any idea how to use the cakewalk piano with custom .wav files??

[Markus Ojala]

any idea how to use the cakewalk piano with custom .wav files??

[reginaldStjohn]

I am not sure what you are talking about? What Cakewalk piano? The Piano Roll View or something else?

Are you wanting to trigger samples, one shot wave files?

[abacab]

15 hours ago, Markus Ojala said:

any idea how to use the cakewalk piano with custom .wav files??

If you mean the Cakewalk Piano Roll, that is strictly for playing MIDI instruments or entering MIDI notes, not .wav files. You would first need a sampler instrument to load your .wav files into, that could then be triggered with notes on a piano roll, or from a MIDI controller.

[Starship Krupa]

Sitala is a free sampler plug-in that is popular with Cakewalkers: https://decomposer.de/sitala/

You can load your samples into it and trigger them with MIDI notes in the Piano Roll.

If you need more, TX16Wx has a lot more features, but along with that comes greater complexity: https://www.tx16wx.com/

[abacab]

2 hours ago, Starship Krupa said:

Sitala is a free sampler plug-in that is popular with Cakewalkers: https://decomposer.de/sitala/

You can load your samples into it and trigger them with MIDI notes in the Piano Roll.

If you need more, TX16Wx has a lot more features, but along with that comes greater complexity: https://www.tx16wx.com/

You can create your own sample instrument libraries using your custom .wav files. Unfortunately Cakewalk doesn't bundle a general purpose sampler instrument to use with your .wav files. So you will need to at least acquire one of the free sampler plugins.

Here's a quick overview of the basic sampling and multi-sampling process. The TX16Wx as suggested by Starship Krupa is designed for multi-sampling: https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/making-a-custom-sampler-instrument.html

You can also use the free sforzando plugin for quick "drop in a wave and play it back across the keyboard" type stuff. That plugin creates an sfz format text file that controls how the sample plays back. So no visual sample editing in that GUI, but it is playable with MIDI and the piano roll. "sforzando has only one instrument slot; no fancy UI, effects or mixers. Every tweak has to be done at the SFZ file level".  https://www.plogue.com/products/sforzando.html

For various pre-made sampled instrument sounds, take a look at the free Decent Sampler, and the many available free Pianobook instruments that other samplists have created with their own samples. You can also create your own Pianobook libraries using your samples, and contribute them to Pianobook.

• Decent Sampler Plugin [FREE]: https://www.decentsamples.com/product/decent-sampler-plugin/
• Sample Packs: Decent Sampler:  https://www.pianobook.co.uk/sampler/decent-sampler/

Edited July 11, 2022 by abacab

[abacab]

I forgot to mention that this sampler is free now! https://www.onesmallclue.com/

One Small Clue’s Grace Sampler VST Plugin Is Now FREE! https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2015/09/14/grace-sampler-free/

 

 

Edited July 11, 2022 by abacab