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Where can I find GigaSampler

I need GigaSampler v.1.5 or whatever is the last version.
Trade acceptable

How do I convert a mono WAV file to stereo?

I recorded a concert in mono and would like to convert it to stereo. Could someone please give me a hint on how to do it? I'm probably missing an easy method, but I've exhausted my limited knowledge.

Thanks

Re: How do I convert a mono WAV file to stereo?

Programs like Cool Edit and Sound Forge are able to convert mono-files to stereo.But you won`t be able to recreate the original stereo-file with different instruments in different places in the sound picture.You can "spatialize" the sound and tweak it in other ways to make it sound wider.
regards

Re: How do I convert a mono WAV file to stereo?

Thanks Bjorn,

I tried Cool Edit and it worked just fine for my needs. I appreciate your help!

CD to computer transfers

How can I get a CD transfered to the computer in
standard WAV format? Right now I can rip the CD in
Real Jukebox, but it only comes out in 'Jukebox format'
and i cant open it in my Logic Audio Platinum to cut
the song up into a sample

Re: CD to computer transfers

Thanks everyone for your help. I wound up downloading
Total Recorder, which I can then import into
the sample editor of Logic as a WAV. Until my next
SNAFU, thanks again!

Re: CD to computer transfers

: How can I get a CD transfered to the computer in
: standard WAV format? Right now I can rip the CD in
: Real Jukebox, but it only comes out in 'Jukebox format'
: and i cant open it in my Logic Audio Platinum to cut
: the song up into a sample

Try Winamp (freeware)
You'll first have to rip it in Mp3 format,
but I think Winamp can then convert it to wav.

Re: CD to computer transfers for PC

Just try :
Easy Cd creator
AudioCatalys
AudioGrabber
Music match jukebox

Re: CD to computer transfers

: How can I get a CD transfered to the computer in
: standard WAV format? Right now I can rip the CD in
: Real Jukebox, but it only comes out in 'Jukebox format'
: and i cant open it in my Logic Audio Platinum to cut
: the song up into a sample
I've got MicroLogic, and there's a function in there called Get Movie, or something, where you read the CD track as a Quicktime Movie. You can then re-format it into a Wav or AIFF...should be something similar, or even better in Logic. There's probably also some PC shareware for extracting CD tracks. I've got a Moac, so I don't know. My preferred solution, btw, is to use the audio extractor utility in Toast. Good luck.
David Coffin

Re: CD to computer transfers

David,
I looked at the Toast software, and it seems that
it is only for MAC, I have a PC. Is there anything
similar for PC that I can use?
Thanks
Rob

Re: CD to computer transfers

>I've got a Moac, so I don't know. My preferred >solution, btw, is to use the audio extractor >utility in Toast. Good luck.
>: David Coffin

uhhh..that's a MAC. Don't know what a "Moac" is.
dpc

music notatation software

Why can't I get cakewalk's scorewriter to work on my computer? When I write the music, I don't get any playback of the notes, and when I try to print, my computer crashes. Then I went to MusicShop, and I still couldn't get any playback sound! What is the problem? My computer is brand new, w/intel celeron proccessor!

Re: music notatation software

Might be an interrupt conflict between your
Soundcard and the printer... Check in the system
configuration!

Greetings,
Harald

SoundForge 4.0 manual

Anyone got any ideas how I can get hold of one?
An Adobe doc would be brilliant......

Regards
Pete

Re: SoundForge 4.0 manual

quiero el manuelde sound forge en castellano

Re: SoundForge 4.0 manual

: Qualquer um adquiriu alguma idéia como eu posso adquirir cabo de um?
: Um doc de Adobe seriam brilhantes......

: Cumprimentos:
Pete

Re: SoundForge 4.5 manual - I need it to

Hi,
I´m brazilian and have the same problem ... I´m with the Soundforge 4.5 without manual. If anyone can help me sending a PDF manual I´ll be pleased

=================================

Anyone got any ideas how I can get hold of one?
: An Adobe doc would be brilliant......

