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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?

Just go down to your local Cracker Barrel and grab one off the wall.

Which Korg are you using? If you can find the Instrument Definition for your keyboard and load it into MIDI>Instruments, then you would be able to select it. Otherwise it's likely not there to select. That would allow you to set the Banks and Patches of the Korg in Cakewalk. It won't necessarily get your sound working.

Welcome to the forum. You can't set the input level in Cakewalk; that can only be done in the interface. If all your tracks are set to record, that's why the track volume sliders don't do anything. Adjust you levels at the interface and after recording you can set the playback level of each track, as you discovered. Also, using a plug-in effect such as EQ or compression, those are not recorded. They are applied to the output only. Make sure that the Input Echo button is clicked on the tracks you want to hear while recording.

When you load Jamstix, see if there is an option to 'enable MIDI output'. I also know nothing about that plug-in.

I mistook your post count as experience with DAWs. ? It seems like the only items you can change globally are the colors or whether the meter is segmented or not, and a couple of other things. You've probably already discovered that, too.

Neural? How do you connect it to your brain? USB?

I feel for you Bill. A few years ago we had an ice storm (Raleigh, NC) and our power was out for 6 days. I had to cook and brew coffee on the grill. By the sixth day, I got a friend to come over and get us and take us to a place with power (it was cold in our house!). When we got there, our neighbor called and told us the power was back on. I read on FB that Beagle was searching for firewood. He's in Ft. Worth, as you may recall.

Or, use 1 note through a 'brass section' patch.

What meter settings are you referring to? I think if you set up a project or track template with your preferred settings, they will be saved for the next time you open that template. Maybe a more clear explanation of what you want will help us help you.

Set up your own Project Template with your preferred settings. Or Track Templates which you can open in any new project.

What I (and some others) do is Bounce all the tracks down to a single track in the same project, listen if it's okay, and then export that 1 track. Make sure the Bounced track isn't being routed to a bus that has effects in it when you listen to it and export it, of course. Can you post a pic of your Export settings?

As the others have said, you'll need an interface with MIDI ports to do MIDI. If you're connecting the audio in/out from the keyboard to the interface, that will only get you audio, not MIDI. What keyboard are you using and does it have a USB port? If it does and it's a pretty modern device, you may be able to get away with not buying another interface. Oh, and welcome to the forum.

I've heard his stuff. Sounded good.

I see. In the Windows standard keyboard shortcuts, is there on for right-click? I don't know. Left-click is like the Enter key, but I've never heard of one for the right button.

What are the shortcuts you're using? As far as the Process menu at the top, an effect has to be in the track's FX bin or in a clip in order for it to be applied. If nothing's there, it won't be available.

So, I've been in a musical funk since before I retired (Nov. 2019). I expected to be writing and recording every day what with all my free time. Instead I find myself on the computer or (gasp!) watching TV. So last week I ordered 3 songbooks from GC, books which include many songs I'm familiar with, since I don't really read music. You know, the ones with chords above the lyrics. I normally try to play songs from the past, but my memory is also somewhere in the past and trying to remember the words is frustrating. I plan on sitting on the deck and serenading the birds, if spring ever gets here. I got Songs of the 1960s and Songs of the 1970s. I hope playing someone else's songs might spark a desire to start recording again. Wish me luck!

I keep it simple; I just use the sounds from my keyboard, mostly.

Welcome to the forum. Go to Behringer | Downloads and get their ASIO driver. Change your driver from MME to ASIO. See if that works.