How To Use Cakewalk by Bandlab - Audio Basics
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
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In this tutorial we discuss using audio in Cakewalk by Bandlab, from a beginners perspective. If you are just starting out - this one is for you.
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That's probably the cleanest explanation of a program I've ever experienced. Not a single time did I ask to myself "wait so, how did he do that just now?" great job and thank you kind sir.
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Plenty of really good work put into these videos. We sure do appreciate it man.
Your videos are pure gold! Cakewalk is a phenomenal DAW and your tutorials are extremely helpful to those of us just starting out. Btw - the Bandlab - Link Digital audio interface is very good, very affordable, and very compatible with Cakewalk.
I started out with an Interface DAW combo called Vstudio 20 with Guitar tracks 4 designed by Roland and Cakewalk with BOSS effects . It was what Sonar was before it became Sonar .
I paid and upgraded with each DAW since 2010 until it was eventually bought out by Bandlab and offered for free .
I still use the same interface to this day and even still use the original Guitar Tracks 4 DAW that came with it specifically for recording through a DI box.
I'm very happy with what Cakewalk has become and I love that I was able to grow with each step .
These videos have been helping me immensely, thank you for these!!!!
Bro your awesome!
I never had any recording training but you have given amazing tutorials to succeed on my journey!! Your a silver tongue! Your clear and appealing!!! covering what you touch and what you wish stay away from is with flow!!
THANK YOU!
You're videos are so helpful. Really appreciate your time, effort and knowledge you share.
Thank you for your vids, they are a great help. I'm rather new to home recording. I've used notation software for ages as I am a composer, obviously lol but this is a whole new learning curve for me. I'm on the older side of life so I was not brought up with computer technology.
I appreciate the way you describe things in plain English without too much tech talk.
Thanks for your clear and precise instructions. SO HELPFUL! I've got so much to learn but you make it clear and interesting. THANKS.
I've been using Cakewalk since Sonar 2 XL but I'm a horrible teacher. My father wants to get into it and I've been looking for a good tutorial video to help him on his way. I think I've found that here. Cheers for that, mate.
Loved this. Learned a lot!
Excellent speaker and presentations. An excellent teacher/professor is able to take complicated, technically professional concepts and explain to them so that a layperson can understand. Albert Einstein theorized and explained E = MC squared quite well and most people (90-95%) of the world population cannot do the math, including myself. However, we do understand the concept. Well, you are able to do just that with your knowledge, ability, and talent. -Thank you!
Wow, you're a superb jazz guitar player! Bravo.
That guitar work was super smooth
Great video, really helpful
thank you Michael , been through this stuff years ago, but a new album coming up and must learn this all over again
Thank you! I hope we will get to hear it!
@@CreativeSauce ua-cam.com/video/wOqCqzQ6sA0/v-deo.html recorded on cell phone 2 nights ago, so stripped down copyright 1999 but never needed to sing such a sad song until my wife left in Jan this year . So now full steam back into music a couple whole albums worth to get done
am just using Behringer UMC22,as am new in the world of composition,though am a doctor,playing guitar since 12 yrs,but i love to compose
you are just fantastic,love from kolkata,india
I must thank you for your video, it is so useful & your explanations have guided me to get started. Thank you ever so much once again
Great video yet again mate
Thanks Glyn!
Excellent videos! Thank you! You've got a new subscriber :D
That's an amazingly helpful video for starters like me.
Love Cakewalk by bandlab, and I post my work over on bandlab as well. Great DAW!
Hey, you mind making a tutorial of making a beat from scratch? This DAW is overwhelming.
@@psykickbeatz8060 he actually does have a bunch of beginner tutorials mate, just look through his videos they are there!
NICE UPLOAD. Gr8 content for Audio Creators.
Great tutorial. Thanks!
Thank you for these vids, I'm learning quite a lot. I'll definitely subscribe :)
That's great to hear!
