May 2001 Archive of Music Software Discussion & Help Page

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AKAI S 2000 with Windows 2000?

Windows 2000 is insisting on a driver. Where can I get a driver for it? I have it hooked up with scsi.

Is there a way to put my audio tapes onto cd via computer?

I have a bunch of audio tapes that I no longer use. I would use them if I could put them on CD. My new machine has a CD re/writeable. I have copied a few tracks off of some cds, but don't know if there is a software needed to work with cassete tapes. Please help.

Re: Is there a way to put my audio tapes onto cd via computer?

: I have a bunch of audio tapes that I no longer use. I would use them if I could put them on CD. My new machine has a CD re/writeable. I have copied a few tracks off of some cds, but don't know if there is a software needed to work with cassete tapes. Please help.

You can put any recorded material on CD if you have the cords to connect the source to the computer, cassetes,vinyl albums, reel to reel, even VHS video tapes. You need "MUSICMATCH" program, look at advanced recorder options in the help menue.

Re: Is there a way to put my audio tapes onto cd via computer?

It's easy to do. Connect the headphone socket of your tape player to the input of your soundcard. Record the sound as a WAV file, then burn this to a CD.

Cool Edit will record WAV files and allow you to edit them.

Andy

Re: Is there a way to put my audio tapes onto cd via computer?

I have LIN IN jack on my soundcard. I tried to hook up my LINE OUT jack from tape recorder. I can ar on the computer speakers but I am an ignorant computer user and do not know how to record the sound as a WAV fle. Will some show how to do that or do I need a special software?

Thanks

Re: Is there a way to put my audio tapes onto cd via computer?

: It's easy to do. Connect the headphone socket of your tape player to the input of your soundcard. Record the sound as a WAV file, then burn this to a CD.

: Cool Edit will record WAV files and allow you to edit them.

:
: Andy

I believe that if Randy is asking this question in the first place, he needs to know more than Andy has told him.

For instance, where is the input to the sound card located? Is it on the front panel of the tower or in the back? Will he have to open the tower to access the input to the sound card?

Bob

wav converter

hi i need to find a mp3 to wav converter or software. dose anyone know how/where to get it?

Re: wav converter

the guys that do this site do one called mp3machine.com that's where i got mine from.

: hi i need to find a mp3 to wav converter or software. dose anyone know how/where to get it?

Tascam da88 multitrack recorder for sale

If anyone is interested in a hardly used Tascam DA 88 digital multitrack recorder (only about 350 hrs of use) for $1000 ,e-mail me at RobertBaumer@cs.com for more details

Re: Tascam da88 multitrack recorder for sale

I might be interested in the DA 88, If you still have it? I noticed you're asking $1000.00 for it, If you still have it you may need to cut that price in half. I'm looking for one for spare parts, but they have droped in value to @ $ 500.00
Let mw know if you still have it and if you do what you're asking for it. Thanks, I hope to hear back from you.

Tune1000 to Korg hard drive

Can anyone tell me how I can load a standard midi file from disk onto my Korg 01/W hard drive. I have cake walk and I have a couple tune1000 disks and I can't get the korg to read or load either of them., so that I may save it in a Korg instrument format, with it's indtruments instead of the standard midi instruments.

Tune1000 to Korg hard drive

Can anyone tell me how I can load a standard midi file from disk onto my Korg 01/W hard drive. I have cake walk and I have a couple tune1000 disks and I can't get the korg to read or load either of them

Program selection advice for a horror film soundtrack

I am looking for advice on music software to purchase or download for a Mac G4. I need some good programs for a horror film soundtrack i am working on. I am already using Pro Tools but i need some good programs to create sound effects, good comp generated music but not to synthesized, or a cool sampler. If anyone can help and let me know what some good programs would be great for this project, let me know. Thanks.

POPS AND CLICKS

I'M HAVING A GREAT PROBLEM W/MY DAW...
I INSTALLED A DELTA OMNI STUDIO W/DELTA 66 TO
BE USED WITH MY LOGIC AUDIO GOLD 4.7..
AND I THOUGHT I CONFIGURED EVERYTHING RIGHT..
BUT NOW I GET POPS AND CLICKS IN MY AUDIO..
IT'S ONLY IN PLAYBACK THOU!!!I TRIED A BUNCH OF STUFF..
IF ANYONE CAN HELP ..PLEASE DO..
MAHALO FROM HAWAI'I..
R.J. KANEAO

track splitting

How can I take say a cd and split the guitar bass and vocals into 3 seperate tracks

WinMX , Napsters cousin

Download WinMX if you haven't done so yet. Share your files again.
http://www.winmx.com

real audio

how does one convert real audio song file to an mp3 file?. Many thanks

need help with corrupt .wav files

I'm unable to play back a .wav file I recorded a few months ago. When I try to play, I get messages telling me that it is a "corrupt" file. I've been able to play it before; this just started today. Is there anything I can do to fix the .wav file?

