I never found a single tutorial on how to split your keyboard into 2 different sounds (two synth for ex.) So bass or arpegiator on left, 1octave to C note and right octave pad to give an example. Can you please help me out ? Thanks.
I appreciate you taking the time to explain everything so thoroughly. I've been wanting to try making music but it feels overwhelming with all the information you need to know. This video is a lifesaver. Thank you.
My dad used to make songs on cakewalk a few years ago. Today, I'm taking the first steps to learn it myself! Thank you for the tutorial. I can't wait to see what I can create here!
I really appreciate your tutorial style man A lot of tutorials can either be dry or over-the-top like they're trying too hard to be cool or funny but this is just a well-paced, well-sectioned tutorial that's not too dry or slow to stay focused on
I am a 20+ year drummer who always had studios or guitarists mic and mix my stuff. Now I have a roland e kit and I'm learning to mix myself and these are the videos that will let me record EPs and demos myself. Thank you!
Glad the videos help. It feels great to be able to record demos and albums, EPs, and singles at home. Lots of fun and creative freedom. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
What I wish someone would have taught in these beginner lessons when I got started was setting the inputs for guitar and bass before adding the amp sim and the importance of know the difference and choosing the recording options of Comping, Overwrite, and Sound on Sound. Oh and of course gone over the power of the Pro Channel before I downloaded and installed every free plugin I could find. lol
@@USALibertarian Ya, I am coming from an adat world myself, still have them under the desk in fact, though the board is out for repairs. As this is my first DAW, have Protools first but haven't really bothered with it considering all of the features here. The learning curve has been a bit rough on this old man but I am getting some of it. While I love the price of Cakewalk and many of its features I wish screwy shit didn't keep happening every time they update it.
I have been struggling with cakewalk for a while and I am thrilled that I found your tutorial. I love how you simplified it every step of the way to make it easier for beginners to understand. I am looking forward to more videos and would love to know how to set up the fender micro in cakewalk, and sink voice recording with thek recorded instruments.
Jusr found this channel after installing cakewalk. Im just learning to sing, and play guitar, and never recorded before. This bloke seems great, so easy to follow, a easy on the ear American accent, no hyperbole, just facts. Subscribed
You're THE MAN, Mr. Zane! You got right to it, moving quickly, and showed us lots. Yes, you gained a new sub. Thank you. Best of continuing success, Z-man.
THANKS! Been searching awhile to find someone that can teach it well. And at a cool pace not all fast. I try to pay attention. Everyone else so quick. 💯
Right on. Nothing wrong with refreshing/reminding yourself of what you can do. Sometimes it can inspire you to try something out which could lead to a whole new song. Thank you so much for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
Thanks Zane, this video was so helpful. I upgraded from Audacity to Cakewalk about a week ago and It did feel a little intimidating at first lol. I figured it out pretty fast but you answered a lot of questions I had. I got really into bass guitar like a year ago and I'm obsessed. I'm learning as much as I can about music. I got my little studio set up going and learning a lot of theory, production, composing, arranging, etc. I think I'm gonna to try and create my first song
you're the best tutor I've ever watched so far, it took me one take in watching you're Videos compared to the other tutorial vid I've watched so far! SUBSCRIBED!
The best TH-cam Cakewalk Tutorial in one Video i viewed so far, i am impressed how you summarize everything important in this tutorial with an excellent chronologie.
Thank you for clarifying how to access, manage and record beats using Cakewalk. I had no real idea how to do it until I watched this video several times then I finally understood the process. It's been a big help!
Great tutorial. I used Cakewalk for years, but life took me away from music for quite a long time. Coming back, this was helpful in ramping back up on using Cakewalk.
Just came across this video today and have installed cakewalk yesterday. This is the best video I have seen so far. I also just subscribed to your channel great work!!
I'm a beginner and confused to which Daw to use to record my music but now, after watching the video and your way of teaching us , I'm gonna download Cakewalk , watch your videos and record music.thank you so much.😀🎶🎶🎶🎶
Why is this video under-rated. This has got to be one of the most easy to understand tutorials ever. The fact that he made a simple arrangement using cakewalk and made it look so easy is blowing my mind figuratively. Props to you sir.
This is brilliant - thank you! I’ve already installed and uninstalled both Ableton and Pro Tools as I found them far too complicated and unintuitive for my simple needs. Cakewalk is much better, but this tutorial is the clincher and had me recording within 10 minutes. Awesome work.
I was going crazy trying to record midi drums and piano....after watching this with a strong cup of coffee, I feel like the sun just rose in the morning! A thousand thanks, Zane, for a comprehensive and exact tutorial!!
This one of the easiest and most comprehensive videos I have watched. Everything is explained in a simple way and makes sense. loved it! I am so excited to start recording!
I don't here the midi keyboard that I set up with this musical project-----on this same project when i am trying to record a vocal part the midi it does not play where I can here it with music, I can here the drums audio however, is this some type of input or output issue ( or just your expert---advice needed). ....That I don't quiet understand? Thank you appreciate much !!!!!! your videos and right to the point too!
