Terry Kelley

Oh sure, drag me into it as the poster boy for failure! Scook said it right - if it would work, they would feature it. Most if any don't.

Ok, I'll get a buddy to send me the file. Thanks!

Current early release and I have Sonar 8 and updates (but not to 8.5.)

I accidentally overwrote a prochannel preset. Is there a way to restore/recover it (the .pcp file.) I only have Cakewalk running on one machine. I looked at the older Sonar CDs and there doesn't appear to be a specific selection for the presets. I can ask a friend to send me the file but I was curious is its available on the installation somehow. Any insight appreciated?

I think because it could constantly vary. At the beginning of projects I often don't notice it but I know it will build up. I did suggest a switch to automatically defeat FX and PDC during record (so I don't forget) but it wasn't accepted.

Just leave the magazine at Witt's End

Well, you've posted it in the feature request forum so let's see what the developers say about it. They seriously entertain useful features and improvements.

At some point the faders need to be faders and not amplitude modulation at a fast rate. But you are certainly free to want them to act in a specific way. Noel's point about processing load is valid (in my opinion) and vibrato should be left to a plugin. There are just better and more accurate ways to add vibrato to a track. Drawing it on the volume automation appears to me to be a rather tedious method. Have you tried Reaper or Pro Tools? They might better facilitate your wants.

Wave function - good idea. II need to remember that!

Any controller/patch changes in the events? Is there a patch change in the track that is overriding the patch you are manually setting in the plugin window?

You are trying to get vibrato using a fader that can't move fast enough. Imagine a fader on a mixing board and trying to move it fast enough for vibrato. It's not the right solution for your needs. Add a vibrato plugin in the FX bin then automate the dry/wet where you need it. I think you've been successful in the past but you've run into the limits of what you can do with a fader.

Are the velocities really low values like you very lightly pressed the keys? At low velocities the sound can change dramatically. Highlight the clip, right click and select View Events. Look at the velocity values in the 5th column from the left (I think.)

So it's like it's in Comp mode while you are just editing/appending one lane (the main lane.) Do you know when it creates a new lane?

Thanks, yeah I get it now.

Nice idea though.

"You can clear and reinstall the driver"

I'm not clear what you are wanting. In Cakewalk, a double click on most things will center or zero the control. Many plugins don't follow this action though. Midi velocity goes to 0, volume goes to 101, pan goes to center or 0. Wave volume goes to 0.0, pan to 0 or center and gain goes to 0.

Turn on loop and paste something? Edit: Just tried it and nothing odd happened. It pasted in the right place. I'm not doubting you but I don't see anything strange.

I'm trying to picture what loop does here.

Ah, so I see why it works. If you select the track number, the name automatically highlights too (so it's now the active track.) But if you then click on a track name, it becomes the active track and the track where you clicked the number isn't active even though the number is still highlighted. I always click on the track number which also makes it the active track so I never got burnt. I only click on the name if I plan on changing it. Very important distinction!

But 10 seconds of latency?

You are right. It pastes to the highlighted track name not the number. I never noticed that but I've always highlighted the number and never highlighted a name as a second step. Oh geez, I see the dust of the manual posse on the trail behind us ...

As long as I highlight the track and make sure the marker is where I want the paste, even a simple CTRL-V will work. But I have to make damn sure both of those are where I intended. If I copy a clip from and track and intend to copy it back to a new location on the same track, I usually don't need to highlight the track but there are times where either nothing happened or it went somewhere into the ether. And then if you hit CTRL-Z to undo the mystery paste you risk undoing a previous change somewhere. So I pay close attention to highlighting the track and the location of the marker.

I say we make people PROVE they read the manual before we offer ANY assistance! Why the nerve ...

11 [Internal] Unexpected error while processing audio buffer. Try saving then closing and reopening the project. Well even that error explanation is unexpected ... Do you lose all audio or does it come and go?