http://forum.cakewalk.com/(c) Cakewalk Forums30Yesterday I encountered a problem Starting SONAR 8.5.1 PE x64 that I was unable to solve so I sent off a Tech Support request by email. Here's the Form I filled out on the Cakewalk Tech Support page : [font=conhttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1878139Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:15 GMTHi all, Not been here in a while. Been making music. Have good things now ready to mix, but my main computer is suddenly acting up. (typical) I started getting out-of-the-blue failures which suggest that something ihttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1869500Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:21:24 GMTName and a link would be great! Oh and also a reason why you use it.http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1877475Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:04:32 GMTI'm still a noob and I'm constantly learning ways to make the process easier or get better results so I thought I'd ask people who are more experienced to save myself some trouble. I'm looking for the sorts of things that when you learned themhttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1871436Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:50:57 GMTHow can I thicken vocals without it sounding like multiple voices? I just want one strong, present, clear voice.http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1874845Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:19:41 GMTHi Everyone, Just wondered what everyone is using to record electric guitar direct to DAW, without using a mic'd up amp. I know this is a topic which has been asked a million times, but I wanted to see how you all do it, and what kind of DI boxhttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1742527Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:32:57 GMTThis was fun! Blue Christmashttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1877196Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:20:28 GMTHi, Guys and Gals, It's been a few months since I've posted something, so here goes! It's a straight forward rocker named "Rock Tonight". This is a first mix of this song and I'm looking forward to any helpful suggestions,http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1866238Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:29:39 GMTThe first 18 years after I first started playing bass, I never played in a band. I jammed with friends, recorded with other musicians, online collabs, etc, but was never in a band. Almost a year ago I joined my church band and rhttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1877546Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:33:02 GMTIt was supposed to start shipping on the 24th…http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1834059Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:00:54 GMTIt gets to the point where it asks for the DVD, I insert Disc 1 and it won't recognize it and spits the DVD right back out... I give up - time to move on to another ROMpler softsynth... Cakewalk, I'm done with you. This is ridiculous that it tohttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1320984Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:17:55 GMTHi folks, Nice to be back! Here's a recent tune shortlisted for our 2nd collection; Away With Misery (the only song posted there at present) Larrhttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1877898Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:13:31 GMTBackground: I'm mainly a guitar player. I've tinkered with real pianos since a kid (grandfather had one),I moved on to synths in the 80s, now playing a Yamaha S90 88-key weighted action as my main songwriting & practicing keyboard. I am shttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1874956Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:18:26 GMTI would like to request that you reconsider your recent temporary ban of Foxwolfen. Recent discussions show that many of the Coffee House regulars feel that banning Foxwolfen was unwarranted and unnecessary. We request clemency.http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1876737Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:22:51 GMTLong time since I've been in here but it has fallen to me to read you all this scroll which follows... Like the majority of over-blown space epic productions that have occured in the last century this one to is disjointed in it's chronological presehttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1875778Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:12:15 GMTBut I realized it was not important so I am not posting after all. Please do not read this. I never meant for it to go up. http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1877612Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:40:17 GMTThis version of Chick Corea’s “Spain” features Michael Hendley (spacey) on guitars, and me on keys... Enjoy... Remixed version... without prelude, Drums bumped a bit, Piano ahttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1875595Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:25:20 GMTI was saddened to hear about the poor chap who drowned in his bowl of muesli... Apparently he was dragged under by a strong curranthttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1601078Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:28:14 GMTPost your story here. I'm a silver market gambler.http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1863931Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:43:31 GMTHi all, I have had Sonar for about a year now, upgraded from Guitar Tracks 2.0, and I think I'm finally starting to get the sound that I was aiming for in some of my productions. This tune was the first song I ever wrote back in the early 80's so ithttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1876962Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:08:27 GMTHello Everyone! Now that SONAR 8.5's been on the market for a few months, we want to know... "What's your favorite feature?" One of the new beat creation and arrangement tools - Matrix view, Step Sequencer, Arpeggiator?http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1875352Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:10:51 GMTI've been rearranging many older tunes lately, and wanted to write something new. Last Monday I was playing with my home-made guitar amp while I was baby-sitting. Came up with this little tune. I got to use my crappy '70s chord organ fhttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1873387Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:08:34 GMTHowdy folks. Having become a recent admirer of chicken pickin, I thought I'd try a country-ish tune. I used to do this with a band I was sitting in with for a while about 5 years ago, and it was great fun to play. I have no qualms about doing cover tuneshttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1873302Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:33:17 GMTI just put together a new DAW build for Sonar 8.5 x64 and I'll be updating the forum with how it goes. My main DAW is a rock-solid Win XP SP3 machine and I can't afford any downtime so I decided I'd go with a new build as I work out the kinks and *finallhttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1852337Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:41:56 GMTI had this song in my head but could not figure out how to put it together. So I thought of someone with lots of talent and creativity. I sent him a vocal track along with a couple of rhythm tracks and to my dehttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1867558Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:20:27 GMTWorkflow, Workflow, Workflow! Aspirations for Sonar Moving Forward in My Studio This is one of the toughest posts I've ever written in this forum, but I feel right now is the time to be completely open about my experience in certain areas of Sonar ihttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1873590Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:30:19 GMTHaving troubles getting my interface to work. It's Live 6 Fast Track Pro. I am getting a stereo signal to the interface, and I am getting a wav file when I push record, but no sound.http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu30/Thelongestminute/system-vhttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1875831Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:25:34 GMT In message #28 I have posted a utility that can be used to prove my claim of invalid flags. --------------------------------------------------------------------- As I'm trying to movehttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1871647Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:32:12 GMT.......The "Bullet train" Did this one a couple of years ago. Hope you enjoy. http://whttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1874981Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:40:57 GMTFor those that have wisely avoided my epically verbose Windows 7/Sonar 8.4 x64 thread ( http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?