I'm in the process of getting some instruments to learn, and this is gonna be real handy once I get them. Won't have to stop and learn audio if I've already learned it *taps forehead*
Love it
i love your content thank you sm
Hi Mike and fellow Saucers! How about a Cakewalk Video on "Tips and Tricks?" It would be so valuable! For instance, after a couple of YEARS of struggling with LOW VOLUME ON EXPORTED MP3s from Cakewalk, I figured out how to fix that: I just click on a track, and then go to the top menu, where you have File, Edit, Inset, Process, Project, and a couple of others. Click on PROCESS>>APPLY EFFECT>>NORMALIZE. I realize now that by the WIDTH of the audio waveform, I can guess if the export MP3 (or any other file) is going to be adequate. The waveform needs to occupy around half or maybe two-thirds of the track. That's it!
By the way, all I ever do with Cakewalk is to record karaoke/covers that I do at home. I use an EVO 8 for this: one microphone in input 1, then take audio out from my cellphone or Tablet into inputs 3&4. (Stereo 1/8 inch out to a split 1/4 inch cable/jacks). Other Audio interfaces like the Motu M4 have what are LINE LEVEL inputs which WILL NOT accept signals from cell phones. The EVO 8 puts out FOUR USB TRACKS which is awesome. Even the very latest Yamaha AG06 Mk2 Interface only sends out TWO USB channels/tracks.
I'm here! ^^
Late to the party, thank you for this video. I am getting started in the whole home studio journey. I have a Boss Katana Artist Mk II with a strat. The katana has a USB line out you can record directly into cakewalk. Do you recommend going through the audio interface first or going straight to the computer? There are no other instruments/musicians recording at the same time.
Hiya, love the videos. been a massive help using Cakewalk Bandlab. Thank you. Could u advise on how to Direct monitor from an audio interface but still use a reverb whilst recording without the latency? I have a Focusrite 2i2. Thanks again.
Thanks, Mike - great stuff! A question - can you quantize audio tracks in Cakewalk? Seen you do it with MIDI, but it attempted wasn’t in this video. Thanks - and yes, I am quite well. 😊
Thank you much
Hi, I really love your videos. One question is do you have tutorials on keyboard in cakewalk? I followed your other video on how to set up keyboard using audio interface. I want to know how I can add a different keyboard sound after recording the track? Thank you in advance for your help.
Hey Mike....I don't know if you've covered this in another video, if you have, I'd appreciate if you could point me to it. I'm curious regarding the tab in the track pane with the dropdown where you select either custom, mix,
I/O, All, FX. Can you explain what these settings are and which to choose and why/when? Many thanks, cheers.
I'm loving your Cakewalk instructions and have learned a lot. I can't seem to find where you talk about punch-in techniques for Cakewalk, could you provide a link please?
Hi Michael, I was hoping you or someone could help me out with something. I just bought a FIFINE studio condenser USB mic that I would like to track some vocals with. For some reason I’m having major latency issues with the USB mic in Cakewalk. How can I fix this problem? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
When I record in on a virtual instrument after a bit the sound of the instrument turns off when recording but when the instrument is recorded and I play it back the sound is there. How do i get the sound back when recording?
Where did you get those instrument icons.? I have latest Cakewalk bandlab 2021.4 build 175, can't find them.
Very informative tutorials, easy to follow.
Thanks.
Cool.......
Mike - did you use a DI box before the interface for the guitar? Is it recommended?
Hi
I have an audio interface which works fine in Cakewalk by Bandlab. However i have just acquired an Alto 12 channel Mixer which i would like ti use instead of my little audio interface. Both have USB Can i use the mixer as my main interface an so away with my smaller audio interface or do
I have to connect the mixer into the interface in order to use it. If the mixer is ok as my interface, what do i select when i use an audio track as the channel. Left, right or stereo . If i choose Left as my input do i have to pan the channel to the left?
Thx
Dave
Ever since I downloaded the ASIO4ALL my audio went dead on my laptop watching your video, etc. I did also set Cakewalk (as you suggest) with choosing ASIO, not sure if that had something to do with my speakers in Laptop going dead). Do I need to change some setting to get my internal speakers working again.Thanks.
Phil
Hi Mike thx for thr tutorials...really helofull...q? Just started out as a hobby in lockdown...I have a yamaha MU 16 mixer connected to my comp with cakewalk...thd clips but not in cakewalk specially recording elect guitar ...but in the mix its ok...can i fix this in some easy way or is it ok
My songs usually peak at -6 to -5 db, rarely ever going past -3 db. I usually mix a little higher so I don’t have much to master later on
Question, Mike! I'm a subscriber! 😄 Can I play a UA-cam karaoke video on the same computer that Cakewalk is running on, and make a track for that sound source namely UA-cam? Or for that matter, Windows Media Player? I just thought of this today. Your channel is superb!
