How to Fix Latency in Cakewalk by Bandlab

[@skillstacker9268]

Freezing is great. I got in the habit of freezing pretty much any virtual instrument or tracks with high-latency effects (like amp sims). It's quick and undoable! Right-click the freeze button, choose 'Freeze Options' and you can choose whether to include effects in the freeze. This was not the default behavior when I started using it, not sure about new installations of Cakewalk. Also extend the 'Freeze tail duration' if sounds like crashes ringing out are getting cut off. Thanks Mike!

[@CreativeSauce]

Nice tip Terry! I didn't know about the right click options :)

[@FredsGratisScores]

Since I work completely in virtual instruments at the moment, I do this every time before starting the mix. I'll first bounce all the track MIDI clips to one clip, then extend the head of each track clip to the beginning of the timeline. That way all of the frozen audio files (which are rendered to the Audio project folder) start at the same place for archiving. Once that's done, I close Cakewalk and reopen the project (which loads really fast) just to make sure all the program memory is cleared out and recovered. Then I'll start my mix.

[@fastcarsoldandnew]

Ooh! Didn't know about freeze tail duration. As someone who likes things drenched in reverb that'll be a very handy setting I think.

[@t-boog2173]

Can you or Mike please help me. When I un-freeze certain virtual instruments the track moves/shifts out of time. I keep having to realign the track with the rest of the song tracks. It's super frustrating. Can someone please explain why this is happening and what to do about it . Thanks guys!

[@alexchapinmusic]

To whoever reads this, Jesus loves you!! 😊❤

[@Dongfloppy]

Jesus loves pizza 🍕

[@dasarimusic]

@@Dongfloppydon’t we all ❤

[@marcuscurtismusic]

Disconnect from the internet when you are recording music. Some people don't think about this but there are apps that run in the background that people don't know about. these apps check for newer versions of the software. In the past, I have ruined good recordings simply because the Windows operating system was updating and I was unaware of this going on while I was trying to record music. You can turn off the update feature but the simplest way to fix it is to just disconnect from the internet. While the computer is on the internet the operating system will use system resources that could be used for recording. Use Task manager to close down programs that run in the background and programs that start when you turn on your computer. You got to be careful here because many of these are needed by the operating system. You can shut things off like google crash handler, Adobe startup apps, update apps, print spooler, and Microsoft office. You will be amazed at what this does for latency. They will all come back when you reboot your computer.

[@TheOptionmentor]

Putting Windows 10 in Airplane Mode also relieves a lot of pressure on the CPU and is easy to go in and out of...

[@claudevieaul1465]

I definitely have to try this, thanks so much for the tip!! 😀👍

[@TerenceKearns]

Wow. Never thought Of that. Windows networking bloat - what a surprise. It will probably do windows updates in the bg while you’re trying to record a band :/

[@justmejammin]

👍🏻

[@doobiedoghousewilson]

Super helpful. Solved my latency issues. Actually, when it comes to Cakewalk tutorials, yours are the best. Thanks!

[@riffer9665]

I don't understand people who dislike videos like this. Mike's information is so valuable.

[@WellnessRosterHQ]

I think there a is a subset of people who go out of their way to try to sabotage channels by disliking every video they watch.

[@solomon.powell]

I switched the driver from MME to ASIO and it INSTANTLY fixed latency issues with all my instruments! Thank you Thank you Thank you sir!

[@chrisknowles64]

Yet another great video Mike! Always love when you sneak back into Cakewalk land from StudioOne!! 🤣

[@CreativeSauce]

Lol, like putting on an old pair of slippers!

[@hoggboyy]

OK, that's fine but how come when I record its always late on playback too! I'm not even listening to myself playing through the daw, I'm listening through the direct signal on my interface. I've tried everything to fix it with multiple different daws, and there doesn't seem to be any information on this online. I get sooo tired of recording something and then having to drag it back afterward and line it up. PLEASE HELP, I'M LOSING MY MIND.

[@thelootexperiment]

Annoyingly I have an issue where when I record into bandlab it plays back in time and in sync with everything else. But if I then do some more recordings it's then out of sync by a small amount but noticeable. If I refresh the preferences it then goes back to normal. I am using wasapi shared. What's my solution? Use asio?

