OK I'm getting a little pushback on the cakewalk forums lol
my version is a bit dated so there are less people out there answering questions and so these guys think i'm not "doing my homework" and wanting them to do it for me. i'll clear the air there as it's 400% not the case at all but I'm still hoping to bug them less and use them for only the most desperate or exhausted issues i'm having.
SO with that said I'm hoping that some of you can offer some advice or thoughts as a general DAW discussion since we all use different software. even if you don't know something for sure, i would think your brainstorming could help my own
-i'm dying to figure out how to add an effect to a single note. not to a whole track, not even to a time range within a track.....think reggae dub music and how a single snare beat can be isolated and pumped with tons of reverb or echo. i know i can create a new track and echo the whole damn track just for that single note but i would think with today's tech that there is some way i can right click or highlight this damn beat and add the effect JUST to this note?
-another task of mine is to fade out a really long note that spans a number of measures. two methods i've figured so far.....i can have my "write automation" clicked on so that i can adjust the slider on my mixer board and record those adjustments for future playback. i can also add a volume envelope to the whole track (though again i would prefer only to this single note) and that also gets the job done. with this there is a line through the middle of the track and i can create nodes and drag them up or down whenever i want more or less volume. the thing i'm wondering though is how does this affect my final mix? i'm not sure where i'll want the slider for this track to end up. so what does that mean for these manual adjustments i'm adding? they are just adjustments RELATIVE to where i currently have the slider set? or does saving an envelope/write automation thing essentially prevent me from manually using this slider going forward unless i delete the written automation? last...i wonder if this envelope does the same damn thing as the write automation. as i'm typing all of this out i'm thinking of some new ways i can maybe test and answer my own questions ugh
-i'm not going about this project efficiently AT ALL. i just know it because i'm taking a very simple route and know that i'm ignoring certain features. the issue here is that my PC/software is starting to crash with more regularity. as i keep building this i'm using "instrument tracks" which are a single track that is a combo of the midi and associated audio tracks. this in itself i'm not sure i should be doing but regardless......each time i'm adding a new instance of a soft synth. so already i'm at like dimension pro "8" whereas i believe i can use multiple outs or whatever and perhaps only need to have two instances on my virtual synth rack at this time.
-----can you explain some of this multiple out/channel/bus/wtf? i've read this stuff over and over but it still isn't sinking in - the big picture of it all
-----what do you know of "bouncing" tracks? i'm essentially creating an audio only track? like a WAV almost? basically at this point i'm saying all of my midi work is done and so i'm going to create the audio and throw the midi in the trash to save some CPU whatever? and when i bounce this track to audio i'm also now tied to whatever synth and patch i chose to use correct? the only manipulation available to me are things i could do with like a WAV. i could split it/cut/paste, add effects, play with the volume slider, pan etc.???
-----what about "freezing" a track? it's the same as bouncing only reversible? if so why would i ever bounce as opposed to freeze?
-----what about "freezing" a synth? i'll admit i haven't googled this one yet ;p am i just tied to a given synth and patch unless i unfreeze it?
so yeah.....if you know a lot about this stuff you're likely laughing or shaking your head lol.
i'm just spinning in circles....reading so damn much and trying to push forward so hard. if i was more relaxed about doing this track i would probably be learning quicker =P i just have too much flowing right now that i NEED this stuff recorded so i can let that muse go and wipe my hands and brain of it!
i may be making zero sense....hence the crazy questions lol
if you can relate anything to me with your own DAW experience etc. i would love to hear it. how do you accomplish stuff like the above with what you use? where am i totally wrong or confused? where do i have a clue? i have no fukkin idea!!!!!!!
i know i can at least bug YOU guys about anything