: Regards
: Pete

Searching for fruityloop-shareware

I 've had a really good fruityloop-shareware on my PC, but I had to format my hard disk - now I'm searching for a good fruityloop-demo. (The one I've found doesn't allow to set more than one "point" in the loop playlist any more)

THanx

ever tried MAGIX?

MAGIX, a german software company produces four great programs. MUSIC MAKER for sampling and editing with video (also a deluxe version) and MUSIC STUDIO for
doing midi work and audio editing (also avail in deluxe). Found quite by accident. Have a web page. Friendly and helpful. Very reasonalble pricing. Post any questions.
put some MAGIX in your music I did, its great.
Giovanni

Re: ever tried MAGIX?

Hello there,

I recently turned a mate onto music software and this was one of the programs he picked up and used. It's easy to create music and fairly intuitive for beginners. I quite like the program.

Cheers
Geoff

: MAGIX, a german software company produces four great programs. MUSIC MAKER for sampling and editing with video (also a deluxe version) and MUSIC STUDIO for
: doing midi work and audio editing (also avail in deluxe). Found quite by accident. Have a web page. Friendly and helpful. Very reasonalble pricing. Post any questions.
: put some MAGIX in your music I did, its great.
: Giovanni

about tuning

Does anyone know whether there is a program available with which you can actually specify the tuning. The standard midi tuning is the basic well tempered system of tuning where in all the intervals except the octave are compromised. I want to be able to tune differently than this. Does anyone know software that will do this?

Re: about tuning

: Does anyone know whether there is a program available with which you can actually specify the tuning. The standard midi tuning is the basic well tempered system of tuning where in all the intervals except the octave are compromised. I want to be able to tune differently than this. Does anyone know software that will do this?

Roelof,

if you are recording MIDI into a sequencer with a
synthesizer, wouldn't the retuning of the keyboard
have an effect on the MIDI output?
Rob

Re: about tuning

From Synth to Sequencer no. If yer "tuning" the board and not performing a transpose it won't make any difference, as the midi sends from the board for note values will not have changed. In regard to the original post, I am curious though, what are you trying to tune?????? Or are you interested in a transpose function?

how to open voice mail existed in www.hotmail.com

I will appeciate if sb can find a software for Macintosh (free down or shareware) which can open the vioce mail .if you don't have that vioce sample , I can mail one to you as request!

Re: how to open voice mail existed in www.hotmail.com

!please tell me how too set up a voice conversation while I'm on the computer with a friend.. thank you. tipnduke@ppcfun.com

Re: how to open voice mail existed in www.hotmail.com

: I will appeciate if sb can find a software for Macintosh (free down or shareware) which can open the vioce mail .if you don't have that vioce sample , I can mail one to you as request!

Re: how to open voice mail existed in www.hotmail.com

: : Hi my name is Sylvia I will appeciate if you can find a software for xp windos (free down or shareware) which can open the vioce mail .

Re: how to open voice mail existed in www.hotmail.com

: I want have a voice mail which can open the vioce mail .if you don't have that vioce sample , I can mail one to you as request!

Soundblaster Live

How is it that the installation of the Creative Soundblaster
Live card in my Tiny 450MHZ P3 renders Lucas Arts CD
Roms inoperable ?I'm referring specifically to Phantom
Menace and Racers.The initial scenes are displayed but
thereafter the game crashes back to windows.How is this
resolved?My PC technical knowledge is negligible so
baby language would be appreciated!!

Re: Soundblaster Live

You have definitely narrowed it down to a hardware conflict, specific to the SBLIVE?

Re: Soundblaster Live

: You have definitely narrowed it down to a hardware conflict, specific to the SBLIVE?

Cheers Spyke for the help.Actually Creative Technical
people gave me the answer.Something to do with
altering Windows Cabs.Don't ask me how I did it
but it works!4 year old son now quite happy!

need to find a web page with free wave samples, and wave softwar

i am looking for good web pages with free instrument samples, and/or freeware or shareware wave synthesizing and sequencing software. im a big cheap ass. i have a compaq computer with windows 95. i would be glad to know if anyone knows of any good software or sites. -chris.

