How To Use Cakewalk by Bandlab - Routing, Sends, and Busses

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In this Cakewalk by Bandlab episode, I tell you all you need to know about routing, sends, and busses - so that you can get the results you want from your mix!
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[@samuelisaacson4582]

Mike. I have to tell you. I don't comment. Ever. But your channel is a gold mine. A real KZbin treasure. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

[@dazbuc]

You say "You may pick up something you don't already know" I have to say I pick up something I don't know with all your videos. THANKS!!

[@CreativeSauce]

Haha - thats great Darran :)

[@Capgpro1]

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[@philliptempleton3441]

I know this video has been out a while, but I came back to watch it again as I don't have outboard equipment, and wanted to use compression "pre recording" "on the way in" ... which I accomplished by doing the compression on the input track and then sending to an Aux track, actually recording the Aux track....maybe there is a better way, but I'm excited about it, ha.......all thanks to this video and your many other great ones...thanks Mike!

[@theportablemusician9877]

Hands down some of the best lessons not just for Cakewalk but for the entire spectrum of music production. Being a guitarist who is trying to mix and master his music, your videos have been tremendously helpful. Thank you so much.

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[@jlmmcguirkmusic6050]

Couldn't agree more - Excellent videos!

[@couzin2000]

Patch points could work for you if you use outboard equipment. For example, you wanna run tracks 2-3 and 6 through a patch point that send it off to a physical output which goes off into a Yamaha SPX-90. Its output can be then be routed back to another track, You may actually have multiple outboard gear, so the patch points become individual inputs again as the come back. It's wicked to see you work man, keep it up!

[@samihalinen4152]

Hi Mike! I decided to sell all my hardware gear about ten years ago, because I didn't have enough room for them after our daughter grew up (and she needed some more room of course). My father died a year ago and after that I felt a great need to express my feelings through music again. Your Cakewalk tutorials have been essential for me in the past few months, especially this one. So I wanted to say a big thank you, Mike, for your helpful, well thought and produced tutorials. Please keep them coming in the future too!

[@sabofx]

I already knew most of what you explained in this video. But I whish someone had given me your excellent explanation about 20 years ago. It would have saved me a lot of grey hair and bad mixes along the way ;-) Thank you for saving a new generation of producers from this unnecessary harm.

[@SuperNashwanPower]

I've learned more on this subject in 20mins that I had in the previous 20 years! Bravo Mike!

[@AdemolaAdeniyi]

Thank you sooooooo much for all these videos about Cakewalk by bandlab. I am trying to switch my DAW from Cubase to this one because I cant afford a new one. The cracked ones I got are veeeery limited. So I decided to try a switch. Thank God I found this channel. It will help me make the BIG switch. Thanks a lot again

[@NothingComparesCo247]

13:00 Send Ref 32:32 Aux Ref, Thanks just starting my mixing journey

[@sevenfifteen]

I immediately see a convenient solution in Patch Points, whenever the same signal has to be edited in several different ways. Say, you don't have a multiband-compressor, but want to differently compress three bands. PatchPoint send to three tracks that have an eq + compressor loaded. With Aux channels you would have to create 3 sends, with busses you would have to create 3 sends as well.

[@CreativeSauce]

Yes, that makes some sense. Nice!

[@davidejori6125]

Finally i understood what all those tracks are (expecially buses). I love this software more and more. Thank yuo!

[@TheOnlineBusker]

Ha!! At 25:19 he says "I'll just let you listen to parallel compression on it's own, sounds pretty terrible" then plays something that sounds better than anything I've ever recorded haha, almost spilled my coffee! Great video man, thanks for taking the time to make this!

[@gary4gill]

I have been using this software for years and now I watch a clear logical explanation for the use of aux and bus routing. Big thanks!! :-) Really enjoy your videos.

[@CreativeSauce]

Hey Gary - I'm glad it was useful!

[@sam12118]

So did i .. thanks Mike 😚

[@musicfrommicksroom]

Thank you for your videos! I've learned a lot about Cakewalk from them! Most recently, I used Patch Points to separate the Left and Right channels of a stereo audio file into two mono files. If you just convert a stereo file to mono, it combines the Left and Right. If you send each side to their own track, it doesn't. Sometimes, I will use a Patch Point to add an effect to a certain frequency range of an instrument.

[@CreativeSauce]

Nice I like that, thank you :)

[@Web4Panama]

You raised a challenge for ways to use Patch Points. I'm a newbie with Cakewalk and with recording with DAW's but an idea sprang to mind as you said it. Imagine you have a song and you want to open with a certain mood, and have the guitar bright, clean but a bit 'spacey, then you want a midsection with a 'dirty guitar'', and an end section with a different set of effects and EQ. You would be able to change from one mood to another throughout the song - and back again, and change gradually from one mood to another simply by automating the volume of the guitar's Patch channels. I have not done this but I think it makes sense. I found this content very useful, cheers.

