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@Rico Belled Right! I think the problem is being driven by a failure to understand that your midi input is being bound to a controller by default because you have a controller specified and the original midi input for that controller is not available. In this case, Cakewalk binds a different midi input to that controller and doesn't tell you. I don't think it even impacts the project until you close the Cakewalk and re-open it, making it hard to know the cause. From Cakewalk's perspective, it's working as expected. I challenge whether it SHOULD work that way. For me, if the midi input I selected for controller is not available, I don't want Cakewalk to use on of my other midi inputs for it. They aren't controllers. ?

For me, this is almost always caused by cakewalk having the midi mapped to a controller in preferences. If you have a midi controller... Then unplug the controller... Cakewalk will assign the next midi input to that controller on cakewalk restart. This prevents you from using that input for a midi track but not from selecting that input on the midi track. Additionally, it separates you in time from the triggering change, making it harder to associate the action with the outcome. Personally, i think this is a use-case-bug. Perhaps not an actual programming mistake, but a use-case that stymies users from success using cakewalk. When a user attempts to record midi routed to a controller, the user should get a warning like when a bus is routed to an output that doesn't exist. I find it necessary to delete controllers in preferences when they are not plugged in or leave them plugged in. It is a bit of a pain. Every time i plug in my controller, there is a bit of configuration i must repeat.

Eq is a matter of taste. It takes time to learn how mixes sound on different systems without checking them all. This is an art. You don't distinguish yourself by copying others but you can hone your skills that way. Play with presets and spend some time playing with the fx. Try sharing a mix you think is garish and see if your friends agree or not.

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Complaint submitted. ?

Keep at it. You disabled usb select suspend in advanced power settings? Removed unnecessary devices? Click start button, type background, click disable all background services. In latency monitor, what is still listed in driver tab at the top sorted descending.

Usb is showing up in your report. Are you sure that you have disabled select suspend? How about power save on usb hubs in device manager? Unplug all but your interface, mouse and keyboard. Is your keyboard wireless? Windows key+x... Select device manager. What is this coming from?

Almost certainly software. Keep hunting and you will find it.

I like bbq. ? This issue is fixable 95% of the time I'd say. You need to look at the drivers tab too see which is running long. Make sure to disable power saving features on network cards and usb select suspend. Then check latency monitor again. I once had a mouse that introduced an issue. Trouble shooting this is a pain... We all agree. But i think we all do it after major machine changes including hardware and os. Is your machine a laptop?

You can put the power buttons for the pro channels in a quick group so when you toggle one, you toggle all in the group. This way you can disable fx on some tracks without others. Use the console view.

Have you checked latency monitor?

@Grem I'm guessing with all tracks frozen you might have had an IO issue... do you have lots of 'layers/lanes' loaded with takes? I guess this b/c with all tracks frozen, CPU shouldn't have been any issue... only reading and playing back the audio... Still, if the prob showed up when you added that last plug... did you try raising your buffer?

I have a 10? Year old machine built by Jim. It shows 8 bouncy columns in the cpu section of the cakewalk control bar. Is that 4 hyper threaded cores or 8 single, idk. I use my computer fairly hard. It works well enough for me to do all i want. While a new pc is a nice-to-have, i don't feel i need one. I got a rack mountable case, but i never racked it. I only occasionally take it out for field recordings. I find i can do field recordings just fine with a light laptop from the 2005 vintage. My 6u rack full of interface, pres, and compressor weighs enough! I do have to wait for video bounces. I have been glad i got an upgraded video card. The gpu definitely takes load. The point of this post is to say that i like to play music and Jim's machine helps me keep my focus there. Maybe someday I'll get another machine, but i think a guitar with humbuckers will come first.

Normalize before exporting? If yes, compressing, limiting, volume automation may help.

Recording the same on more than one track with input monitoring enabled on only one track?

Let me know what you think in the future.

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Watched a Spider-Man with my wife while my kid entertained a friend.

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More than i knew! A friend taught me that neck down where your feet go in a shaped hard-case you can fit at least two guitars per seat. Leaves way more room in the car.

The midi event viewer was recording other midi events other than on and off prior to this fix?

I would be dizzy with pleasure that she listened to my song at all. I usually get comments like, 'have you considered trying to play with the other musicians?'

Scroll lock button on the computer keyboard.

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