Re: need to find a web page with free wave samples, and wave sof

hi, if you fine any wave samples PLEASE share with me, thanks
: i am looking for good web pages with free instrument samples, and/or freeware or shareware wave synthesizing and sequencing software. im a big cheap ass. i have a compaq computer with windows 95. i would be glad to know if anyone knows of any good software or sites. -chris.

Re: need to find a web page with free wave samples, and wave sof

: i am looking for good web pages with free instrument samples, and/or freeware or shareware wave synthesizing and sequencing software. im a big cheap ass. i have a compaq computer with windows 95. i would be glad to know if anyone knows of any good software or sites. -chris.

Re: need to find a web page with free wave samples, and wave sof

Wwhat do I need is lots of samples for MAGIX
Beats and instruments. House, Hip Hop, Pop, Dance
I have a Pentium II and I make musik here in romania and I need more stuff
pliz help me
10z

Spawn

URL to find a web page with free wave samples, and wave software

www.users.globalnet.co.uk/ To find lot of samples and soft

having fun Ben.

Re: need to find a web page with free wave samples, and wave sof

: : i am looking for good web pages with free instrument samples, and/or freeware or shareware wave synthesizing and sequencing software. i have a compaq computer with windows 95. i would be glad to know if anyone knows of any good software or sites. hk

i live in india where wave samples on cd's are either very expensive or not available

Re: need to find a web page with free wave samples, and wave sof

: : i am looking for good web pages with free instrument samples, and/or freeware or shareware wave synthesizing and sequencing software. i have a compaq computer with windows 95. i would be glad to know if anyone knows of any good software or sites. -chris.

i live in india where wave samples on cd's are either very expensive or not available

*.all conversion

Hi, Does anyone know of a way to convert Cubasis audio tracks, (*.all) to .wav's or MP3s so I can record them as audio tracks on a CD-R? I've tried just using a wav recorder while the song is playing but all the audio is out of time with the MIDI on the playback, and the audio is not even recorded.
Thanks,
Andy

Re: *.all conversion

Andy,

try to record your synthesizers as audio, then use
Cubase's MIXDOWN function.

Greetings,
Harald

Re: *.all conversion

: Andy,

: try to record your synthesizers as audio, then use
: Cubase's MIXDOWN function.

: Greetings,
: Harald

I'm using Cubasis, not Cubase and it doesn't seem to have a mixdown function.
Thanks anyway,
Andy.

Optimize Hd&Pc recording

Need info about how to optimize my HD&PC recording.

Re: Optimize Hd&Pc recording

I found that on the net, but don't ask where...

AUDIO - Tips and Tricks for Win95
=================================

CAUTION: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK !!

I use most of these tips, and find they work great with both Logic audio and Vst. All tips were
collected from various digital audio recorder tech sites. Set Virtual Memory to a fixed amount. By
default Win95 dynamically allocates hard disk space to the Virtual Memory manager. To stabilize
Win95 for timing dependent operations such MIDI Time Code (MTC), digital audio, and digital
video, we suggest setting Virtual Memory to a fixed size. Go to Control Panel | System |
Performance | Virtual Memory. Select "Let me specify my own virtual memory settings." You will
be able to set a minimum and maximum size for the swap file.

We recommend the following guidelines when setting your Virtual Memory:

Set both the Minimum and Maximum amounts to the SAME size. Depending on available disk
space, use between 60MB and 250MB for virtual memory. When there are multiple EIDE drives
in the system, Virtual Memory should reside on the primary hard drive. Use a SCSI drive for
Virtual Memory when possible. Virtual should not reside on a dedicated audio or video drive.