March 2021; no answers to the above. Ah, well. I figured it out. I set the computer audio out to loopback into the interface. Then, if I play an audio file or a UA-cam video, the sound is clearly audible on a headset or speaker. And can record on a track, as long as I create an audio track and set the incoming audio to the same loopback that the computer itself is set to.
Really appreciate this from-the-ground-up approach, thanks! I find when I click on the Preferences > Playback and Recording and choose the ASIO that you recommend, I get "This driver is known to be incompatible with Cakewalk" and they suggest "a compatible ASIO or WASAPI Windows Driver." It then asks if i would like to switch to WASAPI. Is this recommended or should i look for another ASIO? Thanks so much! Also, i may not have picked it up, but being a total newbie, it would be nice to see the chronological order for all the episodes so i know which one is next.
At 6:41 into this video you zoom into the meter. How did you do that? Try as I might I can’t seem to get that meter to “jump out” the way you did. Thanks!
I plugin my headphones via sound Card but when I click record button, tunes are unable to listen on headphones instead outer speakers.
please help me i wanna try recording with earphone im so lost , as soon as i hit record it says "Unable to open audio device. Device may not support the current project's audio format or may be in use." can somebody please help me
Maybe you can help..If I duplicate a track and then I want to edit a portion in both tracks, how do I do both at once? I've tried everything (ctrl..alt..shift etc.) I could think of but end up having to do it twice.
Can't find this info anywhere.
Hi I was wondering if I can connect an External Sound Card in Cakewalk because even tho I've set up my Sound Card to be both my Input and Output device but I can't record any audio from my Input device, is there a way to fix it? Would like some help
Hi Mike,I can write song Lyrics,I can play Lead or rhythm guitar,but I`m struggling with "building" the melody/Backing for my songs.What is the best way to start "Putting" a song together?
Thank you..
Thank you! I wish though you had discussed ASIO as compared to WASAPI audio setting.....
I'm really new to this and I just figured out how to draw notes but I'm not hearing them when I play it and I'm also not hearing the piano keys when I press them on piano roll. My audio on my computer is working good with everything else I was just wondering if anyone might know what's going on with my cakewalk.
I am using Behringer UM2.
I have that latency issue and don't know how to figure it out.
While there is no latency problem if only using other software such Guitar rig.
Can you help me with this?
I am another newbie doing a deep dive into Cakewalk. I still can't believe that this richly appointed DAW is free.. as well as your excellent tutorials. I am most happy to contribute to your tip jar. Your series is just what I needed. I tried out four DAWs before settling on Cakewalk. I was going to settle on Cubase LE, but I quickly learned that some major features around MIDI were missing, as well as decent plugins; the limited few they included are really crap (IMHO). Also, Cubase seemed to be more focused on loops and club music. To be fair this is a newbie opinion and I am sure the full version is great. I do have a question; where do you have your ear-phones connected in the flow? Mine are in the USB audio interface. when I set up my piano as a USB MIDI controller directly to the PC and recorded drums as in your previous video, when I went back to do sound-on-sound to add the hats and symbols the timing was way off. Quantize just made it worse.
Lastly, as a guitar player I am very interested in editing my guitar tracks to "fix" mistakes. you touch on this a bit in this video, but perhaps you could go a bit deeper? Best, Steve.
Hi Steve - thanks I much for watching. I usually just use the headphone output on my interface, but I also have a headphone mixer for when I'm working with others.
If your drum beats are way off on input, you may want to lower the buffer settings for you interface. Its hard for me to give specific instructions, as its different for each interface. If quantize isn't working well, you probably have the wrong settings. If the notes are further than they should be , you'll need to increase resolution. Use the 'Audition' button to see if its better.
Certainly I will do a video on some more audio editing :)
I hope that helps!
How do I add an audio track downloaded from the net and record my audio on that (like a karaoke track)
Mike, is using the "audio" setting only when you have a Mic plugged in?.. or can I use my Korg keyboard sounds thats being used with USB - midi as Audio? or do i keep the Korg as Instrument only?