Re: need help with corrupt .wav files

I am Justin McVicker from Edgewater, MD. I don't think there is anything you can do. sorry.

happy

gjgvb

real audio files

how does one convert a real audio song file into an mp3 file. Many thanks.

Re: real audio files

Common question. Follow this link for more info

http://www.mp3machine.com/news/313/

Andy P

need to Create a Group!!!!!!!

hello my name is Dimitris, I m from Greece and I live in Athens. I compose music for about 4 years now, mainly with rebirth,(now with reason), and Im really good in Drum programming. I need someone to create a group! Anyone who likes electronic dance music,djs,musicians etc, and knows stuff about music, can contact me.

my influences are: orbital, chemical bros, leftfield, autechre, moby, ltj bukem, Swayzac, terry francis, deep dish, sasha, etc...

thanx a lot

midi help!

hello there! congratulations for your interesting and helpful web site!

I have a brand new PC pentiumIII with SBLIVE! PLATINUM.
last week they gave me an old CASIO midi keyboard. The problem is that i dont know how to connect it...I connect the one side of the midi cable to the joystick port and the other side to the keyboard, to the line-out. then what?... i dont know what happens next.. I must mention that I dont have any drivers for the Keyboard, I use win98, and I ve got almost all the good music software,, but usually I work with rebirth and Reason.
Please can you send me some specific instructions, its my first time that I m trying to install a midi.

thanx a lot

dimitris

Re: midi help!

: hello there! congratulations for your interesting and helpful web site!

: I have a brand new PC pentiumIII with SBLIVE! PLATINUM.
: last week they gave me an old CASIO midi keyboard. The problem is that i dont know how to connect it...I connect the one side of the midi cable to the joystick port and the other side to the keyboard, to the line-out. then what?... i dont know what happens next.. I must mention that I dont have any drivers for the Keyboard, I use win98, and I ve got almost all the good music software,, but usually I work with rebirth and Reason.
: Please can you send me some specific instructions, its my first time that I m trying to install a midi.

: thanx a lot

: dimitris
YOU NEED A MIDI INTERFACE. IT HAS TWO PLUGS ON ONE
END, THEY GO TO THE INSTRUMENT, AND THE OTHER END
CONNECTS TO YOUR SOUND CARD. YOU ALSO MAY NEED TO CONFIGURE FOR YOUR INSTRUMENT. YOUR SOUNDBLASTER
SHOULD HAVE COME WITH A LOT OF NICE SOFTWARE,IE,
PLAYERS AND RECORDERS,SPECIAL EFFECTS,ETC. HIT ME
BACK IF YOU NEED ANY MORE INFO , PEACE

Re: midi help!

: : hello there! congratulations for your interesting and helpful web site!

: : I have a brand new PC pentiumIII with SBLIVE! PLATINUM.
: : last week they gave me an old CASIO midi keyboard. The problem is that i dont know how to connect it...I connect the one side of the midi cable to the joystick port and the other side to the keyboard, to the line-out. then what?... i dont know what happens next.. I must mention that I dont have any drivers for the Keyboard, I use win98, and I ve got almost all the good music software,, but usually I work with rebirth and Reason.
: : Please can you send me some specific instructions, its my first time that I m trying to install a midi.

: : thanx a lot

: : dimitris
: YOU NEED A MIDI INTERFACE. IT HAS TWO PLUGS ON ONE
: END, THEY GO TO THE INSTRUMENT, AND THE OTHER END
: CONNECTS TO YOUR SOUND CARD. YOU ALSO MAY NEED TO CONFIGURE FOR YOUR INSTRUMENT. YOUR SOUNDBLASTER
: SHOULD HAVE COME WITH A LOT OF NICE SOFTWARE,IE,
: PLAYERS AND RECORDERS,SPECIAL EFFECTS,ETC. HIT ME
: BACK IF YOU NEED ANY MORE INFO , PEACE

hi there Dimitris,
I am hooking up my Yamaha W7 synth to my pc to. Ive got a pentium 3 and win 98 but only soundblaster 128 vibra. (could you advise the difference between your and mine? What you need is a midi interface with software to go with it. I got a Roland USB Midi interface cable with the software. maybe this could suit you. I recomend getting an interface with THE SOFTWARE.
gOOD LUCK.
mICHAEL

Re: midi help!

I have almost the same problem...
I have a soundblaster 5 live, I got given a Casio Midi Keyboard for it by a friend. I have linked it up with the leads to the midi port at the back and configured it as much as i could, but still nothing.. someone said i might need a driver for the souncard or the casio keyboard, if this is true, what do i need to be able to input it correctly?

