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PreSonus Studio 1810c USB-C Audio Interface #399 They have a $499 one also but this seems fine. drivers are my main concern. So, I was looking at these. Features and price are the main reasons. I am only in a home studio. Wondering about the drives. Presently, I still use my Echo Layla 3G (with a PCI express adapter card. Echo is PCI only and my new PC does not have any. It does work OK, but just thinking about upgrading but not sure if this would be an upgrade? Would also be nice to free up the pci express slot for an M.2 nvme or something like that. Also, I do have a warm Audio Mic Pre that I love. $$$ is important, so cannot go RME, etc. $500 tops. Thanks

Good idea. Thanks RBH

Hello Lombardi I appreciate the reply. I have found the issue and it is quite, dumb, but also I do not understand it.I use a midiverb 3 for FX(monitoring only) so when I record a vocal I can hear it as dry or wet as I like. I made a little trs snake with 2 3ft cables. Did that ages ago. I do NOT use the Aux 2 buss for anything, never have. So when I put it all together again I plugged in both sends of both aux busses 1&2. and then to the returns of the midiverb. Never had Aux 2 returns on the board plugged in. So I just took the cable for buss 2 out of the midverb and out of the mackie send 2 (nothing ever was in returns 2. Just aux send 2. That was the issue? That is why one channel was super quiet, distorted somewhat and sounded like pure reverb. So what I do not understand is "why"? The midiverb is just ins and out of the fx loop on the mackie. Why the heck would aux 2 send plugged into the midiverb channel 2 make this happen. Unless using both inputs on the midiverb makes it Stereo? Weird. I have used these mackie boards for a long time as stated. Guess before I made the trs snake but realized(duh) that the send 2 plugged in screwed things up. The studio had been setup i the spare bedroom for 10 years up until me tearing it down 5 weeks ago. Maybe I knew more about tha mackie back then and just plain forgot. I am old as dirt. I do havce to read up again because I have the mains connected to my studio monitors (Mackie HR624 mkII') which I love. Even a a new spare in case. I run the xlr outs or control room outs to my 2 Yamaha DXR10's when I want to go nuts in the small room. Need to tweak my setup for a better split. I use midi for everything except all guitars and all vocals. I have tons of VSTS. Thanks again. I would be curious how you have things setup. I can control the volume thru the monitors of the guitars and vocals but the main 11&12 (main playback) have everything going thru them? The Echo Layla has plenty of ins and outs so I need to revisit that also.

So, 40 views but no replies. In all honesty I understand. Kind of like you need to be here (my studio) to troubleshoot it-I guess. Oh well, it was a long shot cry for help. No biggie.

So I have used mackie 12 channel compact mixers for decades with Cakewalk, Sonar and now CWbyBL. They have no recording function. Just playback of what I need to hear. As stated previously I tore down my little home studio and redid things. The mixer sits on a rolling rack and never was moved. I did disconnect all cabling. It remained unplugged for 4 or 5 weeks. so got things going again but step by step. Only the mains to my studio monitors and playback from CWBL are wired up so far. Low and behold I only have one channel. I have switched cables 4X, swapped inputs, etc to determine monitors were ok. Onee channel sound like a distant "reverby" weirdness, very low volume. At first I thought it might be the echo Layla 3G due to the piggyback pci to pci express adapter. Nope. I played media player with mp3's thru the mixer\echo\monitors and the same thing happens. Also the mackie has xlr outs on back, trs out on top. A control room(monitor) outs and and alt out. They all exhibit the same thing.Left channel. no fx send or returns are hooked up. I cannot believe that just sitting there the mackie lost a channel. The 4 busses are supposedly separate but they all exhibit this. Truly strange. oh, almost forgot. My beyer 770 pros do the exact same thing when plugged in the headphone jack of the mackie. There is ONE common denominator only - the main mix voulume pot. Of course, it's sealed so I cannot try and clean it. It is common to all the busses. Just figured I would post this just to see if it rings a bell with anyone. Thanks

Well in all honesty-My home studio had to be ripped apart because something was causing me to cough violently - very strange. Actually damaged left lung lining according to emergency room-that's how violent the coughing was. Scrubbed the room, walls, etc, for days. Ripped out the old carpet, Just getting it back together. No where else to set everything up. Missed it big time. Should be good to go hopefully. Been in here all day -no issues.

