cakewalk help needed

[Ken Williams]

I have an old version of Cakewalk. In the piano roll window, I managed to program a short song. When I try to record the vocal everything works fine. But, when I play it back it's not in sync with the music. The vocals lag behind a second or two. Could anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong or how to fix this?

Thanks,
Ken
Ken

[Gary Pederson]

Are you using a software synth? If so, the latency of the synth would probably cause an out of sync problem.

[Dave Van Allen]

...there is also a setting in the Cakewalk s/w to check a box to make an audio track the "timing master"... I forget which you want, the MIDI controlling the timing, or the audio track; seems to me the MIDI might be more consistent (if not using a software synth), but I ain't near my Cakewalk computer to verify which or under what menu the timing master setting might be found.COnsult your manual

if the audio is consistently the same amount out of sync, it may be a monitoring-while-recording issue, or "latency"; you may be able to slide the track into a better sync with the midi trax with the editing tools once it's recorded.

much of this depends on the speed of your CPU, hard drives (and their level of fragmentation), windows audio drivers, version of the OS you are running, version of Cakewalk... so many variables

You can also go to www.cakewalk.com support section and look for the FAQ's and user newsgroups related to your specific product. a fine forum of q&a specifically about such Windows/Cakewalk esoterica.

good luck!

[Ken Williams]

Thanks guys for the information. Dave, I tried the slide function and it worked pretty good.

Ken

[Dave Van Allen]