[@reevrob]

Question for you. ASIO is two decades old, and so are most DAWs and audio interfaces. How come we can never bring the latency at the minimum setting without the clicks and pops? Why is there always a trade-off, even with a powerful system? Haven't software developers and hardware manufacturers found a way around this? Lots of questions. Sorry! I've always wondered...

[@juergen_b]

Mike, you excelled yourself with this video! Great topic and even greater explanation! Question on the Task Manager measurements: I expected that freezing would reduce CPU and memory consumption during playback. Why does it help while no audio is playing? Do all the plug-ins process silence the whole time?

[@jeremiahwat1]

An additional tip for the latency part. If you apply the delay timing concept here, you will get the same results. Anything above 10 milliseconds will become identifiable by the human ear. Anything that's 10 or fewer milliseconds will not be distinguishable. In essence, all you really need your computer to do is hit 10 milliseconds for latency, and then you're good. Just balance that out with sampling. There's a super old and classic 80's/90's looking video on KZbin called the art of mixing. It teaches this concept along with a lot of other mixing ideas extremely well!

[@kiethyrich]

thanks for this advice. do you put the sample number (from the latency page in the sync section to line up your recorded audio?

[@saulgoodman7858]

10ms is a fast time. Creative Sauce didn't even have that time and he has a professional setup.

[@999beat]

with the latest versions of Banlab cakewalk 2020.9 I am getting a lot of pops and clicks once I have plugins on (Kontakt, ozone etc). older songs where I never had any issues now have the pops and clicks on them. Any suggestions or other folks getting the same issue?

[@davidkeller8084]

I have found that the best way to deal with latency without rearranging your computer settings every time you want to record is "OUTBOARD MONITORING", this is a little more advanced but, it really isn't that difficult. You just need a good interface with more than two outputs and a decent mixer, and this is not as expensive as it may sound.

[@tristanthompson9488]

Still relatively new to recording and especially using cakewalk and have only encountered these latency issues in the last few weeks, this video has come out at just the right time! Really helpful stuff!!

[@CreativeSauce]

Fantastic! I hope it helps :)

[@itsproof2]

I started using bandlab during the summer but gave up on it because of the ongoing problem that I just couldn’t fix. When I would plug in my USB mic the audio would just come out high pitched and super choppy.

[@jmwilhoit]

Great video, Mike. I stumbled on another method of removing latency while recording vocals or guitars. I arm a track for recording in Cakewalk with the echo turned off. Then I open up the standalone version of IK Multimedia's Mix Box and load the effects I want to hear. Then I go back to Cakewalk and start recording. I can then hear my Cakewalk tracks and whatever I have going into Mix Box at the same time with zero latency. It is glorious. I wanted to share that with you and your viewers. You might make a video of that process, sometime. Thanks for all you do for us independent music producers! Mike Wilhoit, Dothan, Alabama, USA

[@TheRsmith0118]

I change my buffer size either way, click apply but it pops back up at 512

[@steveburger9782]

As always, very informative, well choreographed and extremely well-polished! Thank you for sharing your knowledge...especially using Cakewalk!

[@jayz_amv6160]

dude your a god , i just got my focusrite and it had hella latency and this just fixed everything. Thanks so much man !!!

[@brianarsenault9281]

An excellent tutorial! I would have been discouraged if I hadn't stumbled across your tutorial to improve cakewalk latency issues. Thank you for your comprehensible instructions, very clear, concise and easily understood. : o )

[@004-t7d]

Thanks a lot for your time!!

[@user-nf8jj7pz6c]

You're the best friend i never knew i had. 🙌 saludos, hermano 🇵🇷🇦🇺

[@afugrey]

i already done recording my vocals , and if i playback my vocal is sometimes falling behind (means my vocal isn't catching ip with the beat). i recorded it everytime and if i turn on the echo i can hear my voice is actually in sync with the beats , but when playback time it isn't

[@alferrante2187]

Anyone know how to fix latency PLAYBACK issues . While I’m recording the latency is OK …. When I playback the second track it’s slightly behind. Any help would be appreciated!