This is terrific. I was considering getting Cakewalk because I had used it many years ago but there weren't lessons like this around LoL Liked and subscribed, and I will be back once I get going.
Seriously excellent! So clear and concise. Thanks so much for spending so much time making awesome videos like this, they make so much difference to people like me that love to play and have just started investigating the world of DAWs, which seem pretty daunting to begin with. Can’t wait to try recording now!
This really helped, I've literally just downloaded cakewalk and I've never created music before, your step by step explanations are simple enough for me to understand thank you =]
Thanks so much. I am new to the concept of recording and mixing the music I play. I started becoming involved with the hardware, software, and all other aspects to performing on line, zoom, jamulus, and others when we were all shut down due to Covid. What a journey! Between a language the industry has of it’s own and uniqueness of each piece of hardware it is nothing less than frustrating. As far as DAW’s go I have tried many, oh my. THANK YOU for this video. It is the first that I have seen that COMPLETELY explains everything to get started. As an example many tutorials will click on %#@$ button, but never show where the button is. Reason enough to go postal. You showed the button and it worked. Fantastic thanks.
Thanks Zane! Having just downloaded Cakewalk onto my new PC, I have found these videos really helpful. It's been a long time since I used Cubase on an Atari ST (honest!) and the world has moved on soooo much that it has been rather overwhelming. You videos are clear, concise and easy to follow, which is just what I need right now! Thanks so much for helping out!
Wow an Atari ST! I had a friend that had one with music production software. I was jealous, I was still using a couple of cassette recorder at the time. Lol. Glad you found my videos helpful. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
@@AudioTechTV The Atari ST with its built in MIDI interface was the gateway for me... I had a few synths but the machine opened the door (DAW?) to being a solo performer. I loved that thing. Around 2002, I fell out of love with making music (all sorts of reasons...) but around 2015 I found I wanted to get back into it but - wow - everything had changed so much! Been DAWless for a while but the time has come and Cakewalk seemed to tick all the boxes (...and it's free!!! how can that be??? Amazing!). But it's going to be a long learning curve, but am very much looking forward to learning it and benefitting from your knowledge. Thanks so much so sharing and helping.
I wanted to see if I could find other cakewalk tutorials outside of the one creator I have been trying to follow and stumbled on your channel and this video by pure accident. Been putting off doing anything with cakewalk and music production because I've been so lost in the interface and all this other intimidating newbie stuff. But this walkthrough video is extremely well put together, clearly articulated so far (only about 60% through the video), and it's been IMMENSELY helpful. Thank you! Definitely subbed because I see a few other videos of interest that I'd like to check out after this.
Hello. Do you have a video showing a way to use the sounds directly from my keyboard? I don't like any of the midi options and it's just simpler for me to be able to record what is actually in the sound bank of my keyboard. How would I go about that?
Really great video. I've been using Cakewalk since version 3 (by 12 tone Systems) Yes, I'm that old. There's so much about Cakewalk that I haven't learned or used. I start fooling around with my music. Then something comes up and I don't touch it for a few months. So, anything that I DID know I have forgotten and have to start all over again. And now that covid is keeping me in the house I suddenly find myself with a ton of time on my hands. I'll be binge watching your vids and trying out everything I've learned. Thanks for posting!!!
I used to use cakewalk yeeeears ago, never quite got the hang of it, but now I'm playing with this new FREE version (handy cos pensioners don't have a lot of money!) and I must say I've got half way through your first beginners guide and I had to stop to write this, WOW very good, thanks for making this easy for my tired old brain (just 66 yrs old here) I'm looking forward to using it, I'm just hoping that it fulfills my needs as all I want to do is play a backing track and further my bass playing, yes I'm a bassist🙂 so let see what the next load of videos brings, thanks again.
Wow - Excellent! EXACTLY what I was looking for - cutting through the quagmire of options, just get to the nitty gritty - boom! - done! Bonus bro! Thanks so much!
I really loved it (or, am loving it). But a I clicked the + (Create) sign, I had loud statics... Any ideas? I have WASAPI shared on Driver Mode. ASIO4all was not accepted.
Just had a quick question about the drums using the step sequencer. A lot of the things on the left are either programmed to 2 different thinks or not assigned a sound at all. 2 of the toms and both of the cymbals are not assigned either. is there a way to assign them?
How do you get rid of the machine gunning type sound when a key is pressed on my keyboard? I've been trying to figure it out for days and it drives me crazy. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks
Thank you so much for this. I've been staring at Cakewalk, trying to figure out where on earth I even begin. Now maybe I can actually record some covers with something other than my phone. :D
Zane!!!! Dude!!!! Thank You!!!! Im gonna spend the night using THIS awesome knowledge!!! Thank You for sharing and explaining the process so thoroughly.