Good afternoon, I'm Larry. I'm just starting to learn DAW, your lessons are just a masterpiece and which of your videos would you recommend if I'm not going to do MIDI, but only record a voice on my minus made on YAMAHA KEYBORD and what plugins do you recommend for processing voice, reverb and delay.
Sorry reverb
My system must be very unstable, when I change the buffer size, I get the blue screen of death! I'm using Line 6 pod GX unit. I supposed the AISO driver for that doesn't support the lower latency i'm looking for, bummer!
What do I do next after recording all my audio tracks..how do I quantise the tracks
Can you do on the vocal only
Like how to edit it with beats
Thank you 😊😊
How do i digitally insert my chorus rather than dragging it by 8ths through 32s. I guess in a nutshell how do i properly copy and paste my hook, if you could answer or do a video about this itl be greatly appreciated whenever i paste my chorus its skips past time frames by 8ths so i cant insert at the end of a verse naturally?
About audio interfaces, the BEHRINGER UM2 appears to be pretty good for its price. It's cheaper than the Steinbert UR12.
That's what I have used for quite awhile and I have had no problems with it.
I’m using a Focusrite 2i2, I’ve had it for a year and it works great.
Been experimenting with this daw and want to know how I can get real time effects from my waveform editor to insert and go to track. i.e - I have a noise plugin and expansion plugin that I want to use as an insert on chain.. is this doable? THanks
Is there a way to adjust high mids and lows on drums post recording
I have imported an audio track and there also appears to be a duplicate of that track within the track bar which I can't to remove. How do I remove this duplicate as some tracks bars only show as a single track within the bar?
My recorded tracks from a cakewalk project suddenly jumped forward in the timeline not sure how. I can't go back to start because the tracks are not there but further ahead in the timeline. Also the feature that normally marks the start again to the marked place last stopped appears disabled. When I stop it does not go back to it. It must be easy enough to fix but I am just learning to record digitally with this product. Can someone help?
I have no idea what I'm doing wrong but it's been awhile since I recorded music and I don't feel like using mixpad any longer. I have my asio set up to my mic but when I record it just records nothing like no sound but it still puts it on the part where my rap beat is any tips on how to fix this
Thanks for all the advice and really clear tutorial you added efects live , is it possible to record a clean/dry guitare and then add the effects, comp, reverb, in playback mode ? cheers paulBush
Hey Paul! Thanks for watching my videos! Yes, in fact although I added the effects, they are not recorded. Only the dry guitar is recorded, and the effect is added in real time each time we play back. So you can always change the sound at a later point, without re-recording!
@@CreativeSauce makes life so much easyer cheers PB
Why is it important to have audio interface? What is the advantage over direct plug into the audio input of the laptop?
how can i fix my mic because it is picking low signal huhu im using a phantom power supply and a sound card and I dont have an audio interface what do you think is a problem?
Hello.
I am first time user for Cakewalk and need help with fixing mistakes with rhythm in audio clips.I am pretty sure you posted in youtube covering the topic but I can't find it.. For example between piano and vocal rhythmic mistakes.(vocal comes in too early and late..) Thank you
What Driver do you use. I have come to recognise that Asio doesnt look for usb microfones. It only finds my interface.
Ok I have a question why do my vocals come out very low !? I've missed with the interface mic gain that doesn't seem to be the problem the only way I can hear it rasing the Db gain on the effects any body know why my vocals record so low?
I have a USB microphone which plugs in directly into my computer without an interface. Can vocals be recorded into cakewalk?
Mike.. I'm doing everything you are telling me but when I open Cakewalk I lose sound from UA-cam which means I cant follow you. Also I am selecting left input rather than stereo but I dont have a signal coming in?
How does one import a MIDI file (created from either Finale or Sibelius) and assign VST sounds to it? Whatever I try I just keep getting the horrible Cakewalk default timbres. The method you describe in your video, of dragging the files over from the right column into the tracks doesn't work.
how to work with right of left ear only in an audio strack?
Can you explain how to record takes? I seem to recording over my recorded audio and idk if I’m doing something wrong??? Pls help 😭
I think you need to right click the recording button on top, and select "comping" rather than "overwrite."
Do I need an audio interface for a usb mic? How do I connect a usb mic?
Hi,how to record guitar in the same time with Jam tracks?