&m=1852337 ) I just wanted to chime in on how good of low-latency performance I'm getting with Win 7 x6http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1877280Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:34:32 GMTjust like to know how many of you make use of your pcie slots? and if you wish you had more?http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1877462Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:04:32 GMTHi, I have always had a hard time recording vocals. It seems that the best success that I've had with my own voice has been when using a sm58 type mic at close proximity in a regular room, but the levels / tone consistency between takes has always bhttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1865599Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:25:08 GMTThis song is a collaboration between Janet & Herb....(aka Mamabear & Guitarhacker...as if you didn't know) To me, Autumn is a very beautiful season...with the changing color of the leaves and the ending of summer, and also, Autumn has a sahttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1872983Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:32:10 GMTThis is perfectly ridiculous! I've been using the freebie version of SONAR (4.0 I think) that came with my E-MU 0404 Audio Interface for about six months. The audio metronome worked flawlessly. I grew to like the product although I still can't figure outhttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1877966Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:26 GMTHere's a new one to check out! A first collab effort between myself and Mikael(Equality). The music and title are Mikael's - he had this wonderful accoustic guitar piece called "Silence", and he asked me if I'd like to try to write lyrihttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1871253Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:15:59 GMTAt the risk of being blasted for not having posted here in a while, I'm asking for a little mastering advice... I made a CD last year for friends and family, but I'm still looking to improve the overall sound. SO, if you forgive me for not being ahttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1874634Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:28:43 GMTMy car blew-up Sat. and it costs me $1500. There goes Christmas. And to top it off I don't even get honorable mention in the songs forum! NOT EVEN HONORABLE MENTION! I can play blues. I can play jazz. I can play rock. I can play classical. I can play outhttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1876150Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:49:36 GMTI love optical illusions. Like this: http://mevanareza.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/optical-illusion.jpg And this http://files.sharenator.com/elephant_Optical_illusions-s450x360-13680-580.jpghttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1876680Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:48:28 GMT From Shad Thanks for your support everybody. No, I was not banned because of what I said to Peter Rabbit, thought I do think what I said there was inappropriate and I do regret thahttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1876837Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:27:52 GMTThis seems to have started since 8.5 and it was driving me nuts -- Soft Synths play fine, the song ends and you rewind to the beginning of the project and the synths go silent -- you can see midi input still coming in from the keyboard on the midi track,http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1857338Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:30:20 GMTHey, I checked out a couple of older threads regarding Taxi and am wondering what the general sense is now about the quality of their service. I was a member a few years ago and dropped it, just wondering if there is any good reason to join again.http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1874640Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:38:34 GMTHere is an updated version of “Congo Square” with me playing the solos… http://www.ourstage.com/tracks/http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1867913Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:41:10 GMT i have both external speaker and headphone plugin with sonar 100, i had a problem that i plugin the headphone in the phone socket in sonar 100 studio, but the audio still come out from the speaker as main output so that i can not rehttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1841066Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:34:03 GMTAnyone, I'm have a Universal Audios Laptop Solo. There are a minimum number of pluggins that Universal Audio's Laptop Solo module can load at once. In Sonar, I have a situation where I have thttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1877506Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:13:48 GMTI know if I search long enough I'll find it, but a cursory look at the help file didn't help. The situation: I have taken a track from a CD that a dancer friend gave me to shorten - she needed it 2-3 minutes long. I split the clip, eliminated the mihttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1343479Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:55:34 GMTI've had my Epi Les Paul Custom for a few years, and I was starting to fall out of love with it. I just couldn't get through that thick layer of poly to feel the wood vibrating. So I took the poly off. (Most of it, anyway.) The rehttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1866942Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:22:21 GMTWhat do I need to do inside of Sonar to set it up for mastering a song ?? I'm using Sonar 7 producer edition ......http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1876959Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:05:41 GMTI can say without a doubt that I am disappointed with HS7XL. This program consistantly crashes on me, creates delays with instability issues, and other weak points that frustrates me to no end. At first I thought this software was goihttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1860895Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:39:27 GMTWould you buy Cakewalk: they are ripping you off it's not good enough .................... No one is forcing you to buy it! It's a great programm I think, likhttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1875890Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:11:06 GMTHi everyone I had Music Creator 3 on my old computer that has gone kaput (It had Windows Millenium). Now I have a Dell with their crummy soundcard already installed. My questions are: 1. Music Creator 5 - I think I read somewhere here that Vihttp://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1774799Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:51:10 GMT