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How to rip LPs into Mp3s

Posted by Peter on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 20:53.

Could somebody educate me?
I have a turntable, receiver (no phonostage or preamp)
120 Mhz NEC PC with 32 MB Ram and 650 MB free HD space.
is my system adequate and what do I need to be able to rip LP tracks into mp3 files? What software, what connectors, etc. Will appreciate your help!

Re: How to rip LPs into Mp3s

Posted by Scott R. Garrigus on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 22:21.

Hi Peter,

You probably need to connect the turntable to a stereo amp first. Then you need to take the RCA stereo output from the amp and connect it to the line-input on your computer sound card via an 1/8" miniplug. You'll then need some audio recording software to record and save your data as a WAV file. Then the WAV file needs to be converted to MP3. There are some programs that do this process directly. Take a look at www.musicmatch.com. That may do the trick.

Best,
Scott

--
Scott R. Garrigus - Author of the Cakewalk Power! and Sound Forge Power! books, and Publisher of the DigiFreq music technology newsletter. Learn about cool tips and techniques for your music software by getting a FREE subscription to DigiFreq... surf to:
http://www.garrigus.com/

MIDI hookup to keyboard

Posted by Ozzy Laporte on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 20:36.

I have an MPC 2000 that I would like to hook up to my keyboard. Anyone know how to explain to me how to accomplish this hookup?

thanks,

Ozzy Laporte

Identify Rock Song From Partial Lyrics

Posted by D. Clark on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 20:27.

Can you identify the rock song which is currently played on rock stations with the following partial lyrics?

I don't need to be mindless
I don't need to be another lost soul who can't find love

Re: Identify Rock Song From Partial Lyrics

Posted by Leslie on Thu, 11/20/2003 - 14:35.

: Can you identify the rock song which is currently played on rock stations with the following partial lyrics?

No one knows what it's like to be the bad guy

Re: Identify Rock Song From Partial Lyrics

Posted by jean on Mon, 09/15/2003 - 14:04.

: Can you identify the rock song which is currently played on rock stations with the following partial lyrics?

: I don't need to be mindless
: I don't need to be another lost soul who can't find love

can you idendentify song recently played on Without a Trace (TV show) title could be hallelujia...some partial lyrics are cold and broken and God above

Re: Identify Rock Song From Partial Lyrics

Posted by Adam Squarebriggs on Sat, 08/25/2001 - 21:19.

: Can you identify the rock song which is currently played on rock stations with the following partial lyrics?

:You tell me what you want it to be and leave the weaker men behind, what you wanted to see was always there but you were blind.

:Let the rock machine roll

Re: Identify Rock Song From Partial Lyrics

Posted by joe rocco on Fri, 05/25/2001 - 16:05.

: Can you identify the rock song which is currently played on rock stations with the following partial lyrics?

fool don't you think it's over, it's just begun

hearts can break and never mend together

Re: Identify Rock Song From Partial Lyrics

Posted by Dorian Blue on Mon, 12/18/2000 - 19:32.

: Can you identify the rock song which is currently played on rock stations with the following partial lyrics?

: I don't need to be mindless
: I don't need to be another lost soul who can't find love

Although the lyrics don't match exactly, the song your might be talking about is Godless by U.P.O., from their album "No Pleasantries."

The actual lyrics to the final chorus go like this:

I don't need to be godless, but I am
and I don't need to be another lost soul who can't find home,
and I don't need your hand on the gun,
and I don't need to say I'm godless anymore

Re: Identify Rock Song From Partial Lyrics

Posted by gary on Tue, 10/21/2003 - 15:47.

my father was a gibson my mother was a fender
and i'm just a mind bender

Fruity Loops And Fruity Tracks

Posted by Jim on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 20:17.

Would it be best for me to just make my whole song in Fruity Loops Using The Playlist? Or would it be easier to just put all my loops and stuff into Fruity Tracks? Thanks

Re: Fruity Loops And Fruity Tracks

Posted by Geoff on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 23:55.

Hi

It really depends on the complexity of the song. I use the playlist, but when I'm really looking to do stuff I also use ACID.