[@johnriley8314]

Killer video as usual Mike...atency is just a big o'l PAIN IN DA ASS 4 SURE... But ,ALL these are GREAT TIPS to help out with it . You still my fav. CAKEWALK GURU!!!! (LOL LOL)..I always promote ya EVERY chance I get to.....Keep em coming..STAY SAFE...& GOD BLESS Man.... PEACE

[@craigshaw141]

10:50 When Mike suggests to change these settings during the course of a project he means BUFFER SIZE only. Do not change bit depth or sample rate during a project. If you have weird stuff happening, like audio playing slightly fast or slow, then you can try playing with sample rate to reset audio.

[@CreativeSauce]

Thanks for clarifying this Craig:)

[@saurabhmukherjee384]

@@CreativeSauce I just suffered an audio engine dropout and I'm unable to change the buffer size as suggested by the code in such cases. The option to adjust the buffer size doesn't work. Please suggest a way around it. Thank you!

[@gabefspontes]

Hello there! Thank you for all the informtion. My CakeCalk is not allowing me to change the buffer size in mixing latency settings... dont know what to do to solve latency issue... i use a Tascam US 2x2 HR and it does not oparate on ASIO. only on WASAPI

[@derek_underwood]

That "Pinao" track brings it all together.

[@MichaelaJungheim]

But if I use ASIO I can't hear anything 😭

[@Shaunography]

Same. I used the default driver but then set the latency slider to fast. Hope that helps

[@kayax01]

What's wrong, please? I have a latency but in the driver settings under the ASIO Panel says "ASIO reported latencies..." but everything equals to zero (Input, output and so )...... ... I installed the ASI4ALL v2 driver (on my win10 pro) but when I started cakewalk it said: "The driver is known to be incompatible with cakewalk... For best results we recommend switching to a compatible ASIO or WASAPI win driver"...It says now (under the ASIO panel: input: 12.3 ms, 544 samples, output: 0, Total Roundtrip: 12.3 ms

[@arpeggioblues5924]

The reason why using 48kHz (IMHO) there is something called the "NYQUIST FREQUENCY" when you are doing digital sampling.. The Nyquist is the frequency that you digital bit-deptch will wrap around an create latency.. the Nyquist frequency is half of the SAMPLE rate frequency.. 44.1kHZ Nyquist is 22.05kHz.. imagine having your odometer in your car, it only goes up to a maximum of 99,999.9 miles, as soon as the next 0.1 mile, it goes back to zero 0.. then what happens to frequencies above the Nyquist frequency? those samples will show up digitally ast LOW frequencies, and it will ruin your quality.. it's called digital Aliasing.. If you use 44.1kHz you will have a Nyquist frequency of half that.. 22.05kHz.. which means you CANNOT sample a frequency above that with out risking really aweful Aliasing.. 44.1kHz should never process an audio signal above 22.05kHz and although the human ear cannot hear it, your body can sense this 'Presence' your bones and things around you will resonate, and your brain will pick it up. If you use 48kHz, your Nyquist is 24.0kHz no one can heare this, but it will be recorded in your track.. if you go to 96kHz, it's 48kHz audio signal, if you go to 192kHz your Nyquist freq is 96kHz, you will NEVER hear this.. but I warn you.. My dog CAN hear it and he'll run out of the room and outside.. :) truth.

[@pianissimo369]

Could you please do a video on how to set up cakewalk to record in 433hz and not 440? Or if thats not possible could you convert it later? Would like my music to heal people XD

[@arpeggioblues5924]

if you use the onboard 192 affects, it requires you to set the Universal Control to use IT's own mixer to do this.. I have always disabled it, so I have full control of mixing inside of CWbB (cake walk by bandlab).. Question: would just a super fast motherboard in your computer handle this? I'm about to build another new DAW computer, and basing it on the Ryzen 9 3900X, 12 cores, minimum.. I'm hoping that with Faster CPU more and faster dual access memory (64GB.. can go to 128Gb eventually) I should be able to speed up the Computer processing to and from the PreSonus 192.. (not found a better ADC and Ihve tried many of them .. cheap.. and up). Hope youre' well.. looking forward to some inspriation on this.. cheers, Mike

