How to Use Virtual Instruments in Cakewalk by Bandlab - (SI Instruments) - Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- In this video I will show you how to use Virtual Instruments in Cakewalk by Bandlab. The video will focus on using three of the SI instruments, the SI Drum Kit, SI Bass Guitar and SI Electric Piano.
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TIMELINE:
0:00 - Introduction on the SI Instruments within Cakewalk by Bandlab
1:05 - SI Drum Kit - Changing kits, using the loops and creating my own beat
13:43 - Using the Staff view to edit my beat notation.
17:00 - SI Bass Guitar -
25:05 - SI Electric Piano
31:16 - If you need help with mixing in Cakewalk check out the end video.
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Thank you for watching! If you have any questions about anything please let me know in the comments below. All the best!
I know I'm a little late...but what an awesome video.
Hey Jerry. Comments like this are never late. Thank You! I hope it is helpful. Please free to shoot questions. All the best!
Wouldn't it be easier to just do one or two bars and then copy and paste the rest ?
More important question, without a midi is there a way I can use my keyboard for the notes on the instrument ?
Yep you could do record two bars and then copy and paste it or turn it into a groove clip.
Hmm are you wanting to use your keyboard to record midi or record audio?
I'm sorry I should have specified, I'm referring to the computer keyboard. Rather than mouse clicks, it seems impossible to put together anything decent with just the mouse clicks. @@JustDaNorm
first moments of this made more sense than the other vids i looked at
Hey Dave. That means a lot. Sometimes it’s hard to keep videos simple when there is so much technicality to it. I hope it is helpful.
Thanks for the video. I'm amazed by what's available in cakewalk. Long time since I tried a daw, so need to refresh some things. You have great talent man.
Hey Richard thank you for watching. Get back into it. Working with DAWs are amazing as long as you have patience and fun.
I like how you devote time to each instrument. Great explanations. I haven't been using cakewalk very long; haven't even tried the built-in instruments. Just been using some plugins already in my files. The Drum kit is impressive enough. Now I have to try it out. I've got the Diablo plugin in case I need to add some punch. Just playing around with the software and having fun while learning is what I need now. Like your style. Guess I should sub, huh.
Hey Darrell,
Thank you for watching. Yeah it’s amazing what all the software can do. Diablo is nice. Keep me posted on your projects. Let me know if you have questions or suggestions.
@@JustDaNorm Well, I tried the SI Drums. I don't know why the kick and snare will not play from my midi keyboard. Is there some sort of mapping I need to do?
@@darrellpidgeon6440 you might want to change the octave shift on your mid board. Normally the notes B, C, D, and E are reserved for two bass drums and snares drums on midi.
I would try lowering the octave on board down one octave and see if you find the bass and snare drum. Let me know if this works. If not there are other solutions.
Hey brother very good info. All this time I've never seen anyone use the notations view and also just showing how the slide functions on SI Bass is very cool. I've been using other vst bass instruments but I'm re inspired and will definitely give that one a shot. Again thanks for the great vid 👍
Hey Kris. Welcome to the channel. Thanks for watching. Yep I often go to notation tool when I am making adjustments. It’s. Yep the slide is a cool feature. It’s cool that you use other Vsts. Anything that helps you get your ideas out go for it.
Let me know if you have any questions!
@@JustDaNorm oh I've got plenty of questions lol but will do for sure thanks again bro
@@krisr777 that’s what I’m here for to answer all of those questions 😂
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great presenting, you know you stuff
Thank you. I’m getting better daily. Thank you for comments and questions.
Thanks man the Press bar Thing was bothering so much. Thanks a lot...
Glad the video helped. Keep me posted with any questions you may have.
Will do Sir...
Do you have a tutorial on how you setup the left output board for the analog display? It looks nice, I did not see it in your other videos.
Hey Bryan. I apologize for late reply. Do you mean the pro channel strip on left side of screen?
I appreciate you and the time you take to break things down for us beginners. Thank you. People like you are the only way I'm learning.
Thanks Yadda Yadda. I’m glad that the videos are helpful. Keep me posted on your current projects and always feel free to shoot questions.