Cheers
Geoff

: Would it be best for me to just make my whole song in Fruity Loops Using The Playlist? Or would it be easier to just put all my loops and stuff into Fruity Tracks? Thanks

ATARI CUBASE

Posted by Burb on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 18:56.

Does anyone know where i can get cubase for the atari?
Please help me!!!

Re: ATARI CUBASE

Posted by rob on Tue, 12/25/2001 - 20:45.

i need a copy of that to

mp3 to wav

Posted by daniel on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 17:23.

Re: mp3 to wav

Posted by Scott R. Garrigus on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 22:24.

Hi Daniel,

I think Cool Edit (www.syntrillium.com) will let you do this.

Best,
Scott

--
Scott R. Garrigus - Author of the Cakewalk Power! and Sound Forge Power! books, and Publisher of the DigiFreq music technology newsletter. Learn about cool tips and techniques for your music software by getting a FREE subscription to DigiFreq... surf to:
http://www.garrigus.com/

Cubase VST24

Posted by Jim on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 16:28.

Does anyone have a manual that I can download on VST24?
Mine was stolen.
Or at least I need to know how to use the submix section

writing help

Posted by william golding on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 15:15.

please could you give me advice on how to keep the chords, bass and lead in the same key when writing a song, and what other chords, notes fit into that key

writing help

Posted by william on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 15:14.

please could you give me advice on how to keep the chords, bass and lead in the same key when writing a song, and what other chords, notes fit into that key

audio format conversion

Posted by Pierre on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 14:50.

Hello,

I am looking for a software package that converts .wav files into the .au format.

Anyone suggestions

Regards Pierre

Re: audio format conversion

Posted by Scott R. Garrigus on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 22:26.

Hi Pierre,

I believe Cool Edit (www.syntrillium.com) will do this.

Best,
Scott

--
Scott R. Garrigus - Author of the Cakewalk Power! and Sound Forge Power! books, and Publisher of the DigiFreq music technology newsletter. Learn about cool tips and techniques for your music software by getting a FREE subscription to DigiFreq... surf to:
http://www.garrigus.com/

Phonogram connection to sound card

Posted by Mack on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 12:19.

Can anyone suggest the best way to connect a phonogram to a soundcard? Since it has a very low input I assume it cannot work with the "line in" input.

Re: Phonogram connection to sound card

Posted by Scott R. Garrigus on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 22:28.

Hi Mack,

Do you have a stereo amp that you can connect the turntable to? If so, that would be the best way to do it. Then you could take the output from the amp and connect that to the line-in on your sound card.

Best,
Scott

--
Scott R. Garrigus - Author of the Cakewalk Power! and Sound Forge Power! books, and Publisher of the DigiFreq music technology newsletter. Learn about cool tips and techniques for your music software by getting a FREE subscription to DigiFreq... surf to:
http://www.garrigus.com/

Atari st, pro 24, .sng files to pc midi converter needed

Posted by Jack on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 11:29.

I have some old floppies with .sng files on that i done with an Atari ST and Steinberg Pro 24 sotware.I no longer have the ST.Is there a program that will read these floppies and convert files to midi for the pc?
Thanx in advance

specifications of the wav format

Posted by GeorgesBOYER on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 06:48.

I'm looking for the specifications of the wav format ( the coding format ): who knows where I can obtain them ? Thanks ...

Re: specifications of the wav format

Posted by Scott R. Garrigus on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 22:31.

I'm not sure, but I think you may find what you're looking for at this site:
http://home.sprynet.com/~cbagwell/audio.html

Best,
Scott

--
Scott R. Garrigus - Author of the Cakewalk Power! and Sound Forge Power! books, and Publisher of the DigiFreq music technology newsletter. Learn about cool tips and techniques for your music software by getting a FREE subscription to DigiFreq... surf to:
http://www.garrigus.com/

Need to do timing besides 4/4 in drum machines

Posted by Kyle Dukes on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 04:48.

How do I do timings besides 4/4 with these shareware drum machines? Is there a specific one I need, or am I using DT wrong? If anyone can help, my eyes are open.

converting midi files to piano score

Posted by matt on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 04:33.

