Chaps

Hard to pick just one (or three). These three are songs that echo in my mind long after the music stops. Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson Cliffs of Dover Fields of Gold by Eva Cassidy Fields of Gold Orinoco Flow by Enya Orinoco Flow

I do it all the time with Addictive Drums 2, and have done it with the Kontakt Player.

I downloaded the song as an MP3 and imported it into Cakewalk by Bandlab. It's hard to isolate the frequencies but I used the PC EQ Low Pass Filter, and SPAN, to see where the vocal frequencies reside. There's a lot going on at 200 Hz and below. Using the Low Pass Filter I can hear the voices much better and boosting the freqs at 1,933 Hz and 2 kHz seemed to add a little clarity. Hard to tell how much it would actually help since the boosting/cutting the vocal freqs also boosts/cuts everything else. The percussion sound I'm referring to is the one playing on the 2 and 4 through much of the song, especially in the beginning starting around 21 seconds into the track. The songs I had online were done in the 80's using a 4-track cassette deck and were basically recorded for my mother. I just got tired of hearing all the things I wish I had done better, thinking I would just record them again using Cakewalk and virtual instruments to back my guitar and voice. Health/medical issues got in the way and I never got around to doing anything. Now that I'm giving it another go I find that years of not playing guitar or singing has really affected my abilities. I can work on my voice but I seriously doubt I'll ever have the ability to play the things I hear in my head on my guitar again. I'm practicing every day, though. I still have some old things online, but nothing to brag about. The last piece of music I uploaded was an instrumental based on a trip to Bodie, California. It's a great ghost town of an old mining settlement. Bodie 1 I still have some of the old songs on Soundcloud, some of which I hope to replace with updated versions when I finally finish something I feel is worth sharing. Chappel/Javadude54/Casey Jones on Soundcloud.

Pretty impressive. If I were going to nit-pick I would suggest brightening up the vocals a bit. They seem to be buried in the lower frequencies in the mix. Also, that slap/wood block kind of percussion sound is a bit repetitive compared to the other song elements. Is that played by MIDI? If it is, I would consider using the MIDI FX to randomize the velocity of that instrument to humanize it. But all in all, I it's a very nice piece of music. I wish the stuff I'm working on sounded half that good.

I suggest using Revo Uninstaller to uninstall programs. It can also delete the related registry components. I've been using the free version for years and never had any problems with it or its functions. Revo Uninstaller

Very well done. Orchestration and dynamics are top-notch. I can only imagine how many hours went into this work. Hopefully, when you are done with it you can find a good orchestra to add it to their repertoire.

I have Cakewalk by Bandlab build 29.09.0.120 and I can't reproduce your problem. I have no other cakewalk software. Maybe reinstall the programs?

I've seen pops/spikes like that in a recording when some appliances were turned on but it sounds like you have ruled that out with additional recordings. What I would do would be to look for spikes in tracks and buses by turning on the Playback and Bus Meters' Hold Peaks and Lock Peaks options. Lock Peaks will only work if Hold Peaks is enabled. In the Track View you can enable them at Options>Meter Options>Playback Meter Options>Hold Peaks. Repeat that and enable Lock Peaks. Do the same with Bus Meter Options. You can also enable those options by Right-Clicking on the Track Inspector Track and Bus Meters and selecting the relevant Meter Options. You can also select those options in the Console View at Options>Meters>Playback Meter Options and Bus Meter Options. I would enable them everywhere because I'm not sure how independent they are with respect to each other. Then I would Loop the section with the pop and see if any of the meters were buried in the red where the pop occurs. That might help identify where the pop is occurring.

It does sound like that the 'C' and 'G' chords are a bit out of tune.

I think the lead guitar was buried in the mix. What I heard sounded pretty good so crank that puppy up and let it shine.

Speaking of that, here is a link to a related post I made a few years ago regarding a Scott Garrigus article explaining how to empty the Cakewalk Pictures Cache automatically. I followed the instructions and now my Picture Cache is emptied on a weekly schedule. Does it make a difference? I don't know, but it's something I don't have to think or worry about anymore. Automatically Empty the Cakewalk Picture Cache

Your other audio tracks are behaving normally? Is it possible that the imported audio is being inserted further down the timeline and it isn't visible in the area you can see?

