Doktor Avalanche 
Max Output Level: -32.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 4294
- Joined: 2015/03/26 18:02:02
- Status: offline
Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
OK here's a confession.
I spent 20 minutes today wondering why SOLO and MUTE buttons disappeared from a track. I immediately blamed drum maps and possibly track templates. Getting more and more pissed off I decided to have a cup of tea and chill out. I came back noticing that I had in fact pressed the archive button.
|
Anderton
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 14070
- Joined: 2003/11/06 14:02:03
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/11 18:33:06
(permalink)
My personal favorite is troubleshooting why I can't hear anything when I first start up, only to realize the VS-700 master fader was all the way down from completing a fadeout in my previous session.
I have plenty more.
|
Benny Bear
Max Output Level: -85 dBFS
- Total Posts : 299
- Joined: 2004/04/04 19:44:25
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/11 18:35:59
(permalink)
My favourite is customising the toolbar for a quicker workflow and then doing exactly what I've always done, ignoring the customisations! I think I'm too old to change.
|
charlyg
Max Output Level: -72 dBFS
- Total Posts : 950
- Joined: 2015/02/27 22:10:47
- Location: West Hills, CA
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/11 18:42:50
(permalink)
☄ Helpfulby BobF 2015/05/11 18:54:57
I have yet to achieve "workflow".  I do things like forget to turn on midi echo, phantom power, etc.....
post edited by charlyg - 2015/05/11 18:53:49
|
gswitz
Max Output Level: -18.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 5694
- Joined: 2007/06/16 07:17:14
- Location: Richmond Virginia USA
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/11 19:00:57
(permalink)
Sometimes the RME doesn't send signal to the headphones unless you twist the volume nob. Signal is present everywhere including the RME TotalMix but you must touch the volume nob or you get nothing!
StudioCat > I use Windows 10 and Sonar Platinum. I have a touch screen. I make some videos. This one shows how to do a physical loopback on the RME UCX to get many more equalizer nodes.
|
Zargg
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 10666
- Joined: 2014/09/28 04:20:14
- Location: Norway
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 05:46:20
(permalink)
I have on a few occasions done troubleshooting like crazy for not getting sound, where it turned out that I had left the input or output in my Audio interface muted on the interface console (for some reason).
Ken Nilsen ZarggBBZWin 10 Pro X64, Cakewalk by Bandlab, SPlat X64, AMD AM3+ fx-8320, 16Gb RAM, RME Ucx (+ ARC), Tascam FW 1884, M-Audio Keystation 61es, *AKAI MPK Pro 25, *Softube Console1, Alesis DM6 USB, Maschine MkII Laptop setup: Win 10 X64, i5 2.4ghz, 8gb RAM, 320gb 7200 RPM HD, Focusrite Solo, + *
|
KPerry
Max Output Level: -44 dBFS
- Total Posts : 3120
- Joined: 2011/04/26 15:13:15
- Location: London, UK
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 06:37:33
(permalink)
Loaded old projects with master output set to a now unused port on my audio interface.
|
Wookiee
Rrrrugh arah-ah-woof?
- Total Posts : 13306
- Joined: 2007/01/16 06:19:43
- Location: Akahaocwora - Village Yoh Kay
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 06:57:10
(permalink)
I sometimes forget to turn on the monitors doh!
Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.
Karma has a way of finding its own way home.
Primary, i7 8700K 16Gigs Ram, 3x500gb SSD's 2TB Backup HHD Saffire Pro 40. Win 10 64Bit Secondary i7 4790K, 32GB Ram, 500Gb SSD OS/Prog's, 1TB Audio, 1TB Samples HHD AudioBox USB, Win 10 64Bit CbB, Adam's A7x's - Event 20/20's, Arturia V6, Korg Digital Legacy, Softube Modular, Arturia Keylab-88, USB-MidiSport 8x8
|
Karyn
Ma-Ma
- Total Posts : 9200
- Joined: 2009/01/30 08:03:10
- Location: Lincoln, England.