[@donrowlett]

Hi Mike, love your videos! I have a weird latency problem that none of your suggested fixes addressed. I have a very simple project where I recorded a single 2-minute midi track chord progression. I disarm recording, set a loop on the first 12 seconds, hit play and then experiment with various melodies using my Yamaha keyboard. No latency problems on the first three iterations, but midway through the 4th iteration a latency shows up, and gets progressively worse with each iteration. By the 6th or 7th iteration it takes more than 10 seconds between pressing a piano key and the time the sound is heard. No latency if I click keys in the piano roll. I am using Windows 11 ver22H2 with the WASAPI Shared driver. I have no hardware audio interface. Tried ASIO4All and other software audio drivers, no joy. Fiddled with all the settings you mentioned, no joy. Nothing out of the ordinary in Task Manager. I'm stumped. The only workaround at the moment is to loop no more than three times, stop and start the playback again for another three loops. Suggestions?

[@tavetviros]

I have a DDrum trigger interface where I connect all my inputs from my drum module. I then connect the trigger interface with a usb to my laptop. I also have an external audio interface that looks like the one you showed on the video. Can I reduce the latency if I output the sound from my laptop to the audio interface? My current setup looks like this Drum inputs - trigger interface - laptop (where I installed my vst ) - audio interface - headphones Does my setup make sense? I am doing it in the wrong order?

[@NathanEllery]

Trying to change from WASAPIshared to ASIO (which is the ASIOforAll v2 I installed and it throws the error "This driver is known to be incompatible with Cakewalk: Continuing to use this driver may lead to instability. For best results we recommend switching to a compatible ASIO or WASAPI windows driver." Thus the buffer size is greyed out on 10.0msec.

[@chargedtoheaven1679]

Hello.. good day! iim having a problem during recording (not midi)... because while im recording thru a NEW TRACK, it also records all the previous tracks...and i cant record a new sound in a new track. thanks!

[@sashlipinski7034]

I have had nothing but problems with this stuff. I change to asio4all, and all of a sudden my KZbin sound stopped working. Had to switch back to the previous setting. I hook up Focusrite 2i2, and I get nothing but crackles and pops when recording. Oh man, looks like it's back to recording with a digital mixer and amp etc........frustrating.

[@Deemcilroy]

Changed my sample rate to 4800 after watching this and the Sonar wouldn't play back. The 44.1 option disappeared and I thought I was completely screwed. Took me 30 minutes to get it back to 44.1. Maybe it's the Roland Studio Capture but I had a scary 30 minutes let me tell you lol.

[@dwightfry99]

OMG... Thank you for this video. A million times. Freezing the tracks fixed everything. Now I have to drive into the details, explain my situation, and ask a questions If anyone can answer and help others please reply. I was trying to redo a directly recorded piano track from my electronic piano. I didn't like the sound but I didn't have the versatility of midi tracks available to change it so I wanted to redo the track using midi. The latency made it impossible. I thought 'that's strange, I didn't have such latency before'. I created a new project and confirmed that I don't really have a latency problem. If i delete all of the tracks the latency goes away. Freezing the tracks fixed all of that. So my questions are... -What is the payoff? I presume that freezing a track is using up storage space to pre-render the tracks. Pre-rendering several tracks uses a lot of storage space. Is this accurate? -If the previous question was accurate, does unfreezing a track free up that space? Or does it use up space every time you make a change and freeze again? -What effects does freezing a track have on other aspects of the mix? Are there situations where freezing a track stops providing information to other tracks or bus's in the mix? EDIT: And again. Thank you. This video didn't only confirm my thoughts as I attempted to fix my problem, but ended with EXACTLY what I was looking for. I can now move on to creating music instead of digging through forums/settings because of a hangup. (I had about 25 tracks. Only 12 were necessary so I deleted the others but the problem persisted.)

[@EternalGullet]

I'm using the most current version of Cakewalk (2021). It doesn't appear to have a "Preferences" option (none under File, and typing P on the keyboard doesn't do anything). Even if I summon the "Help Bot" and type "buffer", "timing master", or other related terms, it comes back stating that "I couldn't find any relevant articles", meaning there is nothing in their Help menu that acknowledges any of these functions. Where are these functions in the 2021 version of Cakewalk?