Zane, I really like all of your Cakewalk instruction videos! It's a lot to learn, but you make it very clear, and go step by step. Your pace is just right! I dabbled in Audacity recently and didn't care for it. Before that, it was n-Track Studio which worked for me for years, but lately something changed. Thumbs up, and I subscribed!
I got to the 2:09 mark in the video. Nothing shows up for me under the 'input drivers' and 'output drivers' tabs except for 'friendly name | driver name'. What's the issue?
Maybe you haven’t installed the Asio driver for your interface. You have to install it manually. If you don’t have one then you can use the WASAPI shared option.
If you’ve already selected Asio as the driver type and you don’t have an Asio driver installed then you won’t have anything show up for inputs and outputs. You can have a look at your audio interface’ manufacturers website to see if they have an Asio driver that you can download and install. This would be the ideal solution. If there isn’t an Asio driver or if you just don’t want to install it for whatever reason then you can switch the driver type to WASAPI shared and your audio device should show up in there.
I'm not even a musician, I'm just dipping my toes on production so I can do some stuff on my own for my videos and indie games. But then I started playing with the program and it's all so fun, I'm making a little remix of The Entertainer and I'm having so much fun, makes me wanna become a musician for real lol
I really like using cakewalk (albeit after just one day 😅). After I got my midi controller and audio interface device drivers installed, everything simply worked when I went through the steps shown in this tutorial. I can't say the same about some other DAWs and some of the other ones weren't so kind with introductory plugins as well. Great tutorial on a great starting DAW!
Thankyou,just downloaded this DAW a couple of days ago,and on connecting my Yamaha MX49,I couldn't get a single sound from the computer - but now I think I know why.
Your video is a perfect learning tool; I sincerely appreciate the time and thought that you put into making the presentation so concise verbally, and easy to follow visually. [I recently spent days reading through a 70 page manual for a tascam DP-03SD; and 11 mins into your video, the use of multiple instruments using f/x amp sim, has made starting up with Cakewalk seem so simple. 😅What a relief that the learning curve for Cakewalk is so much quicker to get to make an entire song with various instruments; using amp sims, and midi, for keyboard and drums. I am looking forward to watching the rest of this video - Thanks to you, I am going to be able to start using Cakewalk, to try out my midi drums, and keyboard, this afternoon. Much sooner than I anticipated; given how prohibitively time consuming it was for me to get up to speed with modern pc, and audio gear; I have been reading more instruction manuals, and watching tutorial videos 😖than grad school exam week. Originally setting about to convert my old 4-track cassettes into digital ( back when all I needed to know how to use were instruments, amps, mics, tsr cables, the 4 track, and a cassette player). After buying an audio interface, stereo monitor - I got a new keyboard, 8 track, mics, drum midi controller and built a faster pc hoping to get up to speed with modern DAW. Just wanted you to know, this video has made my day. ✨ The amount of steps to get from point A to B, so I can create a song with guitars/keyboard/percussion and vocals - with the plethora of new options, enabled by modern audio tech, has been made less of a tedious labyrinth thanks to your excellent educational 🥇Audio Tech Tv. 👍 Keep up the great work!
i straight up just dont have the any midi instrumenta other than cakewalk tts 1, pressing the button you showed did nothing for me is my install broken?
I know I'm kinda 2 years late :))) But, seriously, this was probably the most helpful video I've seen. Quick, detailed, easy to follow, and very informative. Thank you for the time and effort you put into this video!
Hello, thank you for your video. I'm stuck in the first step- I am trying to connect my Roland f701 to Cakewalk but it doesn't show in the devices. The input and output drivers are empty... what to do?
I think the f701 only has midi capabilities but not a built in sound card. For the audio device you can use The default windows settings or wasapi driver. Or if latency is an issue you can try downloading the free Asio4all driver. This way you can still use your built in sound card but record the midi from your f701. You will enable your keyboard in the midi settings. If you have an audio interface make sure you download the latest Asio drivers from the manufacturers website and then set it up in Cakewalk.
Thank you so much for this. I'm just making my first steps onto the matter and I'm really thankful for your videos. Already liked and subscribed and well here's my comment too! Cheers!
😍I like the way you explain everything, it's so easy for a good listener to understand your teaching thank you very much for this tutorial God bless you 🙏
Beautiful ...Zane, thanks for taking the time to do this.. Simple and great for someone like me who is actually qualified ( Logic / Pro Tools...etc ). Have been away from the game for a while. My iMac died and finances won´t let me get back to Mac world. This reminds me a lot of Logic. Very quick to get recording so ideas don´t get lost. Chrz and thanks again. I splurged on a Focusrite interface so all good to go.
Just asking if i need to connect the interface output into a speaker or amp? to get a sound.. I tried without output using the built in PC speaker but no sound.. thanks
I am so glad you get rite to the meat and potatoes of your tutorials. So many ppl want to ramble on and on with useless and meaningless dialog. Thanks for all your help.
been using it for a while and I love it! just one technical question, when I make 2 tracks, lets say one beat and the other is audio recording to sing along, when I hit record on the second channel, it starts recording the beat from first track through my audio interface. it still records my voice but it also records the beat from the other track I domt understand how.. how can I separate tracks inputs or what should I do?