[@kochuvarghesejoseph5749]

Wow! That's a great idea actually! The automation will go crazy and it can even be just guitar part looping over and over again but different feels! Ha this idea is amazing!

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You are simply the best DAW teacher!!

[@briancherry8088]

I just started with Cakewalk this month. What did everyone do before your videos? I'd be lost without them. Thanks!

[@ivonicolaes1]

All of us were just struggling... ;)

[@clownpocket]

I mostly used Cakewalk as a multitrack tape machine. And some midi stuff.

[@davidwarren5556]

You are honestly the best tutor on youtube for mixing and mastering. I saw several other videos on this same subject, and though the knowledge was there, it got confuse, either cause some steps were skipped or talking too fast or lack of interest in transmitting knowledge some people don't own the teaching gift, which you have. Knowledge doesn't equals to know how to teach. thanks for these very helpful tutorials Mike. Cheers

[@crawlingman7003]

I’m fairly easily confused by the ‘routing’ topic. Thank you for covering it. 👍

[@davidbrowning6762]

For years I have been searching for an explanation of this information and I just stumbled upon this video and this brilliantly explains it. Thank you and now I’m a subscriber!!!

[@CreativeSauce]

Awesome David! I hope you can make great use of it! Thanks for subscribing :)

[@chrischallacombe3477]

Just started using Cakewalk last week.....these videos are most helpful brother!!! Thanks and cheers!

[@ericgiova1663]

Awesome ! Routing, Sends, and Busses explained in 30 minutes !

[@powerseostrategy]

I love Cakewalk and have been using it since the Twelve-Tone days!

[@arthursutter109]

You can use patch points to send signal to outboard gear or individual monitors

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lol - cheers Solomon :)

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@@CreativeSauce please do a video of how I can change the tempo of a song, for example the beginning of 150bpm and the bridge of 130bpm and rise up to 150bpm from the final chorus

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Always good easy to understand tutorials, brill!

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Hi, Mike! This is the tutorial I was looking for! Thank you very much for your help!🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Fantastic work Mike

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Thank You! Your videos are so helpful!

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Good work. Never stop

[@guitarstringman7403]

Thanks, Mike. A load of good information after working with Cakewalk for almost 20 years!

[@FrequencyAlchemy]

Yet another gem ... thanks so much Mike for sharing your time and knowledge!

[@kayve214]

Excellent tutorials! Thank you so much!!!!

[@robycanuri]

Excelent Video. Easy to understand, like all your vids. Thanks a lot Mike!!!

[@JohnFRodgers]

Thanks for including the extra bits like the hidden hardware device faders!!

[@megacrippled]

This kind of help is priceless. Really, truly, thank you.

[@rickwitt5735]

This was a fantastic lesson. It's much appreciated!

[@foomberto]

My projects are gonna be a lot cleaner now! Thanks for this!

[@ehi3398]

Thank you, Mike. I have gotten so much from your videos. Your hard work is appreciated!!

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Thanks so much for your very helpful videos!

[@tonytonewharton]

Just wanting to give you a heartfelt thanks for this and many of your other great Cakewalk videos! I have watched this video many times and the info is finally syncing in! Cheers!

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So nice way you explain, in the greatest details, the subject of each video! So well done, and SO USEFUL!

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Quite excellent tutorial. Thanks for sharing.

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This was very very useful! Thank you!

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Using Cakewalk for years but you explain things so clearly and teach new things. Thank you so much.

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Great video. Very informative. You're a great teacher. Keep up the brilliant work. BIG THANKS!!

[@srcuchara]

Very useful, thanks Mike!

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Thank you for sharing the videos and the knowledge, very, very helpful.

[@DavidPLopez]

i was looking for this channel the whole year... just fouind it, had to learn most of this from old sonar videos.. thanks!

[@friggsymusic]

Thanks Mike - Some excellent info and tips here

[@yamieblues568]

Thx for this lesson! Now I got that sending and routing thing finally :)

[@chrisormelissaccc2092]

Hi Mike, I absolutely love your videos, especially this one. I'm subscribed with updates. I'm a long-time guitarist but I've always been on the other side of the glass, trying recording from home now and you have been of immense help, thank you sir.

[@OMUN76]

My Man! Thanks for this vid. Not as complicated as I thought it was going to be.