[@mauricewennbo5407]

Great videos. Thank you. I am using a Behringer umc22 audio interface into a Chromebook os. I cannot find a driver for that interface compatible with Chromebook. So your tips are very helpful thank you.

[@zoneonemusic]

I keep forgetting about switching to ASIO. Probably because most of my previous builds didn't support it. On this build though, it immediately helped as I was having a hard time recording. Then as I tried to freeze a guitar track, it crashed twice in a row as I tried to bring up task manager to see as you were the memory go down. Tried it a third time without looking at TM and it worked fine. Don't ya just love windows?

[@arpeggioblues5924]

Generally: ASIO will NOT share with other software concurrently running that wants to access the external Audio device, which is great, because that would cause a lot of latency, so they block it from being shared (well there's an option, but it's not a good idea) ASIO4ALL will share, so you risk the possibility of latency. Also, I have noticed if your latency buffer is not just right and the number of samples per millisecond, I've seen the Audio engine completely drop out during playback and during recording. OMG that is just not good.. when it drops out, and a very fast dialog box comes up and disappears faster than you can read it tries to re-connect to the Audio device and it will test every channel's profile.. this is annoying; Cakewalk was confused, the developers couldn't reproduce it, and they also use the 192 for their development ( a very very good reason to buy that device.. it's what CWbB was programmed to work with perfectly.. good advice there). If the latency is adjusted with samples, and the lowest millisecond latency, you will never notice any latency..if you have ever tried to 'over-clock' a computer, you have several parameters to adjust to fine tune it.. I do not recommend this, but with cakewalk you only have two parameters, buffer size and number of samples.. so it's conceivably easier.. the human ear cannot detect latencies below 3 ms, we have sensual limits and computers beat us big time.

[@zeenuf00]

I use an Apollo Twin Duo USB on Windows 10 64 bit and use Cakewalk as my DAW. I was told that I should be monitoring through UAD's console software and not through Cakewalk. I have no idea how to do this, UAD forums have not been any help, and I was wondering if anyone here could help me. Thanks.

[@v_georgiev]

Hello! Thank you for the explanations. I have a question though. When I choose ASIO from Playback and Recording and then in Driver Settings, when I click on ASIO Panel, nothing happens. Furthermore, my Input and Output devices show no options with ASIO. The Audio Interface I am using is Kurzweil UNITE-2 if that matters. On their website, it says that they support ASIO.

[@aaronmanuel179]

Hi Sir, cakewalk is freezing when i am on Asio with umc22 behringer (default driiver), but if I use asio4all there is an abvious latency - any recommendation please . TIA

[@BamRoa]

Hi, newbie here. I am having a problem when using Zoom L20R and Cakewalk Bandlab. It cannot recognize the dedicated Interface's ASIO. I have to install Asio4all then to make them work compatibility. But why is it when using DAW like FL Studio, Adobe Audition, Reaper the DAW can recognize automatically the dedicated driver of Zoom L20R.

[@derpfalzer7641]

Timing Problem, maybe relatet to this here as well: I use Band in a Box and Cakewalk by Bandlab, newbie. I generated a basic for a song in BIAB at 120 bpm, and imported the single tracks as wav.file into CW. And here the 120 bpm are much slower than in CW. This then finally also results ion the fact, that I cannot use vocval, sung into BIAB and then to use in CW, because the timing is so much different. I have no idea, where I can make the settings to match both programs at the same speed.

[@richardstone7558]

Anyone offer any advice on an issue I'm having. Recording a drum track using 8 mic inputs on the kit/room and everything recorded ok but one of the tracks is slightly out of sync with the rest of the kit (Hi-Hat so it stands out and very noticeable). Would this be a latency issue?

[@robj144]

Cool video, but ASIO4all is really wonky when it comes to turning inputs on and off. It's super annoying.

[@russisaac813]

Thanks for the tips Mike, Helped me no end. I'm thinking that the guy who clicked the Thumbs Down button must have done it by accident.

