Gary Shore

Have a track I'm working on setting up a natural sounding groove/feel in and just started looking at the AudioSnap palette's "groove quantize" features(both Quantize to Pool and Groove Quantize)..... I'm wondering how people approach setting up the grid using the 2 dialog boxes as far as the Window/Strength settings etc;been trying to understand this stuff in terms of musical note values and how to configure things so the result reflects the timing of the Pool/Groove Quantize source track while still maintaining some of the aspects of the track this is being applied to... So far I've just been using the Quantize to Pool feature but planning on seeing how the Groove Quantize works as well,appreciate being able to find out which of these 2 people prefer,the possible difference in the end result etc,along w/the tech workflow people over here use when dealing w/this stuff...

Hey much thanks for posting this,scook is the man and was glad to see he replied w/info;actually found a tutorial a little while after I posted this showing this kind of stuff where various plugins/FX racks were disabled.... BTW my focus w/both these aspects is on overall CPU effect on the Project and it being 100% functional in the DAW vs.latency specifically...

Greetings to all and as always much thanks for everyone's help in the past over here... After being into the DAW for a while,finally getting into the kinds of advanced mixing approaches I've been studying,started working w/a bunch of new plugins and came up against something I wasn't able to find info about so posting this thread...wonder if people here could help me figure out something basic as far as plugins/CPU.... In terms of having a plugin installed in the FX rack,if the plugin itself is disabled,will it still be affecting the CPU just by virtue of it's being there? What about when the FX rack is bypassed? A secondary question concerns clips as far as the CPU hit involved in having a bunch of clips/editing vs.bouncing these down....also how having ASP clips along w/standard ones factors into things.... TBCH have a lot of stuff I've been working on getting an understanding of like the above and so will be posting more frequently over here....

Wasn't aware of that,much thanks for the heads up man.. Anyways you know this is a great forum....although I'm usually only over here when I feel I really need to bring something I'm dealing w/to the groups' attention and get some invaluable feedback,I'm always doing Google searches for threads over here relating to whatever I'm focusing on that I want to get some insight into and invariably finding great posts/replies..so adding this to the available resources(despite it's being based initially on a pre-AM coffee befuddled state)is a good idea,agree 100% w/your point...

Hey John!!How goes it man? You know like I posted above in reply to Mark who quickly set me straight on exactly what was going on yesterday AM ,was getting ready to delete this thread but now I'm glad I didn't get around to it until just now as I didn't know about this new one of yours although I have your playlists/links all saved in my go-to Cakewalk info email folder-much thanks for posting the link,just took a quick look at it and saw you also get into some other stuff I'm interested in as well...will be adding this to the tutorials I'm studying to figure out how everything works w/this...BTW now that you've posted this will be leaving the thread up w/a different title/updating the initial post...

Hey Mark!! Man much thanks for pointing this out,made my day...haven't used this for a long time,just realized it would be great for some stuff I'm focusing on,checked out a bunch of tutorials/info and had everything ready to go in terms of refreshing my knowledge of how to use it but had neglected this aspect of things as I was thinking in terms of plugins/FX this AM...no sooner did I read your reply then I re-opened the DAW,checked it under Region FX instead and right away saw everything worked as it was supposed to...again thank you for seeing this and posting right away...... Based on the no-brainer aspects of this I'd inadvertently neglected while still having my AM coffee when I was getting into this stuff earlier,will be deleting this thread,just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your posting,along w/all your past help over here man...

Updating this as,although the original thread was posted after I mistakenly kept trying to install Drum Replacer as an FX plugin instead of setting it up as a Region FX(see below if you also made the same mistake and like me were wondering what was going on),instead of deleting this thread(see reply to Mark McLeod below)decided to leave it up as John Vere,one of the more knowledgeable folks over here who's helped me figure things out,has just made a new tutorial on using Drum Replacer which he posted the link to below...looking forward to checking it out,I'm sure that like all his other excellent videos that are among my go-to sources of info for everything Cakewalk,it'll be another great resource for those of us developing our overall skillset.... Posting over here again hoping some of the people who've helped me figure things out in the past will know what's going on/what to do- Just went to load Drum Replacer and kept getting the message screen shown- Not sure what's going on as I checked the Plugin Manager,saw it listed,checked the plugin properties box there with no problem,re-scanned everything anyways... Plugin actually shows in the FX Rack but same message screen comes up... Last thing I wanted to have to deal with as I'm planning on using it for a bunch of tracks,actually working on some other stuff,not in the DAW today but wanted to check the info for another plugin and just thought of taking a look at Drum Replacer as well when this happened...glad I did think to check it vs.finding out about this when I went to start working on the Projects where I'd been planning on using it.... Found this older thread mentioning the same "exception code" but not familiar w/what's involved here...hoping there's an easy fix someone can let me know about....

For people who see this thread since I figured things out yesterday after the first reply, interested in any info re-above copy/paste.... (WASA(B)/(P)I)focus notwithstanding!! as I'm interested in understanding the kinds of things you have to do when you get the "Audio Engine Dropout" message w/the different numbers....

Thx for posting the link,have checked it out already along w/many others by Mike Enjo who's one of my go-to people for everything;is the stuff I'm focusing on here shown @ a given time in the video?Been a while since I've seen it...

