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Hi Wayne . . . Yoda used to say "nefarious the world is" . . . are we naïve if we trust in the humanity of it all ? . . . or, are we fools to keep our music only for ourselves to listen to ? The Cakewalk Songs forum has always been about sharing projects created in Cakewalk . . . thieves will always steal, musicians will always make music. There are probably plenty of copyright lawyers who would love to take your money if you feel your work has been stolen. Posting it online might be the best copyright we have these days.

Gary . . . poetry is poetry, this is quite well done. It won't be a Christian Pop song. It has some serious drama, so I think the music you write should reflect that. My favorite all time theatre music is Jesus Christ Superstar, music that has stayed with me all these years. I think you should fit your youthful lyrics to a really powerful chord progression (one that shifts between major and minor keys, perhaps), and orchestrate it from there. I look forward to hearing the results here. Sounds like it's calling out to you, so you simply have to do something with it.

If we're searching for perfection in this mix . . . the one thing I've noticed compared to my previous listen to this . . . those very subtle background vocals have become just a whisper, in my opinion far to subtle. Please bring them back so they are audible again.

I was going to say 7/8 time. RexRed . . . always love your lyrics and vocal delivery. I would call this song "Last Love of Mine" because that's the line that seals it. Great work as always.

Okay, so it starts like unplugged metal, user friendly congas and shakers . . . but I've heard your stuff before, so knew those big drums and high vocals were comin' ! , and they delivered when they came. Really like this one, glad to see you still cranking out some great tunes.

Well, I must say it's a very balanced use of vertigo efx . . . *# Lol, full effect cannot be achieved on a phone . . . unless you have 1 phone on each ear, or maybe listen to it loud in a phone booth ! But seriously, Wookiee I enjoyed this, found it playful, brightened the grey day over here.

David, the extra minute added sounds great. Seems to me it starts as a quick allusion to a classical theme, and a waltz, then goes more mod for the rest of it. Nice work !

So great ! The band Yes comes to mind, but more edge, and modern gadgetry that they used. Vocals are powerful and flawless. The mix, as others have mentioned is spectacular. Really wish I could find so much space around those drums in my mixes as you've accomplished here . . . so I'll go back for some more studious listens, thanks ever so much for posting it here.

Great to hear ! . . . that setting has tripped me up so many times, that's why I remembered.

Allan . . . very well written song, and I always dig your vocals and harmonies. You have a characteristic "slide up" in the vocals of many of your songs that I like. I'm not hearing the 60's thing others have mentioned, for me, it needs more tambourine to sound 60's . . . or, more cowbell to sound 70's ? Lol. My mix preference here would be to have the vocals lower and the instruments slightly louder, drum balance is good. On headphones it sounds more balanced, but listening on smaller speakers, I hear the vocals standing out a lot, but alas, they sound great, so no real offense there.

Do you have Edit-Preferences-Project-MIDI . . . Zero Controllers When Play Stops checked ?

Wookiee . . . part 5 is alive ! . . . and it's a wonder, lots of swirling synths. I got a very positive vibe from this, especially the triumphant ending, thanks Wookiee man. (So you do have some drums there after all)

ReMARKable . . . simply ReMARKable ! ! Sounds like you had some fun recording this, your subtle touch on the frets is SO there. I've loved this song ever since the first time I heard it on the radio, instant like, and as a musician I remember wanting to know who it was, and how they got that sound. You captured it's unique mood very effectively ! (I'm kinda' wishin' I had a mark skinner VST guitar plugin in my studio, I would stand in line for that)

David . . . nicely done, an interesting piece . . . it alludes to many things and styles in it's short little time. I found that if you play it 3 or 4 times, it asks you to open your wallet, lol . . . one of these days I might just do that, but it will need to be longer

Hi Kenny . . . really like from the start how you made this a smooth combo of acoustic and electric GTRs . . . you have that great touch on the fretboard, really enjoyed this ! . . . thanks for the post here.

Wookiee man . . . I have been following this 4 part tour of yours, I listened to this latest addition last week before you put EFX onto it. Yes, the ambience and VST stuff really adds an extra dimension to your composition . . . and it's interesting to see it evolve here. For some reason in my head I'm hearing a Pink Floyd groove without the drum kit, but I know you won't add a drum kit . . . and I like it just the way it is.

Gary . . . excellent mix, I've always loved the big band era music, and you've nailed it so well. Sounds just like you are actually there, live.

Rex . . . really like the vocal performance, the way you've captured it here, quite stunning, lyrically and performance wise. I can hear this on the radio so easily. Ya' the harmonica is a bit brash, those producers will tell you that I'm sure . . . I'd like to hear it mellowed a bit, but it's so well done, that becomes minor stuff, just a great song . . . thanks for sharing it here.

Billy86 . . . I may not have the recipe for the fix you want, mostly sympathy (I have Impulse 61) . . . I've had this happen way too many times, a real drag to the creative moment, monkeying with midi connections. Usually I get it to work after numerous reboots, unplugging USB, replugging etc . . . sometimes toggling Input Echo on the channel, or Global FX toggling helps. Good luck !

Thanks for confirming, I've noticed it happens on projects with lots of heavy plugin usage. Lighter load projects do not exhibit the audio engine dropout notification at all.

I also wonder if this dropout occurs because I had to add some lead in time . . . since most streaming sites require some quiet lead in time so the intro notes don't get cut off on streaming playback ?

I've been getting this in some projects . . . where I proceed to do an audio export of my project, and it immediately throws a dropout error, though, the resulting export seems to sound OK, but still alarming to see an error code during the whole export process. In the Cakewalk notes it is Dropout code 0 . . . an "Unknown error or no dropout" So of course the question is: if there is no dropout error, why report it ? The message occurs right at the beginning of the export process. My export method is . . . select all tracks, go to ending marker, set thru=now, go to starting marker, select from=now . . . file-export-audio

I read the thread scook was referring to . . . seems there is no fix for this yet, all the software developers have to figure this out, so the rest of us just have to use the workaround "Save As"

Scook, nothing in my Cakewalk world should need an eLicense . . . but I do have HaLion Sonic by Steinberg loaded as VST in this project which runs on the eLicense . . . you think that's the issue ? . . . I haven't seen this in the many other Cakewalk projects where I use HaLion Sonic.

I had a Cakewalk project idea on the go, which eventually turned into a good idea . . . so, I renamed it and moved it to a folder in Cakewalk Projects directory . . . then opened the project and saved it using a per project Cakewalk folder. Basic stuff ? Now, when I open the next day and try try to save it I get this "Sharing Violation" message, like it's in use somewhere else in Windows ? . . . the only way to keep my new changes is to do a "Save As" So, now I have 7 project versions, because of this. It's like The Edge of Tomorrow movie . . . every day this error repeats itself. Once I do a "Save As" I can properly save all my edits . . . until tomorrow, when I get the "Sharing Violation" message again . . . have to do "Save As" to a new version. Anyone experienced this ? . . . and know a way out of this perpetual time loop I'm trapped in ?