[@vinayk29]

I changed the driver from MME to ASIO and now I’m not able to record from my keyboard 🙃

[@by_antony]

Hoping someone can help. I have just started to use Cakewalk and I am finding that while playing on midi controller keyboard (Akai Mini) into Cakewalk the audio distorts through laptop internal/external speakers. I am using a laptop with windows 10 64bit. Not sure how to fix this.

[@good4insects]

asio doesnt work at all for me, I have to use MME, in fact asio doesnt work for me on any of the three DAW's I have been using.....weird because everyone says use it but it straight up doesnt work with my system. lol

[@rescareguy]

“Bad enough it is invisible”.....LOL

[@Dyvineone]

Mike i love your videos But you fourgot about the PDC button wich speeds up latency espically when playing guitar

[@6stringsofgrace]

My system says AISO4all is not compatible with Cakewalk?

[@stevehildner5630]

Any knowledge of how to unlock my multiport? I hit the arrows on accident, I guess, and now it will not open. Lock/unlock does nothing/ Thanks.

[@marmanlive]

Thanks for the video! Can I ask you what mic stand for the desk you use in the video, please?:)

[@jonnyfunkson]

Mike your a total star mate !!!! 🤩 gonna put one of your T-shirt’s on my Christmas list 😀👍 thanks soo much dude !! 🕺🕺🕺

[@iansinclair5480]

Great videos spoilt by adds, particularly during the video. Given these are instructional style its so annoying to have an add for stuff you don't need or want. As a great uploader of quality stuff can you put pressure on KZbin to just have an add at the beginning if they have to have these. I generally click off and flick through so as to miss the adds.

[@realdqni3348]

I need some help. My latency is on 2ms but somehow i still have latency. I always record with plugins but even if i turn them off and hear my voice while recording its hard to stay on beat because i somehow still got latency. Another thing is when i record withouth hearing myself the recording and the beat dont fit, its off beat. So does somebody can help me?

[@loukastsoulakos5497]

I changed drivers to asio and cakewalk stopped getting sound input. What's the issue? I use alesis dm 10 to record drums

[@websparrow]

I can’t believe mike you missed this one. Preferences and push slider of the buffer all the way down…

[@supermediabro9782]

Asio 4all improves latency, but its not supported by cakewalk

[@ribaudio9343]

In my case, 4gb ram of old pc seriously. And all of these tips and steps is what im doing and it's super life saver...

[@richardmeborg4717]

Hi Mike, My Bufer size, is inactive, I can't move it anywhere, what can I do to change that?

[@jonathanjames7625]

The greyd out "ASIO Panel" wont do anything after i click it

[@carolsmc4732]

Sir.. i have problem with my midi keyboard.. when i touch the note and the sound late.. how to fix? Please reply my comment sir

[@thunderbirdbrown3002]

Thank you!!! Getcha Pull 🥃-CHEERS 🍻🤘🏿😎🎸

[@fishnmaster421]

I can’t get the latency out. I have a laptop, BandLab, and mic and guitars. So I’m going to have to get a interface

[@aaronmanuel179]

hi Sir, i am having issue on cakewalk when asio is being used - i am using umc22 - it's unstaable and glitchy - please advise. thanks

[@sevenfifteen]

ASIO4ALL is a very useful tool. It's the only way to get onboard soundchips down to 15 ms or less input latency (depending on your CPU). Whoever is starting out without a standalone usb audio interface needs it. I used it for many years successfully. It reminds me, that you, Mike, could add another criteria, should you test other audio interfaces in the future: how good the ASIO driver performs. Especially in the low price segment, drivers are often outdated and don't work that well with Windows 10. Such a test should be a real life session, where many vst instruments and effects, tracks and busses are in use.

[@henryakwetey3685]

Pls let's get into the latency tutorials. The speech is too much and it's taking the beauty of the practicals tutorials away pls concentrate on the practicals with less talk. Thanks my opinion though.

[@Spittin_Bars]

You forgot the possibility that people have USB mics

[@eskobaro4606]

Please man I have a very important question I have been working on project on cakewalk i saved it and i closed the app the next day I opened it and there is no sound i looked for the problem for hours please help man

[@youtubes5304]

Freezing was a great tip! Thank you so much. Love your channel!!