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 08:14:03
(permalink)
I spent an hour swearing at Sonar last week trying to route audio to my headphone bus.  Then I tried turning on the headphone amp 
Mekashi Futo. Get 10% off all Waves plugins.Current DAW. i7-950, Gigabyte EX58-UD5, 12Gb RAM, 1Tb SSD, 2x2Tb HDD, nVidia GTX 260, Antec 1000W psu, Win7 64bit, Studio 192, Digimax FS, KRK RP8G2, Sonar Platinum
|
Mesh
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 27360
- Joined: 2009/11/27 14:08:08
- Location: Online right here!
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 08:25:21
(permalink)
Troubleshooting tip: when things aren't working in Sonar (the way I'm expecting it to work), I start pushing buttons to see which one actually works.
HTH.
Platinum Gaming DAW: AsRock Z77 Overclock FormulaI7 3770k @ 4.5GHz : 16GB RAM G.Skill Ripjaws X 250GB OS SSD : 3TB HDD : 1TB Sample HDDWin 10 Pro x 64 : NH-D14 CPU Cooler HIS IceQ 2GB HD 7870Focusrite Scarlett 2i4The_Forum_Monkeys
|
...wicked
Max Output Level: -1.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 7360
- Joined: 2003/12/18 01:00:56
- Location: Seattle
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 12:45:30
(permalink)
I must have sloppy hands, because when I'm editing I often drag many tracks worth of clips around and will accidentally nudge everything up or down a track, which I don't notice until I play it back and I'm all like "holy cow what the heck just happened to my track?!"
=========== The Fog People =========== Intel i7-4790 16GB RAM ASUS Z97 Roland OctaCapture Win10/64 SONAR Platinum 64-bit billions VSTs, some of which work
|
SF_Green
Max Output Level: -62 dBFS
- Total Posts : 1403
- Joined: 2005/09/13 20:37:55
- Location: San Francisco
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 15:35:49
(permalink)
...wicked
I must have sloppy hands, because when I'm editing I often drag many tracks worth of clips around and will accidentally nudge everything up or down a track, which I don't notice until I play it back and I'm all like "holy cow what the heck just happened to my track?!"
I don't know what I would do without Crtl +Z/Undo Well actually I do...and it wouldn't be pretty!
AMD FX-8370, Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3, Win7x64 SP1, 16Gb CorsairDDR3-1600, GeForce GTX 950 (390.65), SSD 525Gb (OS), SATA 3 & 1.5Tb, MOTU microlite, RME FireFace 800 (D 3.124, fw 2.77), UAD-2Q, Adam A7X, A-800 PRO, CC121 Cubase Pro 10.0.5, SonarPt- 2017.10 (x64), Reason10.2, Live 10.0.5 Suite, Wavelab Elements 9.5.40, Komplete10Ult, POD Farm2.5, Omnisphere2.5, BFD3, Alesis QS7.1, Arturia BeatStep Pro, POD HD500, Alesis ControlPad, ARP Omni, many things with strings. GrSltz My Studio
|
bapu
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 86000
- Joined: 2006/11/25 21:23:28
- Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 15:59:02
(permalink)
My audio monitors and RME Interface are on power switch. My computer monitor is not.
So, sometimes I sit down at the DAW to do updates. Don't need monitors and interface for that.
The I want to audiotion the update (drum libraries, new VSTs etc.). Fire up Platinum.
%#%@&^#%$@^* I forgot to turn on the audio monitors and interface.
|
bapu
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 86000
- Joined: 2006/11/25 21:23:28
- Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 16:00:05
(permalink)
Anderton
My personal favorite is troubleshooting why I can't hear anything when I first start up, only to realize the VS-700 master fader was all the way down from completing a fadeout in my previous session.
I have plenty more.
Craig, In my case that would produce better sound than if the fader were up. Gonna have to try that.
|
skinnybones lampshade
Max Output Level: -80 dBFS
- Total Posts : 530
- Joined: 2012/09/04 14:37:30
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 16:26:56
(permalink)
My Noworkflow:
1. Turn on computer, three monitors, two speakers and two keyboards
2. Launch Sonar
3. Read Sonar popup message informing me that there's no audio interface present
4. Sigh, roll eyes, slap forehead, curse, or some combination of these
5. Exit Sonar
6. Turn on audio interface
7. Launch Sonar
|
bapu
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 86000
- Joined: 2006/11/25 21:23:28
- Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 17:00:14
(permalink)
Ah, I see skinnybones does not have a surface controller like I do (which I forget to mention is on the same power lines as interface).
