Psychotronic Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Hi, folks. So, I'm midway through mixing an album project, and have saved mixes for each song so far via Mix Recall. I was editing a track, and changed to Clip Edit mode (thanks to http://forum.cakewalk.com/Can39t-crop-or-delete-unwanted-clips-m3628799.aspx). I un-soloed the track and the entire mix had basically zeroed -- volume, pan, busses, sends -- everything. I tried using an earlier mix using the aforementioned Mix Recall, nothing changed. I tried closing anad re-opening the file, no difference. There was no undo, so I couldn't go backwards. Am I missing something simple that I need to do to get it back or did I just lose everything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Docy Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Maybe you accidently entered Offset Mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychotronic Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 How do you disable that, or rather, get out of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychotronic Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 I don't see that part of the toolbar on mine. Is it on a specific "view"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynn Wilson Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Right click on an empty space in the control bar and click on Custom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Borthwick Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Does it really sound like it is zeroed out or do the faders just look that way? The offset mode tip is a possibility. See if the volume values have a + next to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychotronic Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 16 hours ago, Lynn said: Right click on an empty space in the control bar and click on Custom. Tried that, there is no option for "Custom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychotronic Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Noel Borthwick said: Does it really sound like it is zeroed out or do the faders just look that way? The offset mode tip is a possibility. See if the volume values have a + next to them. Yes, it doesn't sound right. I noticed it immediately. The volumes don't have a +, but the pan's do. It also seems to have reset the buss and FX send values, although there are no + there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blogospherianman Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Pressing the letter ‘O’ will toggle Offset mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, Blogospherianman said: Pressing the letter ‘O’ will toggle Offset mode. Only if the user set up the shortcut. The default offset mode binding to "O" was removed several years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 39 minutes ago, Psychotronic said: The volumes don't have a +, but the pan's do. If the pans show offset mode so should volume. This shows the effect offset mode has on volume and pan labels in an audio track header Notice the + added to the Volume and Pan labels when the offset mode button goes green (the color used in this theme to indicate offset mode is enabled) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blogospherianman Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 13 minutes ago, scook said: Only if the user set up the shortcut. The default offset mode binding to "O" was removed several years ago. Lol! I guess I set Cakewalk back up that way via preferences when I upgraded because it’s a big part of my workflow. ? Makes sense I would do that! Haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychotronic Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 OK, so....Offset mode is now under the Mix tab on the toolbar. It was ON for some reason -- I don't know why it would be, but as soon as I toggled it, my faders/pans/etc. went back to where they should be. I don't have time to check it though as I'm on my way out, but I will later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Borthwick Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Keep in mind that changing to offset mode itself doesn't change the existing mix in any way so there is no data loss. All it does is configure the mixer so that the gain controls now affect an "offset" gain stage on top of any existing levels you have. All offset gains starts out at unity so it will not affect your mix at all until you change something. Iow the normal gain staging and envelopes all stay intact. Offset mode is typically used to fine tune an existing mix which already has automation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychotronic Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 Ah, I think I understand. I needed to crank the gain on one track on the current song due to the mic not having picked it up properly. Could that have been the cause? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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