Byron Dickens

I'm not the one being a hard *****, I'm pointing out that what you want to accomplish is easily done with existing features.

Ouch!

about having vintage gear that I bought brand new....

Get a desktop unless you really are going to be mobile. Desktops are so much better.

Another drive-by, one-post-wonder who wasn't really all that interested.

That and Justin Frankel probably wouldn't be thrilled to find out about this guy using his trademark.

Oh, they're gold plated all right.....

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ASIO4ALL is garbage and CbB specifically recommends against it.

I think if I was asking a question like that I would be 1) eager to get some help with it and 2) here enough courtesy to acknowledge the responses in a timely manner.

Select all the way past the end of the song. Done. It really isn't that hard....

I don't have an answer for you but that definitely doesn't sound right.

What you are describing is nearly the exact description of punch recording. You can start "tape" rolling as many bars ahead of time as you want.

https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=ControlBar.11.html

I'd like to run around town in a horse drawn carriage but finding a buggy whip any more is damn near impossible....

I gotta wonder why we have to go through this all again not long after it was already supposedly fixed.

Abandonware. Move on.

ASIO4ALL is garbage. The Bakers specifically recommend against it Why aren't you using the ASIO driver supplied by Native Instruments?

https://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/pc-optimization-guide-for-windows-10/

Yeah. Your audio driver needs to be ASIO and your timing Master needs to be the interface.

1)What you mention is not a DAW function but a plugin function. 2)No one? https://www.vocaloid.com/en/ https://dreamtonics.com/en/synthesizerv/ https://emvoiceapp.com/ https://www.vir2.com/instruments/electri6ity/ https://amplesound.net/en/index.asp https://impactsoundworks.com/product/shreddage-3-bundle/ https://www.orangetreesamples.com/products/evolution-rock-standard Not meant to be a comprehensive list.

I have always had better luck splitting clips up and moving things around manually.

I have a philosophical question: if a man says something in a forest but there isn't a woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?

Good luck with you and your attitude. Have fun....

What you are describing is not latency.