Jeremy Oakes

I must be a little slow (like your bounce) but why would you bounce individual tracks to individual tracks ? What is the advantage over simply getting a great sound, using albeit some effects, then bouncing to a stereo mix track ? Just curious. J

Have you asked this question chez Melodyne ? What did they say ? J

FWIW, I get this « not enough memory » error (on a 64Gb machine) when i start a programme using midi (Guitar Pro for example) BEFORE i fire up Cakewalk. Once i close them both then launch Cakewalk followed by Gtr Pro the error goes away. My midi device is an Oxygen 61 v4 J

I have a Project that contains muted tracks - mostly audio, some midi/audio, but each one is a riff or musical idea. Every now and again i solo each track, one bt one, incase i’ve thought of an extension to a particular track. i go to this project if i’m feeling a little « dry ». J

Here are attached images of screenshots of my MTK22 settings as seen by Cakewalk. In settings01.jpg you'll see "Show Mono Tracks" is ticked, as per Mark's suggestions. J

One of his best sketches. another is when he plays fast downward arpeggios,’ turns the music sheet round and its then plays the William Tell overture. A truely great performer J

@John Vere : the Soundcraft drivers, for me have always been rock solid. (Better, dare i say, than Focusrite ?fyi i have a 18i20 in my studio, the MTK is for live and sometimes studio work). They were written at the beginning of W10 period and survived seamlessly the various feature upgrades to that OS. I will post a screenshot tomorrow am (its 11.30pm here in France) as to how they should look in Cakewalk. For me, the op is not in Asio mode. J

Are you sure your Soundcraft driver is in ASIO mode ? J

I don’t think you’ll find many issues, been working perfectly here since my upgrade. J

Or you could simply disable the Wupdates service………. Personally in my set up it downloads automatically, but i choose when (or not) to install. Where’s the hassle ? J

Agreed concerning gaming laptops fot audio work. unfortunately mine is not W11 compatible (bloody cpu !) J

Yep, Melda did it for me. Funnily enough Mr Krupa, my go to Compressor is MCompressor from the bundle. Nice piece of kit. J

4 years ago I purchased an i5 Asus ROG gaming laptop for 1100€ with 8Gb of ram (which i upped to 32Gb), a 1Tb HDD with USB3 ports and a sole USB2 port. For live work its the bees knees. With CbB it can handle recording 16 audio tracks via full USB from a Soundcraft MTK22 during a 1hr set. Solid as a rock. But then Soundcraft drivers are well built. J

Not hung at dawn rather ? J

I upgraded from W10 and Pro Channel is working as expected. J

USB upgrade way will keep your programmes’ it certainly did when i upgraded. You can also create a folder on your C drive and copy the USB contents into it. I upgraded via this method, albeit a long time ago. J

There was an update to EZBass since i last posted - the VST3 version now works as expected, as does the VST2, on my machine. J

So how many do you call « too many » ? Even if Cakewalk crashes, the recorded audio will still be on your HDD. J

Make sure the input within the Kontact gui is set to omni. Gets me everytime. J

As a principle i always re-installed my sound card drivers after a major update in W10.. I did this after upgrading to W11 and no issues. J

Not a fan of exporting, i prefer bouncing. i’ve never had an issue bouncing tracks (including midi - ezdrummer) and occasionally with ez bass. i bounce all to a stereo track. Works for me. J

John, you might want to consider a Ryzen cpu and a B550 mother board (MSI or Asus). They are W11 compliant and now both MS and AMD have issued corrective updates for the latency issue they had, my machine purrs along. YMMV but i’m not going back to intel for the foreseeable future. Plus the price is great ! J

I think you need to do some research here. Google DAW and audio device / audio interface and how to use them. Decide on the type of music you want to make and with what. Soundtrap is not a DAW. Cakewalk is. To learn how to use Cakewalk takes time, there is a learning curve, patience is a virtue, (as with every DAW). J

Does it matter if vst2 works ? J

I have no idea what you’re on about. J