Michael Richards

I'm sorry, Noel. I guess I didn't hit Submit Reply when I wrote that neither increasing DropoutMsec to 100 ms and/or setting MaskDropoutDection to True worked.

In Task Manager I cannot see the reason why the audio engine would drop out. I am using 20% of the CPU and 42% of memory. Should I be looking somewhere else? Is it a Sonar specific issue? Michael

I wasn't concerned about crashing Sonar, I was so impressed with the 3.3 msec roundtrip that I didn't want to be disappointed if pops and clicks started to happen. I am also surprised with the Windows and Dell updates. They usually cause me problems, but all is well. There is one problem: at 48 and 64 samples recording has become an issue. I now get an audio engine dropout. It does not happen at 96 samples.

This is a follow-up to my RME UCX2, 48k and 24 bit running 48 samples with a 3.3 msec total roundtrip. I'm afraid of crashing it and I haven't opened some of my tracks with a large number of synth plugins. But, here is a list of what is currently running without crashing or any pops or clicks. 2 Audio tracks3 Neural DSP guitar tracks 1 Ample Bass 1 Sampletank 4 fretless bass 1 SampleTron 2 track 1 Spitfire EPic Strings 2 Keyzone Pianos 3 SynthMaster Player tracks 1 BFE3 drum tracks 4 tracks of ProChannel Breverb and Compressor 2 Send tracks of reverb Michael

Although I have a nice RME UCX2, I have never been able to run at 64 samples with a 4.0 msec roundtrip. But, I am now running 48 samples with a 3.3 msec total roundtrip. WOW!!! My plugins right now are BFD3 drums, SampleTron 2, and 2 basses. Not a snap, crackle, or pop. I know this won't last and it is just a dream but thank you, this is wonderful. Sonar feels lighter and more nimble. I tend to not be a minimalist and load up on Neural DSP guitar plugins and Spitfire orchestral plugins, so I will give this a workout and we'll see if I can even maintain a clean 64 samples. This alone is major selling point for Sonar. I love it. Michael

I'll take a shot at this. I think he wants to hear the audio on one PC in his studio from his office PC. I recorded a vocalist on 2 songs 100 miles away from me. You have to use WASAPI Shared to hear the audio. Controlling the other computer is something I do by using Anydesk. Would that work for you? Michael

I agree, no reason for 44.1.

is it higher or lower? I can’t see why any professional would go lower. I could be wrong.

I spend a good deal of my day in the staff view, but for note durations it is much easier to view and edit in the piano roll. You can edit the lengths of each note very easily this way.

Thank you, Freddy.

That is something else, I have never heard of baking recording tape.

Marco and Treesha. Thank you both for listening. I appreciate your comments.

Thank you, Nigel. I appreciate you listening.

Thank Gary, this song didn't get much love. Ha.

garybrun: What a BEAUTIFUL voice. I must have been absent when they handed out great voices. Also, nice recording. Very full. Michael

Marco, I enjoy your music, especially your harmonies. You are right, it is a great time to be alive and producing music. Just wish this all would have happened 40 years ago.

Back in the early 1980s when I was a working musician my band had 2 Teac 3340s decks. We used one to bounce to the other. We were never good enough to bounce again, so we only really used 6 tracks. I have one of the 3340s and let it sit for 4 years. It no longer works and it seems it will cost a fortune to fix it. I look at it quite a bit and feel very bad I let it get in that condition. I then had a Tascam (?) 8 track cassette. It always sounded thin. Then I had a Sony DAT. It still works fine, but I no longer use it. Don't feel so bad about that. My band recorded in a New York recording studio with a Studer A827 24 track beast. We thought we were big time. The recordings were not very good. I learned a lesson early on that the person doing the recording is probably going to determine the quality of the recording more than the equipment used. I think that is one of the reasons I have stuck with Cakewalk for 30 years. I feel like I need to explore more than what we have and hope the new Sonar will eventually have some fancy bells and whistles. Yet, I realize I can get better with what I have.

I agree. I think it is very debatable. There might be some pixie dust that gives tape a warmer sound, which is very pleasing to some people. Though, you can't deny the clarity in something like Blu-ray audio that was recorded in a digital studio, that probably still used analog outboard gear. I think of it like gasoline vs. electric automobiles. You know which one is the future but you still have a passion for all the cool things a powerful gasoline engine gives you, like the sound of a Ferrari or a Porsche. I recently drove a Mustang Mach-E GT. I forgot about the sound after I became obsessed with pinning my head against the headrest. Wow, what a thrill. I don't know this for a fact except for my own home studio experience but I feel like every little mistake or note that is not played to perfection is duly noted in Cakewalk. My memory says that my recordings on tape seemed to hide slight imperfections. I know tape and digital are different and totally feel digital is better but I love the passion that people have for tape. Not a bad thing to debate about.

I add measures all the time. This week, for the first time that I can remember, I had problems. Strange problems. I needed to add 24 measures. Couldn’t do it. Couldn’t do 20, 18, all the way down to 12. That worked. So I added 12 more measure. That didn’t work. Only 2 measures would work. After that nothing worked. I gave up. Michael

Hello group Here is the latest from the Curtin Richards Project, Night of the Living Dolls. The melody was written 7 years ago by Hugh Curtin and I orchestrated and finished the song last week. Hope you enjoy it. Michael Richards https://viamichael.com/2023/09/15/night-of-the-living-dolls/

So glad you use Cakewalk. Top shelf work, and the video is impressive.

I've seen most of Guy Michelmore's videos. Funny guy with what seems to be a wonderful career. He's happy, therefore not using Cakewalk to score video games. I just started using the free version of DaVinci Resolve and can't seem go get one of their export formats to work. As Andres said, I've tried all their MP4- H264 codecs. Nothing works. I did get some free-for-a-day software (either Vimeo or Filmora) and was able to convert an iPhone video to an mp4 h264 and it worked. I just didn't like them and figured Resolve would be better. Anybody using Resolve and exporting successfully into Cakewalk? If so, what am I doing wrong? Michael

I say, after Sonar is released Lord Tim , Jimbo, and Andres should head up some subcategory for film scoring in Cakewalk. I am sure there are many others in our forum that have a serious interest in this. I am amazed by how many people started out, like me, with Cakewalk on floppy disks. People usually evolve, their interests expand, and moving into film composition is a very natural transition. We probably lose a lot of composers who can't get over these hurtles that we have been discussing and move to a program like Cubase. That's a shame and also a business loss. Michael

Jimbo88, that is excellent and hard earned information. It also gives me hope. I can’t believe you have scored so much to picture in Cakewalk. That’s the best news I have learned in a long time. Michael

Thank you, Lord. I really want to learn how to score a movie and want to start with short video clips. I think this is the only music skill I didn't learn in music school. I really don't want to make the expensive move to Cubase so I can try my hand at this. I really don't think Sonar will have this capability, though I am holding out for it. I would think they know almost all of the competition offers decent video scoring.