Re: midi help!

: : hello there! congratulations for your interesting and helpful web site!

: : I have a brand new PC pentiumIII with SBLIVE! PLATINUM.
: : last week they gave me an old CASIO midi keyboard. The problem is that i dont know how to connect it...I connect the one side of the midi cable to the joystick port and the other side to the keyboard, to the line-out. then what?... i dont know what happens next.. I must mention that I dont have any drivers for the Keyboard, I use win98, and I ve got almost all the good music software,, but usually I work with rebirth and Reason.
: : Please can you send me some specific instructions, its my first time that I m trying to install a midi.

: : thanx a lot

: : dimitris
: YOU NEED A MIDI INTERFACE. IT HAS TWO PLUGS ON ONE
: END, THEY GO TO THE INSTRUMENT, AND THE OTHER END
: CONNECTS TO YOUR SOUND CARD. YOU ALSO MAY NEED TO CONFIGURE FOR YOUR INSTRUMENT. YOUR SOUNDBLASTER
: SHOULD HAVE COME WITH A LOT OF NICE SOFTWARE,IE,
: PLAYERS AND RECORDERS,SPECIAL EFFECTS,ETC. HIT ME
: BACK IF YOU NEED ANY MORE INFO , PEACE
DONT FORGET YOUR OUT GOES TO THE IN AND THE IN GOES TO THE OUT ON YOUR MIDI INTERFACE CABLES.
YOU CAN ALSO GO WITH A DIRECT LINE IN. MAKE SURE TO GET STEREO JACKS. YOUR CREATIVE LAUNCHER HAS A MIXER, IT WILL ALLOW YOU TO CONFIGURE FOR MANY INSTRUMENTS AND TASKS. RADIO SHACK HAS THE JACKS YOULL NEED. TO DO A LINE-IN, GET A STEREO CABLE
SO THAT YOU WILL HAVE SOUND ON BOTH CHANNELS,IF YOUR KEYBOARD INPUT/OUTPUT PLUG IS BIGGER THAN THE ONE ON YOUR SOUND CARD, YOU CAN GET ADAPTERS.

Re: midi help!

Okay.. First thing you need is check the midi cable.. The one labled OUT goes to the midi in on the keyboard. The one labled IN goes to the midi out on the keyboard. This could be reversed depending on how your midi cables are labled. from there, it is just a matter or assigning a midi channel to each of the voices you want to play on the casio and assigning the track to that channel just like sequencing the virtual synths.

>: I have a brand new PC pentiumIII with SBLIVE! >PLATINUM.
>: last week they gave me an old CASIO midi >keyboard. The problem is that i dont know how to >connect it...I connect the one side of the midi >cable to the joystick port and the other side to >the keyboard, to the line-out. then what?... i >dont know what happens next.. I must mention >that I dont have any drivers for the Keyboard, I >use win98, and I ve got almost all the good >music software,, but usually I work with rebirth >and Reason.
: Please can you send me some specific instructions, its my first time that I m trying to install a midi.

: thanx a lot

: dimitris

Can anyone tell me...

Can anyone tell me the name of a drum sample replacment program like drumagog.
thank you all!

Help with Decision

Have been lurking for about a year trying to decide which midi based sound/sampling add on to by Pent 3 450 256 Mb ram Sound Blaster live.
looking at Giga station 160.
Any body has experience with this product
I'm as military musician starting to compose for small and large military Symphonic bands. Need true woodwind and brass sounds. willing to spend up to $1000 US
Any help in this matter would be greayly appreciated.
All comment welcome
Frank

I need the Artist Please

The chorus is:Last night I think of you,I want to be your lady babe,If ya game is on give me your car keys if love ya love is strong I'll give my all to you-Boy every night I am constantly thinking of you...

I need the name as well...I heard this song on the radio but did not get the artist or the name...

Email me...Thax

Re: I need the Artist Please

the title is i think heaven can wait or heaven can't wait but i do not know the artist

: Email me...Thax

Re: I need the Artist Please

: The chorus is:Last night I think of you,I want to be your lady babe,If ya game is on give me your car keys if love ya love is strong I'll give my all to you-Boy every night I am constantly thinking of you...

: I need the name as well...I heard this song on the radio but did not get the artist or the name...

: Email me...Thax

Re: I need the Artist Please

when ever ne wun gets this lyrics please email me back .. that song sounds cool!
thanks

Virtual Drum Sampler in Logic audio 4.5

I would like to use a virtual drum sampler with logic.
which is the best (free/ shareware) one to use and how do I get it loaded into a channel in Logic ready to use and build patterns with.