8. set control surface.
9. Shut down SONAR
10. Start SONAR
|
charlyg
Max Output Level: -72 dBFS
- Total Posts : 950
- Joined: 2015/02/27 22:10:47
- Location: West Hills, CA
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 17:00:20
(permalink)
IIRC I just turned on the interface and said no to the dialog box. Everything worked without having to restart Sonar. I'm too new to know if that is a good idea or not!
|
FastBikerBoy
Forum Host
- Total Posts : 11326
- Joined: 2008/01/25 16:15:36
- Location: Watton, Norfolk, UK
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 17:30:20
(permalink)
I spent 10 minutes in my studio this morning pre-rehearsel checking cabling to and from my guitar amp, effects processor, guitar, studio monitors and just about every thing else that might result in total silence. Of course had I turned my mixer on in the first place it might have all worked sooner. 
|
rebel007
Max Output Level: -72 dBFS
- Total Posts : 926
- Joined: 2013/07/17 11:24:29
- Location: Victoria, Australia
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 18:36:31
(permalink)
I forget to turn on the audio interface so often, resulting in having to turn Sonar off then on again, that unless I'm tracking and need the extra inputs, I now use an 'always on' USB powered interface to obviate the issue.
Home Built Desktop Computer: Intel Core i5 750: 4Mb RAM: NVidia 210 Silent: Windows 10 32bit: Sonar Platinum: Roland OctaCapture Presario CQ41 Laptop: Intel Core i5 760: 4Mb RAM: Windows 10 32bit: Sonar Platinum (Retired) CbB on HP Pavilion Laptop 64bit: GeForce Video Card: Intel 8550: 256GB SSD 1TB Data Drive: Windows10 64bit
|
bitman
Max Output Level: -34 dBFS
- Total Posts : 4105
- Joined: 2003/11/06 14:11:54
- Location: Keystone Colorado
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 18:47:30
(permalink)
Record guitar part (new riff) free form without a click
Record drums bass lead guitar sing then....
Re-record it all against a click so I can tighten up performance against the grid but wishing I could have the groove of the loose first try.
I do this over and over because I have no minions to just play it with me.
|
charlyg
Max Output Level: -72 dBFS
- Total Posts : 950
- Joined: 2015/02/27 22:10:47
- Location: West Hills, CA
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 19:23:01
(permalink)
I haven't successfully done it yet ,but there is a way to match Sonar to that beat. I have a complete tune done to a guy playing a highhat on his kbd. In Sonar, you can match the click to that highhat and you will see the bpm vary with your beat. I have to watch the Groove 3 video again, as I missed something and it didn't work. It is supposed to work. I am doing the drum loops, so matching to whatever I get would be cool!!
post edited by charlyg - 2015/05/12 19:29:57
|
TPayton
Max Output Level: -87 dBFS
- Total Posts : 178
- Joined: 2014/09/26 11:23:12
- Location: Indiana
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/12 19:24:49
(permalink)
☄ Helpfulby Mesh 2015/05/13 09:21:22
My favorite is EQing a track to perfection, and sitting back listening in satisfaction to my tweaks and improvements.
Then later finding out the EQ was bypassed the whole time.
|
mudgel
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 12010
- Joined: 2004/08/13 00:56:05
- Location: Linton Victoria (Near Ballarat)
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/13 03:26:28
(permalink)
I have a small passive volume control between my audio device output and powered speaker inputs. The number of times I start troubleshooting "no audio" issues then realise I haven't turned up the volume. Doh!
Mike V. (MUDGEL) STUDIO: Win 10 Pro x64, SPlat & CbB x64, PC: ASUS Z370-A, INTEL i7 8700k, 32GIG DDR4 2400, OC 4.7Ghz. Storage: 7 TB SATA III, 750GiG SSD & Samsung 500 Gig 960 EVO NVMe M.2. Monitors: Adam A7X, JBL 10” Sub. Audio I/O & DSP Server: DIGIGRID IOS & IOX. Screen: Raven MTi + 43" HD 4K TV Monitor. Keyboard Controller: Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S88.
|
jps
Max Output Level: -85 dBFS
- Total Posts : 280
- Joined: 2007/10/05 09:25:48
- Location: NORWAY
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/13 06:02:15
(permalink)
TPayton
My favorite is EQing a track to perfection, and sitting back listening in satisfaction to my tweaks and improvements.
