Hey everyone I made a new video to focus on rap vocals. I still have a lot more to add to it. I hope it helped. Let me know if there are specific questions you have. Appreciate you all! Here is link. ua-cam.com/video/in1ZQNho-gQ/v-deo.html
@@orvilledennis8217 Great question. We call this comping. Which allows you to record multiple takes then select the best take or parts of a take and put it together. Here is a video that shows the process. ua-cam.com/video/4qtieDmpItI/v-deo.html Let me know if you have more questions. All the best!
@@JustDaNorm i mean like how lil wayne records sometimes I make the song while recording I used to use acid but acid gives u a track for every take I know in these more complex daws you can do it all in one track I've seen it with protools but I wasn't the one doing the recording was just in the studio so I want to do multiple takes for the lead vocals to do a complete song take after take not to pick the best one
Hmm. This still refers to comping. It’s what pro studios use when recording vocals whether in pro tools or ableton. You either want to record multiple takes on one track or you want to record multiple takes on different tracks.
Thank you so much! You've made my life a whole lot easier. You have a wonderful gift for making complicated things sound simple. I've learned so much from this video, and everything is making sense now. Sending a big wave from Ireland!
Wow Sarah. Thank you for that comment and welcome to the channel. I only hope to make things a little more simpler and easy to apply. Please let me know if you have any questions All the best!
Hey Nick. Thank you for this. Sometimes I’m scared to make such long tutorials. I actually cut out about another 30 or 40 mins. Somehow it still ended up being an hour. I hope it helps. Let me know what projects you are working on.
Thank you for the tutorials, I am happy to have found your page....concise and informative! I am just learning Cakewalk and it is definitely a learning curve. I love how you you hit on all aspects and bring everything together. Much appreciated!
Hey Kelly welcome to the channel! I am glad that the videos are helpful. Thank you for commenting. Keep me up to date on your projects and let me know if you have any questions. Feel free to get my glossary of Cakewalk tutorials. You can find it in description of videos. Enjoy you week!
Thank you for watching and the comment. I am glad that it helps mixing less intimidating. I will definitely make more videos on mixing. Keep me posted on your musical endeavors. All the best!
hmm i believe I have something similar to that on here. Let me look and get back to you. If not I definitely can make some. Are you just looking for acapella mixing, or do you mean how to mix using the "Acapella" app?
@@JustDaNorm Thanks man. Am looking for how to mix acapella songs on cakewalk. I will really appreciate if you can provide me with the tutorial. Thanks
Wow world changes. I’m glad that it really helped. Thank you for taking time out of your schedule to watch the video. Keep me posted on your projects. All the best!
BoiiSoWaveyHD welcome to the community! I’m glad the tutorial is helpful. Thank you for taking time to watch it. Please let me know if you have any questions. All the best.
Thank you very much for this tutorial. I am a beginner and this is very helpful. I have been looking for tutorial to help me with mixing acapella and this is very helpful. I am currently struggling with getting my bass vocal to a good level. Maybe you could give some tips. Thank you
Hey Chinedu, I hope all is well! Thank you for taking time out to watch my video. I’m glad it was helpful. Yes mixing anything in the lower frequencies can be difficult sometimes. Are you singing your bass vocal parts or is it someone else? I find it better to get closer to the mic when recording bass parts to get more of a warmer tone especially for me because I am really a 2nd Tenor. So those bass notes will always be harder for me to belt. I will make some more tutorials around Acapella mixing. Thanks for joining the community. Feel free to join my FB group. I believe it will be a great group to connect and share tips and tricks with each other, The link is in the video description. If you have questions let me know. All the best 😊
@@JustDaNorm Thanks for the response. Yes, I sing bass and you can tell how frustrating I am that I don't get to feel the bass. I will surely take your advice on recording and looking forward to your next tutorial. One thing I loved about this tutorial is that you did a simple song and used it to explain mixing. That was cool. Keep it up. I use cakewalk but the melodyne is for 30 days trial. You seem to suggest that it could still be used as demo even after the trial.
