Mark Morgon-Shaw

Thank you Noel ☺️ I am happy that you understand the question now , I must confess I never used Aux Tracks before in my decades with Cakewalk ! I am not sure I ever really understood the purpose of them but you have given me a reason to try and understand them again as I had dismissed them previously. Many thanks - I will try this on my current mix this weekend !

Sorry if I am bad at explaining Noel - I do appreciate your patience ! ☺️ I don't need the cymbals on their own - what I need to deliver to the Mastering Guy is all the drum kit elements in a single stereo file, but for mixing purposes I need to route the cymbals to a different bus from the Kick-Snare-Toms tracks - so I group them all together by using the folder as a container. The Drum Bus has compression , EQ and parallel saturation processing on it ( which I do not want on my claps or cymbals ) Currently I can solo the Drums Folder and I get exactly what I need for the export. The entire drum kit in a stereo file with all downstream FX regardless of bus routing. Here is an example Drum Folder - the Claps and Ride cymbals are routed differently even though they make up part of the overall Drum sound. All I am really asking is if it's possible to add Folders as one of the sources to the What to Export options so it could be selected instead of the traditional way which is this . I hope this make sense Noel and Team ! ☺️ PS- Here is what had to be exported / delivered ( My own master for reference purposes )

Yes I have to export the contents of each Folder as a stereo mix with all downstream FX ( i.e. to send to the mastering engineer who can do a better job with 5-6 stems than one stereo file ) Routing them to a group bus is not always an option because sometimes the bus FX is not suitable for every track within the stem. i.e. a Drum bus with heavy compression is great for kick - snare - room - overheads....but it can destroy the sound of the cymbals. So cymbals are often routed straight to the Master bus but are still part of the Drums stem. Folders group things together perfectly with flexible routing so being able to pick them to export would be a huge workflow advantage.

Hi Noel ☺️ Yes- For example in this project if I needed to export all the Guitars or all the Vocals which are organised within the project into Folders , hope that makes sense ? It would be much quicker than selecting individually.

This is brilliant - I look forward to using ☺️ Do you think it will be possible to add Folders as a source in the " What To Export " section ?

Sorry but I don't understand what you mean by Zero Point ? ☺️ In the Automation lane , double clicking the node takes it back to the centre position - Yes ? CC data -I was always told 64 was the middle as there are 128 values and 64 is shown the on the PRV..now I realise the use 0-127 so technically it's 63 How can it be any easier than this ?

Hello ☺️ - It is hard to see what state the Region FX is in at a glance - Maybe the RFX lettering could change colour to RED when bypassed ? Or something like that ?

U ...for U-turn is an easy one to remember and not already taken ☺️

Exactly my point...why not just decouple them it would be more logical I think ? At least give us an option to have them linked or not ☺️

I seem to end up with lots of tiny clips of odd notes all over the place ! ? I think part of the reason is some of the settings are set at Project Level - when to my way of thinking they should be global For example - Recording Mode.. I would think once you have it set your preferred way whether that's Comping or Sound On Sound etc. you would like it to remain so on all projects? I prefer to set and forget but instead I have to make my own Template and use that. Seems backwards to me.

Wow...that's crazy ? The bots are in charge !

Hi Glen and Will ☺️ I am not using it for vibrato effects !

Hello Noel ☺️ Thank you for confirming that this is expected behaviour - I was thinking I had not set my hardware controller up correctly or it was incompatible in some way. I also find that having the additional nodes stripped out makes my hardware controller somewhat unfit for the purpose as I bought it for - to make these automation moves smoother , more accurate and easier to implement ( I had previously drawn them in by hand ) There are certain styles of music where fast detailed automation is essential - EDM as mentioned ( try doing a Future Bass wobble ) - Orchestral Libraries springs to mind also , and I use it for live fader rides on lead vocals where it's normal to have a lot of detailed volume automation. Personally I would like the option to keep my automation data 'as performed' with my controller rather than arbitrarily truncated because it does make an audible difference. Kind Regards - Austin

I am really glad you mentioned this - I have the same happen to me..I perform some automation with my controller and after the recording...many nodes disappear ! ? I hope there is a solution ☺️

Because the stretching is non-destructive ? ☺️

Hello . I have just noticed that the Process-Audio-Reverse function is not available on clips that have been " s-t-r-e -t-c-h- e-d " ? Is this by design or a design flaw ☺️..You can reverse then stretch but not the other way around !

Very interesting ! ☺️ A Cubase owning buddy of mine asked me to convert a drum loop for him as it's not worth him buying Melodyne for the occasional use - it only took a couple of minutes and he was happy. But if he could download Cakewalk for free I'm sure he would. Any idea which algorithm it was using ? I would guess at the Universal one ?

Yes this is the big irony , being able to play the actual real life instrument makes it easier to produce convincing virtual instrument results. It's the same with orchestral type sample libraries as well - a little real world experience can go a long way. ☺️

I am still on Melodyne 4 - can anyone say if the upgrade to 5 is better for audio to midi as this is the thing I would use most, not interested in tuning vocals. ☺️

Strange ! I have seen far worse things on other music videos ? Maybe the bathtub full of what looked like blood scene triggered a filter ? These things are all run by Bots ?there's no reasoning with them ☺️

Thank you MS McLeod ☺️ Yes it's needed in the PRV as it's controlled with the left hand whilst playing the melody with the right hand - part of the performance . Some great tips here !

I prefer a Big Muff ?

I find it better to use this sort of thing on the 2buss - Much easier to adjust and listen with it bypassed etc. They can add a certain "something " and different settings or plugins sound better on certain types of tracks. IIRC there is a global on / off button on the console emulation in Studio 1 which I think is a better approach ☺️

Wowzers ?

No worries W_K - I think I probably have swopped some bindings around at another point in time ☺️ ! But it does work if you know the keys and what order to press. Pro Tools is better at this sort of workflow - very fast & easy without jumping between "modes" - I think Cakewalk would have to do away with all these different modes if they wanted it to be more fluid. I would personally be in favour. So a small request turns into a major re-write. How do you square that circle ? Maybe a new mode !?? ? We have the Smart Tool so we don't have to switch from one to another all the time ( unless we want to ) - so why not have a " Smart Track Mode " to go with it ? One that lets you do all the common tasks without switching. But retain switching for the ones who don't like change.