r/Cakewalk

These developers have been creating half-baked features and tools since X2! Now they’re doing the same shit under the BandLab name. These “Core Plugins” are a joke! They push "updates" every month but you do not see any new features. They claim to fix bugs, but its still there. Their support team also hold no knowledge of the DAW.

This Cakewalk Next DAW is even worse than Audacity! 14-year-olds develop much better and more complex software than these “so-called experienced developers.”

I regret wasting my $99 on this crap.

I would like to start with "I have no idea what on earth I am doing," along with "let's use only free stuff for the sake of it."

I have:

Shreddage Stratus Free

Shreddage Precision

Guitar Rig 7

OTT

Ozone 12 EQ

riffs; i dont need help with music theory. this is strictly about the guitar tone

the will to learn how on earth to work a guitar amp like a guitarist, not like a guitourist, which I currently am

As far as I know, that is basically all I need. I can get real close to something I'm happy with, but there's one problem. All the sound comes out super muddy. Every time I make the sound heavier, it gets muddier. I can get super heavy sounds that sound like they're played underwater, and cleaner, open sounds, but no combination of the two.

What I don't have:

Any method of detuning, which is obviously a problem with a 6-string

education; i am not stupid, i just don't know

I have discovered that I can use the built-in shreddage pitchbend value, automate that and slam it down, keep it there, and that basically acts like a detune. I also know that reverb kills the sound, so i reduce it way down, but keep a little

I also want this to be kinda fun, so throw funny ideas at me if you have any. lets try some crazy stuff too, because why not. maybe it'll sound cool, maybe it'll sound like deep fried nickleback, maybe it'll sound like a wood chipper. it can't sound any worse than what I already have going, absolutely anything helps out.

Thank you for reading, thank you for commenting if you did.

How do i use my irig to record my bass on a windows 11 laptop. Ive searched up all i can and i still hear zero audio coming from it. Thanks

I'm trying to record a song directly through my keyboard which has its output in a mixing table (Behringer EURORACK UB1832FX-PRO) which it's hooked unto other instruments, the output of the mixing table is to a sound card (Behringer U-CONTROL UCA 222) and that goes to the computer, I have selected the sound card as the mic and the output is also the sound card since it has headphones, is there anyway to possibly hear what I'm recording while using the program's built in metronome? Any help would be much appreciated.

Can you give me some Cakewalk Sonar shortcuts that will make music production easier for beginners?"

I have Baby Drummer installed, tried to route it with Kontakt 8 (using KRIMH Drums free) but I just can't do that because Baby Drummer is recognized by Sonar as a tool and can't have its own track. I don't know how to make it work.

Every month there’s an update, yet there are still no meaningful new features. It feels like they’re updating this DAW just to break it! And what exactly is this CakeScript add-on? Why would anyone want to play around with Lua scripting in a music DAW?

I’m a software developer myself, and I get paid to do development in my spare time. But when I’m making music, I don’t want to think about scripting or programming. I want to focus on making music.

When are they going to start releasing actual features that producers are asking for? Rather spend some of that development time improving the look and usability of the Core Plugins. We invest in this application because we want to enjoy using it—not constantly stress about updates and regret the decision we made to buy it. $99 per year for what? To watch the DAW go backwards instead of forwards?

You also need to cater to younger producers. We’re the ones who will carry this DAW forward and keep it relevant in the future. There are so many basic features that are still missing.

For example: 1: We need an advanced S-curve option so we can dial in precise, surgical automation curves. The XSampler needs a proper update. Currently, we can’t properly chop or edit samples within it.

2: A dedicated phrase sampler would be extremely useful.

3: The Loop Construction tool should be updated to allow users to pitch samples more easily.

4: It would be great if we could drag and drop samples directly into the Step Sequencer and open the Piano Roll from there as well.

These aren’t crazy or unrealistic requests. They are basic necessities for a modern music production environment.

Instead of constantly releasing updates that change things without adding meaningful functionality, please focus on features that actually improve the workflow for producers. We want this DAW to succeed, but it needs to move forward and not backwards.

Using cakewalk sonar btw

Messing around w vocals and i wanna add delay to one word. I got the delay on just that word but the problem is i have to separate it from the rest of the recording so as soon as the next word begins the delay cuts off. Anyone know how to fix that?