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SBAWE64 hiss in CUBASE! Help!

Posted by Methos on Fri, 05/05/2000 - 06:07.

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Re: SBAWE64 hiss in CUBASE! Help!

Posted by Midified on Wed, 05/10/2000 - 19:31.

I use a SB32AWE :( and I get the same thing when cubase is using the MME driver.
But, after recording I switch to the DirectX driver, and all recordings are crystal clear.
The reason is simple, DirectX "mode" doesn't support recording, hence your soundcard is not used full duplex and your 16 bit DAC is used for playback.
MME "mode" supports full duplex and uses your 16 bit DAC for recording and 8 bit for playback.
So basically the monitoring of the recording sucks beyond belief, but the recording itself is allright, provided you don't record any wave output from your soundblaster.

Re: SBAWE64 hiss in CUBASE! Help!

Posted by Me the Dumb III on Mon, 05/08/2000 - 03:32.

Maybe the soundcard is sending the tracks in with volume at full and Cubase is then lowering them with full hiss.
Or maybe the record volume in soundcard is too low and Cubase is amping it.

Make both volumes in the middle/upper area.

Then again, it's most likely the fact that you are using old-consumer grade goods. If your input is too high, you are getting digital clipping. (soundwave extends beyond normal bounds and is flattening at top).
Record to a high quality tape deck first. Overloading a tapedeck will increase its image (saturation) without introducing the same static. As well, it will set a constant volume (max). Then record to computer. Since the volume is constant or less than max, you can prevent digital clipping.

If the problem is noise, increase the space between your computer and AC transformers (big black boxes on the end of power cords). Point your amplifier in a different drection. Don't plug a microphone directly into the computer.

enough for now.

Audiosoftware - full version for free!!

Posted by hornitos on Fri, 05/05/2000 - 05:59.

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Re: Audiosoftware - full version for free!!

Posted by Matteo on Fri, 05/05/2000 - 08:50.

Oye, I think you know there is a problem with that....

My these guys work fast.

Posted by Me the Dumb III on Mon, 05/08/2000 - 03:39.

That thread disappeared just 1 minute after i clicked on it.

"Reason" - what, where, when

Posted by bella on Fri, 05/05/2000 - 05:06.

wHAT is this Reason software I am hearong about? Who
makes it and when is it going to be available to buy/
download? anyine know.

Propellerheads, dude.

Posted by Me the Dumb III on Mon, 05/08/2000 - 03:37.

check it check it out !

May/June release. 300/400$ US.

Don't get your panties in a bnch. Looks like fun. high qual, versatile, well built. Probably sounds like crap but highly customizable given the little transformator phase demo.
I'm getting it.

Definitely.

FREE: Cool Edit Pro & MP3 Plug-in

Posted by Geoff on Fri, 05/05/2000 - 04:04.

Hey all,

Got a great new giveaway for you - Cool Edit Pro!

<a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/news/200/">http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/news/200/</a>

Good Luck!
Geoff

SYSTEMS EXCLUSIVE

Posted by GREG on Fri, 05/05/2000 - 03:36.

HOW DO I SAVE MY MIDI INFO FROM ME SYNTH TO MY CUBASE PROJECT

How 2 Create & Record A Mix Compilation Then Burn To CD

Posted by NKOTB on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 22:09.

Forgive the newbie but how do I mix two tracks on My PC (useing MP3000f at the moment) and record these in a format that I can later mix into other tracks and then burn everything onto CD - and all of this for free of course!

N-Tracks I guess.

Posted by Me the Dumb III on Mon, 05/08/2000 - 03:40.

I'm pretty sure n-tracks will give you enough functionality for that.

Or no, wait, try Multiquence. Yeah, both of those.

Where can i get Kareoke Progz/add ins for Win 95/98?

Posted by Eteko on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 19:53.

Where can i get Kareoke Progz/add ins for Win 95/98?

Re: Where can i get Kareoke Progz/add ins for Win 95/98?