Happy Holidays
17:20 a question. Is there a way to open the settings window of a vst instrument by assigning a button on the MIDI controller?
I'm gonna say yes. its just the matter of programming that way. I will look into it more. It would definitely save time.
What keys are you using to control the bass guitar?
Hello Natalia,
Thank you for the question. I am using the Nektar Lx-25 keyboard controller. Any midi/usb keyboard will work. Or you can use virtual controller with Cakewalk.
You can find link to my controller in description if you want to know more about it.
WHEN I DRAG A DRUM LOOP OR WHATEVER INTO A TRACK AND GO TO PLAY IT BACK WITH A GUITAR TRACK I CANT GET ANY AUDIO. I DO HAVE MY MONITORING ON FOR THE TRACK AND SET FOR MY FOCUSRITE / HEADPHONES. WHAT AM I MISSING? IM NEW TO USING DAW/ CAKEWALK AND JUST WANT TO ADD SIMPLE DRUM BEATS SO I CAN MAKE BASIC SONGS TO BRING TO MY BAND
Hey James, I hope all is well! Thanks for the question.
When you add a drum loop, are you dragging it into a midi or instrument track? The drum loops will not work in an audio track.
If you are using midi/instrument track. You should either hear sound from General mid sounds, or if you use instrument track you can add an instrument like the SI Drum Kit to it which should allow playback.
I have a whole series on recording/adding drums in Cakewalk. Feel free to check it out but I believe this is the video that should help. ua-cam.com/video/w3g4hCLcfGo/v-deo.html
Here is full playlist ua-cam.com/play/PL61Hq6S6JhTN0PPgG2NwocS6eI1b4Yn51.html
If none of this helps or fixes the problem. Please let me know. I will be going live tomorrow night at 8pm CST to answer questions live. Hope you can make it. All the best!
Please i have a question.. how do you use your keyboard to play with instruments ... Which buttons do you click ???
Thank you so much for you verio ❤🎉
I have my keyboard hooked up via usb interface. In cakewalk I create an instrument track which is controlled by my keyboard and then I can record
Hi, do you think a virtual electric guitar, bass and drums can sound as good as the real ones to create a Hard Rock song on Cakewalk ? Thank you.
Hmm. I believe you can get a realistic sound. There are so many great virtual instruments. But the thing that’s sometimes hard to duplicate is the feel and natural characteristics of a real instrument.
That’s shouldn’t stop you though. So many songs have been released with virtual instruments and samples
@@JustDaNorm ok Thanks for your support.
@user-to3cf7nu4g no problem
how do i set my keyboard as buttons to play the drumset?
Do you mean using pads on controller to play drumset?
Or do you mean how to access virtual controller
Thanks for this video..
I just tried SI Drum Kit on Cakewalk, but I can't find a Hi Hat Open. Where can I find that sound?
Thanks...
Thank you Andre stp for watching.
If you are using a keyboard controller or even the virtual controller. It will most likely be F#3 for closed and A# for open.
You can also change which drum sample you want each part of the set to trigger.
@@JustDaNorm Thanks a lot for your kindness..
I don't have keyboard controller yet, try to use virtual and mouse to trigger the drum set. Still exploring how to change each part of the drum set individually. Is it possible?
Yes. You should be able to right click on each part of the drum set and choose a few different samples.
I will definitely get more in depth into using the instruments
@@JustDaNorm Thanks again..! I'll try it soon.
GodBless...
Yo man great vid. Question for you and anybody here...I have an interface (ASIO) I plug in to my PC that is used to record Guitar, Bass and Vocals. I got no issues with it. But because I cant properly record a drum kit, I got to use the SI Drums. When I pull the SI Drum suite up and test it all out, I can hear it. But as soon as I drag over a pre-recorded beat(.wav file) into the track it doesnt play sound. I can see the bars but it aint playing back to me. I checked all the common stuff like Echo On, Master recording. etc.
When I create track, ive tried both Audio and MIDI. Neither shows sound. Its rly messing me up cuz I am weird...I always like to do beats first, then add my bass and guitar riffs. So its a huge roadblock for me.
Your .Wav Clip Won’t Work This Way in Cakewalk SI Drum Kit
so all i have is cakewalk tts 1. how do i get the other instruments
Hey David, hope all well!