If you have MS Plus, make sure that Low disk space notification is disabled in the System Agent.
Also make sure no other devices run while you doing your music. Make sure you have nothing
after "Load=" or "Run=" in you Win.ini file listed in the System Configuration Editor. Open the
Win.ini file by typing "win.ini" in the Win95 Run line, and click "OK." If you have MS Plus, enable
(NOT disable) "show window contents while dragging," Control Panel | Display | Plus and disable
Windows animation. Make sure you don't have any compressed drives. Go to Control Panel |
System | Performance and make sure it says "Not Installed" after Disk Compression

CD-ROM Auto Insert Notification
By default, Windows 95 is set to continuously check the CD-ROM for the insertion of a CD so
that it may automatically run the CD setup program. This can result in audio glitches during
playback and recordings because it forces Windows 95 to continually time-slice all other running
applications. This will also interfere with the ability of a CD-R burner to write a CD by causing the
SCSI controller to error out if it checks the CD-R at the same time a CD is being burned.

To Disable CD Auto Insert Notification:

Click Start on the Windows 95 Taskbar.
Click Settings and choose Control Panel.
Double-click the System icon.
Click the Device Manager tab.
Click the plus sign next to the CD-ROM listing to expand the list of CD-ROM devices.
Select your CD-ROM and click the Properties button.
Click the Settings tab.
Uncheck the Auto Insert Notification checkbox.
Click OK to save your changes.
Follow this procedure for each CD-ROM installed on your system.

Write Caching
By default, Windows 95 is set to enable disk write file caching. This function allows Windows 95 to
write disk files in the background at some later time, rather than at the moment you initiate a disk
write procedure. When recording soundfiles in a digital audio recorder, the data is presented to the
disk in one continual streaming operation, leaving no time for background writing operations.
When write file caching is active, Windows 95 tries to put the data in RAM first, waiting for an
opportune time to write it to disk in the background. This opportune time never comes, and
Windows 95 runs out of RAM space, interrupts your digital audio recorder trying to quickly empty
its cache to disk, and potentially loses incoming data, causing audio glitches in the recording.

To Turn Off File Write-Caching:

Click Start on the Windows 95 Taskbar.
Click Settings and choose Control Panel.
Double-click the System icon.
Click the Performance tab.
Click the File System button.
Click the Troubleshooting tab.
Check the Disable Write-Behind Caching For All Drives checkbox.
Click OK to save your changes.

Read Caching
By default, Windows 95 caches all disk reads to RAM. Normally read caching can be an
advantage for your digital audio recorder. Problems can occur, however, when Windows 95
dynamically resizes the amount of space allocated for the read-cache buffers. This can cause
audio glitching during playback.

To Limit the Maximum File Read-Cache Size:
This procedure requires a good working knowledge of the Windows 95 environment. If you're not
comfortable with the following steps, solicit the help of someone well-versed in the Windows 95
platform.

Using Windows Explorer, navigate to your Windows folder, and double-click the
System.ini file to open it into the Notepad application.
Scroll through the file looking for a section labeled [vcache].
Create a blank line under the [vcache] heading and type MaxFileCache = 4096.
If this entry already exists, just change the size value.
Make sure the upper case and lowercase letters are maintained, otherwise this line will not
work.(This limits the maximum file cache size to 4096 Kilobytes (4 Megabytes). You can
experiment with different sizes, but the size specified should be in increments of 1024 and it
is recommended that the size not be made less than 2048.)
Save the file and close Notepad.
Restart Windows 95 for this change to take effect.

Double Buffer
In some cases, depending on your disk configuration, Windows 95 may create a double buffering
scheme for handling disk transfers. This can cause serious audio glitching during record and
playback.

To Disable Double Buffering:
This procedure requires a good working knowledge of the Windows 95 environment. If you're not
comfortable with the following steps, solicit the help of someone well-versed in the Windows 95
platform.

Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the root directory of your boot drive.
Right-click on the MSDOS.SYS file and select Properties from the popup menu.
Uncheck the Read Only checkbox.
Click OK.
Double-click on the MSDOS.SYS file and choose Notepad to open the file.
Scroll through the file looking for a section labeled [Options].
Create a blank line under the [Options] heading and type DoubleBuffer=0. If this entry
already exists, make sure it is =0, not 1. Make sure the upper case and lowercase letters
are maintained, otherwise this line will not work.
Save the file and close Notepad.
Right-click on the MSDOS.SYS file and select Properties from the popup menu.
Check the Read Only checkbox.
Click OK.
Restart Windows 95 for changes to take effect.

