Jerry Gerber

No clients anymore. I stopped soundtrack work to focus on my own music and albums.. Glad you enjoyed listening Tim and thank you for commenting. Jerry

Thanks again Tom for listening and commenting. Glad you find pleasure in my pieces! Jerry

Thank you for listening bdickens, much appreciated!

I think this is true for standard music notation, not specifically the CW staff view. It's difficult to control contrapuntal music without SMN. I can hardly imagine some of the great works by Bach, Mahler, Brahms, etc. being composed if standard music notation hadn't been invented and evolved. The piano roll view (I suppose, I've never used it) can work for simple music, but when you start getting into 6 part harmony or 5 part counterpoint, you're not going to be able to fine tune and develop your ideas as you can with notation. My only gripes with the current staff view is the oldest of all--the inability to display tied and dotted triplets. I've gotten used it, and I can have affection for the imperfect, just as others have affection for me with all of my imperfections. I write tied and dotted triplets whenever I need to and make the quick corrections in Sibelius for the the score.

From the album Cosmic Consciousness Scored for VSL Orchestral Cube PLAY

Thanks, I'll check that out.

No, of course not. It's a DAW in a professional music studio and the computer is dedicated solely to music production. I use CC Cleaner too but that isn't the issue. Thanks for the weblink and tip. Much appreciated! I will check it out. Jerry

Exactly. If the same conversation happened face to face we'd probably be laughing together..

You've taken my reply too seriously and you didn't offend me. I guess my humor didn't come through very well. And yes, meditation is not a contest. But it is a great way to live a better life.

Patience? You've got to be kidding! I've composed and produced 11 symphonies, 43 full symphonic movements among many other works for albums and soundtracks. Do you have any idea how much patience that requires? It's not only about time, it's about understanding my tools and why they behave the way they do. And besides, 16 seconds twice a day 6 days a week adds up to 192 seconds a week. that's 9,984 seconds or over 166 minutes (2.7 hours) a year! Do you know how much composing I can get done in 2.7 hours? ??? p.s. I meditate 45 minutes a day and have done so for the past 49 years.. Try that if YOU are serious about learning patience! In fact, I will teach you how for free if you want... Now, back to my original question, might anyone know what causes this behavior?

Hi All , Every day I start up Cakewalk the same exact way, I turn on the equipment in the same order, I boot up the computer with the exact same configuration. But CW starts up differently: Sometimes it starts up immediately, the Cakewalk logo screen comes up and a second or two later the program opens. But most of the time, the CW logo screen comes on and it takes 16 seconds to CW to fully open. I've never understood this, I've tried changing the order of when I turn on the USB MIDI interface, and I've tried waiting a few minutes after booting up Windows 10 before launching CW. But none of this affects the seeming randomness of why sometimes CW boots up immediately and sometimes it does not. If anybody has any ideas, I'm all ears! Thanks, Jerry

Thanks Starship Krupa. Yeah, the VSL oboe can be very expressive.

Thanks Nigel for listening..

Thanks for listening Tim. The "synth bass" is a patch from the softsynth Dune.

Thanks steve@baselines.com for listening to this music! Jerry

Hey Jimbo88, Thanks for listening again and I am pleased you enjoy the composition. The strings in this piece are the VSL chamber strings. For the most part I am happy with their sound, but I see your point. I think it's probably more my fault than the string library, I can probably get the sound you prefer by orchestrating the attack and release times a bit differently, or move them around the MIR sound stage (MIR is the incredible VSL convolution reverb that allows me to place an instrument anywhere on the soundstage). Another possibility might be to de-tune the 1st and 2nd violins very slightly to increase the perception of the chorus effect. Still another possibility is to use different sample-sets. The chamber strings give me quite a few options in terms of long-bow strings, with and without dynamics, and I probably could explore a little more to see if I am choosing the very best articulation for the phrase I've written. I also have the VSL orchestral, appassionata and solo strings and they all sound different. Have you heard the VSL orchestral or appassionata strings? They are both really beautiful, the appassionata strings have more vibrato but fewer sample choices. In the oboe concerto I wanted a smaller sound so I am using the chamber strings. I have grown reluctant to add more sample libraries to my studio. It takes time to figure out which one to purchase, time to install it, time to learn it well and then of course there's the additional file management that becomes necessary in terms of backing up the presets I make, the configurations, etc. I know if I gave into my equipment and software lust every time I think I should buy something new I would never be as prolific as I have been. I know there are other superb libraries available but I feel I haven't learned VSL as well as I would like. When I listen to demos of other libraries I am sometimes impressed but then I listen to VSL and I think, wow, this is really good enough by any standards. I still think the issues you point out are probably not because of the chamber strings but due to my approach to production. I appreciate that you took the time to offer your perspective. There's always more knowledge to gain when working in this wonderful and exciting medium. Best, Jerry

Thank Jimbo! Yes, the oboe (that's the only woodwind in the 2nd movement) is from the VSL Orchestral Cube. In the first movement, the flutes, English horn, clarinets, bass clarinet and bassoons are also from the VSL Orchestral Cube.

Thanks for listening Jude77..

Thanks Tom!

Happy New Year Tom and thank you for listening! Jerry

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Thank you Larry for listening.

Thanks Gary, may 2022 be a good year for you. Jerry

If you're in the mood for a slow, leisurely, contemplative piece of music, you might want to listen to the 2nd movement of what's to be a three movement work for virtual instruments. PLAY

Thank you very much Larry! And thanks for taking the time to listen.. When I was a boy I wanted to be an astronomer but I realized I didn't have the math and physics talent to move ahead with such an ambition. But I still love astronomy and try to keep up with the latest findings. It will be quite a day when we finally discover that there is intelligent life in the universe--maybe we can one day become intelligent ourselves!!