I don't have any experience with that MFX but if you want to transpose the playback of an entire MIDI clip you can do it in the MIDI Track Inspector at the bottom where it says Key +. The transposition works when playing and auditioning notes in the PRV. You can drag the slider in half-step increments (which can be a pain in the butt) or use the Keyboard Number Pad. If you click and hold the mouse cursor in the Key + box and press the numbers on the left side of the number pad (1,4,7) it will lower the pitch of the playback in half-step increments. If you click and hold the mouse cursor in the Key + box and press the numbers on the right side of the number pad (3,6,9) it will raise the sound of the track's playback in half-step increments. Clicking and holding the mouse cursor in the Key + box and double-pressing 5 will reset the pitch to 0 (no change in pitch). It's a lot easier and simpler that I'm making it sound.

Is the audio track routed to a bus? If so, what is the volume/gain settings on that bus? Are you using the Pro Channel or FX in the audio track or bus? Are any other audio tracks affected by this volume loss?

If you do not have the effects you want in the program, one option is to download and install multiple free effects bundles from companies like Kilohearts or Melda Production. Both will require you to create an account and install their versions of Plugin Managers. While you can still download and install individual VST plugins, having them all in one place can be pretty convenient. Also, searching for 'free VST (the kind of effect you want)' can show you just how many free plugins there are. Melda Production MFreeFXBundle Kilohearts Essentials

Do you have a soft synth assigned to play the MIDI data from your controller?

You also have to create an account to download and get your activation number. Simple and quick process and the reverb sounds pretty good and what presets it has all seem useful.

The Command Product Center can install add-ons for Cakewalk Next, Cakewalk Sonar, and Cakewalk by Bandlab. My fault for not mentioning that in my earlier post. If you only install the add-ons for Cakewalk by Bandlab then you shouldn't have to sign in to the Sonar or Next versions, which are subscription services. The account you sign in with should be the same as the one you used to download Cakewalk by Bandlab.

I'm not sure of exactly which synth instruments Cakewalk by Bandlab comes with because I have all the soft synths that came with earlier versions of Cakewalk I own, and soft synths from other companies. But the synths that Cakewalk does include are add-ons and may require separate installation. If you have not already done so, I suggest downloading and installing the Cakewalk Product Center and logging in with your Cakewalk by Bandlab account. Open the Cakewalk Product Center and make sure Show Add-ons is enabled and install all available add-ons. The Cakewalk Studio Instruments should include enough instruments to get you started. You can also download and install other soft-synth from other companies to use in Cakewalk (many free ones to choose from). That gets more complicated but can also be very rewarding since Cakewalk by Bandlab is a very bare-bones product (which is why it is free).

If it is just a matter of moving an audio clip forward or backward, I would use the Nudge feature, which can be configured to move a clip by extremely small increments like Milliseconds, Frames, and Ticks. You can find the Nudge settings in the Track View Menu under Process. Also, I see your Snap Setting is at 1/16th note. If you disable Snap you can zoom in and move the beginning of the track manually. Snap can also be configured to snap to smaller increments like Milliseconds, Frames, and Ticks.

No. It wasn't listed in my products or downloads (I only had two of their products), and I was able to complete the purchase and download/installation after I received the same offer in my email. I tried several times using the link you provided and I would get as far as the checkout and nothing happened. I even tried it with my VPN disabled with the same result. Clearing my browser cache had no effect. Once I got the subscription email I clicked it and everything went the way it was supposed to with no glitches.

A strange thing happened to me when I clicked the link to install the plugin. I tried several times to complete the free purchase and nothing happened, even though I was logged in to my account. I was able to complete the transaction and download/install the plugin only after I got a link to the offer in my email and clicked that.

In the Piano Roll there is a setting in the Notes menu at the top called 'Show Velocity on Selected Notes only' that will hide the velocities of unselected notes if it is enabled.

I'm not sure about other versions but Windows 11 has a built in Snipping Tool that can capture the screen in both image and video formats, including sound.

There is a YouTube channel named Creative Sauce that has several very informative videos about how to use Cakewalk by Bandlab. There are also many videos there that are not Cakewalk specific, so using the search feature on YouTube can help you find what you are looking for. Here is a YouTube link for the results of a search for 'Creative Sauce Cakewalk Basics". I bet you can find what you need there, as many others have. Creative Sauce Cakewalk Basics