[@thequestlordsteviequest]

Can someone help me I only get around 20 seconds before the latency kicks back in again ??

[@danieldoyle1920]

Thank you so much I did what you did and it fixed my problem straight away, I didn't think it would be that easy, I had my studio set up then moved house's and then I started getting the delay once I set it back up

[@JoeGardner-ks3ui]

LOVE your videos. You have such a great way of explaining things and showing things with just the right amount of "getting to it" but still hitting the supporting information necessary for real understanding.

[@CreativeSauce]

Thanks Joe! Appreciated :)

[@KillaBam]

Which version of Asiago driver is compatible

[@lindenivey]

Thanks a ton for the Freeze-unfreeze tip..... Never knew what that was.

[@stonecoldstone2993]

give a comment-what buffersize works best for you

[@samapley2440]

Thank you for your service. Sorted a novice user right out

[@DavidKolbSantosh]

cakewalk gives me a notification that asio4all is not compatible

[@JocaBlues]

hi mate, i downloaded asio for all and when i chose it pc said not compatible, can you help?

[@cobusprinsloo]

Very useful tips indeed, thanks!

[@kiragalzu5134]

Great video man! Thank you for all of this help!

[@lucjanszolanski]

Extremely useful tips especially with freezing tracks. What i used to do is mute them and turn off the plugins. It helped but will freezing be more effective?

[@rickrockzyootoob]

Of course when you mute and disable, you can't hear the track. With freezing, you can, and you might be able to turn in a better performance in relation to the other parts playing in your song.

[@dave.h4075]

Thanks Pops, problem solved!

[@elijahangel2473]

says im getting 10 ms but i cant record in real times with plug ins

[@peterheyt5693]

Ohhh where can I found that task manager:-)

[@allanosantiago5955]

hi Mike, thanks for this valuable information on latency. Just a newbie in Cakewalk and a lot of learning curves and frustrations. Have not reached the vocal recording and still figuring out audio interface on my guitar and keyboard. Yesterday just received my audio interface Komplete Audio 2 and another thing to figure out. Decided to your channel because your methods of teaching the technical things seems to work for me. Let you know how things workout in one of your videos. Great tutorial. - allan

[@allanosantiago5955]

... i decides to subscribe. Thank you.

[@Cheeesare]

Thank you very much Mike!!

[@tomlabuda6719]

I am just starting my "home recording adventure" and after watching some of your videos about Cakewalk, I abandoned Reaper. I really appreciate your ability to explain complicated things in a clear and interesting way like Freezing for example, I keep watching :))

[@dmalovic]

I am trying to decide myself. With Reaper being so affordable and acclaimed, what made you choose Cakewalk? Can you please list a few reasons? Thanks man!

[@dalem7504]

Thanks for the tops. I found this video two years after you put it up. You mentioned that certain plugins on the Master Bus could cause latency. Sure enough, when I disabled Ozone 10 Essentials on the master bus, the latency went away.

[@dalem7504]

forgot to mention, the latency was the keyboard input.

[@YashwantMusic]

Hi there. I was mixing for one of my projects when I randomly wanted to try using the hidden 'Drum Replacer' plugin (I'm an idiot) on one of the tracks which in hindsight I shouldn't have. Cakewalk immediately crashed, and upon reopening, audio wouldn't play for some reason. I have absolutely no idea why. I can see the tracks are technically playing, and I can see the volume on the individual tracks but the master bus isn't responding. I've tried multiple things, plugging in/out my soundcard, rerouting tracks, etc, but the audio just wouldn't play. All I hear is a popping/crackling sound when I hit 'play' and 'pause'. Audio otherwise works for new projects, so not sure what really happened post the software crash that was triggered by the drum replacer. Not even sure if that was what caused it. Can you/anyone PLEASE advise because I'm absolutely lost for ideas?

[@sourabhsoni7845]

Cakewalk crashed because you tried to use the Drum replacer as a vst in fx but it only works as a region fx. select the clip right click it, and then select apply region fx it will show multiple options like vocal sync, melodyne, drum replacer.