Please help,
thankyou

HELP! Mac to PC

I got sort of a problem. I've got a cd floating over of really good mp3's, but the mp3 are all in MAC-formate, witch my PC can't read. What I need is a program witch convert these MAC Files into PC-files, so I can use them on my PC. Please directe me to a page where I can download this sort of softwear!!!

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Re: wav to mp3 converter

send it to me

Registration

Hi,I have just downloaded and installed your CD-recorder.I'd like to have it registered.I have been unable to find the site to do it.Please let me know how to get it registered.Regards-J.Pathi

Re: Registration

Hi, There are several CD recording programs on Shareware Music Machine so Im not sure which one your talking about. The best thing to do is to take a look in the readme file which will be in the directory of the program. There you should find all the details you need to register the program.

: Hi,I have just downloaded and installed your CD-recorder.I'd like to have it registered.I have been unable to find the site to do it.Please let
me know how to get it registered.Regards-J.Pathi

drums

Does anyone know where i can find good free midi rock/blues/metal drum patterns? i always find it a real stumbling block when im trying to write anything.

Wav quality

How can I change the KHZ or Bitrate of a wav file? (As I don't have the original file I can't re-encode it
;-)
thanx

Re: Wav quality

Cool Edit 2000 or 96 can convert bitrates of WAV files. It'll do up to 48kHZ. It will also convert from 8 to 16 bit (or vice versa).

Andy P

maxi studio Isis soundcard

I have just bought the above soundcard, and can't use it, does anyone know if there is a tutorial or site that could be of help, I contacted Guillemot the makers but there not much help.
Thanks

Re: maxi studio Isis soundcard

: I have just bought the above soundcard, and can't use it, does anyone know if there is a tutorial or site that could be of help, I contacted Guillemot the makers but there not much help.
: Thanks

the same with me, i know yhat there is only a possibility to run the card with win 98, there is no run for win 2000 or xp. my pc is very weak, 350mhz, 64mb ram, is it possible to run the card on such a comp.?

thanx for an answer katrin

Re: maxi studio Isis soundcard

Katrin,

I'm currently running the card on my wife's old PII 333, which I just 'upgraded' to 128MB ram by snarfing a chip from another old box.

The card should perform fine with Cool Edit, which should have come with the card.

Logic Audio Isis is MUCH more finicky and difficult to use, but interesting once you jump a few hurdles. To get your machine to work with Logic, make sure you do the following:

1. Run add/remove programs and see if there's a 'yamaha soft synth' installed. If it's there, UNINSTALL it. It's a memory hog and Logic won't even get off the ground if it's there.

2. Right-click on My Computer on your desktop and then click Properties. Somewhere there's a setting for graphics/hardware accelleration. Slide that down to 'basic acceleration'.

3. Go into Control Panel and double-click on Multimedia. Click on the Audio tab and then click the Advanced button for sound playback. Click on the Performance tab and move the hardware acceleration slider down to 'basic acceleration'.

Doing these things should help you free up what memory you have. Also ask around at work or wherever to see if any friends have memory from old pc's. There's tons of it floating around if you can find it!

Lastly, on the software end, try Magix 'Audio Studio' program. www.magix.com, I believe. It's got a midi program that's based on Logic and a whopping-great audio program that's based on Samplitude, and it works fine with the Isis, so long as you're running win95, 98, or ME. All for about 70-$80 American. Try Amazon.com and you might get it even cheaper. That package is the best-kept secret in recording if you ask me!

Have fun, and if all else fails stick with Cool Edit. That program has VERY low over-head, memory and processor wise, and you have a great recording system right there if you can get over the absense of midi and real-time effects. If you get a new system later on, you can still keep that old machine with the Isis for those rare occasions when you really need the 8 tracks, then you

Re: maxi studio Isis soundcard

: : I have just bought the above soundcard, and can't use it, does anyone know if there is a tutorial or site that could be of help, I contacted Guillemot the makers but there not much help.
: : Thanks

: the same with me, i know yhat there is only a possibility to run the card with win 98, there is no run for win 2000 or xp. my pc is very weak, 350mhz, 64mb ram, is it possible to run the card on such a comp.?

: thanx for an answer katrin

These cards nowadays can be found on ebay for a very small amount of money. Unfortunately, soundcard companies are going out of business all the time, seems with the advent of new windows upgrades or poor business practices. This card is a jewel but you are limited (if you can call it that) by Win 98,me, etc. Its a matter of navigation and setting the default on the midi side as well as setting your wave recorders parameters. IT works fantastic, I recommend this card to anyone interested.

sound editing

i wanted to know how to take all the background sounds out of a song so just the acoustic guitar and vocals are playing. can someone please tell me how i have musicstudio v2000 but i cant figure it out.basically i want to turn the song into a acoustic piece.

Thanks

photoscore and sibelius urgently needed

with thanks