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Any chance you had a midi controller set up?

I think the external insert is cool if you want to move the position around within an array of other plugins. When you're really looping back the track, it works just the same (at least based on what I did in the video). In other words, the latency compensation for a round trip, sending out and returning back in to the interface works the same as the external insert for all intents and purposes. The external insert can be moved around within the FX Bin. It's just another way to skin the cat. It's not the only way. The null test is a useful thing conceptually to make sure you have optimally aligned your track but MAutoAlign can help with that too. In my video it detected a one sample difference in one of the recorded pairs. The bounce to tracks feature will notice the presence of the external effect and prevent you from doing a fast bounce when you are using it. This is kinda helpful. If you intend to record the output of your external effect, I think it matters a lot less and might be barely worth the trouble.

I sometimes use track templates for a fast start. I blend synth with guitar with Roland gr20 synth. I usually use a rapture pro pad because errant guitar midi sounds bad when too precise and loud. That might mean i suck, but i can get cool sounds for a sucky guitar player like me. I have a sustain pedal. I like using my touch screen with the xy controls in rapture pro for swooping weirdness. Because i am usually playing my guitar through my real pedals and amp, there is huge variance in my sounds night to night. I have a 16 year old child who twists the knobs for fun all the time and when I'm not there. It is like a syntorial ear challenge to dial everything back to something that inspires me. https://www.syntorial.com Sometimes i listen to a recording from 20 years ago and think awesome! I wonder if i can get that sound again!

Thanks. Not a perfect video. Direct output works the same as using external insert in terms of alignment. External insert might make it easier to mix original with effected track live without printing our moving the send around between effects. Idk. I was surprised that both seemed to work equally well. Thanks

Hey Synkrotron... I made the new vid. What do you think?

it's quieter than i would have imagined. ?

When it happens,can you see it on the master bus? It could be feedback from routing an interface to the outputs. If it is going through cakewalk, the volume should show in the meter and the spectrum analyzer should show the frequency.

I'm thinking the video is bad advice. I'll take it down - maybe make a good one. Thanks for the info.

I think i didn't understand what you were doing. Glad it worked well for you.

@synkrotron If you find my video is now wrong or misleading, I'll take it down. I was probably following directions from a sonar power book, not online help. My info could be old, bad or both. I tend to print the data from external inserts before using it. The off set only helps me align it with the original. It isn't hard to do it manually, if you want, by zooming in on the wave form. One of my favorite plugins is melda mautoalign. This helps me minimize phase issues. I usually compare 2 alignments ... Keep the best of the 2 and do another, again keeping the best of the 2. I find that the alignment tool often correctly measures the feet between each Mic.

When i record a band with input monitoring (meaning inputs into the rme are sent with virtually 0 latency to headphones or monitors) and no pc based sounds, I usually raise the sample buffer as high as it will go because the buffer is only a risk, not a benefit, given that it isn't impacting the musicians. From your description it sounds like the musicians were listen to tracks in the computer as well. Still, I'm not sure your buffer needed to be low. It's a decent question to ask yourself when recording... What is the safest buffer i can have without trade-offs?

Thanks, Jim. I sometimes wish for two more channels. I have a spidf input. I haven't seen a good 1u 2 channel pre with spidf out. Perhaps i should look elsewhere for the spidf conversion. There are lots of 1u 2 channel pres without spidf. I thought I'd mention it in case i was overlooking something.

http://forum.cakewalk.com/m/tm.aspx?m=3804976&p=1 Quotes by Noel.

Not as tidy as some of you.

The sample buffer you are using is pretty large. If you haven't done so, try latency checker and see if some optional process is the cause of your crackling.

Just watched a video on Fyre Fest. I thought to myself, Geoff, you could do that gig. See, I've got a talent for mass hysteria. And nothing is what i get on average for the gigs i do, so the pay would be sufficient. And in my free time, i could record rich kids crying. I'll bundle the loops. Maybe Craig could help me turn them into groove clips. CbB could split all their profits with me and Craig that they get distributing the samples with Cakewalk. I'd make double the nothing i was originally booked for.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/RNDR6--rupert-neve-designs-r6-six-space-500-series-rack This mitigates but does not solve? The idea of more kit to carry is not at all appealing.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Ty for the smile.

I'm standing in a brewery watching someone else on stage thinking being ON the stage might help me a little. All the best Mudgel. Compassion, sympathy, blessings.

Awesome afternoon.

Sounds like a plugin in demo mode to me. Did you recently install a plugin you chose not to buy? Try an empty project our disable all plugins with E key to begin to isolate the impact.

And restart cakewalk after fixing it. This whole troubleshoot had me running in all the wrong directions. I was considering buying a new interface to fix it! Not my best troubleshooting effort.

I know, I know... stop posting! But I learned something! Ok > so earlier after I got it working I added my controller back. Later I unplugged my controller and all was well. After a couple of restarts tho, midi channel 1 stopped working. It was assigned to the unplugged controller in preferences so I couldn't use it for something else. I think this is really the heart of my problem. I use the controller. I get the controller working. I unplug the controller b/c I'm not using it but I don't remove it in preferences. Now midi channel 1 (never used for the controller) gets assigned to the controller and stops being available.

OMG I love playing guitar!!