Is there a program which can convert midi files into piano score? Or something that can condense lots of parts into piano score?
thanks

Re: converting midi files to piano score

Posted by carly on Mon, 12/18/2000 - 02:36.

Check out MidiNotate in the <a href="/smm/win95/NOTATION/">Windows NOTATION</a> software category. And there are others...

: Is there a program which can convert midi files into piano score? Or something that can condense lots of parts into piano score?
: thanks

what is best recording software for pc

Posted by MATT on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 04:06.

what is the best for recording midi and audio proffesional multi-trac

Re: what is best recording software for pc

Posted by robert johnstone on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 07:31.

: what is the best for recording midi and audio proffesional multi-trac

the best midi ever is on logic audio.cubase offers a good combination of midi and audio.and pro tools is the strongest for audio.
most pros use pro tools,and if they need a good sequencer they get logic.

id reccomend cubase to you.it has so much with the vst format and all

.ram to .wav/.mp3 converter

Posted by HELP ME PLEASE!!!!! on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 02:48.

PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!! I NEED A .RAM TO .WAV/.MP3 CONVERTER!!!!!!!!! PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT ARORA528@YAHOO.COM IF U HAVE ANY IDEA HOW TO DO IT. OR YOU CAN IM ME: SN IS BABYGIRLARORA. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!! I AM SOOOOOOOOOOO DESPERATE TO GET THIS SONG SAVED!

Re: .ram to .wav/.mp3 converter

Posted by zach on Sat, 02/10/2001 - 19:37.

: PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!! I NEED A .RAM TO .WAV/.MP3 CONVERTER!!!!!!!!! PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT ARORA528@YAHOO.COM IF U HAVE ANY IDEA HOW TO DO IT. OR YOU CAN IM ME: SN IS BABYGIRLARORA. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!! I AM SOOOOOOOOOOO DESPERATE TO GET THIS SONG SAVED!

Re: .ram to .wav/.mp3 converter

Posted by Undertaker on Thu, 02/22/2001 - 14:33.

: : PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!! I NEED A .RAM TO .WAV/.MP3 CONVERTER!!!!!!!!! PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT Dark@smackdown.com

Quality of digital playback

Posted by Kelvin Adam on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 02:37.

I operate Winamp at the local RocknRoll club but find flaws in the tracks which when played back are OK!!
Where is the fault? in the files or the Winamp software.
Is there a good software package available which does not do this. We can't have the music skip beats when members are competing in competitions.

Re: Quality of digital playback

Posted by SMM on Mon, 12/18/2000 - 02:41.

Kelvin, what file format are you playing? CDs, MP3...?

: I operate Winamp at the local RocknRoll club but find flaws in the tracks which when played back are OK!!
: Where is the fault? in the files or the Winamp software.
: Is there a good software package available which does not do this. We can't have the music skip beats when members are competing in competitions.

CASMATE 6.52

Posted by Cecilia on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 01:09.

Could anybody please tell me how to make CASMATE accept Chinese word input.

Re: CASMATE 6.52

Posted by Douglas Lim on Wed, 02/21/2001 - 10:00.

: currently i'm using the old version 3.51. I would like to upgrade to the latest version 6.52. I like to know can the 3.51 version do 3-D works?
Or only the 6.52 version can do? If we like to order the 6.52 version, can casmate make a arrangement for me.
My company was in Malaysia, all this years we been using the 3.51 doing only 2-D works. Kindly feed back or give a quotation for the casmate 6.52.

Thank You

your sincerely,

Douglas Lim

Controlling Rubberduck via midi

Posted by Sean on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 00:51.

does anyone know how i can enter notes into rubberduck using my roland xp-10?it works with the computer keyboard but not with the roland!

R&B/ Pop

Posted by Jim on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 00:46.

Hello. I wanted to know If i can use fruity loops to make r&b or pop music instead of just techno and stuff.Like i was thinking that maybe i can make different parts, like guitar or other instruments and make some drum Loops and then put them together in Fruity Tracks. Does anyone think i should do this? i allready have tons of samples. Thanx

Re: R&B/ Pop

Posted by GEO on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 04:59.

