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Not as long as my 32-bit Windows XP computer with the E-Mu 0404 and SONAR Home Studio 6 XL installed is still working. When it ultimately does die, I would have no problem paying... something for CbB. I have only ever used Cakewalk DAWs. Not against other brands, but it's what I know, and as a hobbyist I barely make time for recording so I don't think I could ever summon the energy to try and learn another system.

I don't have very much experience with Instrument Tracks, but I just created one and it exported correctly. Sorry, I don't have any more ideas.

I assume these three tracks are being played through soft synths (including Simple Instrument Tracks) and the soft synth tracks are also selected?

Right, forgot about that. In my Yamaha MX49, you have to change the setting when switching from DIN to USB.

Sorry. Yeah the audio chip on the computer, often mistakenly called a sound "card". ?

There are at least 3 types of tracks in CbB; MIDI, Audio and a hybrid, Simple Instrument Track. This is a combined MIDI/audio track where a soft synth is used. I have never used Instrument Tracks, but I believe that in order to see and edit the MIDI, there's something else that has to be done. BRB. Well, using a SIT, I was able to see the Staff every time. How are you trying to see it? Views>Staff at the top or a keyboard shortcut?

Not Instrument Definitions, but there are SR 16 Drum Maps already in Cakewalk. They are probably pretty close to the 18. Try them and see. May need tweaking. But, it's possible that I got the drum maps from one of my other, older installed Cakewalk products.

Have you downloaded and installed the USB drivers for these devices?

Once I've recorded a track, audio or MIDI. I make sure to set its input to none. Also, check that your synths don't have 'Enable MIDI Output' selected. Still, I sometimes get drums playing from my keyboard while another patch is selected, too. I hear the other patch and drums. I've learned to ignore it.

Sometimes, all you need is 1 foot.

I have been able to record internet audio into CbB using the RealTek sound card of my HP computer and the What You Hear preset. You should have a similar setting for whatever sound card your friend's computer has. I've never had a Dell.

Can he get a Mulligan?

Welcome to the forum. It should work like any other VST2 or VST 3 virtual instrument. You may need to unzip the file first and it requires "iLok Activation", according to the website, but no dongle necessary. Add the file location to Cakewalk's Plug-in Manager and select Scan and keep your fingers crossed. Good luck!

Finally, after more than 63 years, I have achieved the impossible.

Welcome to the forum. Is there anything in the Stage-73 MIDI track?

Are there shortcuts for switching between screensets or workspaces? For instance tracks in one, and busses in the other, click a couple keys and you switch between them.

Or cold water.

Welcome to the forum. I think that would be found in Windows, not Cakewalk. Seems like standard Windows mouse behavior.

I thought that at first, too, , Nigel, but the name in the Playback Timing Master is for the AT2020+, according to Robin, which does have a headphone output and presumably will act as the audio interface. While the OP "got this USB mic because it's the same mic that a musician I like uses, and he's a successful musician with a million subscribers and a large spotify following, and his music sounds really good, but he uses Logic Pro X and I don't have a macbook " doesn't mean it will perform as well on a Windows machine. I'm not as knowledgeable as a lot of the folks here, but one thing that is invariably true is that no one has satisfactory performance with USB mics and Windows computers with Cakewalk software that I've read about since 2002. Maybe Robin will return and give us an update on the situation.

Does you mic have a headphone output? Is it the AT2020USB+ or the AT2020USB? I see by your Playback Timing Master that it's the + model. Do you have headphones plugged into the mic's output or are you trying to listen through the computer's speakers? A track's output level is set from the Track Pane's volume slider. Or the Console View's volume slider. Or from the interface (the mic) if it has an output level control if you're listening through headphones plugged into the mic. Select All (in green) and expand the Track Pane. You should then see the volume level control.

First, hit P on the computer keyboard while Cakewalk is open and then click Driver Settings on the left. Tell us what it reads for Playback Timing Master. That would be the device that would make sound. But, if you really want to make music, a USB microphone is not the way to go, no matter what they wrote on the ad for the mic. You will need an audio interface with a good (not USB) mic to record with. It could get expensive, but doesn't have to be.

Welcome to the forum. What is Snap set to? If it's set to Whole or Measure, you'll only be able to place a note on the first beat. I started with MC also, 19 years ago.

While not exactly 'in' the console view, you can open the Synth Rack on the side of the console and access the synth through that.

Does this device have a monitor mix (or something like that) knob either on the hardware or in its software? That would allow you to set the input from your mixer and the output of Cakewalk for better balance between the two. Which M-Audio AI is it?