@@AudioTechTV i use my audio interface Steinberg ur22 mk2 as input for my vocals, and in preferences "playback and recording" its shows WASAPI shared as drivers mode not ASIO, i don't know if that could be a reason
Im newborn fresh to producing music the video has helped me a lot with some basic but a lot of the stuff I didn't quite understand what books or videos can I get to give me a better understanding on what it and how it works and effects tracks. For example I don't know what a driver mode is or the differences between them. I need some sort of step by step guide for the more technical stuff. Such a difficult game.
Open up the Bandlab Assistant again and go back to the Cakewalk section then select install add ons. Then make sure you choose Studio Instrument Suite as one of the things you want to install. This will isntall those included instruments. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
@@vishnu8695 have you tried searching in the built in browser for them? Make sure you are on instruments and not effects when searching. Also go into Edit - Prefernces then click on the vast settings section and make sure C:\program files\cakewalk\vstplugins is listed in there. If it’s not there then add that location.
@@AudioTechTV I checked the VST plugin location and it was already added. And I did search for instruments and not effects. I will just try and reinstall Cakewalk to see if that works. *Thanks a lot by the way! Love your content! :D*
Thank you so much for this video! Also just have one question, with the amp Sims that come with cakewalk, are there any solid metal tones, preferably for grindcore/powerviolence?
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Thank you your great!!!!
@@jerbal9360 thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
I never found a single tutorial on how to split your keyboard into 2 different sounds (two synth for ex.) So bass or arpegiator on left, 1octave to C note and right octave pad to give an example.
Can you please help me out ?
Thanks.
I appreciate you taking the time to explain everything so thoroughly. I've been wanting to try making music but it feels overwhelming with all the information you need to know. This video is a lifesaver. Thank you.
I see you everywhere man
Ahhh hello Caleb 😅
Oh you’re part of the talentless writer cult. Let’s go!!!!!
Absolute beginner, and have to say this tutorial was smooth as butter sliding down a hot pan.
Love that analogy. Glad the video helped. Thank you for watching. Keep creating!
@@AudioTechTV Where are the undo and redo buttons?
@@operasinger2126 Just use the shortcuts ctrl+z (undo) and ctrl+y (redo) it makes your life a lot more easier
@@buonopesci Thanks for that! I am going to start using software soon. Take care!
Sweet Jesus that is smooth
My dad used to make songs on cakewalk a few years ago. Today, I'm taking the first steps to learn it myself! Thank you for the tutorial. I can't wait to see what I can create here!
hows the progress coming a long?
@@badgirlmarc207 how about yours?
you can allways ask ur dad to teach you hehe
I really appreciate your tutorial style man
A lot of tutorials can either be dry or over-the-top like they're trying too hard to be cool or funny but this is just a well-paced, well-sectioned tutorial that's not too dry or slow to stay focused on
Thank you so much for watching and for the feedback. I really appreciate it! I'm glad you enjoyed the tutorial. Keep creating! 👊👍
You said it
I am a 20+ year drummer who always had studios or guitarists mic and mix my stuff. Now I have a roland e kit and I'm learning to mix myself and these are the videos that will let me record EPs and demos myself. Thank you!
Glad the videos help. It feels great to be able to record demos and albums, EPs, and singles at home. Lots of fun and creative freedom. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
What I wish someone would have taught in these beginner lessons when I got started was setting the inputs for guitar and bass before adding the amp sim and the importance of know the difference and choosing the recording options of Comping, Overwrite, and Sound on Sound. Oh and of course gone over the power of the Pro Channel before I downloaded and installed every free plugin I could find. lol
@@USALibertarian ya, that would be nice too, wise guy. Lol.
@@USALibertarian Ya, I am coming from an adat world myself, still have them under the desk in fact, though the board is out for repairs. As this is my first DAW, have Protools first but haven't really bothered with it considering all of the features here. The learning curve has been a bit rough on this old man but I am getting some of it. While I love the price of Cakewalk and many of its features I wish screwy shit didn't keep happening every time they update it.
I have been struggling with cakewalk for a while and I am thrilled that I found your tutorial. I love how you simplified it every step of the way to make it easier for beginners to understand. I am looking forward to more videos and would love to know how to set up the fender micro in cakewalk, and sink voice recording with thek recorded instruments.
Jusr found this channel after installing cakewalk. Im just learning to sing, and play guitar, and never recorded before. This bloke seems great, so easy to follow, a easy on the ear American accent, no hyperbole, just facts. Subscribed
You're THE MAN, Mr. Zane!
You got right to it, moving quickly, and showed us lots. Yes, you gained a new sub. Thank you. Best of continuing success, Z-man.
