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Good points, Grem. I shipped it UPS today. Kinda sad to be without it for a bit, but grateful to get it fixed.

From rivera support... There's a protection mechanism in the studio setting so just be sure that you're not plugging it in backwards . Just pay very special attention to the labeling. If it is plugged in correctly that means at one time it was plugged in backwards and it blew out that protection mechanism. Unfortunately it's not something you can do your self. It's very small and it's in a network of capacitors and it needs to be taken apart and replaced. It's easy for our tech but not if you aren't familiar with it. We can fix it here too if you want and it's just around $50. From Geoff I'm fairly confident I've never plugged it in backwards. I think the unit I bought may have come with this fault. I don't use the studio setting often and at low enough gain it works. I don't like to be able to hear pick noise over the guitar, so I usually use the louder settings.

Turns out i bought the Rock crusher used. Oops. ? So i think i will just avoid the studio setting.

So, I'm now thinking i damaged the tubes with the rock crusher because the rock crusher wasn't working properly on the studio setting. That would explain the problem existing with the rock crusher in and out of the chain. New tubes up to the minus 20db setting is working fine. I've sent a note to support for the rock crusher to see what they say. Thanks again everyone.

Can you use screen sets to save arrays of visible tracks? I haven't needed this before but it might work in lieu of folders.

My kid on the iron throne made of Gibson guitars.

I'd swear I tested with and without the rock crusher in the chain, but right now, there is evidence pointing that way. So, when I turn the amp up to around 5 or 6 and play with bypass on for the rock crusher, it works fine. I turn off bypass and at first the volume attenuates as expected by then after a few moments playing it almost disappears. When I reduce the attenuation, the problem goes away. I'm going to call Guitar Center where I got it and see if there's any hope. I can just use it with less attenuation. Thanks to everyone for all the help!!

Thanks for the manual link. I have that already. I've replaced all the tubes. I'm starting to think the problem is with the rock crusher.

I bought the amp in 1995 new. I love it but it's a little heavy. Sounds great. A while back I got a Rivera Rock Crusher and I started really driving it. So much fun!! But now, as the tubes warm up the volume drops precipitously. So I'm thinking I need to replace tubes. I had a couple of AX7s laying around for mics and I switched them in. I replaced 2 of the 3, but didn't fix things. So then, what do I need to buy?? From the pdf for the amp Three Fender Groove Tube GT12AX7 (099-4005-000) Two Fender Groove Tube GT6L6B (099-4401-*02) Tube label color: Red=1, White=2, Blue=3 So, I'm looking for where to buy my first set of tubes and any advice on replacing them... I found this... What do you think? https://www.stewmac.com/Pickups_and_Electronics/Amp_Kits_and_Parts/Tubes/Replacement_Tube_Sets/Fender_Amp_Tube_Sets/Fender_Hot_Rod_DeVille_Tube_Set_with_Matched_Power_Tubes.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=2019-06-gp&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo7foBRD8ARIsAHTy2wko8pW2nZ08sFkB1dgHVuUiAuppDAQdsMw9M51s4HcuLrUzIIDOEM4aArHaEALw_wcB Can I touch the tubes? I have always put my fingers on the ax7s b/c I never figured they got hot enough to matter. Thanks for any help!

There is an old feature for slow ui update related to the scroll key, i think. If you tap it, it will fix it. Basically this feature de-prioritizes the ui update. Could be the pause key. Try that. Thinking again scroll changes whether the screen follows the now-time. http://forum.cakewalk.com/m/tm.aspx?m=1173535&p=1

I just registered. Idk if I'll actually make it. It's a 10 hour drive for me, but I'm tempted. Sure would be nice to see folks. I'd like to see Mr. Anderton in person. Shake his hand. Thank him. If I make it, it'll be on Saturday only.

Have you watched this?

Cores. IO isn't a big issue for me. Obviously you have to have sufficient io or you are dead in the water, but striping isn't much help imho.