When you install cakewalk from Bandlab assistant you should’ve seen some plugins to check for installation. The SI instruments is one of the options. Try reinstalling the software.
I'm confused how to program what keys on the computer keyboard to the instrument..like how you were playing the drums so quickly with the keyboard. I can't figure out what to press.
Press Alt + 0 to open virtual controller. Then you can play the keys on your computer keyboard to trigger drum sounds in Cakewalk.
Just remember to setup a drum track with SI Drums, TTS or any other instruments you have available. Let me know if this helps.
All the best!
It's not working
@@JustDaNorm
Hi, Is it possible to get Cakewalk Studio Instruments without installing Cakewalk? Thanks
Hmm. I don’t believe so. In order to access the instruments install you have to run the cakewalk.exe install.
You can use them in different DAWs once Cakewalk is installed
@@JustDaNorm Yes, I have Cakewalk installed on my PC and as you said, other DAWs recognize Cakewalk Studio Instruments. But I wanted to try it now on a Mac computer without installing CW. Thanks for the reply! 🙂
you're fkin slaying bro
Thanks maxduda. Thanks for the comment. Keep me posted with your projects and questions
Why mine won't work, It says its not properly installed.Please reinstall it using your orginal CD. what does that mean?
Hello Princess Chavez. Did you install software via Bandlab Assistant. I would uninstall the software and reinstall. Make sure you check all the plugins and instruments so that they are installed.
Hey Princess did you fix the problem?
What im looking for is to record midi on my piano then change the midi voicing to any orchesta/band instument. That should be an easy thing to do when working with midi but it doesn't look like cakewalk has this ability. Is there a workflow for this?
Yes what you do is record on an instrument track using whatever your virtual instrument you want to use like Cakewalk TTS or other type of plugins.
Once you record midi you can change it to any sound by changing patches on the instrument you use.
In each track there is a midi tab that allows you to change bank and patches. You also can just change the sound in whatever instrument you use.
@@JustDaNorm Yes, I think i just found that. It's the first DAW I've tried out and was previously using musescore. It had a bunch of preinstalled instruments so I could literally just change the instrument on the score and it worked. Seems a bit annoying having to install a plugin for each individual instrument but I did find the ones I needed. Most are free. Thanks for the reply!
@adobo1976 what sounds are you looking for your pieces?
Normally you don’t have to install anything else. The tts is general midi sounds which should work similar to musescore.
There are more diverse instruments that you can install if you want to use various orchestra sounds, etc
@@JustDaNorm Right now I really just want to compose something interesting and melodic.
I play sax, clarinet, piano.
My thinking was to use my midi piano as an input and then edit the various tracks.
I did find the BBC Orchestra plugin. It seems to have what I need.
I didnt see the TTL you mentioned though
@@adobo1976 gotcha. Yes BBC is great plugin. When you installed Cakewalk did you check for all of the instruments to be installed? Did you get the SI instruments. It comes with a bass guitar, keys and strings
can I use instruments without plug-ins?
using only laptop
Hey Raphy did you mean record real Instruments. Or did you mean virtual instruments. You can do it all on your laptop. If you are meaning real instruments you need an audio interface.
This reminds me of Acid Pro. Is that one still around?
Yep Acid Pro is still available. It was reintroduced in 2018 by Magix.
Hey,
SI Piano doesn’t have ADSR control.
How can I control that?
Thank you.
Yes it’s true SI instruments are limited in that aspect.
I have to check and see what plugins would give you these options on Cakewalk. It use to have TS-64 that controlled transients.
I would suggest downloading free transient shapers. Just found this link. midination.com/vst/free-vst-plugins/free-transient-shaper-vst-plugins/
Of course you cab always download free Vst instruments. I use SI piano strictly for more of electric piano sounds.
Hope this helps.
@@JustDaNorm was TS-60 available in SONAR?
@@krisparmar10 Actually it is still available in Cakewalk by Bandlab!! You can also use the shaper plugin on pro channel.
@@JustDaNormgreat,... could you please tell me where can I find TS-64?🙏
I guess users got the plugins back in CbB, which they used in SONAR.
