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The more I learn about them, the better they look. I don't plan on overclocking, mostly because that voids the motherboard's warranty, but for sure I want this processor to last as long as it can.

One thing I notice is that neither of the MIDI tracks are assigned to a MIDI channel. When I put the first track on channel 1 and the second track on channel 2, both faders work the way they are supposed to.

Adjust the height of the track to your taste, then Right-Click the track and select Set as Default Height. The track should always open at the height now. You will have to do this to each already existing track, I'm pretty sure. All NEW tracks should now open at that height as well.

Thanks for the input. I have a video card that is, I think, CUDA capable (GeForce GT640LP) so that will be helpful if I get into video creating, editing and processing. I guess I'll wait to see how everything works out before I decide to get a liquid CPU cooler. My main concerns are the temperature in my bedroom and the lack of good airflow because of where my desktop tower is.

Here's a graphic from the manual for the AMD motherboard I ordered (Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO WIFI). It shows that an M.2 SSD uses 2 SATA lanes out of 6.

Check your preferences to see if Suspend Audio Engine When Cakewalk Is Not In Focus is enabled. If it is, try disabling it to see if that makes any difference.

Has anyone had any experience with using a liquid CPU cooler? I'm waiting on components to build a computer based on an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X CPU and a liquid CPU cooler is something I'm thinking of adding to the case. It gets awful hot here in the SJ valley and heat buildup is always something that has concerned me.

The first thing to check would to make sure Input Echo is enabled on the track your vsti is on.

Are you using take lanes on the distorted vocal track? Is the waveform also showing distortion?

Not an answer to your question, but an alternate method. GR5 works great for processing a recorded guitar signal in Cakewalk. A big problem in recording live guitar is how you listen to the guitar parts you are playing while recording them. I have had good results using a passive direct box to record the straight guitar signal while sending an output to my guitar amplifier for monitoring. No worries about latency or feedback. All you need is a direct box (I paid less than $30 for one) and an amplifier. One advantage of recording the direct guitar signal is that you can take your time and find the right GR5 sounds (or TH3, etc.) you want, even layer different GR5 sounds using multiple tracks.

Turn off Snap. Right-Click the Draw Tool to select Line Mode to draw the controllers. Left-Click where the series of controllers will start then click and drag the cursor to where you want the series of controllers to stop and let up the left mouse button. Use Freehand Mode similarly, but it doesn't automatically create straight lines like Line Mode Does.

Here is a handy website that will resize images for you over the Internet. https://pixlr.com/x/

Have you tried Bouncing the track with Fast Bounce turned off? Or Audible Bounce turned on?

Beat me to it. ? You can click the Save button and save the layout to any destination folder. I save mine to OneDrive.

Click the Track Icon to the right of the track number and drag it up or down to where you want.

My understanding is that 32 bit VST2 go in the C:\Program Files (x86) directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Cakewalk\Vstplugins) 64 bit VST2 go in the C:\Program Files directory (C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Vstplugins) and VST3 go in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3 directory. And some plugins will install to the Steinberg directory in either C:\Program Files\ or C:\Program Files (x86) unless you change the destination folder during installation. Any sub-directory will do as long as it's added to the VST scan path. That's how I've been doing it and everything works fine. If I'm wrong I hope someone will correct me.

I usually install them in a folder with the company's name. Helps me keep track of them. Keep in mind that 32 bit, and 64 bit VST, and VST3 plugins go in different locations.

If there is no way to sort plugins by date in the program you can do it the old-fashioned way by opening the folder the plugins are actually installed in and sorting them by Date Modified.

Here's how I do it. Right-Click the CLIP and select either Insert Effect, which will put MIDI FX in the clip's FX Rack and will act non-destructively, or click Process Effect which will open the tool and destructively write the changes you make to the MIDI data.

I thought it might. Glad to hear it worked out. Guitar amp sims can be very useful for more than just guitars. Keep experimenting. Who knows, your go-to amp might be a bass amp.

Are you using any plugins that may have to be reauthorized? Some demo versions of plugins will exhibit that kind of behavior when the grace period is exceeded.

I suggest you take some time and look through some of the posts in the Tutorials section of this forum. You don't need to read everything but there is a lot of good advice and tips there that would allow you to have a better understanding of how Cakewalk works and what you can do with it. Focus on threads for beginners. One problem you may have on this thread is people offering you advice using terms that you won't understand. I also suggest you download a copy of the Cakewalk Reference File so you can look up things that other users may post here, to give you a better understanding of what they are referring to. Everybody here wants to help people get started, but the terminology involved is often a stumbling block to meaningful communication. https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/forum/35-tutorials/ https://bandlab.github.io/cakewalk/docs/Cakewalk Reference Guide.pdf

Go big or go home. ?

If you want to make sure nothing is Write Enabled, there is a Clear all automation write enables button in the Mix Module in the Control Bar. If anything is Write Enabled it will turn red, as shown in the image below. Click it to turn off all write automation.