Michael Vogel

Man I remember getting yo 20,00 posts in the old forum. Barely a few hundred these days. Should have read “to 10,000 posts”

Looks like a bunch of builders on ”crack”.

I used to spend a lot of time “faffing” around trying to record the guitar, always some issue, Too hot an input, too weak a signal, forgot to set the track up right, not the tone I want ; you name it. Just one wrong thing after another. Then, I spent my time on actually getting the part right; the notes, chords, timing and above all the arrangement. Once I had that down, especially the arrangement ie knowing what I wanted to play then and only then did I start getting better results with my recordings. Kind of seems logical when you say it. All the best. Of course you can just record everything in the hope that by some magic the perfect piece of music will pour out of your hands but it’s not likely if you’re a crap guitarist and want to be a better guitarist. I used to end up with lots of recordings of a crap guitarist. Seemed pointless.

Amazing that Presonus can integrate what was a 3rd party stand alone notation program into their DAW which hadn’t natively ever had notation while Cakewalk, users have been asking for years for some basic enhancements to notation that has been present for some 30 years and can’t really get much joy. I wonder why Presonus thought notation was so important when notation being relatively low on the importance scale has been an argument for its lack of development within Cakewalk. Let’s argue about it.

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Steven Slate also has a very active forum where you should be able yo get more specific help.

Get in touch with Jim Roseberry who is a forum member here. He makes and supplies PCs mostly to the professional market especially for Audio/Video work. He regularly tests components with Audio in mind and has access to the latest info on what’s the best, best value etc For a modest fee he will give you a list of know compatible products and links to suppliers if you want to assemble it yourself or you can get him to do that for you. Many of us here have used Jim’s services and not regretted it. He comes highly recommended.

That man created some incredible music and inspired countless of todays, musicians. His music will stay on to fill the void.

You may need to click somewhere in the Track window to activate that view, then as suggested above, Press keys Ctrl+A (Windows Shortcut for Select All) then select Export > Options there will be further options in the Dialog box that opens in regard to file name and type etc In any case when exporting to Audio, you need to select at least one track or highlight a section of a track by click and drag select. Hope that helps.

At number 8 Cakewalk is placed about the same as Sonar when featured in polls when it was a paid for program. I don’t attach a lot of importance to polls like this. For those DAWS where a purchase price is involved I’d say the only relevant factor would be units sold. And that only relevant to the developer.

Sorry for my poor explanation. I’ll try again and hopefully do it right. Often times the subject of what is better, CPU speed versus number of CPU cores comes up and from what I understand, CPU speed wins out over number of cores. My original comment, corrected in bold Audio does not lend itself to multi core processing so benefits more from processor speed than core numbers. Please re-educate me if necessary. Thanks.

The simple answer is, NO! Though I’m sure someone will soon be here to provide greater detail on why thats the case. Cakewalk is not a graphics intensive program nor does it offload audio threads to the GPU. The single most significant bottleneck, all other things being OK, is, CPU speed. Audio does not lend itself to multithreaded processing so benefits more from processor speed than thread numbers. There is a recommended PC spec (Check the Reference Manual) that Cakewalk issues and it usually identifies a very modest GPU. Hope that helps.

I vote for Bapu the Tank Engine.

Be patient. There’s far more questions than people who have your specific answer ready at their finger tips. It might take a while. Do you remember the name of the Preset/s? Maybe try doing a search for the file that naming the preset would have created. Or perhaps a Registry search for the Preset name. I’m on a phone at the moment but when I get back to my PC I can have a look for some clues.

Thanks for the extra info regarding René.

The Reference Guide also has detailed instructions and tutorials on the basics of recording audio and MIDI. Follow the link to the download page. https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/2860-reference-guide-pdf-now-available-updated-28-apr-2020/

Thanks for this feature @Noel Borthwick I remember way back around Sonar 4 having feature request discussions with Ron Kuiper about using markers to define regions which could then be auditioned through a playlist of regions type of feature. Again, thanks.

In this thread alone there have been opposing views of a couple of VSTis. That indicates the subjective nature of what constitutes a great synth or fx plugin. That being the case, having access to a list of freely available plugins is about as good as it gets. Google (or other search engine of your choice) is your friend. In just a few posts here, several suggestions have been made but I’d suggest there are thousands to pick from. A forum like this is one of many places where suggestions can be found that will help to provide a short list to direct your search. I’m glad Cakewalk isn’t connected to a bunch of plugins and the necessary development that would distract the small dev team from devoting exclusive attention on Cakewalk. I think there’s some issues about further developments with plugs like Rapture Pro etc, that go back to the original creator. Not sure but was it Rene Caballos, who was with Cakewalk at some time. I don’t remember the details. Just a vague recollection about picking up from the previous devs work??

I have SO4 Pro and Cubase10 10.5. I don’t think they’re particularly similar. I got Cubase when Sonar sank as the cross-grade price was too good to pass up. However, 2 years down the track I don’t use either and would be happy to get rid of them for a reasonable offer. CUBASE- No longer for sale

I remember way back around Sonar 4 release, having discussions with Ron Kuiper about a feature request for a composition organiser based around using markers to define regions which could in turn be used like a play list for auditioning parts in selected orders. it just seemed so obvious at the time but it never happened... until now sort of.

Isn’t Nuendo a MAC only DAW?

A Raven MTi (27” multi-touch LCD) on the desktop and 42” TV on the wall in front of me.

Going for a walk outside the space ship now!

Very insightful there, but it’s actually behind me. I had a 30 year career in nursing. Of that time, most by far was spent in psychiatric nursing in just about every form imaginable. The shift work made it possible to lead another life focussed on music.

This discussion has really helped me understand my motivation for sharing these thoughts in the first place. Thanks.