[@royvdboorn]

Thanks once again Mike! I appreciate your education

[@joegrint6280]

Just caught up with this - been missing you! That was all really interesting and I understand a lot more about buses now (actually I'm a bus enthusiast but the ones with four wheels). I wondered what auxiliaries were and hadn't even noticed the patch points! I'll go back to my mix in progress of I Won't Buy and review what I have done so far in the light of this. Thanks again and look forward to the next one - I'll have plenty of time to watch whilst we can't go to the pub or gigs over here!

[@soundclass.cursos]

Thanks for your videos Mike, always very clear.

[@OxzowachiAlt]

Thanks so much. I've watched a few videos on this topic but this is the first one that really made it click for me.

[@YunandiSetiawan]

Thankyou so much man, you teach me a lot of things with your videos..

[@philipweber404]

Awesome video! I’ve had some confusion over how and when to use busses for some time and this video makes it easily understandable. Cheers

[@frajaralon]

great video and explanation thank you for sharing your knowledge

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You're a terrific tutor Mike, kudos and keep up the great job sir👍

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You just taught an old dog a new trick!! Oustanding video... love your whole series!!

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Dina videor varit oerhört hjälpsamma. Tack så mycket.

[@mwinter10]

I'm just pausing quickly at minute 23 to say: you are a genius!!!! I should have invested all the necessary hours watching your videos before trying to work things out myself and wasting so many many more hours (with quite poor results!) over the past few years of recording... You have such a good way of explaining things so simply but very clearly. Thank you!!

[@silvaanosvs8783]

This one was exceptionally enlightening! (Been around since Pro Audio 9, but learning something new in every one of your videos)

[@Sheismypluggg]

This is by far the most important video I have ever watched thank you

[@pwykes]

Excellent video Mike! Thank you very much. I never really understood sends and busses and you have explained them very clearly here. I'm sure I will be putting this to good use.

[@markcotton7081]

Thanks Mike. Very detailed explanation regarding a complex subject that can really improve a mix if we can learn how to do it. Great lesson!

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Well presented. Impressive.

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This was very helpful! Thank you 😃🙏

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I’ve been a cakewalk user, then a sonar user and now a cakewalk user again for MANY years and I learned something! Thank you for this and all your excellent cakewalk videos!!

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Sir Mike, i am learning a lot. Thanks!

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Awesome vid. The easiest and best explanations I have seen for these “gadgets”.

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Thanks Mike...always learn something from watching your videos.

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You're a good teacher sir

[@GeorgFreese]

Thanks for this chanel. This is my Cakewalk encyclopedia! 😄

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3rd video I am looking at. Same very good teaching skills, and pragmatic topics. Amazing. Probably the best videos on mixing on YT !

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Brilliant instruction for beginner to intermediate Cakewalk users!

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Yet another educational masterpiece. Mike's lessons are always clear and well-planned with a logical flow. He's found that elusive balance between "talking down" and "too much information"!

[@TheChrome1955]

This is the first time Ive learn how to use sends, patches etc. Excellent lesson, Thanks

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Thank you so much for this video.

[@MrOnemoreknight0]

I have been using Cakewalk for years, way back from the Sonar LE version, but I have to say I pick up something new every time I watch one of you video's Mike. Great stuff, keep up the good work, I love it. Mike Knight.

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Just found your channel today......your "Mastering for Beginners" video was extremely helpful (Literally made a huge difference in a recording we just finished)....I'll be going through most of your Cakewalk vids.....subbed.

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Excellent video thanks!

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Extremely useful for those of us who are starting with CbB. Thanks

[@HeroMike17]

This is a brilliant set of knowledge, Mike! Many thanks for this. I always wondered what all these features are good for, now I understand them much better. Another good idea for all mixing beginners is to watch an explanation video e.g. on the Soundcraft M8 Mixer. Because most DAWs are modelled after these old analog mixing consoles, you can learn a lot, too. And even the signal routing plan can be very interesting... After that you will appreciate the extended features of your DAW!

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Another really good session. Thanks Mike.

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Cheers Tony!

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Thank you so much for this video, Mike! As someone who's messed around with DAWs (more Cakewalk than anything else) and recording for quite some time but still felt daunted by it all this was so helpful!

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I have been using Cakewalk for 20 years starting with the first Guitar Tracks version for basic demos and to the current version and it is great to see your videos as there hasn't been too many Cakewalk tutorials as there are other Daws. Most of the workflow and techniques I use have been from trial and error but I find that we are basically at the same place. I have picked up some very useful ideas from you and it is always great to see another persons perspective. Needless to say I enjoy your presentations and always look forward to your next video. All the best.