Syphus

5 hours ago, Noel Borthwick said:

@Syphus I'll send you a build tomorrow with some extended error checking. Where are you located in case this is a region specific error?

 @Noel Borthwick Located at Michigan, USA

Syphus

3 hours ago, Noel Borthwick said:

Can you post a screenshot of the dialog you are seeing? Checking for updates doesn't require you to be logged into your bandlab account. Its completely different.
However its worth checking if you are able to sign in to BandLab from within cakewalk and browse the BandLab library.

The above is the error message.

I took a project and uploaded it to my bandlab library from in Cakewalk without a problem and was able to browse the project.

Also logged out and then logged back in from within Cakewalk to Bandlab (got the refreshed message).

Thanks,

Syphus

31 minutes ago, pwalpwal said:

firewall

No, not it . . .  just shut it off - the message

Thanks

2 hours ago, Kurre said:

Could it be that you never logged out of Bandlab Assistant?

If Cakewalk also tries to log in to Bandlab i imagine that could happen.

I'm not sure what you mean by the above?  I normally stay logged in to BA, but I don't have it running.  Also as part of this (process), I updated BA to the latest version and re-logged in.  The "refresh" detection seems to be functioning.

If it was a case of Cakewalk trying to login again, would it not let me know if that was a problem.  I seem to recall at one point Cakewalk did tell me to login to BA for refresh checks  . . .   (I guess I do know what you mean).  I don't know how this process works and if that was the case (clashing login)  I would think someone would have already said something about having a problem.

I just checked the "Help" drop down and CW does show me logged in to bandlab

Thanks,

Syphus

@Noel Borthwick  Sorry for the late reply . . .   Everything seems good on my end.  I'm not having any internet connectivity problems that I can detect.    Just checked and the error is still occurring.  I don't know if refreshing uses the the connection (I imagine it does), but that is functioning.

Is there anything I can do to check the Cakewalk connectivity?

I'm running 2021.04 build 175.  

Thanks,

Syphus

Did a search - could not find anything.

I noticed that I did not get a message telling me that there was a "Early Access" available.   So I ran the "Check for Update" in the Help drop down and I got a dialog box telling me that there was a "Connection Error"  Check back later".  I am using the latest version of cakewalk.

Tried rebooting and that did not help.

Just update the Bandlab Assistant  and tried it again - no luck.  Internet seems fine . . .    Anyone else seeing this or is it just me?

Thanks,

Syphus

@Creative Sauce: great video!   As you said - a forever user and did not know about some of your tips . . .  When I get back to my other computer, I will click on the "like" button.

You have done excellent videos about Cakewalk . . .   More Tips Please!

Thanks,

Syphus

I looked and could swear I saw no other thread for Cakewalk 2021.04 Update 1 (build 27.04.0.175).   Not even a new release notification.

I did think it a bit strange that there was no other notification  . . . 

I will look a bit closer next time.

Syphus

Download From Cakewalk . . .

Syphus

I believe you are referring to BandLab's WEB Based music editor, not Cakewalk.  Cakewalk is not a "WEB" application.  You have to install Cakewalk into your computer.

Syphus

Note:  I sent a note to support about this issue and asked them to reword the entry for "Snapshot" so that it made it a bit clear that this works on an existing "Automation envelope"

For anyone looking to this thread for an answer here it is:

IF you what to use "Snapshot", be aware that this works on an "existing" envelope.  If you were not intending to automation on the entire track and just wanted to do say one or two measures of (for example volume), do this:

Go to the start of the track after you have established you level for the track and do a "Snapshot" at that point.

Set you "Now Time" to the point you want a change (for example - measure 10 [ 10:01:00 ])

Set your volume to what you want at this point with the track fader.

Do another "Snapshot" at this "Now Time" and all will be done.

Remember you can "Undo" all this if it does not fit your needs or work the way you envisioned it.

I am marking this as "Solved" and hopefully we will see some kind of update in the documentation.

Syphus

19 hours ago, reginaldStjohn said:

I think that you have figured out how it works. On your first snapshot it will set the whole automation envelope to that first value since it is the only data that the track knows about. Then you need to take snapshots or add automation nodes in other places if you want the value to be different.  As for the documentation, it seems correct but was not clear enough for what you were expecting.

It is clear that my method is the "way" to do it.  I will search the documentation and see if there is a hint.   If I was a total newbie, I would be searching for help because the  instructions are somewhat misleading - at this point a minor irritation.

I just wanted to see if I missed something . . .   Hopefully, this will save someone a few minutes/hours of time by posting.  Thanks for your response.

Syphus

I was looking in the manual about Snapshot and how it is used.  The manual says the following:

To create a snapshot of a track or bus parameter

1.Move the parameter control to where you want it.

2.Move the Now Time to the location where you want to create the snapshot.

3.Right-click the control and choose Automation Snapshot in the pop-up menu. You don’t have to write-enable the track or bus module.An indicator will appear on the control to show that automation has been added, and a node will be added to the control's envelope on the track.