@@anokwuruchi yeah the key to bass mix. Is focusing on the frequencies that the voice fall in. Understand where to cut and where to boost is different for every song and even the placement of sound of your mic can change with the slightest of movements. Yes the melody version that comes with it. You can still use. You won’t get all the full functionality but you can go in and raid a lower a note to put it closer to where you want it.
Hi mate, hope u could help me out on this one. Whhen i press spacebar it stops but it always re-start from where i click on, not where it stopped. Pls help me to fix this. Thanks
Also, when iselct to add a bus channel it dosent do anything. And when it appears to come with a bus on the "mixing" option when i start the project, it dosent do anything. Almost like its thee but the buttons and options arent there.
Hello Neon Global welcome to the channel. All of the plugins I used in this video come with Cakewalk. You might have to reinstall or make sure the Sonitus plugins are installed. Check here to make sure you installed correctly. ua-cam.com/video/APnCg5QxWdw/v-deo.html If you still need help please let me know
@@JustDaNorm okay I'll take this out, thank you so so much. I know what I am started today I just accepted everything that came with it so I have the Sonitus eq and other plugins that are under the same brand, but the compression isn't there like yours. However after I commented I did find something of a sorts when it comes to compression but it still looks different and so since I don't know anything about this stuff I don't know if I'll be able to follow along for the most part. Especially since I'm extremely new to mixing. I normally just record and go from there with an engineer
@@JustDaNorm I'll have to look into it. When I click on the track and gives me the option to add a compressor but it's not the same brand I think. And the biggest issue is since I don't know any numbers or ratios or anyting involved in all this I can't just figure out how to use it and put some presets on it. But everything else seems to be installed correctly. I'm going to reach out to their customer support.
When i press spacebar it stops and when i press spacebar again, it plays again but it always play from where i played it initially. not where it stopped. Pls help me to fix this. Thanks
Hey Jesseboi. There are two options for this. First there is a on/off switch for "on stop, rewind to "now" marker. To turn this off hit on your keyboard - Control + W (Ctrl + W) After this you should be able to press the spacebar and it should stop and start wherever you left off. The other option is to keep the toggle switch on. If it is on you will have to press (Ctrl + Spacebar) then it will stop right at the "now" marker. I hope this helps. I am in the process of planning out a troubleshooting video to cover simple problems people may run into when using the DAW. Thank you for watching the video and thank you for the question. All the best!
LOT of quirks on my end, like I installed it prior to me watching this but it appears that i have the EQ but no Compressor like shown here. So its hard to follow along with some things different and other missing :/ So i need to download it separately or something?
Hey Neon Global, All of the effects that I used in this video come with Cakewalk. It is the Sonitus Plug-in Suite. Check to make sure that you have it installed. I have a video that can help with installation here
Hello Clency, The click in Cakewalk can be turned on and off. You can find it at the top on control bar. It shouldn’t record directly to your vocal unless…. are you using headphones when recording your vocals? If you are not using headphones but using speakers to hear sound then your mic might’ve picked up the metronome clicking. This can not be fixed
I have Band in a Box 2020, I want to cakewalk with Cakewalk by BandLab with Band in a Box VST. I like the 60's and 70's symphonic Philadelphia Soul Sound Motown and Memphis Stax Sound. Can you make a video and put on UA-cam? Thank you.
@@JustDaNorm Thank you and I hope all is well to and ya I was wondering what pluging was that with the treble in it ? I downloaded cakewalk by BandLab for now trying to learn but I will soon be getting fl studio.
@@marquiswashington4485 thanks you. I’m blessed! I believe you are referring to Equalizer or EQ. It allows you to adjust the different frequencies treble, mids and bass
@@JustDaNorm Ok ya that’s the 1 I’m really new to mixing but I’m just trying to learn cause it’s always been my dream I got lyrics but can’t mix or master do you have songs from cakewalk?