Great content btw. Don't stop. 👍
@@krisparmar10 thanks so much!
There might be a possibility that I had the plug-in from when I had another version of cakewalk on my computer.
If it is not seen in audio fx then try this.
1. Go to Utilities on menu bar
- Cakewalk Plug-in Manager
- at bottom click show excluded
- look in vst audio effects
- see if you see TS-64 Transient Shaper
can you record the peanio on cakewalk?
Hey David sure you can record piano.
There are three options.
1st you can use piano sounds in TTS instruments which comes with Cakewalk
2nd You can record your own piano or keyboard via audio
3rd you can download and install additional piano vst plugins
nays
Can you use the computer keyboard to control the bass or do you need a midi controller ? 🙏
Hello Eyestye, yes you can use the computer keyboard to record any type of instrument on Cakewalk. The SI bass will work great with it.
@@JustDaNorm 🙏 thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏🏴
No problem. Let me know if you have trouble or further questions. All the best!
@@JustDaNorm thanks 🙏
You’re welcome
Man my MPC64.dll instrument disappeared off screen and I can’t locate it. Trying to get multi track recording from MPC and from Syntakt into a template. If I can manage it I’ll choose Cakewalk (over StudioOne, Reaper, and Ableton: I have the first two and can no longer afford more lol so Ableton is the one I haven’t tried). Reaper is close; StudioOne has worse instrument panel rendering
Hey Hysteric Subjects. Sorry you are having trouble
With MPC. Well all of those are great DAWs. Cakewalk is another Free one so never hurts to have it.
Have you tried setting MPC up with Cakewalk yet? Or is that what you are having issues with?
@@JustDaNorm yeah I switched over to another DAW but will give it another go likely - it’s great to have some options
Ok keep me posted.
@@JustDaNorm for sure I mean, it worked in Cakewalk as expected just when the instrument window went away (maybe off screen) I couldn’t figure out how to grab it back. Am sure it’s a simple thing I just need to figure out. The tracks all were routable to their respective channels; the MPC plug-in instrument with the MPC One was just fine - except that one thing.Cheers
@@Hysteric_Subjects There is a pin button 📌 at top corner. It should allow you to keep the instrument up
while working.
what to do if there is no SI instuments?
Hmm I would reinstall Cakewalk or install the instruments using the Bandlab assistant. Make sure that the SI instruments are checked for installation.
This video may help. ua-cam.com/video/APnCg5QxWdw/v-deo.html
thank you , i ve done everything but i cant drive the piano from my keyboard using usb
Hey Clency. I’m sorry you are still having problems. Have you checked your drivers. Tried a different USB port. Check preferences under midi devices?
@@JustDaNorm thank you so much for answering, the thing is i used the same keyboard to drive the bass and it worked..so i m lost
@@groclency have you setup an instrument track in Cakewalk for the piano 🎹?
Or maybe the piano track is not set on correct input.
Eurêka i ve done it it was due to my midi to usb cable that just stop functionning
@@groclency Awesome!!! 😎 Glad you were able to fix it. Let me know if you have any other questions or difficulties. Thank you for joining the community!
i really hate daws man, theyre the only thing demotivating me, ones too expensive, ones too simple and ones too complicated, and i dont even know how to make a single sound that isnt a keyboard (sample) and i dont know how to get instruments/samples outside the program, this is the only reason i hate making music, can never make it because of these stupid daws with such major flaws
Sorry you are having issues with DAWs. What kind of music are you looking to make in a DAW?
There are a bunch of free instruments outside of DAWs you can install and use. Just depends on what sounds you are looking for.
Quick comment: When doing these videos, please stick to the content. Don't go into showing me how to use the piano, the settings......that's not what I came here for. Stick to the subject at hand. I came here to record AUDIO from a vst, without doing a midi track. This didn't help me at all. thanks.
Thanks for the comment. This video focuses on recording virtual instruments in Cakewalk. It’s a combo of an audio and midi track.
There is no way to record audio from VST with out midi track as cars require midi data. To make it complete audio you have to freeze the track or bounce it to an audio track.
You look a little like edp
hmm. Not sure who or what you mean but thanks for watching.