4.Make sure the appropriate Automation Read button is enabled, play your project and listen to the results. You can undo the snapshot by using the Undo command, or by taking another snapshot at the same Now Time.

So I go to a project,   Select an Audio track, move the volume fader to 0 then right-click on the fader an select "Automation Snapshot".  Now I have an automation envelope that is sitting at 0 at my selected "Now Time" for the entire select track (per the envelope).

Now I RTZ and set my fader to it's correct level and hit play.  The volume goes to zero immediately and stays there.      This is what happens when I follow the directions above from the manual.

In reality,  I have to set a "snapshot" at Now Time set to the start (bar 1:0:0) with my selected volume level set for the track average (lets say 0 dbs for now) , then move to my new Now Time where I want to have the volume drop to zero and snapshot it there also.  Now everything goes according to plan (sound until I hit second Now Time).

Am I missing something or are the directions making an assumption that I was not aware of?   Should the documentation explain this better or is it not working the way it is supposed to. 

Once I figured it out,  it seems to be the right way.   What do you think - am I doing something wrong per the instructions? Opinions please, or correct me if I'm wrong . . .

Thanks for your time.

Syphus

Hello - Just a thought:

I have exported MP3s with frozen tracks.  I think that I only select the track that has the audio on it (not the synth/midi).  Perhaps the hangup/failure is that the export is trying to refreeze the track and this causes a hangup in the process . . .   IDK  if this is true - like I said, just a thought . . .

Syphus

Heads up . .  . Yes this is an April Fool's thing.  I got this email from them and it was obvious what it was  - but going to the page is priceless:

Quote

 

Since all our packages suck, we decided to make a gift to everyone.

Now all the packages are available for free in our official store.

 

We really hate to make money from those after weeks and sometimes months of work for a single pack!

 

Is better all for free, yes...sure

 

https://www.presetsforall.com/so/98NYCXQi4/c?w=v84aST2WEa90Sh7HR88QyHqzm0Ucp9P7aUt9HABw7Rw.eyJ1IjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucHJlc2V0c2ZvcmFsbC5jb20iLCJyIjoiOGIzYTg4MGMtNzliOC00ZmJlLWU0NzEtNGNmMmFkZTljYTllIiwibSI6Im1haWwiLCJjIjoiNDY5YzA5NzctMTBjMC00M2UzLTk3M2EtNWMyOGRhYWIwYjVkIn0

Syphus

I feel for you - the last thing I want to do is have my fav foods taken away . . .  but at least you can look forward to lots of good things in the end . . .

Enjoy!

Syphus

Once I knew what I was looking for, it was plain as day!   Fixed!

Thanks @John Vere

Syphus

I thought I was doing a "Marker" command but :

CTRL+M = Create Melodyne Region FX clip

This brought up a window - which I closed, but every time I open the project, I see it loading the Melodyne FX.  I want to remove it, but I don't know what it is attached to.

Is there a way to clear this?

Thanks,

Syphus

Full Kontakt 5.8.1 required?

(someone had to say it!)

Syphus

19 minutes ago, Zo said:

What s new ?

The MIDI Core

The sound Library

And  EZBass software

Syphus

8 minutes ago, Brian Cadoret said:

Any one had luck with the presets showing up in AT5, 

I've unzipped and put in the AT5 presets folder refreshed etc nothing showing.

I just installed the presets.

Unzipped then placed the presets:

C:\Users\<USER_NAME>\Documents\IK Multimedia\AmpliTube 5\Presets\AmpliTube Collections\AmpliTube Joe Satriani\General

Just open up AT5 and presets appeared at correct location in preset manager

Syphus

Use the Toontrack Product Manager

Just did it -

Syphus

7 minutes ago, Magic Russ said:

Good flanger nonetheless.  Everyone should download this. 

And one final thing,  the clip is labeled Q 36 Space Modulator,  but it always sounded like Marvin was saying Pew 36.  Am I the only one who hears it that way?

That's the way it always sounded to me since I was a child . . .

Syphus . . .

1 hour ago, oneofmany said:

(Windows key + Shift) - s will open up the  snip tool which is a painless way of grabbing any part of the screen, regardless of what it is. 

it would be (Window key + Shift + S) - all three.  Just spent 5 minutes trying this and it was not working for me.  Had to look it up. it also takes a few seconds to come up ( at least on my system).

Just say'n . . .

Syphus

6 hours ago, hockeyjx said:

This works for me in the standalone and in three different projects with different sample rates.

Is Windows 7 supported? You do know that W7 is sunset-ed, right?

Yes it is supported . . .  That would have been the first thing support would have informed me.

I thank you for checking - you did try to change the "Tube Overdrive" parameters.  The presets with the overdrive seem to work correctly.  It appears that the exception I am seeing has to do with one of the graphics DLLs in my system.  Also if you are checking this using Win 10, your check might be invalid for my purposes.

Thanks,

Syphus