Byron Dickens

It doesn't work that way. I suggest you avail yourself of the documentation or one of the many tutorials available concerning how to use software instruments.

Digital clipping? As in overloading your converters? Somehow I think not.

In the digital realm red is bad

If you spend about $100, one can get a proper audio interface with proper ASIO drivers and 99% of audio issues will magically disappear.

Good God Almighty! So much perseveration over free stuff!

I don't have that issue. I make sure the track I want to paste into is selected, put the cursor where I want it and paste my selection right where I want it.

I don't get it either. Windows comes with audio drivers. While they might not be suitable for multitrack recording, they at least work somewhat. If I was brand new to this and using the onboard audio, I would do the obvious thing and use what was already there.

Look at the screen shot. Nothing is selected.

Are you plugging it in to a USB hub?

Well, you don't have any audio drivers selected for starters What audio interface do you have?

Did you even read the replies just prior to yours?

It seems as though a lot of piano players can't keep their feet off that damn pedal. Is it just those instruments? Perhaps they are just not responding properly to the pedal going up

No worries. Maybe my explanation will help pacify someone else before they decide to get offended.... ?

I recommend you make it easy on yourself and pony up for an actual music keyboard. Such can be had for less than $100. https://www.sweetwater.com/c513--Keyboard_MIDI_Controllers?sb=low2high While you can certainly get by with the virtual keyboard, especially at first, if and when you take to this you will quickly run into a wall Likewise, if you are ever going to record audio, I will recommend getting a dedicated audio interface with a dedicated ASIO driver and NOT ASIO4ALL . Same reason; it is ultimately easier in the long run and you will get better results.

I was responding to Bit's comment "...when all else fails, read the manual." Again: in the world I come from, those who are really good, who really know what they are doing look at the manual first. Before they've beaten their heads against the wall for hours. The OP's question is a bit more advanced than the usual "why can't I hear my MIDI sounds" thing that crops up periodically. Maybe it is covered in the documentation. Maybe it isn't. I get that sometimes the documentation can be confusing, have stuff missing or just plain suck (I'm looking at you, Ford. You and your colored drawings with NO explanatory text). I also get that someone might be new to this and not have the vocabulary to make an effective search and that's cool. Ask away. Again, I was responding to Bit's comment. I know what he was saying and I'm certain he knows what I was saying.

Make your project's tempo 114.005?

Kinda the same concept.... I hear you. That's a valid point. However, I come from a world where you are expected to do some basic research first before asking questions. If I want to figure out how to do something, my FIRST stop is the documentation....

The only logical explanation is demons....

You should RTFM first....

Have you rescanned?

Almost certainly not a Cakewalk issue.

Yeah, well if you paid attention to what these guys were saying, it's "can you learn to sing? In tune? Of course! Will you be Mariah Carey? Of course not!" But that wouldn't prevent you from being able to complete at some level.... That's a totally invalid comparison and doing so dooms you to failure. Because the fact is that only a scant handful of even the best ( there's that word) runners in the world even get to try out for the Olympic team, let alone actually compete at the games. See, that's the problem. So many people think that they have to be "the best" (whatever that is) or "professional level" (whatever that is) or they shouldn't do it. When you demand all or nothing, nothing is what you usually end up with. Some years ago, my wife decided she wanted to run a Marathon. So she did. The short version of the story is that in 6 months she went from not being able to make one lap around the track to completing a Marathon. A real Marathon, not a half one. Did she win? She didn't even place. In fact, she was the absolute last person across the finish line. Some people see that as failure. People who don't even have the guts to try. But she ran 26.2 miles. So what I'm getting at is if you apply yourself you can learn to sing. In tune. Will you ever be singing the lead roles at the Metropolitan Opera? In all honesty, probably not. But STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. Hell, most opera singers never get to sing at the Met. But with enough work and determination you might get to sing with a local community production. Or at least well enough for your own demos. And think how much more satisfying it would be (not to mention faster and easier) if you could go knock out two or three takes, pick the best one and only have to use your pitch correction plugin to nudge just a few not-quite-there notes into place.

Probably.

Most likely it's a bad connection somewhere.

Just select one of the cursor functions.