@@JustDaNorm yeah, I subscribed on your channel so I can learn from you, am an African traditional artist, I need to learn from an expert. Make the writing bold, I have a small screen phone
Do you see the start screen when you open up Cakewalk? It should have a few options to choose from. If you don’t see this then you may be missing some files of installation. I would reinstall and make sure you ✅ everything so you have all plugins and tools. If this doesn’t work let me know
@@JustDaNorm I fix it by changing the location!!!!!! Thanks for your response. Do you have a video how to record vocal using Karaoke track on Cakewalk?
Glad that works. It’s funny you mentioned that. I had a video that shared how to import track from UA-cam into Cakewalk. But it was recently deleted by UA-cam a few days ago. Basically it involves downloading audio from the source and then importing the audio into Cakewalk.
Hello Koriexoxo There are a few different ways you can go about doing this. First off pleas make sure the beat you want from UA-cam is available for usage. If it’s Creative Commons then that would work. Sometimes producers will leave a link to download the track. If no link is provided but you are free to use the beat then you can either use a screen recorder or OBS (free software) to record audio from UA-cam. Another way is to find a free software like DVDVideosoft to download from UA-cam and convert to MP3. Once you have audio you can import it into Cakewalk then record your vocal tracks. For help with importing check out my video ua-cam.com/video/c0pZIGuiLlE/v-deo.html Hope this helps. Let me know if you need help. All the best!
Hey Bemorechill. I believe you are referring to click metronome. You can turn this off by going up to the transport module (big timer ⏱ at top). On the right side will be a tiny record ⏺ button you can uncheck this. That should solve the problem. Let me know if still need help. All the best!
Bro I'm sure you got all these techniques going but what you recorded initially with your voice was so bad that I couldn't even pay attention for the rest of the video. You have to record good tracks. I don't care that it's just a tutorial. Sing with a little passion/soul. You manipulating a great voice recording would have held my attention.
Hey everyone I made a new video to focus on rap vocals. I still have a lot more to add to it. I hope it helped. Let me know if there are specific questions you have. Appreciate you all! Here is link.
ua-cam.com/video/in1ZQNho-gQ/v-deo.html
My question is how do u do multiple takes using the same track
@@orvilledennis8217 Great question. We call this comping. Which allows you to record multiple takes then select the best take or parts of a take and put it together.
Here is a video that shows the process. ua-cam.com/video/4qtieDmpItI/v-deo.html
Let me know if you have more questions. All the best!
@@JustDaNorm i mean like how lil wayne records sometimes I make the song while recording I used to use acid but acid gives u a track for every take I know in these more complex daws you can do it all in one track I've seen it with protools but I wasn't the one doing the recording was just in the studio so I want to do multiple takes for the lead vocals to do a complete song take after take not to pick the best one
Hmm. This still refers to comping. It’s what pro studios use when recording vocals whether in pro tools or ableton.
You either want to record multiple takes on one track or you want to record multiple takes on different tracks.
Thank you so much! You've made my life a whole lot easier. You have a wonderful gift for making complicated things sound simple. I've learned so much from this video, and everything is making sense now. Sending a big wave from Ireland!
Wow Sarah. Thank you for that comment and welcome to the channel. I only hope to make things a little more simpler and easy to apply.
Please let me know if you have any questions
All the best!
@@JustDaNorm Thank you very much! You're doing an excellent job. Wishing you a wonderful weekend!😊
@@sarahmcbradymusic you’re welcome. Enjoy your weekend as well!
Happy fathers day!!!! lol funny how today i am watching this video
That’s awesome! Happy Father’s Day.
Thanks for your videos, they're so informative and helpful!
Thank you for watching and the comment. I’m glad that the videos are informative and helpful. Please let me know if you have more questions
Dude this is excellent my guy very much appreciated
Thanks so much. I apologize for the late reply. I missed this some how.
Awesome tutorial man. The best part is just taking you time to explain things and even going back a bit when you made some quick clicks. Thank you
Hey Nick. Thank you for this. Sometimes I’m scared to make such long tutorials. I actually cut out about another 30 or 40 mins. Somehow it still ended up being an hour.
