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Now that I got your hopes up, I'm not a Windows elf. You appear to be doing everything correctly. I brought up the number of knobs partly to be funny, but partly to point up the possibility that even if the analog services are working, it's remotely possible there is a mixer setting that's preventin...

The suggestion in the question is that the show consists of multiple tracks or segments and it's rough keeping up with the total length of all the tracks destined to be smashed into one long presentation at the end. That's why "length" doesn't work? It's only good for one track? Just so we...

What does this script do?
Koz

I priced Cakewalk. [rapid intake of breath][sitting down]

It's a full-on DAW now, and priced accordingly.

I don't need to hear the Piano Scherzo in Bb on an alto sackbut that bad.

Koz

That's a lot of knobs on that thing. Do you hear the show with headphones plugged into the mixer and do the mixer flashing light sound meters work? It appears to be a very fancy stereo mixer. So no multi-channel or complexities. I expect the Main Mix show to appear on the USB connection as a stereo ...

Apparently, I can play the built-in Mac Garageband MIDI synthesizer from my Yamaha keyboard, but not the other way 'round. So that's the answer to playing the computer from the keyboard. Jury's out on how Windows machines handle this.

Koz

Another side note. Macs were doing this when PCs were still doing c:\>. I'd be shocked if my machines couldn't handle this. I wonder how much a Cakewalk license is?

Koz

My pre-USB MIDI system could do that. I don't see why not. Cakewalk could play the keyboard from the PC, or the PC from the keyboard. As we are fond of pointing out, it's just machine control commands flying back and forth. I don't know how common MIDI interpreters are in modern computers. I haven't...

via a midi USB cable? Not directly, no. You can record the line-out or headphone out of the keyboard. I use a Behringer UCA202 USB adapter because my Windows laptop doesn't have a stereo-in. http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/peaveyUCA202Lenovo-650.jpg Alternately, you can use the midi keyboard...

adjusting the volume of a specific part within a track

Yes, but why would you need Automation for that? I get this feeling you're leaving something out—such as ... "within a track for 600 shows."

Koz