THANKS! Been searching awhile to find someone that can teach it well. And at a cool pace not all fast. I try to pay attention. Everyone else so quick. 💯
I know how to use cakewalk but I keep watching these type of videos for refreshes. You're a godsend for beginners! Keep up your work! 💯
Right on. Nothing wrong with refreshing/reminding yourself of what you can do. Sometimes it can inspire you to try something out which could lead to a whole new song. Thank you so much for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
Thanks Zane, this video was so helpful. I upgraded from Audacity to Cakewalk about a week ago and It did feel a little intimidating at first lol. I figured it out pretty fast but you answered a lot of questions I had. I got really into bass guitar like a year ago and I'm obsessed. I'm learning as much as I can about music. I got my little studio set up going and learning a lot of theory, production, composing, arranging, etc. I think I'm gonna to try and create my first song
Right on! Glad the video helped. Have fun with your first song. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
you're the best tutor I've ever watched so far, it took me one take in watching you're Videos compared to the other tutorial vid I've watched so far! SUBSCRIBED!
!THANK YOU Audio Tech TV! This is a down to Earth Tutorial for getting started with Cakewalk for us newbies! You are AWESOME!!!
Glad it helped. Thank you for watching and for the comment. Keep creating! 👊👍
The best TH-cam Cakewalk Tutorial in one Video i viewed so far, i am impressed how you summarize everything important in this tutorial with an excellent chronologie.
Glad you enjoyed it. Best of luck on your Cakewalk journey. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
Ive been a drummer for years and finally getting into recording, This has been extremely helpful starting out thank you!!
Glad it helped. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
Thank you for clarifying how to access, manage and record beats using Cakewalk. I had no real idea how to do it until I watched this video several times then I finally understood the process. It's been a big help!
Great tutorial. I used Cakewalk for years, but life took me away from music for quite a long time. Coming back, this was helpful in ramping back up on using Cakewalk.
Just came across this video today and have installed cakewalk yesterday. This is the best video I have seen so far. I also just subscribed to your channel great work!!
Glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. Keep creating! 👊👍
You are really good at communicating. No uhs, umms, hmms, none of that stuff. Thanks for making these videos!
Thank you for this comment and for watching. Glad you enjoy the videos. Keep creating! 👊👍
I like the very down to earth explanation of using Cakewalk for those of us who are new to DAW software. Many Thanks
Glad you enjoyed the video. I hope it helps. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
I'm a beginner and confused to which Daw to use to record my music but now, after watching the video and your way of teaching us , I'm gonna download Cakewalk , watch your videos and record music.thank you so much.😀🎶🎶🎶🎶
Why is this video under-rated. This has got to be one of the most easy to understand tutorials ever. The fact that he made a simple arrangement using cakewalk and made it look so easy is blowing my mind figuratively. Props to you sir.
Just learning Cakewalk and have watched quite a few videos. So far, yours is the best. Thanks.
Glad my videos have helped. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. Keep creating! 👊👍
This is brilliant - thank you! I’ve already installed and uninstalled both Ableton and Pro Tools as I found them far too complicated and unintuitive for my simple needs. Cakewalk is much better, but this tutorial is the clincher and had me recording within 10 minutes. Awesome work.
I’m so glad that it helped. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. Keep creating! 👊👍
Thank you for making this! I watched a few other "beginner" Cakewalk tutorials and they weren't nearly as comprehensive.
Glad you enjoyed the tutorial. I hope it helped. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
I was going crazy trying to record midi drums and piano....after watching this with a strong cup of coffee, I feel like the sun just rose in the morning! A thousand thanks, Zane, for a comprehensive and exact tutorial!!
This one of the easiest and most comprehensive videos I have watched. Everything is explained in a simple way and makes sense. loved it! I am so excited to start recording!
Glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
I don't here the midi keyboard that I set up with this musical project-----on this same project when i am trying to record a vocal part the midi it does not play where I can here it with music, I can here the drums audio however, is this some type of input or output issue ( or just your expert---advice needed). ....That I don't quiet understand? Thank you appreciate much !!!!!! your videos and right to the point too!
This is terrific. I was considering getting Cakewalk because I had used it many years ago but there weren't lessons like this around LoL
Liked and subscribed, and I will be back once I get going.
Glad you enjoyed the video. Hope you enjoy Cakewalk. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
I'm just starting out using Cakewalk so this video is super helpful. Thanks again Zane!!!!!
Right on! Glad it's helpful. Thank you so much for continuing to watch. Hope you like working with Cakewalk. Keep creating! 👊👍
Seriously excellent! So clear and concise. Thanks so much for spending so much time making awesome videos like this, they make so much difference to people like me that love to play and have just started investigating the world of DAWs, which seem pretty daunting to begin with. Can’t wait to try recording now!
Glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
This really helped, I've literally just downloaded cakewalk and I've never created music before, your step by step explanations are simple enough for me to understand thank you =]
Glad it helped. Have fun and stick with it. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
Thanks so much. I am new to the concept of recording and mixing the music I play. I started becoming involved with the hardware, software, and all other aspects to performing on line, zoom, jamulus, and others when we were all shut down due to Covid. What a journey! Between a language the industry has of it’s own and uniqueness of each piece of hardware it is nothing less than frustrating. As far as DAW’s go I have tried many, oh my. THANK YOU for this video. It is the first that I have seen that COMPLETELY explains everything to get started. As an example many tutorials will click on %#@$ button, but never show where the button is. Reason enough to go postal. You showed the button and it worked. Fantastic thanks.
This is the first Cakewalk tutorial I've been able to find that's actually been helpful for me. Thank you for that
Glad it helped. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. Keep creating! 👊👍
Thanks Zane! Having just downloaded Cakewalk onto my new PC, I have found these videos really helpful. It's been a long time since I used Cubase on an Atari ST (honest!) and the world has moved on soooo much that it has been rather overwhelming. You videos are clear, concise and easy to follow, which is just what I need right now! Thanks so much for helping out!
Wow an Atari ST! I had a friend that had one with music production software. I was jealous, I was still using a couple of cassette recorder at the time. Lol. Glad you found my videos helpful. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
@@AudioTechTV The Atari ST with its built in MIDI interface was the gateway for me... I had a few synths but the machine opened the door (DAW?) to being a solo performer. I loved that thing. Around 2002, I fell out of love with making music (all sorts of reasons...) but around 2015 I found I wanted to get back into it but - wow - everything had changed so much! Been DAWless for a while but the time has come and Cakewalk seemed to tick all the boxes (...and it's free!!! how can that be??? Amazing!). But it's going to be a long learning curve, but am very much looking forward to learning it and benefitting from your knowledge. Thanks so much so sharing and helping.
I changed the driver settings. After the change I could not hear any sound , I changed the setting back and still no sound.
I wanted to see if I could find other cakewalk tutorials outside of the one creator I have been trying to follow and stumbled on your channel and this video by pure accident. Been putting off doing anything with cakewalk and music production because I've been so lost in the interface and all this other intimidating newbie stuff. But this walkthrough video is extremely well put together, clearly articulated so far (only about 60% through the video), and it's been IMMENSELY helpful. Thank you!
Definitely subbed because I see a few other videos of interest that I'd like to check out after this.
I’m glad you found this video helpful. Thank you for stumbling across my channel and watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
Hello.
Do you have a video showing a way to use the sounds directly from my keyboard? I don't like any of the midi options and it's just simpler for me to be able to record what is actually in the sound bank of my keyboard. How would I go about that?
Really great video. I've been using Cakewalk since version 3 (by 12 tone Systems) Yes, I'm that old.
There's so much about Cakewalk that I haven't learned or used. I start fooling around with my music. Then something comes up and I don't touch it for a few months. So, anything that I DID know I have forgotten and have to start all over again. And now that covid is keeping me in the house I suddenly find myself with a ton of time on my hands. I'll be binge watching your vids and trying out everything I've learned.
Thanks for posting!!!
Do created profiles for drums exist out there like drum scripts? @13:56
I used to use cakewalk yeeeears ago, never quite got the hang of it, but now I'm playing with this new FREE version (handy cos pensioners don't have a lot of money!) and I must say I've got half way through your first beginners guide and I had to stop to write this, WOW very good, thanks for making this easy for my tired old brain (just 66 yrs old here) I'm looking forward to using it, I'm just hoping that it fulfills my needs as all I want to do is play a backing track and further my bass playing, yes I'm a bassist🙂 so let see what the next load of videos brings, thanks again.
Why you don’t like cakewalk?
@@filliiiii7 no, I do, I just struggled with it 20 or more years ago with no youtube😁 now thanks to these videos, it's a lot easier👍
This is one of the better laid out & explained tutorials I've seen on this site. Good job!
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Wow - Excellent! EXACTLY what I was looking for - cutting through the quagmire of options, just get to the nitty gritty - boom! - done! Bonus bro! Thanks so much!
I really loved it (or, am loving it). But a I clicked the + (Create) sign, I had loud statics...
Any ideas?
I have WASAPI shared on Driver Mode. ASIO4all was not accepted.
Just had a quick question about the drums using the step sequencer. A lot of the things on the left are either programmed to 2 different thinks or not assigned a sound at all. 2 of the toms and both of the cymbals are not assigned either. is there a way to assign them?
I have a Line6 Firehawk amp. How would I connect over PC? Do I just connect amp via usb then open Cakewalk & look for a VST? Thank You.
Wow this video is unbelievably helpful. Thanks for making this!
How do you get rid of the machine gunning type sound when a key is pressed on my keyboard? I've been trying to figure it out for days and it drives me crazy. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks
Thank you so much for this. I've been staring at Cakewalk, trying to figure out where on earth I even begin. Now maybe I can actually record some covers with something other than my phone. :D
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right on, just starting the world of Cakewalk, this helped a lot, will be watch more. Thanks
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Never skip an ads cause your videos are helpful!