I hope it helps. Let me know what projects you are working on.
exactly
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Hey Slim Racks. Right on. I hope it is helpful! Keep posted on your future projects and questions.
Thank you for the tutorials, I am happy to have found your page....concise and informative! I am just learning Cakewalk and it is definitely a learning curve. I love how you you hit on all aspects and bring everything together. Much appreciated!
Hey Kelly welcome to the channel! I am glad that the videos are helpful. Thank you for commenting.
Keep me up to date on your projects and let me know if you have any questions. Feel free to get my glossary of Cakewalk tutorials. You can find it in description of videos.
Enjoy you week!
12 minutes in and i've learned so much already brotha thanks!
Hey Marbles. Thank you for watching. I’m glad that it helps. Let me know if you have any questions. All the best!
Much appreciated video for beginners getting familiar with Cakewalk. This helps mixing be less intimidating!
Thank you for watching and the comment. I am glad that it helps mixing less intimidating. I will definitely make more videos on mixing. Keep me posted on your musical endeavors. All the best!
incredibly helpful video mate , thankyou for the video !
Hello Mishy, thank you for watching, I’m glad it was helpful. Let me know if you have any questions. Enjoy your week!
i ll repeat myself , the best tuto for cakewalk thanks
Thanks Clency. I’m just learning and sharing as I learn.
I like your tutorial. Pls do you have tutorial on mixing acapella videos
hmm i believe I have something similar to that on here. Let me look and get back to you. If not I definitely can make some. Are you just looking for acapella mixing, or do you mean how to mix using the "Acapella" app?
@@JustDaNorm Thanks man. Am looking for how to mix acapella songs on cakewalk. I will really appreciate if you can provide me with the tutorial. Thanks
Nice! Lots of useful tips. Ty!
Thank you Ray. I’m glad they are useful. Keep me posted on your projects.
Dude , this totally rocks, thank you 😊
Thank you Ian for watching! I hope it helps
Actually, this was the first video that really helped me. Thank you!
Wow world changes. I’m glad that it really helped. Thank you for taking time out of your schedule to watch the video. Keep me posted on your projects. All the best!
taking your time and step by step wasnt lost one bit like sub from me bro keep it up thank you so much
BoiiSoWaveyHD welcome to the community! I’m glad the tutorial is helpful. Thank you for taking time to watch it. Please let me know if you have any questions. All the best.
Great video I really enjoyed it
Thanks Words from Rj. Let me know if you have questions or need more clarity on a subject. All the best!
thank you...😀
Hey Ron, you’re welcome! Thank you for watching! Let me know if there is anything I should expand or explain more.
Thank you very much for this tutorial. I am a beginner and this is very helpful. I have been looking for tutorial to help me with mixing acapella and this is very helpful. I am currently struggling with getting my bass vocal to a good level. Maybe you could give some tips. Thank you
Hey Chinedu,
I hope all is well! Thank you for taking time out to watch my video. I’m glad it was helpful. Yes mixing anything in the lower frequencies can be difficult sometimes.
Are you singing your bass vocal parts or is it someone else? I find it better to get closer to the mic when recording bass parts to get more of a warmer tone especially for me because I am really a 2nd Tenor. So those bass notes will always be harder for me to belt. I will make some more tutorials around Acapella mixing.
Thanks for joining the community. Feel free to join my FB group. I believe it will be a great group to connect and share tips and tricks with each other, The link is in the video description.
If you have questions let me know. All the best 😊
@@JustDaNorm Thanks for the response. Yes, I sing bass and you can tell how frustrating I am that I don't get to feel the bass. I will surely take your advice on recording and looking forward to your next tutorial. One thing I loved about this tutorial is that you did a simple song and used it to explain mixing. That was cool. Keep it up.
I use cakewalk but the melodyne is for 30 days trial. You seem to suggest that it could still be used as demo even after the trial.
@@anokwuruchi yeah the key to bass mix. Is focusing on the frequencies that the voice fall in. Understand where to cut and where to boost is different for every song and even the placement of sound of your mic can change with the slightest of movements.