Then later finding out the EQ was bypassed the whole time.
hahaha ....... that just made my day .
|
LJB
Max Output Level: -60 dBFS
- Total Posts : 1502
- Joined: 2009/07/29 10:31:31
- Location: South Africa
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/13 06:12:05
(permalink)
After blowing my ears to smithereens a few times, I finally learnt how to disable the master fader recall on my digital desk...
Ludwig Bouwer, One Big Room Studios.
--------------------
Cakewalk with all the trimmings / Win 10Pro 64 / Intel i7-7700 / Asus Prime Z270k / 16GB DDR4 / RME HDSP9652 / RME UFX / Black Lion Audio ADA8000 / ART MPA & ART Pro Channel / Focusrite Voicemaster Pro / Aphex 107
Check out my work at www.onebigroom.co.za
|
interpolated
Max Output Level: -74 dBFS
- Total Posts : 830
- Joined: 2015/03/26 17:34:58
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/13 06:57:02
(permalink)
post edited by interpolated - 2015/05/21 17:56:58
|
JClosed
Max Output Level: -77 dBFS
- Total Posts : 690
- Joined: 2009/12/19 11:50:26
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/13 07:20:56
(permalink)
Booting up my system and load in an big project, and to my big horror then getting terrible drop-outs and crackling sound as if my interface is completely breaking down...
Then suddenly realizing I have set the buffer on my interface as low as possible the last time I used it, because I did an simple record session and wanted to keep latency as low as possible... and forgot to restore settings to normal..
|
MarioD
Max Output Level: -72 dBFS
- Total Posts : 901
- Joined: 2006/04/15 15:59:50
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/13 08:49:53
(permalink)
☄ Helpfulby bapu 2015/05/13 17:14:26
I am an idiot!
I have done almost everything that has been mentioned thus far!
The reason people say the vinyl sounds better is because the music was better. Sonar Platinum, Intel i7 –2600 CPU @ 3.2 GHz, 16 GB ram, 2x2TB internal drives and 1 1TB internal drive, Radeon HD 5570 video card, HP 25" monitor,
Roland Octa Capture, MOTU Midi Express 128, Win 10 Pro
www.soundcloud.com/Mario_Guitar
|
sven450
Max Output Level: -72 dBFS
- Total Posts : 945
- Joined: 2004/03/16 08:11:49
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/13 14:15:48
(permalink)
Religiously plug in everything, set up that perfect drum beat, try in vain to record your awesome new guitar riff: Silence. Follow every cable, every buss, every effect. Record again. Silence. Swear loudly, then check the volume knob on your Jazzmaster. Dammit.
|
Rob[at]Sound-Rehab
Max Output Level: -47 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2819
- Joined: 2011/02/03 04:31:35
- Location: Sound-Rehab, Austria
- Status: offline
Re: Your own dumb stupid workflow thread
2015/05/27 07:10:26
(permalink)
Now, it got me :-) it took me a loooooooong time to figure how to convert a recorded MIDI part between double, normal and half time because I wanted double tempo settings but same sounding playback ...
I've been stretching audio clips ... but how could I know that MIDI clips work the same ... Sonar is way too consistent and intuitive if you ask me ;-)
GOOD TUNES LAST FOREVER +++ Visit the Rehab +++ DAW: Platinum/X3e, win10 64 bit, i7-3930K (6x3.2GHz), Asus Sabertooth X79, 32 GB DDR3 1600MHz, ATI HD 5450, 120 GB SSD OCZ Agility3, 2x 1TB WD HDD SATA 600 Audio-Interface: 2x MOTU 1248 AVB, Focusrite OctoPre, (Roland Octa-Capture) Control-Surface: VS-700C VSTi: WAVES, NI K10u, FabFilter, IK, ... (too many really)
|