Posted by Freda J. Harris-Lawdins on Thu, 07/13/2000 - 14:20.

: Where can i get Kareoke Progz/add ins for Win 95/98?
Black Gospel please.

Re: Where can i get Kareoke Progz/add ins for Win 95/98?

Posted by Shareware Music Machine on Fri, 05/05/2000 - 05:12.

: Where can i get Kareoke Progz/add ins for Win 95/98?

<a href="/smm/win95/KARAOKE/">Karaoke Software for Windows</a>

SMM.

Where can i get Kareoke Progz/add ins for Win 95/98?

Posted by Eteko on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 19:53.

Where can i get Kareoke Progz/add ins for Win 95/98?

Music Services that can burn CD's from LP's

Posted by Larry Weiner on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 14:31.

I am looking for a music service bureau that has an extensive vinyl LP collectiion and is able to burn CD's from specific music requests?

Auto music mixing

Posted by Mark on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 14:18.

Hey guys i after a program that will automatically mix int he next song in an mp3 song list. Is there any sort of prog that does this, if so could you please send me the link.

Re: Auto music mixing

Posted by Matteo on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 18:18.

THere are some on the winamp site
www.winamp.com

Take a look in the plugins section

: Hey guys i after a program that will automatically mix int he next song in an mp3 song list. Is there any sort of prog that does this, if so could you please send me the link.

imac+cubase=headache.

Posted by jay on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 13:45.

Thinking that I was actually as clever as I
first thought, I foolishly bought a new imac
(wait for it...) and popped cubase (3.5.2 ?) into it.
Unfortunately it crashes every time I try to run it.
This has made me very upset indeed. Has anyone
actually got these two to work together?
please help me. jay

iMac Audio...

Posted by Steve on Mon, 05/08/2000 - 11:13.

It will work nicely after an update for Os9 I think or an update to Cubase. My friend uses it and it's wickedly fast on his iMac... Persevere....

Steve...

Pitch Creator Shareware?

Posted by Malikilam on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 13:26.

Luke Slater mentioned in an interview for Future
Music Magazine that he has been using a Shareware
program (for Mac) that can create pitch in any sample.
For example, a sample of a train going down the track
could be made into a pitched sound rather than just
rhythmic noise. I imagine the program would work by
filtering the sound in such a way as to leave a harmonic
overtone series.

Does anyone know of such a program (for Mac or PC)?
Please eamil me. Thanks.

Re: Pitch Creator Shareware?

Posted by Me the Dumb III on Mon, 05/08/2000 - 03:42.

AnalogX makes such a program.

www.analogx.com

Re: Pitch Creator Shareware? Email: malikilam@hotmail.com

Posted by Malikilam on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 13:29.

My email address is malikilam@hotmail.com

: Luke Slater mentioned in an interview for Future
: Music Magazine that he has been using a Shareware
: program (for Mac) that can create pitch in any sample.
: For example, a sample of a train going down the track
: could be made into a pitched sound rather than just
: rhythmic noise. I imagine the program would work by
: filtering the sound in such a way as to leave a harmonic
: overtone series.

: Does anyone know of such a program (for Mac or PC)?
: Please eamil me. Thanks.

FruityLoops - Manual ????

Posted by DaC on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 08:59.

where can I get a manual of fruity loops ?

N E E D: SB live driver for _plain_ dos

Posted by burny on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 06:36.

Hi!

I'm in desperate need for the Sb Live 1024 Player driver for DOS.

I already have SBEINIT.COM and DEFAULT.ECW but am still missing ctsyn.ini. The Soundblaster 1024 PCI installation routine does not create it and, I don't know the format in which the entries are made.

If anyone has a working ctsyn.ini or even a complete dos boot disk with all soundblasters (in case of problems due to the german language version of sbeinit.com), please send me an email.

Bye
burny

proggi@yahoo.com

wav to mp3 for a dummy...plz? =]

Posted by Scratch on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 04:54.