Bdickens- Excuse me man!!Actually was out at the local Smart and Final earlier and was checking dry roasted edamame which I usually get,the only kind they had was WASABI...hence the confusion..my bad...but appreciate you posting and if you have anything relevant i.e.in terms of the results of the WASAPI I posted above etc,be interested man as TBCH just familiarizing myself w/this stuff..

All good-this worked but led to some audio engine dropout problems-buffer size was @ max so couldn't increase it re -#1> Audio processing took longer than the buffers allotted time slice. Increase the Buffer Size value in Edit > Preferences > Audio - Driver Settings. however did a Wave Profiler WASABI scan- ==== High Definition Audio Device (0 in, 1 out) ==== 8000 Hz: not available 11025 Hz: not available 22050 Hz: not available 44100 Hz: Channels 1,2 -- Bits 16,24,24(4 bytes),32 -- OK 48000 Hz: Channels 1,2 -- Bits 16,24,24(4 bytes),32 -- OK 88200 Hz: Channels 1,2 -- Bits 16,24,24(4 bytes),32 -- OK 96000 Hz: Channels 1,2 -- Bits 16,24,24(4 bytes),32 -- OK 176400 Hz: not available 192000 Hz: Channels 1,2 -- Bits 16,24,24(4 bytes),32 -- OK 352800 Hz: not available 384000 Hz: not available which seems to have fixed the problem... Any continued feedback about everything in this thread appreciated.....

Hey Kurre!! Good to see you're still actively involved over here-again appreciate your replies on my threads last year asking about Melodyne/Jamstix4-fortunately got my skill set together w/both.... Thx for the info above-thought that was what what was going on..will check this out a little later on once I get back to things..... Glad to know I can add you to the list of "computer-focused stuff"experts over here I can check things with....like I mentioned above,been focusing on this stuff in the context of file storage.....

Back over here looking for some feedback about something new but beforehand wanted to thank everyone again who took the time to help me figure things out relating to storage/moving Project Files a few weeks back;as I posted then,great to know there's a supportive knowledgeable community of Cakewalk experts over here to check things with.... Anyways- Installed Arturia Analog ab Lite a couple of weeks ago and been focusing in on it,getting a sense of what's what...initially I was playing some of the default Media Browser files through it,drag-dropping them to a track etcetc,but found a keyboard-focused sample pack I figured would give me a better idea of what the different instruments/presets sounded like.... First time I've gotten into this and being new to the computer OS-specific stuff involved,decided to post this thread instead of looking around online for the info..know I've seen the steps involved explained in one of the many softsynth-focused tutorials I've studied and have the link to saved in one of my email folders but since I wasn't sure which one..... Just took a look at the folder in my Downloads,saw that they're wav.files except for one subfolder w/MIDI files and was glad to see that as luck would have it they're all Cakewalk MIDI so I'm sure things will be compatible.... Checking Downloads in the Media Browser I didn't see them listed,only a few of the Downloads folders were there(fortunately, as I have a lot of them!!)....also "Extract"kept flashing when I checked the samples folder itself.... Wasn't sure how to proceed,whether extracting things is necessary,and where to move the folder/what to do(Preferences settings?)to get them up and active in the Media Browser....rather than trying some of the options that came to mind(i.e.copying the folder to the Music folder or another location instead of it's current Downloads location)figured checking w/people over here would be a better choice.... Update-checked the manual and realized all I had to do was select the "Show all files and folders" Media Browser option-selected it and saw it the folder,clicked on it and saw it there by itself OK right away...but still glad I set up this thread as getting some ideas about all this stuff(Analog Lab Lite/Media Browser etc)from people for whom dealing w/things like this is a no-brainer is still something I'm interested in.... Actually still wondering if there's a way to get the parent folder to same location as the other similar folders-Audio Library/MIDI Groove Clips/PTN MIDI Files/Sample Content(this would probably be where it would go I'm thinking)that show up in the dropdown menu when you click the arrow on the right there in the Media Browser instead of where it is now(part of Downloads still).... Continuing-saw this in the Reference Guide- "Save Content Location Preset . Save the current folder as a Content Location preset. By default, the folder name is used as the preset name, but you can type any desired name before you click the Save Content Location Preset button." Clicked on the square icon at the top right where you do this,saw that it's now is on the list referred to in the previous paragraph but when I clicked on it,instead of opening I got the pop-up- "The selected content location referenced missing files-C/User/Owner/Downloads/(folder name)-zip." Double-checked/re-opened the folder itself in the Media Browser,verified all the subfolders were there..is the pop-up related to what I was asking about earlier above re-"Extract"....???

Hey Shane _B!! Appreciate you posting here man,was hoping this was still an active thread...looking forward to getting feedback/tips about using it from everyone....actually going through the manual right now and finding info about some of the stuff I was noticing from messing around w/it yesterday using both the browser Media files as well as the built-in patterns/Song builder.... BTW just got a PM about the OP,my condolences....

Just happened to find this thread and was glad to see some of the people who've gone out of their way to help me figure things out over here involved in the discussion(David Baay/Scook).... Started working w/Jamstix 4 free version over the last few days,just familiarizing myself w/it so it's great to find out you guys are also using it/familiar w/the ins-and-outs of things.....