Would love to hear some of your music if you make it and have any available We're always really keen to do something a bit different - the balance can be difficult to find between going too out there conceptually/instrumentally and not far enough and creating something that feels like it's been done before. The length is an interesting point - I think sometimes we want to try and cram too many ideas into a song and that can lead to them going on beyond the usual radio length - in fact this track is probably one of the shorter ones. It is one of the things we're really trying to practice improving with newer material. I was really impressed with the video - I put out a call on FB for videographers and had several recommendations for the guy who did it. Affordable, prompt and good quality - so he's definitely being used again! I'm a big metal fan so I love the harsher vocals but we do try and strike a balance - they can be good for conveying specific moods, but wouldn't want to use them all the time. I think one of the big challenges we often have with this musical project is with marketing/promotion - metal is probably the closest but can throw people off due to perceptions of that genre, so it's trying to find open minded people/communities to share it with! Thank you one again
  16. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Hi guys, My eclectic musical ensemble Disconnected Souls has recently released a new track called Kintsukuroi. I'd describe this one as being a ballad fused with some heavy djenty guitar, electronics, orchestral and world influences. There are some interesting concepts and instrumentation that we explore If you get chance to listen I hope you enjoy! Comments/feedback/criticism always welcomed. Best wishes, Matthew
  17. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Probably worth trying the import with both AV disabled as a quick test. If that does return speed to normal then you'll want to put some exclusion rules in place for the Cakewalk process and also the music content directories.
  18. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    In your preferences can you also check these settings? For SSD I believe these should both be set to disabled for the best performance.
  19. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    One other quick question - what's your CPU/RAM utilisation like? Are you using a system pagefile? How's that configured if so? Just wondering if there might be some contention for resource taking place elsewhere that could be causing the constraint that means you're not getting the full performance of the disks (as would seem to be indicated if other copies are occuring within reasonable time frames).
  20. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    I'd be inclined to agree with Lord Tim There are a lot of variables here to rule in/out and the OS rebuild will certainly address several in one go. Prior to doing so though i'd run a disk benchmark - this will verify whether the hard disk is achieving the expected latency/file transfer performance for different sizes of files. I appreciate that copying regular files appears to show performance as normal, but there's a always a chance that the issue is specific to a specific block size/configuration. That can then be compared against the figures for the brand new disk type of that model. Also prior to rebuilding the OS, i'd open up the PC and do some cleaning and checking all cables are securely connected. I can understand your frustrations with this one - so hopeful we can get to the bottom of this.
  21. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Hmmm that is very weird. Do you notice issues with other content? Try copying some content to/from that drive and checking the transfer speed and how long it takes to open it in other programs. Points to a specific disk issue - might be worth running a benchmarking tool and checking if the score you're getting matches the quoted figures for that SSD type (i'm guessing not though given what you're seeing). Try some of the standard SSD performance troubleshooting: https://windowsreport.com/fix-slow-ssd-windows-10/ How long have you had the drive - it might be it's on it's last legs.
  22. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    I just tested importing a 3GB/12min video into Cakewalk and it took 2-3 mins with the sample rate conversion process happening second and taking about 20 seconds of that. So looks like it might be something specific to your project files and/or setup. Are these wav/ video files all from the same source? What's the bit rate? Just want to rule out that there could be something odd about the content of these causing it extra work. If they are the same then try importing some known files, such as CD audio. Not sure whether Cakewalk uses the Windows API or FFMPEG for file conversions, might be there was a change of versions there if it was working fine previously. Can you try reverting to an earlier build? With respect to File Monitor - it works fine on OS past 8 in my experience, it's just not fully tested. I would load up filemon and then do your import and see what activities are going on - if there's loads of non-Cakewalk activity on the same disk at the same time, it would suggest their might be contention for disk utilisation which might reduce your performance.
  23. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Check the midi channel is set to omni That's what I fall for every single time.
  24. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Windows Insider is a voluntary program for more up-to date OS builds - I would personally recommend leaving this if you're in it for stability purposes; as often these builds do break things and can be difficult to troubleshoot. You shouldn't need to turn on optional diagnosis data if you're just using the standard OS builds. If your PC doesn't meet the minimum requirements then I would recommend remaining where you are - given Windows 10 will still be supported for some time to come and there aren't many real justifications for upgrading to 11 anyway - at least with respect to audio/DAW. If you really want to be on 11 then there is a custom installer that can be used which will remove the restrictions. These are TPM V2 which is a security restriction to make the device more secure and a minimum supported CPU age. Both of these restrictions are a little extreme and plenty of people are using it on devices not meeting these requirements, but you're taking a risk of things breaking when they roll out further patches/upgrades, as these older builds are unlikely to be tested as thoroughly, if at all. There was some talk of some of the restrictions being relaxed but as far as i'm aware these are just rumours at the moment - so I wouldn't hold out hope on that
  25. Matthew Simon Fletcher
    Great work! Much appreciated
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