Hello,
I found the converters.. which 1 for a dummy ya' think?
I have a .wav I tracked of an original song but I'm having trouble finding something to make a MP3 out of it...what would be the easiest Application for a person with 1 year of online gaming and a wal-mart H-P?
=]...I think I need 1 with a Grafical front end as opposed to command line..I don't Know how to run stuff from DOS prompt... Figure your Granny is gonna use it, any recomendations??

Re: wav to mp3 for a dummy...plz? =]

Posted by Matteo on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 07:42.

Audiocatalyst

http://www.xing.com
or
http://software.mp3.com/software/individual/windows/encoder/2089.html

: Hello,
: I found the converters.. which 1 for a dummy ya' think?
: I have a .wav I tracked of an original song but I'm having trouble finding something to make a MP3 out of it...what would be the easiest Application for a person with 1 year of online gaming and a wal-mart H-P?
: =]...I think I need 1 with a Grafical front end as opposed to command line..I don't Know how to run stuff from DOS prompt... Figure your Granny is gonna use it, any recomendations??

pc or mac

Posted by John on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 03:23.

Okay, I'm just looking for some opininons before I go lay down a couple grand on a system...Mac or PC for digital audio mastering/production? (And why?)

Also...anyone doing any of this stuff using laptops?

Thanks!

Re: pc or mac

Posted by Me the Dumb III on Mon, 05/08/2000 - 03:48.

PC.

Because the new product cycle time is so short and exponential. Anything possible is currently being created by some guy in his basement.

I guess it depends on how much money to burn.

Oh, here are the customary links, so that you don't just go and buy any old computer (this is the wrong choice).

www.faqsystems.com
www.wavedigital.com

Don't even think that your local Future Shop can give you anything anywhere what you need for really producing music. And if you are coming to THIS forum and asking the PC/MAC question, you really have a lot to learn before buying a computer.
And don't even think about buying something from Creative Labs.

Re: pc or mac

Posted by Polaris on Fri, 05/05/2000 - 09:22.

I have had the experience with both systems.

I found the apple mac the best of the two. with PC
most of them have micro$oft windows, and to be honest
this is a pants system, it is so unstable I had my pc
crash when I was doing my music cause work and lost the lot.
at college I have been using the apple mac and for music it is a much
better system. but the new Imac (the one all in the monitor.) does not have the
same capabilitys as the one with the seperate tower (if this is wrong I will kill brian)

but over all I find the mac a much better way at handeling music in genaral.

Re: pc or mac

Posted by Steve on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 11:12.

There are benefits for both systems. The amount of choices of software hardware for either system is a kind of redundant argument. The reality of it is is that you have a good choice for either system of software and hardware. Your not going to buy all of the offerings for either system so how much of it is available is not the point, just that you get offered what you need and it's all there for either system.

I must confess, I have never seen a PC (microsoft) in a professional studio ever. The Macs are considered more reliable by professionals. My friend has had a Macintosh G3/266 running 24 tracks in his studio and claims it has never crashed. It's a proven Professional audio computer.

Cheers

Steve...

Re: pc or mac

Posted by Matteo on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 04:11.

Overall, there is more software ad hardware available for PC than Mac..

Laptops are ok, but they aren't as upgadeable.. if it's a good one to begin with, then you can certainly use it for mixing, but mastering is a bit different.. the soundcards in portable computers anren't so great....

: Okay, I'm just looking for some opininons before I go lay down a couple grand on a system...Mac or PC for digital audio mastering/production? (And why?)

: Also...anyone doing any of this stuff using laptops?

: Thanks!

HELP

Posted by Tod on Wed, 05/03/2000 - 21:41.

HELP
i'm a bulgarian student
and i have to do a splitter
can u help me
i need some programs to make it and test it
please help

Re: HELP

Posted by dark on Fri, 05/12/2000 - 01:15.

: HELP
: i'm a bulgarian student
: and i have to do a splitter
: can u help me
: i need some programs to make it and test it
: please help

what is that

notify or discuss at zombie64@aol/aim
icq #44111904

Re: HELP

Posted by dark on Fri, 05/12/2000 - 01:14.

