Terry Kelley

Try Melda Productions MPitch. Also Pitchproof.

After a bunch of testing, I agree ... it's hype. There are certain things I like about like the three band EQ and the limiter/compressor/leveler being on each track (albeit rather hindered.) The saturation controls are interesting but not a must. But I can essentially achieve the same thing in Cakewalk even though the ProChannel takes up a lot of room. I also notice that most people record in their favorite DAW and then mix in HMB. They don't record on it. I think one thing that fools people is they export the tracks from their favorite DAW and then wind up not putting as much FX on the tracks (by amount or quantity) and they say it sounds cleaner. Well, yeah. You didn't slather it with FXs which is very easy to do in some DAW and especially in Cakewalk. Yes, and them saying "Every resistor, capacitor, and transistor is included in the model" is the dumbest f*@&ing thing I've heard all year. But hey, that's just me. Thanks for the reply!

It's because you put the mic in one input of your interface but didn't change the track to record only that input. So it thinks you have a stereo input but there is nothing on one channel. You can bounce it to mono if you want.

It would help if you could tell us the instruments (VSTs) and plugins. There are plugins that inhale the processor but don't really show up in the performance monitor. Lots of experienced people here might be able to point them out.

Is there any sonic difference? I hear some people claim "it's got the sound of the original analog board" but what little I've played with it, the results sound no different than Cakewalk.

VSTs like Artruria's Augmented Strings and Augmented Vocals can bring a processor to its knees and the meter won't show it. I use it as an indication but things can go crappy and the meter won't show it. But I do think that meters that are slamming the top are usually accompanied with a horrible sounds. As Noel said, what does it sound like.

Check out Roger Powell and his time with Utopia.

I see what McLeod is suggesting but I think it would be easier to use automation to turn on and off the effect at the times you want. This assumes the effect plays nicely when you bypass or set the mix to 100% dry depending on the effect itself. So don't like being switched on and off and click or make a noise. Bounce to a clip when you are happy with it. What effect are you working with?

I see this too quite often. While the developers will need to chime in, I think it works as intended. I lose the clip if I click on a different clip or track (or some combination of that.) I suspect they feel they've lost track of what I am doing. As long as I stay on the same track I don't lose the clip. Not a technical explanation but I think the issue it somewhere around that.

Show off!

Oh, right. I see that now. I like that.

Which is ...

Ok

Agreed. There are various solutions but right now I can't always tell what the digits are. Maybe even a separate display up in the control panel. But make them easier to read.

The world makes sense again.

Move the aim assist digits in front of the assist line. Right now, you can't always ready the numbers.

Sonitus Delay in manual mode will do what you want. It will go down to .1ms and up to eternity.

I do the two step method. Assuming you want to keep the song in tune, I change the pitch first and then change the length. Each half step is the 12 root of 2 or 1.05946309436 so use that to calculate how much to speed it up or slow it down.

I've had unfreezing crash with the latest release. I only recently started using freeze more to remove CPU load and have noticed weird behavior. also, as I posted elsewhere, unfreezing doesn't always position the clip correctly.

I seriously doubt we can "rush" them. But what the hell, let's try it!

The futures so bright I need a metaphor.

Do a Shift J to clear the meter peaks. While that reverb has some great sounds, it's a DX plug-in and goes totally goofy at times. One thing I've learn is NEVER change a setting while it's playing. It will glitch and melt down. Sometimes you can get away with it. But - Just don't. I think this is what you are noticing. It won't get better. Just learn how to use it. I use it a lot.

I've noticed that sometimes when I unfreeze a clip, the unfrozen clip will be a few beats earlier than where it should be. And re-freezing it "appears" to place it where it should be. I say appears because I've only tried it a couple of time and more often than not unfreeze positions the clip correctly. But here and there, they are too early when un-frozen. It also appears to happen only to Melodyne edited clips but again, I need to check more closely when it happens. Anyone else experienced this?

Other things to do first?

I just figured someone might go "yep or nope." LOL. I didn't think we get into a deep alternative analysis. I fired up Reaper and tried various combinations of EVERYTHING and I think the noise is an artifact of the filtering itself. You don't notice it normally so I'm not going to dig any deeper.