Adding a new part to a project with audio and midi

[Leander]

Hi!

I have a project with midi and tempo changes. Midis are sent to VST instruments... e.g. drums, bass, strings...then I recorded the vocals (audio) and imported guitars (audio). As I did not leave enough space before the song starts, BUT I want to add a short intro with some synth, effects, how do I move all midi and audio back e.g. 10 seconds without messing up what I already have? I tried this some years ago and audio played back faster...and simply selecting all data and moving it back does not work because of the tempo in the tempo "area" with the tempo changes.

What's the best solution to add an intro before the actual song starts without messing up the tempo for midis and my recorded audio files?

[Bass Guitar]

Turn on Ripple Edit- Upper Right of screen 

To lock to grid turn on Snap. 

CTRL A to select All 

Move desired location 

[Bristol_Jonesey]

5 minutes ago, Bass Guitar said:

Turn on Ripple Edit- Upper Right of screen 

To lock to grid turn on Snap. 

CTRL A to select All 

Move desired location 

That's one way. And if the OP does decide to do this, you MUST turn Ripple Edit OFF when you've done

Amore benign way to do this is simple

Position the Now Time cursor where you want measures inserted

From the Project Menu > Insert Time/Measures

 

That's it

[Promidi]

Project - Insert Time/Measures.  Select all boxes.

[Leander]

That simple? Wow...thank you!

[Bass Guitar]

But does that move the tempo map? That is why I use Ripple Edit. Cool if it does. 

[Promidi]

1 minute ago, Bass Guitar said:

But does that move the tempo map? That is why I use Ripple Edit. Cool if it does. 

As long as you tick the “Tempo Changes” box, yes.  (I tested this before posting my first response).

[Chaps]

5 minutes ago, Bass Guitar said:

But does that move the tempo map? That is why I use Ripple Edit. Cool if it does. 

 

[Bass Guitar]

You can have used Sonar for years ( this is my 20th) and learn something new everyday! 
I guess that’s how long it would take to memorize the 2,000 pages of the user manual 

Interesting trivia. The Studio Instrument collection and Session Drummer 2 were introduced to Sonar 6 users in 2006. 

Edited 16 hours ago by Bass Guitar

[Bristol_Jonesey]

2 hours ago, Bass Guitar said:

You can have used Sonar for years ( this is my 20th) and learn something new everyday! 
I guess that’s how long it would take to memorize the 2,000 pages of the user manual 

Interesting trivia. The Studio Instrument collection and Session Drummer 2 were introduced to Sonar 6 users in 2006. 

Hmmm. Agreed on Session Drummer, but according to my spreadsheet, Studio Instruments came along with X1, not before.

[Bass Guitar]

10 hours ago, Bristol_Jonesey said:

Hmmm. Agreed on Session Drummer, but according to my spreadsheet, Studio Instruments came along with X1, not before.

Well I Googled it and that was what it said. Im finding more and more errors in asking Google now because it is using the AI. At least Wikipedia was more accurate. 
 

Example when I asked Google who collaborated with Cakewalk to create Session Drummer it answered “XLN Audio created Session Drummer for Cakewalk in 2006. 
 

The correct answer is Smart Loops. 
I’ll look again.!

Edited 2 hours ago by Bass Guitar

[Bass Guitar]

I just Googled it and it took me to a Legacy Cakewalk announcement page from June 26 2007. Introducing Studio Instrument 

Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, today releases Cakewalk Studio Instruments, the first easy-to-use and affordable consumer software instrument collection for Mac and PC. Cakewalk Studio Instruments has an estimated street price of $49.99.

Cakewalk Studio Instruments is the first dual platform Virtual Instrument collection to be released to the consumer electronics market. Cakewalk Studio instruments provides a high quality Drum Kit, Bass Guitar, Electric Piano, and String Section that can be played stand alone or can compliment popular consumer music software titles such as Cakewalk Music Creator, Apple Garage Band, Magix Music Maker, and SONY ACID Music Studio.

Cakewalk has 20 years of experience in designing powerful and easy-to-use audio and MIDI software for musicians at all levels. With Studio Instruments, Cakewalk introduces a virtual instrument collection that is accessible to anyone, not just musicians, through its photo-realistic, animated, and interactive user interface. With point and click ease and professionally recorded patterns, Studio Instruments delivers a simple and fun way for all to make music. And best of all, Cakewalk Studio Instruments sounds amazing because it's driven by Expression Engine, the same industry leading technology found in Cakewalk's professional line of instruments, including the critically acclaimed Dimension pro.