TVR PRODUCTIONS

I’m used to Samplitude because I have used it since 2017 and I already paid for the last version. What point am I making other than I am not ever renting software the same way I will never lease a car.

I built a crazy new multimedia computer in Dec and am yet to install Bandlab CW even though it is all I have used exclusively for the past few years. I don't want to bloat my computer with something I will not be using in the very near future. I am still debating if I should install temporarily so I can finish some projects up or just start them from scratch in Samplitude Pro X7

My Midisport 4 x 4 works fine here in WIndows 11 and latest CW

Time moves on. It doesn't pay for to keep old applications current on an Operating system that is not even supported by Microsoft. Makes total sense. You might not like the price but hey, I went to Walmart last night and was not thrilled that the mega sized box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal was $6.50! That is insane. It was $5 a couple of years back. That is nearly 30% more. Same with Steinberg I guess.

I would be hesitant to use any reverb in fear of muddying up the sound. plus, wont there be natural reverb in a big room? I suppose I am thinking too much. My fear is having it sound like Karaoke, which a woman I work with does. She sings good but it is cheesy to me to have her standing alone in a restaurant on the side of the room while singing to some disco song. Right now I am recording full songs in Cakewalk to hear how it all blends. Then I will mute my voice, guitar, bass and bass players vocals. I will see how that works. I guess the best thing to do is to go into a studio or other large room and play the backing tracks that I made while we play along. Then, record that with a video camera and get an idea of what people will hear. The click track would be for the mellower stuff that would be required in a restaurant of low volume place that does not want dancing. So, something like And I Love Her will have those bongos and claves, They are there but are quiet but I am afraid of straying from them if I don't use the click. Backing tracks are unforgiving and if anyone falls behind or goes ahead, it is going to sound bad. I had a disastrous moment when playing bass in a Van Halen tribute band a few years back. I thought it would be great to have that iconic horn intro from Running With the Devil open that song. So, I ripped it from the song. That sound ends abruptly so I had to come in with the bass intro at that very moment. So, I had to cue myself by adding a 4 click count on one side of the stereo recording that I played from my Minidisc player. Problem was that those shows were so packed with people and loud that I missed the first click so the sound just ended and there was dead silence. I came right in but that 1/2 second was embarrassing enough to me to leave it out in the future. Its not fun to worry about the technical stuff while you are playing. That needs to be done by someone else but I have to pay someone

The Beatles, as simple as they sound, are anything but. Since I will play guitar and the other guy plays bass and sings, I would need a click or something on mellow songs like Norwegian Wood. There is no driving rhythm on that song and a few others. Of course, we could play it as a duo and no backing track but I want the sitar in there. There are a few songs such as This Boy that have 3 vocals so I would put the George Harrison harmony on the backing so it blends in. Not many people would notice. I wouldn't do this with 5 part harmony Beach Boys songs or even Here There and Everywhere where there is heavy backing vocals. I would not even attempt a harmonizer. Not all Beatles harmonies are 3rd or 5ths. A song like If I Fell would be a disaster using a vocal pedal. I would not do anything crazy with harmonies other than the subdued George Harrison vocal that no one will really notice but needs to be there. Nothing obvious or it would be karaoke. My thought is that nearly all of the music will be on the multi track. If we add someone like a percussionist, I can simply turn that track off. If my friend doesn't show up at all, I can put his bass back in and I would not be screwed. In other words, I would never have to worry about someone not showing up again. I would think the Multitrack recorder should be almost as easy as a CD but am not sure of how good the controls are. I would hope I could just scroll through songs, one after another. I would keep it right next to me. But my big fear is that I can mix something in my house and it would not sound right in the venue. If those volumes are not balanced when I add me and the bass player, we are stuck with that for the night. The ability to control each instrument gives me a greater comfort. This all stems from me being a perfectionist, which almost takes the joy of performing. BTW, I would not need to record one track at a time. I am recorded these tracks in my DAW and I could export 4 independent channels simultaneously to 4 tracks on the multitrack. So, I can perfect them in the DAW and simply send them out to the recorder. would have 2 bar count in so I could hear the first 4 and then cue the bass player. I am curious why you bought the Zoom L8. Did you have the same thoughts as I do?

Thanks for this informative thread. It is timely as I am planning on putting a few different shows that feature myself (guitar) and a friend (bass) with backing tracks that I create from scratch. I do not want it to sound too Karaoke. So, we are sticking with songs that are not so over the top crazy that would look too weird with two guys up there. I was going to do it the way I used to do it with a mono track on one side that goes to the PA system and the other side would be a click track that I would hear. But, I hate the idea of being married to a mix that I made in my basement that may sound way off in a venue. So, my idea now is to get some type of digital multitrack recorder that can have separate tracks (drums, piano, synth, backing vox, etc). I could output them in stereo at the venue (the click would go to another bus to my ear phones). I would then still have the ability to change the volume levels as needed in a particular room. Has anyone ever tried this. Of course, I would need to make an emergency copy to another device using backing tracks on one side and click onthe other like I used to, in case the multitrack goes kaput during a live show. Gonna be challenging, especially one songs with a third voice that I will need to record with the backing tracks and having to blend with our two voices.

That works. I also just cut and paste it but putting the pay head at the exact point at the beginning of the track, click on the track that it is going to and paste. It will go to the same location

What is everybody waiting for? A new update? Is there something wrong with the current build or some major new features coming that I am not aware of? It seems stable to me.

I never mastered any of my songs. I simply made the best mix I could and left it at that. If I wanted to master a song in something like Samplitude, how do I do that? Do I simply import my mix from Cakewalk into Samplitude? Do I export individual tracks from Cakewalk and bring them into Samplitude? I think I should be just be using the stereo file but I am not sure. Thanks for any input.

I used to have to jump through hoops to send midi from cakewalk to my external Roland XP50 years ago. The problem was the XP50. I had to go into the midi settings and set it to receive the data over the correct channel. I would set up so that channel 1 was on midi channel 1. Channel was midi channel 2, etc

I have also noticed that it can always turn off in the mixer view. I have always had the same issue

Suite is only $149 for upgrade right now