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Wow, this is terrific work! Excellent job on the video as well. Perfect.

Had it happen twice this week, I didn't have time to look at the possible weirdnesses.

The topic, the topic ...!

Scook, when they released 5 there was an upgrade path from 4 but not any more. John, that's a pretty nice sale on Assistant (which I use on my vox) and Editor (which I'd like to be able to afford). So for $29 you can go from Essential to a way better product. Just sayin' ... Timbo

I've had it happen if 1) samples haven't finished loading and I close the project or 2) a misbehaving plug-in and just right click on Cakewalk in Task Manager and close it manually.

Seriously, try Mr. Anderton's mid/side processing. An easy way is to find yourself an EQ plug in that does m/s (mid-side) and eq out all your side on the bass instrument(s) ... Voila you've got a tighter mix with room on the side for instruments, reverb, delays and the like.

Genius!

So much fun! Thanks to you, my ears are now in my shoes ... I can't hear my wife unless I undo my laces. Seriously considering wearing my Nikes to bed.

Had to give this a bump so it's back on Page 1, where it belongs.

I had to listen because the physics I took in university a couple of light years ago taught me that nothing goes faster than light, even if you're on a train travelling at light speed and throw something 102 times faster. But I digress. Thanks for showing me that my whole university education was full of shit. I do love electronica! And this was sooo early-Floyd-into-2021! Timbo

Hi Anders, I can imagine my voice if I put 2 pitch correction plugs on it - it'd be nothing but pure gold! I guess it's not such a good idea to process your voice in that way, unless you are using these 2 on instrument tracks? Timbo PS = I enjoy your music, by the way.

Great song! Love the bass sound! And the horns! Three things in my opinion: 1) the ez keys are a little too forward in the first verse 2) the kick has too much top end and not enough thump at 100 Hz or so 3) the mix is a little too wide IMO Excellent job on the guitar, it's hummin! And I love your voice in this one, really do. Timbo

That Mark is a pretty song! Sweeeet playing too - when I hear a guitarist like you I'm embarrassed to put my own playing up here. From a mix perspective, I was a bit overwhelmed by some of the acoustic in the intro, maybe you'd turned up the volume, but my ears told me it was a bit bassy. I think the snare could use a touch of a something to cut through the guitars and the bass drum could definitely use a boost because I'm not hearing it that well. But that is being nitpicky in the extreme because this was a lovely song. Tim

Yeah, that's Frank-like but better sounding than Frank's stuff, IMO! Thanks for sharing this.

Not autobiographical at all! I still have both legs. And thanks for the listens all!

Thanks for listening folks! Timbo

I'm sorry for setting this thread off in the wrong direction with my reply, Craig. I didn't realize what level of user you are, nor did I mean anything when I suggested you go back to Abelton. I thought I saw that you were an Abelton user in the initial post. I agree that Cakewalk has bugs. I can still crash it, but it's hard to point the finger at Windows, Cakewalk, or the writer of the old 32 bit VST or VSTi I have loaded. As a user, I just learn from experience and try not to do the things that "set it off" and make it crash. In Home Studio 2004, I used to have to save every time I hit record! Whether there are more or less crashes in CW than in other DAW software is undetermined. I'd like someone who has used all the buggy DAW softare out there to list the problems and maybe we could determine where Cakewalk stands in the group. In the meantime, I appreciate how you've defended your argument and how Noel and the guys/gals have tried to respond. Continue the dialogue. Tim

Thanks Bjorn! It was a fun song to do, 14th on the album so it was where the meat of the action was taking place. Poor lead character cut off his legs for robotic ones, all trying to escape his birth and upbringing. Timbo

Who is this u.k.jack c of which you speak? ?

Such a fun song! I like what you've done to your voice in this. Also impressed by the instrumentation/effects that you've added. Timbo

But here's a song that I've worked on awhile - it's all part of a rock opera that I've recorded. It's a story of a person born with parts of both genders. Please tell me what you think, good or bad! Timbo PS Got permission from the scientist who took this cool photo of a spider embryo!

Off topic but make sure that with your new antivirus that you exclude the locations of your virtual instruments and plugins (i.e. C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Vstplugins and so on). Speeds up my project loading time anyway. Timbo

I know I'm late here, but I can make it happen if I open a project with lots of samples that are loading and close the project before they are all loaded. Bang, it will hang. Or if the project has a poorly written VST/i that doesn't give up easily!

Dude, if Cakewalk doesn't agree with you, then you absolutely should use something else. Go to Abelton, if that's what you need. Cakewalk works for me, and has for more than 15 years, especially on the last album I recorded with it. Timbo PS Access was probably denied because you still had the application open (and therefore the dll) in some form. That's usually how the error happens.

Good lord, this takes me back to Bowie in The Man Who Sold the World. Love it! Timbo