Mark Morgon-Shaw

Should be a dialogue to keep existing arranger tracks

What is wrong with the current duplicate function ( Ctrl-D )

This is why I never use any of it

How hard can it be ?

So does this mean it doesn't have one or it has one that's not being used ?

I turned it off years ago as it often used to crash Sonar. Nowadays I reflexively hit Ctrl-S as I'm working

Cool video, I've used Cakewalk and Addictive Drums 1 + 2 for years but actually learned something today. The method outlined around 13 mins will be really handy...I usually end up inserting 2 or 3 instances of AD2 for separating the kick & snare so this will be a time and CPU saver, and Scook already helped me out with the drum map so I'm all set now.

Good call

Depends what sort of music you make but consider in EDM for example it's common to have 3 or 4 layers just for a Kick drum ! Layering is part of the secret sauce to better sounding productions, in many commercial tracks instruments that may sound to the listener like one instrument are or often several layers deep. Anything that makes that process easier natively within the DAW is a bonus.

Currently CBB has Audio tracks, Midi tracks and the Hybrid Audio/Midi tracks we call Instrument Tracks When using Instrument Tracks the FX bin only accepts audio plugins - because what you're really seeing is the audio output. This is a pain when you want to throw a Midi FX plugin on because you can't .....the only workaround I can see is to add it to the midi clip itself which is better than nothing but not ideal as you have to bounce all the clips into one or else insert an FX on every clip. I am calling for a way to add Midi FX to the FX bin on an Instrument Track without having to split it into separate midi & audio channels, it's much easier to keep big projects organized by using Instrument Tracks and because CBB doesn't support nested folders it's not a viable workaround to use synth track folders either. Whether it's possible to have a hybrid bin that can accept both types of FX or maybe it would be easier to be able to switch bins on an Instrument Track and toggle between the Audio FX and Midi FX. Alternatively there is space on the Midi Inspector for a dedicated MIdi FX Bin.

Cool workaround - I still think CBB should allow us to select another tracks midi output as a midi input..most of the time I just end up drag copying the midi across On the dropdown menu if it just had an extra option for "Tracks" which exposed any other midi or instrument track numbers in the project it sounds simple enough on the surface, hopefully would not be difficult to implement.

So what happens when you want a track in a certain folder but don't want it routed to the same bus FX ? i.e. Drums are all in one folder but you don't want the same heavy drum bus compression on the cymbals as the kick-snare-toms ? Or do you just add a sub-folder and put them in there and they get routed separately ? Folks have been asking for nested folders in CBB for years.

You're welcome.

Depends on your definition of free will but a gentleman is never rude except on purpose

Your brain should have more plasticity for learning new stuff than us oldies then ! It's relatively straightforward...A buss is just another mixer channel that you can send other channels to and it combines them and then routes them to the next bus ( usually the Master...but not necessarily ) If you're already using Folders then you can select the entire Folder and route it to a bus : Click the square space to the left of the Folder icon to select all the tracks inside and then go to the Tracks menu above - Selected Track Outputs ( bottom menu option ) then you should get a popup box - Select Audio Outputs and then the bus of your choice from the dropdown box. Once all the audio in the folder is routed to a bus you can apply any plugins to the whole lot in one go. Here is a screenshot of a Trailer cue I'm just finishing up, there's 45 tracks and they go to 15 buses and most ( but not all ) of the FX are applied at bus level. Some refer to this as 'topdown' mixing where you do most of the heavy lifting of the mix on groups rather than individual tracks. If you need a more thorough explanation I can recommend this YT channel

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Thank You

I doubt it , a new project is a new project for me - I would never recycle anything

I dunno, 30 years and I've never once wanted to do that.

A folder is an organisational tool..a visual aid...a container...it's not part of the audio path. Audio flows through tracks and buses, not folders. Buses are easy understand if you ever owned a hardware mixer and DAWs follow those signal flow conventions for good reason.

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No it's the full one which is about £400 now. Can't remember what I paid as I stopped upgrading at V.5 some 15yrs ago but they're up to V.10 now. I got my first one cheap as I worked in a store that sold boxed audio software and old versions often got sold off at crazy discounts when the new one came out. So I maybe paid £10 for it originally plus an upgrade or two later on. V.5 still runs on Win 10 You can get the Elements version which does what most will want.

A 22 year old DAW..really ? I think I had to upgrade to a Pentium processor just so I could run it. I am not quite clear on what you're trying to achieve. If you mean you want to play a midi part with both the Coolsoft VMS and en external hardware synth then you would just duplicate the midi to a 2nd track, assign one the VMS and the other to your external midi module and combine the two signals via an external hardware mixer. That's how we rolled back in 1999 anyway, any half decent modern soft synth is going to blow VMS out of the water though so maybe think about getting CBB and some up to date sounds.

Isn't this scenario exactly what Mix Recall was designed for ?

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