Yes the melody version that comes with it. You can still use. You won’t get all the full functionality but you can go in and raid a lower a note to put it closer to where you want it.
Hi mate, hope u could help me out on this one. Whhen i press spacebar it stops but it always re-start from where i click on, not where it stopped. Pls help me to fix this. Thanks
yep I just replied to your other comment. Hope it solved your problem.
Record music free at home.
Yep that's what this software allows you to do.
Also, when iselct to add a bus channel it dosent do anything. And when it appears to come with a bus on the "mixing" option when i start the project, it dosent do anything. Almost like its thee but the buttons and options arent there.
Hello Neon Global welcome to the channel. All of the plugins I used in this video come with Cakewalk. You might have to reinstall or make sure the Sonitus plugins are installed. Check here to make sure you installed correctly.
ua-cam.com/video/APnCg5QxWdw/v-deo.html
If you still need help please let me know
@@JustDaNorm okay I'll take this out, thank you so so much. I know what I am started today I just accepted everything that came with it so I have the Sonitus eq and other plugins that are under the same brand, but the compression isn't there like yours. However after I commented I did find something of a sorts when it comes to compression but it still looks different and so since I don't know anything about this stuff I don't know if I'll be able to follow along for the most part. Especially since I'm extremely new to mixing. I normally just record and go from there with an engineer
@@NeonGlobalEnt The compressor that I used is Sonitus Compressor. If the Sonitus plugins have been installed you should see it under audio FX.
@@JustDaNorm I'll have to look into it. When I click on the track and gives me the option to add a compressor but it's not the same brand I think. And the biggest issue is since I don't know any numbers or ratios or anyting involved in all this I can't just figure out how to use it and put some presets on it. But everything else seems to be installed correctly. I'm going to reach out to their customer support.
You might be using the compressor on the pro channel. I will be going live hopefully on Sunday to answer some questions about Cakewalk
When i press spacebar it stops and when i press spacebar again, it plays again but it always play from where i played it initially. not where it stopped. Pls help me to fix this. Thanks
Hey Jesseboi. There are two options for this.
First there is a on/off switch for "on stop, rewind to "now" marker. To turn this off hit on your keyboard - Control + W (Ctrl + W) After this you should be able to press the spacebar and it should stop and start wherever you left off.
The other option is to keep the toggle switch on. If it is on you will have to press (Ctrl + Spacebar) then it will stop right at the "now" marker.
I hope this helps. I am in the process of planning out a troubleshooting video to cover simple problems people may run into when using the DAW.
Thank you for watching the video and thank you for the question. All the best!
It worked mate. Thanks a lot. More power to u aand ur channel nd stay healthy 🍻🍻🍻
Thank you. Will do
Thank you Will Do! 😊
melodyne doesnt come with cakewalk anymore, right?
It does come with a trial of melodyne but correct not the full version
LOT of quirks on my end, like I installed it prior to me watching this but it appears that i have the EQ but no Compressor like shown here. So its hard to follow along with some things different and other missing :/ So i need to download it separately or something?
Hey Neon Global,
All of the effects that I used in this video come with Cakewalk. It is the Sonitus Plug-in Suite. Check to make sure that you have it installed. I have a video that can help with installation here
au secours , help needed, i have recorded the metronome click in my vocal and its terrible, is there a way to remove it , pls pls pls pls
Hello Clency,
The click in Cakewalk can be turned on and off. You can find it at the top on control bar. It shouldn’t record directly to your vocal unless…. are you using headphones when recording your vocals?
If you are not using headphones but using speakers to hear sound then your mic might’ve picked up the metronome clicking. This can not be fixed
@@JustDaNorm thanks , i was using headphones , but i didnt turned the metronome off when i recorded ... thanks again
I have Band in a Box 2020, I want to cakewalk with Cakewalk by BandLab with Band in a Box VST. I like the 60's and 70's symphonic Philadelphia Soul Sound Motown and Memphis Stax Sound. Can you make a video and put on UA-cam? Thank you.
Hey Stephfon are you meaning you would like me to make a video on mixing in those particular sounds?
