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Thanks for the listen Mark. I try to make up for my lack of musical talent with creativity. I'm not versed in the genre either and couldn't tell you what it is. When I'm writing I try not to censor any ideas that come to me. I'll try to rebalance the piano bit (it's just Scaler) on the next remix. Thanks for your ears, Tim

Every once in awhile when I'm out of creative ideas, I open a bunch of older, incomplete projects just to see if they provide a creative spark. I'll open 10-20 projects. Rather than close Sonar and be left with a list of these projects on the Start Menu rather than my recent projects, I open Task Manager and choose End Task on Sonar. This used to work, and the next time I'd start Sonar I'd have my old project list back. But now the older projects populate the menu even though I killed the task. So I'm guessing that Noel and the programming team have changed how and when the project list is written to the registry and my evil plan no longer works. Nitpicky, but this is bothersome. Anyone have a workaround? Timbo

I'm hesitant to put this song up for song and mix review. There are so many good players here that I find it embarrassing to let folks listen to my stuff. That said, this song is way heavier than the synth based stuff I've posted in the past, both musically and lyrically. And because it is bass and drum based, I'm wondering if I've got the mix right. In fact, I think not. So please have a listen and tell me how this sounds. Timbo crooked people in the shadows mouths overflow with lies untold crooked people hoard our secrets crooked people seen too much for too long they've forgotten more than we've ever known and the crows cry pain, pain, pain they weave straw baskets to cradle their lies and the crows cry pain, pain, pain crooked people spin the promise fractured wisdom for the gathering crowds crooked people sow the sickness crooked people done too much for too long crooked people buried our wisdom crows mock the nameless faces in the ground crooked people sow the sickness crooked people've run the farm for too long they've forgotten more than we've ever known and the crows cry pain, pain, pain they reaped the harvest, salted our crooked bones and the crows cry pain, pain, pain

Hi Jim, I can hear my fans take off when I'm doing something very CPU intensive, but my system doesn't freeze. The guys will need you to supply your PC specs (RAM, CPU, etc), and will ask what kind of project you have open (with a zillion vsts, etc) when you hear the fan, and to have a look at Task Manager to see what's going on with your system, like a virus scanner. So a little more detail please before the experts chime in. Timbo

I'm always curious, don't always ask but I always want to know. Ah whatchamacallits, I'd be nothing without them. Timbo

Thanks aleo for the fix. I've encountered this and similar automation problems in all versions of Sonar that I've owned in my 20+ years, and found this one particularly amusing. For Noel et al, it was on a paste of the automation only. Timbo

Can someone please confirm if I've invented time travel or not?

I love the bass sound and bass line, wow what whatchamacallit gave you that sound Wookie?

Thanks for the phone ideas, folks!

Replying to follow and hear responses from Noel et al, I have the same problem. Timbo

Wow, thanks folks! I didn't expect to get much of a response and with the added bonus of Noel chiming in on a non-support thread, I'm very pleased indeed. Timbo

Thanks Bass Guitar, Let me look into that interface, I had never heard of it. Timbo

Hi all, When it comes to being creative, I feel restricted by my studio. I often come up with ideas elsewhere in our home (like the back deck, the bunkie, the garage) and have been dreaming about a "portable" setup that I could use to get these ideas out of my head and onto paper, so to speak. I carry a small recording device that helps me to record lyrics and melodies, and it is useful when I'm out on a hike in the woods, but now that I'm retired and have the financial means to do something on a less than $5K scale I'd like to put together something a little more substantial. Please remember that the idea behind this is to get my ideas down wherever I am on our property (or just to practice) and not to mix or record entire songs. I'm thinking about a laptop with Sonar and virtual effects and instruments installed and a crappy MIDI keyboard that I already have. But then I'd need 1) an audio interface that handles the MIDI and a mic to get the data in and out of the laptop, 2) some form of portable speakers to take the place of studio monitors and 3) a mic, and I think I could use my SM58. Have any of you folks done something like this? Can anyone else think of anything I would need? And also a gut check, do you think I'm dreaming - can this portable idea not going to work the way I hope? Thanks for your thoughts, Timbo

Besides the quiet fans, is there a particular audio interface that would be best to use with a laptop? Timbo

I'm interested in this as well, unfortunately I have to reply to be able to follow the topic. Timbo

Thanks for this Starship Krupa, I hadn't heard of such therapy, I'm going to have to find some tools to do what you've done. Timbo

Interesting, Helios. I use Windows 11's notepad for my lyrics and notes and am happy with it. I wonder where Major Decibel's product stores the data - there isn't much info on their website. Timbo

I think Soundcloud auto-embeds, at least it did for me the last time I posted a track.

I had a similar problem last week. I took screenshots and was just about to post for help and VOILA, it was my fault. Carefully go over the project next time and you'll find that, like me, you are the bug, not the software. Timbo

I'm hearing a bit of old Bowie and Warren Zevon influence in here and am very impressed. The lyrical theme is right up my alley, too. Great job folks!

Thanks for the excellent deets Ross, The Kronos sounds are unbelievably excellent! and that harmochord is very cool. More Floyd please. Timbo

Brilliantly done,Ross. I particularly like the sound you got on your acoustic! Can you give up any secrets on recording and production? Only kidding here, but I'm glad you went off key in the same spots that Roger did. It would have sounded wrong if you'd pitch corrected it. Makes me wonder how they pitch corrected back in the day. Tim

A bump before this post goes to oblivion. Can anyone reproduce this? Timbo

Hi, another silly question perhaps but a curiosity nonetheless. This didn't happen in CbB but does now in registered Sonar: I create a new project, load a VST (e.g. Scaler). I leave the project and alt-tab through my active programs, and although Sonar is closed, I see 2 windows that I can alt-tab to (although nothing happens when I do): 1) a small one that looks like a title bar Scaler 1 2 (Untitled Project1), and 2) a fuller sized one with a black background called Scaler 1 2 (Untitled Project1). When I repeat these steps in CbB, the 2 ghost windows do not appear after CbB has been closed. I'm wondering if this is a Windows 11 bug or a Scaler bug or a Sonar bug. Can anyone else reproduce this? Tim

The video was particularly useful. Thanks again.