: Fruityloops is a versatile program and you can create ANY style of music with it, not just dance/techno etc. All it requires is a little imagination. You can have solo's as well as loops by recording your solo,e.g. guitar and NOT selecting "Cut itself", so in effect you are using fruityloops to "trigger" different parts of your song. The ONLY limit is your imagination: I personally use Fruityloops for all styles of music, even if it is only backing tracks sometimes. Fruitytracks however is a pretty limited program.. I wouldn't bother with it...
So go to it my friend, and CREATE NOT REPLICATE!

Fruity Loops

Posted by Jim on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 00:35.

Hi everyone :). I was wondering if i can do more than just make loops in Fruity Loops. i mean, Like different parts of songs (please help, im a newbie). Like in songs you dont just hear loops come together. You here different parts of instruments and stuff, like during the chorus or in the beginning of the song. Please help me and let me know if i should go with fruity loops for doing this. Thanks!

Re: Fruity Loops

Posted by GEO on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 04:49.

: Okay, so we were all newbies once, but that is no excuse for not bothering to read the HELP files and just expecting others to tell you what would be obvious with a minimum of effort! Now the lecture is over, Yes you can do more than make loops, you can create entire songs of any length by USING THE PLAYLIST! You can then use the export function to save as .wav or .mp3 files

cakewalk "9" downloan of manual

Posted by james manning on Sat, 12/16/2000 - 22:40.

Needed CAKEWALK "9" MANUAL PRINT TO AN EPSON MX 80 DOT MAT PRINTER THANKS

cakewalk "9" downloan of manual

Posted by james manning on Sat, 12/16/2000 - 22:40.

Needed CAKEWALK "9" MANUAL PRINT TO AN EPSON MX 80 DOT MAT PRINTER THANKS

Need sounddiver

Posted by systemfehler on Sat, 12/16/2000 - 22:34.

SOUNDDIVER NEEDED ! PLEASE. Thanks

Re: Need sounddiver

Posted by Tony M on Sun, 12/17/2000 - 23:43.

Click here <a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/SoundDiver_win32/">Sound Diver</a>

: SOUNDDIVER NEEDED ! PLEASE. Thanks

majix software user groups

Posted by james manning on Sat, 12/16/2000 - 22:30.

majix is nolonger on the web who owns the co., currently\taken it over, arethere any free downloads around for there programs. thanks for the help

Cleaning up wav files....help

Posted by Nface on Sat, 12/16/2000 - 18:53.

Ever since ive gotten my new car system, when ever i record mp3s to wav format and then burn them to cd, i hear this scratching noise on some tracks. I use music match and was wondering what could cause this? when bands recored in a studio and put out a record there is no scratching...etc. I tried to use noise reduction programs, but they did not work at all. So basically im wondering if there is a program that can do what i want, remove that stupid noise, or if there is something better then music match to get clearer sounding wav files. Also, would getting a program that converts mp3s to wav and puts them on a cd automatically be better then converting mp3 to wav then burning them onto a cd player via, a program such as easy cd creator.

any help would be appreciated....thanks

Re: Cleaning up wav files....help

Posted by murdo on Sat, 12/16/2000 - 21:08.

Hi Mate.
the best thing for doing audio cd is clean the cds first and if you have goldwave alway add the 2 seconds at the beginning and end of the wavs.

if you are still stuff just mail me,

murdo

: Ever since ive gotten my new car system, when
ever i record mp3s to wav format and then burn them to cd, i hear this scratching noise on some tracks. I use music match and was wondering what could cause this? when bands recored in a studio and put out a record there is no scratching...etc. I tried to use noise reduction programs, but they did not work at all. So basically im wondering if there is a program that can do what i want, remove that stupid noise, or if there is something better then music match to get clearer sounding wav files. Also, would getting a program that converts mp3s to wav and puts them on a cd automatically be better then converting mp3 to wav then burning them onto a cd player via, a program such as easy cd creator.

: any help would be appreciated....thanks

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