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  1. I'm getting what appears to be unexpected and possibly erroneous results when using the "Copy Melodyne Clip Tempo Map to Cakewalk's Tempo Map" capability explained on page 978 of the 2019.09 PDF Reference Guide and need some help in using the tool. I'm accustomed to using the "drag a clip to the timeline" method of adjusting the Cakewalk tempo map to the clip tempo. This has worked well for me until now. The band I record doesn't use a click track so the tempo wonders around a little which is fine. I usually drag the acoustic guitar DI track to the timeline to set the project tempo and get the results I want, a project timeline that follows the acoustic guitar DI tempo. But the results I get now seem erroneous to me. My understanding of what should happen is that the CbB project beats per minute tempo map will be adjusted to match the acoustic guitar without affecting the absolute time position and length of any clip. All clips should remain exactly where they are with respect to milliseconds and samples rulers. But that doesn't appear to be what's happening for the project I'm working on shown here before the tempo is adjusted. If I hold down the SHIFT key and drag the acoustic guitar DI clip to the timeline Melodyne appears to go through every track and create a region effect and mix it down which to me is not only not necessary but also possibly changing the audio of each track. When Melodyne is done the tempo map is correct, but I don't know why most tracks were mixed down by Melodyne and the tracks with clips that don't start at the beginning are time shifted which seems to confirm my suspensions that other tracks were stretched. I've read through the 2019.09 PDF documentation page 978 and I think I'm following the instructions. The instructions don't mention the shift key, but I worry about moving the clip left or right as I drag it. I also tried another method of creating a Melodyne RX for the acoustic guitar DI track and adjusting the project tempo to match the clip in Melodyne and then closing the region effect. The results appear to be the same because the clips that didn't start at the beginning are still time shifted. This shouldn't happen. What am I doing wrong? For clarity some of the tracks (including the acoustic guitar DI track) have four to six take lanes which don't show up in the screenshots and it's possible that take lanes are adversely affecting the tempo map change process.
  2. Dare, reading through your comments, it appears that you've abandoned CbB for now and are investigating other DAWs. That seems to be a good idea and will give you another point of reference. So my responses to your questions and explanations below probably won't be much use to you now. But should you revisit CbB in the future, hopefully some of my responses will be useful then. Yes, as you noted, clean installs are not as important now as they were in the past and they are time consuming, but I still like to start that way. I suggested it to you because the problems you were reporting seemed to be very unlikely which made me think there might be serious problems with your OS or other applications. This other software could be contributing significantly to your problem. You might want to check that out. I am trying to learn to use take lanes. So far they are a challenge. I've learned that doing things in the right order is really important, but I still have problems. One thing that I believe is recommended by documentation is turn of the Comp Smart Tool and then find the Mute tool which took me a while. The Mute tool can quickly undo selection mistakes. Take lanes seem to automatically split take clips that are longer than others which can also cause problems with things like drag moves that tend to leave the automatically generated clips behind or cover them up. I've still got a lot to learn here.
  3. Yes. I'm still using the 4.63.24 which I think is the latest version available for my 1st gen 18i8 and I thought it was working perfectly until I popped a project open to make this screenshot for this post. The first time I clicked the ASIO Panel button on the Driver Settings Preferences page, the Scarllet Settings dialog box opened on top as it should. But on subsequent times the Scarllet Settings dialog box did not open on top. It opened behind the CbB window, So the workaround I use to find it and make a buffer size change, I close the Preferences dialog, reduce the size of the CbB window and drag the CbB window to the left to uncover the Scarllet Settings dialog box. So it works fine, you just have to find it to use it. Again, I actually thought this was fixed but it's not and I'm not sure who should fix it. I've assumed that should be Focusrite, but I'm not sure. Let me know it the workaround is still not clear.
  4. Is there a way to change muted clip colors in take lanes? I use the Tungsten Theme where muted clips in take lanes are about the same color of gray as the background. I'd like to use a different color but haven't found a color option under preferences and it appears that the clip color options under Clip Properties don't appear to have any affect over clips in take lanes.
  5. Dare, really; who are you debating? I'm sorry that you are experiencing so many "rare and highly specific showstopper" problems. I'm assuming that you are able to reproduce those problems, describe them in detail in your bug reports, and hopefully can send dump files are even example projects to the support folks. If not, support staff will probably have problems understanding and fixing the bugs you are seeing. My problem is that I've been a on-again, off-again SONAR and now CbB user for 15 years and somehow I've always been able to use the SONAR/CbB to record and mix audio. I suppose I did experience "showstoppers" from time to time, but they must of been rare, because I don't remember any of them. So I'm wondering if the problems you're seeing are more related to your DAW hardware, other applications and Windows 10 64x configuration than they are to CbB. Since, you are apparently unable to accomplish anything worthwhile, maybe now would be a good time to clean up, all of your resource/project harddrives, and clean install Windows 10 Creator Edition and CbB along with any other applications on your DAW.