Nice !…What’s the treble vst called?
Hey Marquis hope all is well. Hmm do mean plug-in to adjust the treble or high frequency with?
@@JustDaNorm Thank you and I hope all is well to and ya I was wondering what pluging was that with the treble in it ? I downloaded cakewalk by BandLab for now trying to learn but I will soon be getting fl studio.
@@marquiswashington4485 thanks you. I’m blessed! I believe you are referring to Equalizer or EQ. It allows you to adjust the different frequencies treble, mids and bass
Cakewalk has a few Eq plugins. The one I used in this video is the Sonitus Eq which comes with Cakewalk
@@JustDaNorm Ok ya that’s the 1 I’m really new to mixing but I’m just trying to learn cause it’s always been my dream I got lyrics but can’t mix or master do you have songs from cakewalk?
Make it bold, too tiny bro, but u are legend
Hey babahaja. Thanks. Please give me more insight on what you mean. Is the text too tiny or did you mean something else?
@@JustDaNorm yeah, I subscribed on your channel so I can learn from you, am an African traditional artist, I need to learn from an expert. Make the writing bold, I have a small screen phone
@@BabahajaTsaragi will do
New Project is blank!!! How to fix it?
Do you see the start screen when you open up Cakewalk? It should have a few options to choose from.
If you don’t see this then you may be missing some files of installation. I would reinstall and make sure you ✅ everything so you have all plugins and tools.
If this doesn’t work let me know
@@JustDaNorm many many thanks
@@JustDaNorm I fix it by changing the location!!!!!!
Thanks for your response.
Do you have a video how to record vocal using Karaoke track on Cakewalk?
Glad that works. It’s funny you mentioned that. I had a video that shared how to import track from UA-cam into Cakewalk. But it was recently deleted by UA-cam a few days ago.
Basically it involves downloading audio from the source and then importing the audio into Cakewalk.
You’re welcome! 😊
How do I add beats from UA-cam to sing to?
Hello Koriexoxo
There are a few different ways you can go about doing this.
First off pleas make sure the beat you want from UA-cam is available for usage. If it’s Creative Commons then that would work.
Sometimes producers will leave a link to download the track.
If no link is provided but you are free to use the beat then you can either use a screen recorder or OBS (free software) to record audio from UA-cam.
Another way is to find a free software like DVDVideosoft to download from UA-cam and convert to MP3.
Once you have audio you can import it into Cakewalk then record your vocal tracks. For help with importing check out my video
ua-cam.com/video/c0pZIGuiLlE/v-deo.html
Hope this helps. Let me know if you need help. All the best!
@@JustDaNorm thanks a lot ! What is Creative Commons tho? Lol
@@goddessk4610 Creative Commons means that the Creator gives permission for others to use the content without copyright.
By any chance could someone please help me and tell me how to stop the “tick tick tick” noise while recording? Thank you!
Hey Bemorechill. I believe you are referring to click metronome. You can turn this off by going up to the transport module (big timer ⏱ at top). On the right side will be a tiny record ⏺ button you can uncheck this.
That should solve the problem. Let me know if still need help. All the best!
@@JustDaNorm cool thanks man preciate it!!
@@bemorechillok4547 Np
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Sottotitoli in italiano grazie 👍🤷♂️
Mie scuse
@@JustDaNorm potete metterli? ❤️
@@damosedafa124 I will try to. I have to go add captions in English first
Cercherò di. Devo prima aggiungere didascalie in inglese
@@justdart speriamo cosi mi iscrivo al tuo canale
@@damosedafa124 oops I replied from wrong channel.
Bro I'm sure you got all these techniques going but what you recorded initially with your voice was so bad that I couldn't even pay attention for the rest of the video. You have to record good tracks. I don't care that it's just a tutorial. Sing with a little passion/soul. You manipulating a great voice recording would have held my attention.
Hey SaulGoodman. Thank you for the comment. I appreciate you noticing the finer details in the video. I will keep that all in mind.
All the best!
@@JustDaNorm you too!
🙏🏾 thx