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Free Cakewalk VST Plugins
Been a while since I last posted but I’ve been reading a lot lately.
Whilst I was reading my computer music magazine I came across this cool bit of news.
Cakewalk are now offering their classic synth and effects vst plugins for download.
First up:
Cakewalk SFZ+ Professional
“rgc:audio’s revolutionary SoundFont player sample-playback engine, packed in a professional VST/DXi instrument.
Outstanding sound quality, stereo built-in effects, adjustable CPU/quality settings to adjust it to your hardware, fully multitimbral operation, multiple stereo outputs, several loading modes including direct-from-disk streaming and a beautiful interface make sfz+ the perfect choice for SoundFont users and professional composers.”
Also,
Square 1 Synth
“The warmness and classic sound of the vintage analog synthesizers, combined with the fidelity and precision of a VST instrument.
A simple synthesizer, oriented to the serious music enthusiast. High quality sound with a warm and easy layout, perfect to learn synth programming: all controls in one panel for instant access, clear and distinctive sections. The built-in effects add depth to the sound and convenience to the sound programming.”
Also available are Cakewalks Audio FX 1 and 2
Cakewalk Audio FX 1
“Cakewalk Audio FX 1 is a series of four dynamic real-time audio processing plug-ins including Compressor/Gate, Limiter, Expander/Gate, and Dynamics Processor. Audio FX 1 plug-ins use 32-bit, floating-point processing, providing you with fast, precise, mono and stereo audio effects. Audio FX 1 can be used as real-time effects during playback, or used to render audio tracks as off-line edits. So you get maximum editing flexibility whether you’re mixing tracks at home or in the studio.”
“Created by precise measurement and analysis, Audio FX 2 uses advanced processing algorithms to apply the classic sound and warmth of several different vintage guitar amplifiers and analog tape decks to your digital audio. Best of all, these plug-ins allow you to get all of the good things associated with vintage gear, such as their distinctive sound and warmth, without the problems and undesired effects that older equipment often have.”
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Working with Intervals (part 2) Major 2nd
In the previous article I stated that in order to understand intervals and their importance we need to listen to them.
In order to create a better feeling for the sound we also need to correlate that with playing.
Below are pictures and tab describing how to play the major 2nd interval on guitar and piano.
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As usual in the Key of C…
:::Major 2nd:::
Piano Roll View:
Staff View:
Piano: play the two notes together,
Guitar TAB: play the two notes together,
The above examples show the Major 2nd Interval being played together.
Try playing the notes seperately, ie C then E
See below,
Piano roll:
Staff View:
Piano: Play the ‘red dotted’ key first(C) then the ‘blue dotted’ key(D)
Guitar TAB: First note is C Second note is D
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Getting to grips with the Major 2nd as with all intervals should be part of your compositional and practical training.
Hearing the difference between a tone and a semitone is also important.
The Major 2nd is probably one that most people find harder to get to grips with when the notes are played together, tones played in this way clash, but sometimes that can be in a good way.
If you flatten the D in the Major 3rd you get a minor 3rd.
Practicing this interval as well will help tune you ears to the semitone.
Always let your ears be the best judge of what sounds good.
Played separately in a melodic sense the two notes close proximity should be listened to carefully.
All melody is built on intervals, listening carefully will help create and also transcribe melody, harmony, riffs and chord structure.
:::End of part 2:::
Working with Intervals (part 3) Major 3rd
Related Articles:
Theory: Working with Intervals (part 1)
Basics of chords – Triads, Modes and Spellings
Render / Freeze Track Reaper
To render a vst instrument or effect in Reaper frees up your CPU resources.
Reaper: Render Stereo Stem
To render or ‘freeze’ your track: choose TRACK and you will see two render options
The above picture shows the ‘Stereo’ stem render option.
The above picture shows the ‘Mono’ stem render option.
Reaper: Render Audio
Sometimes too many VST’s can clog up your PC/Laptop this usually manifests itself in spluttering audio and audio dropouts – freezing or rendering these tracks to audio helps relieve your processor and increase your options.
Tip: Make a backup of your file before you do anything drastic – make a new copy of your song as well and rename it.
The way I usually do this is like so,
1. Original File = song.rpp
2. Backup File = song_backup.rpp
3. Rendered File = song_render.rpp
This may seem excessive but get yourself into the practice of backing up everything,
believe me if you don’t one day you’ll wish you had…
Editing Reaper – Split a track
Splitting a track in Reaper is pretty simple -
Works for Midi and Audio
Editing Reaper: Splitting a track
Find the place you want to split the track, use the mouse to select the area on the work area and press ‘S’
This will then split the track as below.
Editing Reaper: Splitting a track
Editing Reaper: Fixing a track - Select
If you want to fix the track or connect or ‘Glue’ parts together…
Select the two areas you want to glue together and press ‘G’
Editing Reaper: Fixing a track - glue it together
Import Midi Into Reaper
How to: insert midi files into reaper
Insert – Media File or use the keyboard shortcut using the ‘INSERT‘ key.
Insert Midi into reaper
Once you’ve located the file to be imported and chosen it a box like the one above will appear.
If you have downloaded the drums from this site then you need to untick both boxes before you press ok.
Otherwise it will import 6 tracks.
If you’ve gotten files from elsewhere then find out which track you wish to import or prepare yourself for some manual deleting.
Insert midi file - reaper
You should now have a nice drum file ready for playing.
Don’t forget to change your midi drum instrument to channel 10.
If you need to change the tempo/bpm
Change tempo in reaper
If you don’t know what BPM or TEMPO means it basically relates to the speed of the track.
BPM = Beats per minute – a lower number here will produce a slower track.
The control above is for the whole track.