Video Cards
Some video cards can interfere with the PCI bus and/or DMA operations. Many of the newer
hardware accelerated video cards will contain their own specialized applet or settings tab in the
Windows 95 Display Properties control panel. If a checkbox exists referencing PCI bus retries or
DMA bus mastering, or something similar, try disabling this option.

Graphics Hardware Acceleration
Some video cards hardware acceleration interactions can be controlled directly from the Control
Panel in Windows 95.

To Reduce Graphics Hardware Acceleration:

Click Start on the Windows 95 Taskbar.
Click Settings and choose Control Panel.
Double-click the System icon.
Click the Performance tab.
Click the Graphics button.
Adjust the Hardware Acceleration slider control one notch to the left to lower the setting.
Click OK to save your changes.
After restarting Windows 95, if the problem persists, try adjusting this setting one notch
lower, until the desired results are achieved.
If the lowest setting does not work, it is recommended that you reset the control to the
highest setting.

Media Control
By default, the Media Control Interface (MCI) will allocate a certain amount of memory to buffer
from 2 to 9 seconds worth of audio for the default audio wave device. This can introduce a double
buffering condition and may cause clicks/pops and/or audio glitches when using your digital audio
recorder.

To Disable the Wave Audio Device:

Click Start on the Windows 95 Taskbar.
Click Settings and choose Control Panel.
Double-click the MultiMedia icon.
Click the Advanced tab.
Click the plus sign next to the Media Control Devices listing to expand the list.
Select the Wave Audio Device (Media Control) and click the Properties button.
Select the Do not use this Media Control device option button. (OR click the Settings
button, and adjust the slider control all the way to the left to the minimum setting.)
Click OK to save changes.

Computer Role
Windows 95 allows you to select different role types for your computer system, and it appears that
memory and disk handling may be treated differently depending on the type selected. Sometimes
selecting a different role type may be the solution.

To Change the Computer Role Type:

Click Start on the Windows 95 Taskbar.
Click Settings and choose Control Panel.
Double-click the System icon.
Click the Performance tab.
Click the File System button.
Change the typical role of this machine to Mobile or Docking System.
Click OK to save your changes.

Background Processing
Ensure that all power management functions are disabled on the computer. Ensure that no
memory resident virus software is installed. Software of this type intercepts all disk access and
can cause audio glitches due to these delays. Ensure that no disk compression software is enabled
on any drives regardless of whether these drives are used for audio data or not. Ensure that no
RAM doubling software is installed.

logic audio platinum

All uploading sites are closed! Where can i upload the last version of logic audio platinum.
Thank's .

I NEED GUITAR,BASS,DRUM,PIANO SAMPLES!!!!

hey do people have "sample" pages cuz i need samples...ive been to maz's page and heard those but i need more...soo if you would like to send me some that would be great!

-josh

Re: I NEED GUITAR,BASS,DRUM,PIANO SAMPLES!!!!

I need piano samples for gigasampler, if anyone Knows any place to download it for free or if anyone wants give me I will be so gratefull

Re: I NEED GUITAR,BASS,DRUM,PIANO SAMPLES!!!!

What Genre?

how do i convert an mp3 to play in a normal cd player (copact di

ok i have a cd writer so i wish i couled convert mp3s and wave files into playable songs in a normal cd player thanks in advance

Re: how do i convert an mp3 to play in a normal cd player (copac

Can you play MP3's in a reg. cd player? If you burn the tapes to your hard drive as MP3's can you convert them to digital wave files to record on a cd which will play in a reg. cd player? I know it would be smarter to save them as MP3's to save hard drive space; since a 4 minute song takes up about 40 MB H/D space.

Tis Simple when you know how

All you got to do is get yourself a copy of Nero Cd-burning software, that will convert your files to "cda" format which is basically what a music CD is knocked up on........Sorted