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This may be the clumsiest workaround ever, but if you know which Z3TA patch/es you want to use you could create a MIDI track using another synth, upload that MIDI track and someone could use Z3TA to create an audio track of the performance for you, and tweak as necessary.

Try pressing the PAUSE key on your keyboard to see if that makes any difference.

You should be able to download any product using the email and password you registered them with at the legacy Cakewalk website in the My Products section. https://legacy.cakewalk.com/Support

It sounds like a virtual synth using a pad patch. I can get a close sound using Dimension Pro with the Brighty Pad patch but there's some stuff going on with some oscillators that's over my head, not being much of a synth guy. What virtual synths do you have access to? A good free synth that is pretty flexible is Surge. Someone more knowledgeable than me could probably recreate that sound with it. I did put together a MIDI track of that audio if you need it, but you'll need a virtual synth to play it. Free Surge Virtual Synth

Bottom line is, they are all just drives that store information. You put them where they are supposed to go, format them, put on the operating system if needed, then you're off and running. I was in my late 60's when I installed my first M2 SSD (I installed Windows 10 from a CD). I read my motherboard manual, watched a couple of YouTube videos, and it was pretty easy. Cloning my original 500 GB M2 drive to a new 2 TB M2 drive using a USB M2 enclosure ($20 at Amazon) was also pretty simple using Samsung Magician software, included with my Samsung M2 drive. If you have ever installed an internal HDD then installing an M2 drive won't seem much different. In some ways they are easier because you don't have to mess with SATA cables because the motherboard handles power and data transfer. I suggest anyone hesitant about using an M2 drive watch some YouTube videos to see how they are installed before deciding the process is too difficult. I am far from being an expert on this technology but learning how to use them was not much of a trick for this old dog.

In the MIDI track's Edit Filter, is CLIPS selected or are one of the other options selected (Notes, Automation, Clip Automation)? As far as I know, slip-editing and fades can only be drawn if CLIPS is selected in the track's Edit Filter, both for Audio and MIDI.

I picked Bass factory for use with the free AAS Player. I'm always looking for good bass sounds but using this will be tricky since the AAS Player crashes my Cakewalk by Bandlab every single time I use it, both VST2 and VST3. It usually crashes while I'm previewing patches. My only practical workaround so far is to use an existing MIDI track I created for another synth and then freezing the AAS player. I like the sounds but it sure is aggravating to use.

I think so, too. Until something better comes along their transfer speeds are pretty hard to beat, and every generation gets faster... as long as you have a motherboard that properly supports them. If I can I would like to upgrade everything in a few years. Motherboard, RAM, and drives. Maybe switch to liquid cooling and upgrade my processor. Hell, might as well get a new case while I'm at it. My modular 850W PSU is a keeper, though.

One option I have considered to expand my internal drive capacity, which is close to being maxed out with SATA connectors on my MB, is to get a PCIE adapter expansion card that can hold an NVMe M.2 drive, though with PCIE X1 I don't think you could take full advantage of its speed.. One of the reasons I replaced my old MB was so I could use NVMe M.2 drives. My MB only has slots for two NVMe M.2 drives but with a free PCIE X16 slot free I can put in an adapter that can hold four NVMe M.2 drives. Upgrading the motherboard (and RAM) is an option that can have many benefits. You can also get USB adapters that can hold an NVMe M.2 drive. I used one to clone my OS from a 500 GB NVMe M.2 to a 2 TB NVMe M.2 drive. Now I can use the USB NVMe M.2 adapter as external storage If I want to.

Check the track to see if it has any MIDI CC 91 in it. If it does, delete all MIDI CC 91 events.

Related to problems with the Steinberg Low-Latency Audio Driver, I use a Steinberg UR24C audio interface that uses a Yamaha Audio Driver that comes with the UR24C Tools app. I never had any problems with ASIO until after installing other Steinberg software that caused my Cakewalk to refuse to allow me to use ASIO. I got a message in Cakewalk that said the Audio driver didn't support low-latency audio (or something like that). I used the free Revo Uninstaller to see what Steinberg software was on my system and saw that the Steinberg Low-Latency Audio Driver was installed. I deleted it and rebooted, reinstalled the Yamaha Audio Driver and the problem was solved. So, even though I was not using the Steinberg driver just having it installed was keeping me from using ASIO in Cakewalk by Bandlab. That's not the only problem I've had with Steinberg software, like VSTs refusing to load because they weren't authorized, even though I had authorized them and had been using them for several weeks. No more Steinberg software for me, other than drivers and firmware for my audio interface.

Might your Windows audio sample rate setting be a factor?

The Augmented Mallets has some pretty nifty sounds. I'm experimenting with using it to double some harp and piano parts in a song I'm working on. Arturia also has a free version of a nice virtual synth there called 'Analog Lab Play' that also has some interesting and useful sounds (4 GB download).

My interface shows up as two sets of input drivers in Cakewalk Audio Devices. Driver 1+2 (Input 1) is what I choose when recording things I plug into my interface's inputs. Driver 3+4 is named 'Streaming' and if I use those inputs I can record anything I hear from my speakers. This is what I use if I want to record audio from YouTube, for example. I have never used it to listen to audio live and tried it just now. You are right, it does cause audio playback problems. I should have checked that first before I before I posted anything. My bad.

What kind of Audio Interface are you using? My Steinberg UR24C can send Windows audio to a Cakewalk input, which would allow me to use plugins on Windows audio.

There have been times when I tried to close Cakewalk by Bandlab with the Task Manager (not recently) and End Task in the Processes Tab didn't work, but End Task in the Details Tab did work to close the program. Sometimes Cakewalk Application did not even show in the Processes Tab, but did show in the Details Tab.

When you use the standalone AD2 the audio is going straight to your audio device. The AD2 audio in your Cakewalk is going to the master bus. Try changing the output of your Cakewalk AD2 track to your audio device, not the master bus. All other things being equal they should sound the same, unless the main audio output slider set to 0 dB is attenuating the signal enough to make an audible difference. I do not recommend this as a standard practice but for experimental purposes it might be useful.

Not dumb. Most of us are still learning all the nuances of the software.

If it's like Cakewalk by Bandlab, and you are referring to track automation, you can select the track (or clip) and then click and drag any automation node and all nodes will move with it, either vertically or horizontally. If you hold down the shift key and then click and drag a node then the nodes will only move in the direction you first move them in.

If I had to pick a favorite singer it would be Eva Cassidy. I can listen to her all day. She was a heck of a guitar player, too. She only did covers but she sang, and played, them like they had always been hers. Her YouTube channel is a great place to spend a few hours.

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