Thanks for the reply also Gswitz! Appreciated

Hey Scook Been a while. So it was the old scroll lock key. Could have sworn I tried that immediately. Oh well. Thanks as Always my friend! Frank

So, playing thru a project it stops at the end of the monitor edge and no longer scrolls? Weird. Hoper I am describing this properly. Thanks in advance-it is a pia atm. Should mention the project (all audio) continues to playback fine, just does not progress.

OK. Thanks David.

OK. So in the time line in a midi file I have these small white (white for me anyway) numbers displaying position. But they get in my way for the way I work. I have tried. I kn ow it's an idiots question but how do I remove them? Sometimes they are helpful and sometimes not. Thanks

I apoligize but I do not remember how I solved this. I am pretty sure it was Celemony support. I also believe Nitish's post will work also. I believe this is about what support told me also. It is great advice and worth copy\paste and save. I will try to retrace exactly what I did if it would help. I'll look thru my emails because I did receive great support from Celemony on this.

Me Too!

OK-It has been a long time since I even looked at the playlist. But I do not remember a "lyrics View"? Where can I find info about the "lyric view" in playlist? Thanks - I did search for it but came up empty.

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Have to say that Convology XT reverb is pretty nice. I have reverberate but I like the simplicity of the Convology reverb. So Thank You K.K. Yao-.......................................

Hey Chris, Appreciate the input. Going to check if GC's (3) near me carry it. The keys are very important to me also. Not so much the size but the feel. Thanks FRank

So I am looking for a small (25 keys perfect for me) but solid midi keyboard with at least semi weighted keys, which this one is. Honestly the main function is for me to record bass lines and create and enhance midi drums. I can fool around "slowly" with piano parts so that would also be a plus. Don't really need to control CWBL but wouldn't mind learning the basics. Anyone familiar with this unit or have a better option. This $249 I can grab for a bit less. Thanks

EDIT: So I finally was able to install editor 4.2 update over the other and now all is well. Have not tried to unstall again. But I cannot activate it but I have reached out to Celomony I cannot do this. I get a user acccount control error saying an administartor has stopped me from running the installer....although I am UNINSTALLING? Win 10.....UAC is off and always has been. I am the admin. Wish I could post the error dialog box. Here is the dialog box info. I have tried right clicking and get the repair or remove. I choose remove. Nope. I choose repair nope. all back to the same error. Guess I should try safe mode but I do not get this at all. I wanted to do a clean install of my Melodyne 4.2 editor. These are the words in the red title bar of the box User account control This app has been blocked for your protection. Then in the bottom of the dialog box it says: An Administrator has blocked you from running this app. For more info contact the administrator (I am the fricken admin ) C\Windows\installer\bb7200b.msi Publisher unknown File origin: hard drive on this computer Program location: update 1.02 Celemony Software GmbH English (United States) C\windows\installer\bb7200.msi Thanks

Hmmm. I am looking at the complete table that moves up and down. I also play guitar and standing requires the table to be pretty high. Need to do more research. Thanks

Hi Not sure here this belongs. Move it it needs to be moved. I was wondering if anyone is using some type of varidesk product or alternative for your daw setup. I have regular desktop setup-but would love to stand up when needed. They are not cheap so I wanted to check. Thanks folks

Sure! Happy To! Great idea Steve..............BTW, I didn't get it right but they are their but NOT in the sample content. My bad.

EDIT: So I found out you have to use their virtualSynth? That's no good for me. I was going to demo it for 15 days for $15, you get a usb pedal with the demo. Oh well. I like the playlist in CW but sometimes seeing the Words and Setlist would be nice. Thats what I was looking for. So I guess I am going to start to play out a bit, it's been many years. Just myself and a laptop. typical one man guitar thing. I have a zillion sequences already built up over decades. And that's OK because I don't like much of what I hear these days. I know I can use the playlist in CW, but showplay looks pretty cool. Anyone? Thanks

You know Scook. Not sure about anyone else, but with you here to help makes it so much smoother for folks like me. Also, gotta give a shout out to Cactus....really helpful guy! Thanks Man

So, I wanted to take a look at the loops in big fish audio. I never installed them, well until today anyway. So they were exe's so I let it roll, no custom option. Installed to the ever popular appdata\user\roaming etc, etc and then to Sonar Plat folder. I still have it installed but use CW BL. I want them on my sample drive. since they are just samples, can I just drag them to the sample drive? Thanks