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Zane!!!! Dude!!!! Thank You!!!!
Im gonna spend the night using THIS awesome knowledge!!!
Thank You for sharing and explaining the process so thoroughly.
Zane, I really like all of your Cakewalk instruction videos! It's a lot to learn, but you make it very clear, and go step by step. Your pace is just right! I dabbled in Audacity recently and didn't care for it. Before that, it was n-Track Studio which worked for me for years, but lately something changed. Thumbs up, and I subscribed!
Glad you like the videos and they help. Cakewalk is an incredible free program. Good luck with it. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
I got to the 2:09 mark in the video. Nothing shows up for me under the 'input drivers' and 'output drivers' tabs except for 'friendly name | driver name'. What's the issue?
Maybe you haven’t installed the Asio driver for your interface. You have to install it manually. If you don’t have one then you can use the WASAPI shared option.
@@AudioTechTV i already selected the asio driver
If you’ve already selected Asio as the driver type and you don’t have an Asio driver installed then you won’t have anything show up for inputs and outputs. You can have a look at your audio interface’ manufacturers website to see if they have an Asio driver that you can download and install. This would be the ideal solution.
If there isn’t an Asio driver or if you just don’t want to install it for whatever reason then you can switch the driver type to WASAPI shared and your audio device should show up in there.
I never knew you could show the notes in the piano roll. Cool.
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Thank you for the tutorials. Thanks to you, I came to this DAW and I am thrilled.
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Happy I found your tutorial. I’ll be checking your others as you do a no filler style tutoring. Thank you for taking the time for people like me.
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I'm not even a musician, I'm just dipping my toes on production so I can do some stuff on my own for my videos and indie games. But then I started playing with the program and it's all so fun, I'm making a little remix of The Entertainer and I'm having so much fun, makes me wanna become a musician for real lol
I really like using cakewalk (albeit after just one day 😅). After I got my midi controller and audio interface device drivers installed, everything simply worked when I went through the steps shown in this tutorial. I can't say the same about some other DAWs and some of the other ones weren't so kind with introductory plugins as well. Great tutorial on a great starting DAW!
Tyvm! I'd checked about 4 tutorials, this has been the best one so far!
you are the only person i've seen give a slow, easily understandable cakewalk tutorial. Props!
Thankyou,just downloaded this DAW a couple of days ago,and on connecting my Yamaha MX49,I couldn't get a single sound from the computer - but now I think I know why.
Your video is a perfect learning tool; I sincerely appreciate the time and thought that you put into making the presentation so concise verbally, and easy to follow visually. [I recently spent days reading through a 70 page manual for a tascam DP-03SD; and 11 mins into your video, the use of multiple instruments using f/x amp sim, has made starting up with Cakewalk seem so simple. 😅What a relief that the learning curve for Cakewalk is so much quicker to get to make an entire song with various instruments; using amp sims, and midi, for keyboard and drums. I am looking forward to watching the rest of this video - Thanks to you, I am going to be able to start using Cakewalk, to try out my midi drums, and keyboard, this afternoon. Much sooner than I anticipated; given how prohibitively time consuming it was for me to get up to speed with modern pc, and audio gear; I have been reading more instruction manuals, and watching tutorial videos 😖than grad school exam week. Originally setting about to convert my old 4-track cassettes into digital ( back when all I needed to know how to use were instruments, amps, mics, tsr cables, the 4 track, and a cassette player). After buying an audio interface, stereo monitor - I got a new keyboard, 8 track, mics, drum midi controller and built a faster pc hoping to get up to speed with modern DAW. Just wanted you to know, this video has made my day. ✨ The amount of steps to get from point A to B, so I can create a song with guitars/keyboard/percussion and vocals - with the plethora of new options, enabled by modern audio tech, has been made less of a tedious labyrinth thanks to your excellent educational 🥇Audio Tech Tv. 👍 Keep up the great work!
Nice! This was much needed; just downloaded the DAW today and ready to venture out from the one I've been using for 5yrs or so. Thanks for sharing! 👍
By far the most understandable and easiest explaination video of cakewalk
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Thanks, Zane for a great tutorial. A big help when getting started in Cakewalk.
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You have the best tutorials for sure especially for beginners like myself, thanks.
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Thanks for the great tutorial! I'm stoked to try making music and this is my first step. I'll be back for more for sure!!!
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Thanks a lot for the tuitorial, you explained it very well. Helped out a lot.
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I was away from Cakewalk for a long time. This was a big help.
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i straight up just dont have the any midi instrumenta other than cakewalk tts 1, pressing the button you showed did nothing for me is my install broken?
With you it's easy and simple, you did great job here. Thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed the tutorial and it helped. I have an updated one coming out very soon too.