: HELP
: i'm a bulgarian student
: and i have to do a splitter
: can u help me
: i need some programs to make it and test it
: please help

what is that

converting music to notes

Posted by Djproject on Wed, 05/03/2000 - 16:06.

Is there any music program out there that can let me take a song and covert it to a visible spreadsheet of notes so that I can play it on a musical instrument?

Or, is there a program that can take the melody of a tune and reconstruct it so that the tune can now be heard as an instrumental?

Re: converting music to notes

Posted by Alf on Wed, 05/03/2000 - 23:40.

: Is there any music program out there that can let me take a song and covert it to a visible spreadsheet of notes so that I can play it on a musical instrument?

: Or, is there a program that can take the melody of a tune and reconstruct it so that the tune can now be heard as an instrumental?

Well there is a program called WIDI which says it
can do it but I haven't used it and I have my doubts
than any program can yet.

<a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/cgi/htdig/htsearch.cgi?method=and&format=builtin-long&config=htdig&restrict=%2Fsmm%2Fprograms%2F&exclude=&words=WIDI">click here</a>

Alf.

Where can i find Prosoniq TimeFactory v1.03 for pc??

Posted by Den on Wed, 05/03/2000 - 15:10.

Prosoniq TimeFactory

Posted by Steve on Wed, 05/03/2000 - 15:23.

I would assume that you could buy a program like that from any good Music/Technology shop. Try also...

http://www.prosoniq.com/html/distribution.html

if you live in the US.

Cheers

Steve...

CUBASE ?!?! HELP !

Posted by Corien on Wed, 05/03/2000 - 14:58.

HI,

Anyone knows how to make Cubase write out the sheet musicc form what you play on the electric piano that's connected to the pc ??
I know how to connect the piano ( it's working zith Magix ) but I can't figure out Cubase !

please answer by e-mail ! Thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Urgently need mp3 or wav to ra converter

Posted by Crazy on Wed, 05/03/2000 - 14:40.

I urgently need a software that can convert either mp3 or wave to real audio format. Anybody knows where can I get one?
Thank You

Re: Urgently need mp3 or wav to ra converter

Posted by Matteo on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 04:08.

RealProducer

www.real.com

: I urgently need a software that can convert either mp3 or wave to real audio format. Anybody knows where can I get one?
: Thank You

Re: Urgently need mp3 or wav to ra converter

Posted by Todd on Fri, 05/05/2000 - 20:41.

: RealProducer

: www.real.com

: : I urgently need a software that can convert either mp3 or wave to real audio format. Anybody knows where can I get one?
: : Thank You

Re: Urgently need mp3 or wav to ra converter

Posted by Erdal on Sat, 05/27/2000 - 15:27.

I urgently need a software that can convert either mp3 or wave to real audio format in Linux.
Anybody knows where can I get one?
Thank You

Re: Urgently need mp3 or wav to ra converter

Posted by Crazy on Thu, 05/04/2000 - 10:23.

Thanks much man

converting a Real Audio (.ra) file to .wav

Posted by Steve on Wed, 05/03/2000 - 08:22.

I've spent several hours, asked many friends, and searched dozens of places, trying to find a program or means to convert a Real Audio file to .wav. Is there a way to do this?

Sibelius

Posted by Stephen on Wed, 05/03/2000 - 06:09.

Can any one tell me where i can find an earlier version of Sibilius software. I can't afford to buy the full package

Re: Sibelius

Posted by Alf on Wed, 05/03/2000 - 07:07.

: Can any one tell me where i can find an earlier version of Sibilius software. I can't afford to buy the full package

There are free downloadable demos but I don't know
what restrictions they have:
<li><a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/SibeliusNotationalProgram/">Sibelius for Windows 95/98/2000/NT</a>
<li><a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Sibelius_mac/">Sibelius for Macintosh</a>

Alf.

about recording things......................

Posted by roger on Wed, 05/03/2000 - 02:44.

what do you use to record music?

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