Answering the question is a little tricky for me. I had hard disk recorders (one even used a Jazz Drive) that recorded internally. Those were my first computer recorders but they weren't traditional computers. In 1999 I had an Akai DPS12 and in 2004 or so I got a Tascam 2488. With the Tascam, I could export the wave files and mix in Cakewalk which is how I learned to mix. I wasn't using Cakewalk for live recording at that time. Eventually, I got the itch to record in the box and got a sound blaster card. While this was a big step up in the sound of what I was mixing, I had so many latency issues it wasn't worth the trouble. I continued to record with the Tascam. My next effort was an MAudio Fast Track Ultra. That could be sync'd with the 2488 so I could record more tracks at once. This worked ok for a good long while. I could record 6 tracks with the MAudio and 8 more with the 2488. I would record live bands this way and it worked out fairly well. I continued mixing in Cakewalk/Sonar. Most recently, I picked up a RME UCX. I use that with the 2488 and with an Audient ASP880. This gives me 24 tracks if I'm ok to be at 44.1 or 12 tracks at 96K, 10 tracks at 192K which I've only used once on something that mattered. The RME surprised me at how much of an improvement it was over the ones I'd had before. I'm not sure if the next interface will be another big step up or not, but the RME has been awesome for a nice long time. I'm really hooked on it.

Toy$! ?

I begged one of trey anastasio's picks from a roadie in Denver. Big graphite pick. Super thick. Still have it some where.

Can you hit e to disable all plugins before unfreezing? Does out succeed in that case?

Interleave appears to be a method to blend the left and right outputs and simultaneously reduce volume by 3db at the end of the signal chain. If the track is indeed mono after fx, interleave should have no effect.

We are all white belts. There are no masters. Well... Scook and bapu maybe.

@Johnbee58 No sweat. I can see how the misunderstanding happened. I'd be glad to make you a video to show how you can use melodyne to inspect your own work. You can also adjust it, which i did to your vocal track. I then measured your bpm manually and fixed the clip to an exact length to fit 80 bpm. After pitch adjusting, i bounced the clip to commit the change. I then looped the clip and played with exciter, compression, side chained limiting, eq distortion... Etc. I was trying to make it awesome from my perspective and have enjoyed it over and over. I don't really think you have any problem or any reason to stop making amazing sounds. Keep rocking. ?

@Johnbee58, I wasn't making a mockery of it, Just so you know. I was trying to do something cool with it. I grabbed. Analyzed it. Messed with it. My tastes may not be yours. I love making things sound edgy. I've actually listened repeatedly to your lyric and enjoyed it. Regarding folks talking about proximity effect etc, I don't see any low end at all. Your voice is very very different from mine. I did apply a little Melodyne and put you in the key of Ab. Idk what you were really doing. I made some pitch adjustments and then twice bounced while twiddling fx to get the result I did. Please don't be hurt. Be flattered I took the time, if anything. ? If you want me to give real advice, the first thing I'd say is lighten up. The second would be to feel it as you sing. Have fun. ? Don't sweat the small stuff and don't quit. I can't imagine why you'd quit.

@Grem I think it's great. ?

<I posted a link to a remix of the vocal but the OP thought it was abusive so I'm removing it.>

idk if this helps, but you can always toggle waveform preview to make it disappear and re-enable. You'll lose the waveform history, but you'll be able to see the envelope, make changes and then renable waveform draw. Alternatively, Sometimes when I want to see the waveform for a track, I'll bounce to track and just look at the wave form there. ? Takes a couple of secs but not too long. Then mute the track and toggle waveform draw as necessary as you work on the envelope.

I started on drums at 10 with lessons. I learned to count and read rhythms from sheet music which has been immensely helpful to me. I tried bass in middle school. Couldn't keep my spot in the band. Switched to guitar in 1988 when i went to the University of South Carolina. I've had one since.