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Great! I'll be waiting👊 @@AudioTechTV
bro low key cooked up a banger
I know I'm kinda 2 years late :))) But, seriously, this was probably the most helpful video I've seen. Quick, detailed, easy to follow, and very informative. Thank you for the time and effort you put into this video!
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Lol It works well, and I'm 2 years late as well, but I agree with the owner of this comment :)))
this is awsome thank you so much cakewalk was the only thing i had not tried but was so confused on how to use it!
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Great tutorial, it really helped me through the first steps of using Cakewalk
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Thanks. It was really instructuve and made really simple as a walkthrough. Thanks a lot. I subscribed :)
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This was super helpful. Thanks for sharing this information.
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This was actually a great help. I will return and see more. Good help on drums. Thank you..
Thank you so much for explaing everything with lots of detail
Hello, thank you for your video. I'm stuck in the first step- I am trying to connect my Roland f701 to Cakewalk but it doesn't show in the devices. The input and output drivers are empty... what to do?
I think the f701 only has midi capabilities but not a built in sound card. For the audio device you can use The default windows settings or wasapi driver. Or if latency is an issue you can try downloading the free Asio4all driver. This way you can still use your built in sound card but record the midi from your f701. You will enable your keyboard in the midi settings.
If you have an audio interface make sure you download the latest Asio drivers from the manufacturers website and then set it up in Cakewalk.
Thank you so much for this. I'm just making my first steps onto the matter and I'm really thankful for your videos. Already liked and subscribed and well here's my comment too!
Cheers!
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😍I like the way you explain everything, it's so easy for a good listener to understand your teaching thank you very much for this tutorial God bless you 🙏
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Used my rocksmith USB cable and this video and now can record....Thank You So Much
Do you need to install the assistant for extra sounds?
Very helpful ! Nothing more or less to say. It will surely helps me to start my new project :) Thanks !
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Thanks Zane - You are a life saver. This is like breaking into a safe full pf goodies Cheers!
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Thank you brother. Just downloaded cakewalk and had know idea where to start. Especially since I've never recorded my music.
Beautiful ...Zane, thanks for taking the time to do this.. Simple and great for someone like me who is actually qualified ( Logic / Pro Tools...etc ). Have been away from the game for a while. My iMac died and finances won´t let me get back to Mac world. This reminds me a lot of Logic. Very quick to get recording so ideas don´t get lost. Chrz and thanks again. I splurged on a Focusrite interface so all good to go.
Just asking if i need to connect the interface output into a speaker or amp? to get a sound.. I tried without output using the built in PC speaker but no sound.. thanks
You will need to connect either speakers or headphones to the audio interface in order to hear what’s being played through it.
Thanks, man. Got me up and running on Cakewalk!
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I am so glad you get rite to the meat and potatoes of your tutorials. So many ppl want to ramble on and on with useless and meaningless dialog. Thanks for all your help.
Great, no frills and clear concise video! Thanks!
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been using it for a while and I love it! just one technical question, when I make 2 tracks, lets say one beat and the other is audio recording to sing along, when I hit record on the second channel, it starts recording the beat from first track through my audio interface. it still records my voice but it also records the beat from the other track I domt understand how.. how can I separate tracks inputs or what should I do?
What driver type are you using? And what input source do you have for your vocal track?
@@AudioTechTV i use my audio interface Steinberg ur22 mk2 as input for my vocals, and in preferences "playback and recording" its shows WASAPI shared as drivers mode not ASIO, i don't know if that could be a reason
Im newborn fresh to producing music the video has helped me a lot with some basic but a lot of the stuff I didn't quite understand what books or videos can I get to give me a better understanding on what it and how it works and effects tracks. For example I don't know what a driver mode is or the differences between them. I need some sort of step by step guide for the more technical stuff. Such a difficult game.
I am not able to find any instruments. The only one I have is 'Cakewalk TTS-1'. What am I supposed to do?
Open up the Bandlab Assistant again and go back to the Cakewalk section then select install add ons. Then make sure you choose Studio Instrument Suite as one of the things you want to install. This will isntall those included instruments. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍
@@AudioTechTV Yes, I installed the Studio Instrument Suite with the software but the virtual instruments are still not showing up.
@@vishnu8695 have you tried searching in the built in browser for them? Make sure you are on instruments and not effects when searching. Also go into Edit - Prefernces then click on the vast settings section and make sure C:\program files\cakewalk\vstplugins is listed in there. If it’s not there then add that location.
@@AudioTechTV I checked the VST plugin location and it was already added. And I did search for instruments and not effects. I will just try and reinstall Cakewalk to see if that works. *Thanks a lot by the way! Love your content! :D*
@@vishnu8695 that might be the best thing, do a full reinstall. I hope it works out for you. Thank you for continuing to watch. Keep creating! 👊👍
This was the perfect video for me. I just wanted to know absolute basics and and this delivered. Thanks man
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Thank you so much for this video! Also just have one question, with the amp Sims that come with cakewalk, are there any solid metal tones, preferably for grindcore/powerviolence?