  6. Anyone using Microsoft's OneDrive for DAW files? To me it looks like a good option because I have a Microsoft Office 365 subscription which includes 1TB OneDrive space for each of six users. I'm assuming that I can have access to all 6TBs which I think is plenty for my DAW and personal files. My plan is to put all documents and resource/install files on OneDrive and mirrored in a local OneDrive folder. I'll keep project files on a local drive and manually drag them to a backup OneDrive folder that isn't mirrored on a local OneDrive folder. Does this seem like a reasonable plan?
  7. Where can I find the scook very handy VST Inventory program? Thanks.
  8. Bingo! Thanks scook. NIMBUS was not in the VST3 excluded list. So I tried the VST3 Reset from preferences with "Scan in Sandbox" and "Generate Scan Log" enabled. NIMBUS VST3 is now available. I did get "Wrong computer id" notifications for Additive Keys and Drums during the Reset scan that I will review, but I think Additive Keys and Drums are working fine. Thanks again! No regedits required. Yea!
  9. Thanks Blindeddie. I tried running as Admin and rescanning. It didn't help this time.
  10. I use the License Manager. Here's a screenshot showing NIMBUS authorization as active. the VST2 version works, but I prefer using VST3. I've already tried uninstalling and re-installing NIMBUS. That didn't help. I just did a rescan which also didn't help. Thanks.
  11. It didn't. Interested in your other suggestions. Thanks.
  12. Thanks. Just tried that running CbB as Administrator and rescanning VSTS. NIMBUS VST3 still missing from browser and Plugin Manager and track FX bin Insert audio plugins dropdown. Izotope says they can't help.
  13. I just installed a reverb plugin NIMBUS along with another reverb plugin R4. The R4 VST3 shows up in the browser, plugin manager and in track FX dropdowns but NIMBUS does not. See browser, plugin manager screenshots. I've also included a VST3 Folder screenshot showing that NIMBUS VST3 is available. The browser screenshot shows search results for NIMBUS which only turned up the VST2 version under uncharacterized. I've uninstalled and reinstalled NIMBUS, restarted CbB several times and restarted my PC. Any suggestions on how to fix this appreciated.
  14. Available drivers vary based on your hardware & firmware. In the notes for the 4.63.24.564 driver I think it listed the 1st & 2nd gen devices that can use it.
  15. For me yes. No doubt. I don't have numbers anymore. But I saw a huge performance improvement and latency drops when I switched from 1st gen drivers to 3rd gen drivers. Speculating, I have a pretty capable computer and a graphics card with capacity to handle the load generated by plugins that will use the graphic processor to reduce CPU load. I guess it's possible that not everyone would see the performance improvements I saw. But I'm speculating.
  16. I have a 1st gen 18i8. I usually install the latest driver listed on My Hardware Focusrite page and don't have any significant problems. I have the latest version 4.63.24 installed and seems to have fixed the bug with changing buffer size while CbB is open. Both the latest and the previous version work fine and I found work arounds for adjusting buffer size in the previous version. I'm tickled and am impressed with the performance especially when compared with the original 1st gen drivers.
  17. How can I set clip colors for Take Lanes? Any suggestions or clarification appreciated I like to set clip colors to match track colors because it seems to help me navigate. However, when I have multiple takes that process seems to fall apart. In this screenshot, I think that T3 was selected when I assigned the color to track 1. So the clip for that take is the same as the track color. However, I can't seem to change the clip color for T4. Notice that I've set the T4 Foreground color to match the track color in the clip inspector but that didn't change the clip color. What am I missing? Also, I really don't like the low contrast light gray default color for take clips. Is there some way to change that? My theme is Tungsten. I didn't see take lane color options under preferences.
  18. Me too Bob. My mb has a dedicated m2 slot and a pcie x4 m2 mounting card. I'm mostly recording & mixing audio mine are used for the C [boot] drive & the Cakewalk projects drive I have two Samsung ssds for everything else. I haven't measured but mine seem lighting fast.
  19. On the Time Ruler at the top of the Track View, click the (+) on the right end and add the Millisecond Ruler which shows Hours, Minutes, Seconds and Milliseconds. Use that ruler to select the exact number of seconds you want. You can also choose Snap to Grid resolution in seconds to make it easier to select the exact number of seconds you want.
  20. They are different dialogs. You used the Meter/Key Signature dialog which works at the beginning of the song. I used the Measure Beat Meter dialog which doesn't work at the beginning of the song. I think I have the latest version as well. Ver: 2019.07 (Build 79)
  21. Thanks msmcleod. I thought I tried it, but must not have because it works.
  22. How do I specify the Meter at the start of a project? I use the project shown in this screenshot https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ag9MrIdQMNIZoQSkFNpfPX2WuOGB?e=uF1VsC to provide a metronome for piano practice. So I frequently change the metronome Meter to match the song I'm practicing, but as shown by the error dialog in the screenshot at the link, CbB doesn't allow me to do that . Why not? This project has only the one track which contains no clips.
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