I can't find the Compressor, EQ etc. boxes on the left of your console. How do I manually insert those? My default .cwt doesn't have them.
If you have the left-hand window expanded (using the little double-arrow icon), select the tab at the top of it that says ProCh. Then you'll see those dials like he has.
I'm new to this but like Cakewalk. I have a Yamaha E443 keyboard which I believe can hook up to the Cakewalk DAWS. However, although I have downloaded the drivers from Yamaha, when I try and use the keyboard, the Add Track - Audio says there is no audio. Some times I can get sound through the keyboard from tracks layed down from audio files, more often I can't. I have been on the Cakewalk site but there does not appear to be a link for posting queries, so hope you can help.
Most likely the keyboard can send only midi commands, not real audio.
I can't seem to balance the mixing latency even though I followed your instructions. Please help me.
Hey mike, i m struggling with mic hiss and hum..can u please help me take a noise profile in cakewalk..or is there anything to get a a noise profile and remove it from my vocal tracks??
Hmmm, I don't think there is anything in Cakewalk. Unfortunately I only know of a commercial solution with izotope rx
how do you load an icon pic for the track, i see you do it but when i do it there are no icon pics???
Hi your videos are very useful. I am a vocalist and i sing a lot in smule app. I wish to do a cover song for a popular movie song and i have a karaoke track for the same song. I wish to record vocals on top of the karaoke track, edit, mix and master. I am unable to find even a single video on this topic but many singers wish to do that. How to record a vocal cover for an already available minus track or a karaoke track. Pls do a detailed step by step video.
I am using an AT2020+ USB microphone, however, when I use ASIO, cakewalk won't let me choose this as my audio input/output device, it just won't show up. Hopefully you can help!
u have to choose mme not asio
How to record Audio from a Midi an internal instrument?
hi guys, when i record my voice, it can hear the other tracks as well, any advices?
Use earphones or headphones
If that's not what you want, try muting the other tracks
Hope this helps :)
How to record internal audio in cakewalk? Can't find the input.
I've made my first very basic recording with half a dozen tracks. So far so good!
Yesterday, when I came out of Cakewalk everything was fine and I was able to play back the track, no problem. This morning when I switched on to do a bit more recording everything was still where it should be but when I try to play it back I'm getting no sound out of my laptop.
Other audio files, mp3 etc, are playing fine through my speakers but I'm getting nada from my CakeWalk project. Nothing is muted and I can't see anything obvious that has been switched off.
Any ideas?
The daw need to pickup bk the interface. Can plug it out n in bk an it pop up
Hello, I'm from Indonesia. I use cakewalk by bandlab for DAW and connect it to my Zoom R8 as my audio interface. I've try to record my drum pad with backing track, but the backing track sound is crack and it has small volume too. I want to get a clear sound from backing track when I do my record with my drum pad, what should I do? Thank you and sorry if my english wasn't good enough
Just so you know, your english was great! I dont know the solution as well but i hope you find it!
@@Wesssel thank you for that sir!
i get unable to create new audio file for recording
i click ok it comes back click ok again and then i can record. Help
will it work with a ubs microphone
So I was building up a project with cakewalk from bandlab recently installed and hit a wierd bug where my channel 1 midi track that sends to omnisphere was made silent if I removed the volume automation on the midi track for channel 4 which also feeds into omnisphere. The envelope on ch4 was set to 0 db and it did not silence channel 4, only channel 1. I noticed that when I looked at the possible outputs of my midi track it said "default ch 1" on all my midi tracks and I can find no way to remove this. (I had generated subsequent midi channel tracks by copying from the first one). Anyway, as long as I left the volume automation on channel 4, I could hear channel 1 in the mix. If I deleted the entire envelope, no channel 1. Any suggestions?
It seems if I get seriously complex with cakewalk I always eventually hit a bug and sometimes the bug can ruin my hours of work. You have to know a lot of stuff to deal with these random problems 6 hours into a song.
Hey man, I got a question. How do I toggle my midi volume? Because whenever I record with my midi keyboard in my laptop, the recording sounds weak and soft even though the volume of my laptop is at 100%. I do know that there is a volume settings for a midi keyboard just like in FLStudio but I prefer Cakewalk, I just don't know how.
Same problem