Terry Kelley

VI!

The hotkey solution solved my request.

I only see Split disappear when I have numerous take lanes and have them open and I then try to split the main window. If take lanes are open, you have to split the take itself in it's lane. Collapse the takes and Split will reappear for the main window for that track. Automation shouldn't affect Split. I split with automation all the time.

Geez.

If checked, what I've found is that (it appears) Windows will attempt to take control of the interface even if nothing appears to be asking for control and causes glitches and noise spikes. I never got the impression Cakewalk would get exclusive control. It's like it works backwards from what I expect. Maybe the developers can shed some light on this.

Intuitively obvious to the most casual observer!

I mainly use it to delete synths I no longer need.

Hell, until recently I didn't know I could turn it on and I've been using Cakewalk since the 1900's.

I think it's the EMT stereo plate (without the weight!). In the advanced drop down there are more controls. At the same time the Melda convoluted reverb and even Breverb have some good plates.

I'll watch for any problems. Good investigative work! For me the issue was happening in prior versions so this is a curious problem.

Buffers. Hmmm.

I've had crash and export issues a couple of times with the Plate-140. Majority of the time it's fine. I love the sound. I use the crap out of it. Removing it and reinstalling seemed to fix the issues and I could go off on my merry way. I just updated to the latest version and I'll watch for any issues and report back.

I think the over-reaction is on your side bdickens. Do it if you need to but it's not contributing anything of value.

It's ok to try and learn.

Sorry, there was no attitude intended. I was hoping to get your input on why TTS is such a problem for many of us. You said it's not if we route it properly. Can you be more specific? And what is the wrong way to do it. I normally route it to the main bus but might add some effects, Terry

Define "route it properly." What is 'improperly.'

I need that with record and CTRL-z. https://www.amazon.com/Upgraded-iKKEGOL-Optical-Computer-Keyboard/dp/B08MC4PFHY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=64YG02S79BSD&keywords=Usb+Triple+Foot+Switch+Pedal+Control+Keyboard+Mouse+3+Pedals+Simulate+Any+Key+On+Keyboard+Combination+Ke&qid=1647876471&sprefix=usb+triple+foot+switch+pedal+control+keyboard+mouse+3+pedals+simulate+any+key+on+keyboard+combination+ke%2Caps%2C1282&sr=8-1

Munt MT-32 VST is close to the TTS-1. And stable too. The developer also got rid of the 15 bit shenanigans of the reverb and output. It's what the MT-32 should have been (and D-110.)

I think if I had said "Sonar" they might have gone 'Aha!'. Dunno.

I did finally get a response from Melda and it was essentially: - 'It shouldn't be doing that. Send us the file.' Followed by: 'It sounds like your CPU might be overloaded.' Ending with: 'Try another DAW since we don't know what this Bandlab software is.' I called it Cakewalk by Bandlab in my original question. I replied: 'It's an i7, tons of RAM, SSD drives and Cakewalk is pretty well known in the industry to most DAW people.' The CPU is an i7-4790 at 3.6GHz with 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD. If it's being overloaded NOTHING anywhere is indicating it is. I've checked it with every bit of software I can find and at best it occasionally spikes to 50% but averages below 25% on core 1 and the others are always lower. No missed buffers, not using cache and on and on. I've tried multiple changes to the Config File. Certainly it could require that magical combination I never tried but geez, at some point it shouldn't be necessary. Since I know how to make it work, I'm not going to keep spinning my wheels with an infinite number of settings combos to try. This is is something I've been struggling with for a couple of years through various versions of Melda MHarmonizer. I love their products but this one is testing my patience. I guess I could go with the Heisenberg Uncertainly explanation that the final results of any digital manipulation is not always the same depending on how you look at it. Hence "phantom" or as I like to see it "divine intervention."

Hi Will, it's audio. I would expect it to be consistent. I've always used the 'muted until needed' method but I am curious why it isn't consistent. If there is no apparent glitch why does it randomly act like there is one. And since "muted until needed" works (or scares it so much it refuses to do it), the issue is at that start of the clip. And not all clips do it. Most don't but here comes that one that wants to be a jerk. When I happened it's both in CbB playback AND mixdowns. It's something about the way Cakewalk starts the clip. I'll just assume it's another ghost in the machine and move on. Lol.

Thanks Max. I turned off PDC and FX only to see if it had any influence. Also, my questions is around the randomness of the glitch. It appears in the same location but is not consistent. More of a curiosity at this point. Maybe it doesn't always add in the clip at the exact same sample (maybe a couple late)?

I noticed that I sometimes get a transient pop/click noise spike where an audio clip starts. If I left trim it up to the start of the wave I sometimes get a click pop there. But not always. I know a non-zero crossing discontinuity is the likely cause but I can start and play through the pop and sometimes it's there - sometimes it's not. It might do it twice in a row or not for ten times. I can mix it down and sometimes it's there - sometimes it's not. I've looked closely and frankly I don't see a discontinuity or spike at that location but maybe their is something else at play. I've disabled effects and PDC but I can't say it helps. At the same time but left thumb goes numb hitting the space bar over and over. Because ....? I work around it by keeping the volume down through the clip start (fair enough.) But I would expect a clip that starts at zero to not pop. Asking for a friend! ;)

Sure, in a black room it would probably be annoying.

Simply put, the plug-in only updates various control values between block reads so the bigger the block, the more "out of date" the control values become and it shows up as choppiness, distortion etc. The plug in reads the blocks fast enough (or is sent them fast enough) if the CPU/RAM can keep up (and an i7 certainly will) but not the rate of updating. So keep the blocks small during playback.