August 2001 Archive of Music Software Discussion & Help Page

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samsung harddisk problem

: : Hello, I have an A3000 v2 with a hard disk . THere is problem is that my PC hangs a lot when i run fdisk and re-create partation after then when i format drive to load windows format command stopped in between says drive is not ready plz tel me

Re: PLEASE!! A3000/hardisk problem...

: Hello, I have an A3000 v2 with a hard disk . THere is problem is that my PC hangs a lot when i run fdisk and re-create partation after then when i format drive to load windows format command stopped i between says drive i not readyplz tel me

Re: PLEASE!! A3000/hardisk problem...

You are proberly using a SCSI Harddisk. If so
make sure your HARDDISK is terminated and the device at the other end of the SCSI bus (proberly your computer or the last internal SCSI disk in your computer). Anything in between such as your a3000 sampler must not be terminated (it is by default)

Look in your a3000 manual or on the internet for more information on SCSI termination.

Arjan

how to find what onboard sound i have?

i have this generic machine with yamaha onboard audio on it.. can't find a driver for that stupid thing.. don't know what exactly is the model number...

Re: how to find what onboard sound i have?

If it's on the motherboard, you should find it in the BIOS settings (press DEL when the machine powers up). If it's a card, then the type should be listed on Control Panel.

Andy

arpeggiator

i m looking for an arpeggiator module for atari cubase 3

Re: arpeggiator

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/electronic_cow/arp.htm

cownet best arpeggiator for atari paste link

Re: arpeggiator

: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/electronic_cow/arp.htm

: cownet best arpeggiator for atari paste link

True, but the TX-9039 is perhaps the better choice for slimfunk and jiveslap styles used in some of the latest Brit House stuff coming out. If you jinx it, it'll only come on stronger. Fuck Karen Annarino!

BhangraHolics August Update

Hi all,

BhangraHolics Anonymous Update : http://bhangraholics.co.uk

Ok its been a while since da last update, but it'll be well worth it.
This month its back to Bhangra Basics, with a mix of a mix:

The BhangraHolics "Treat or Treat Bigbeat Mix" of Partners in Rhyme's remix from there album "Timeless", song "Tere Te Ashiq".

Plus two new album reviews:
PMC - Dhol Jageero Da (its had many varied reviews, heres another)
PIR - Timeless

Also, my pick of the Top Techno 3 Tunes (with a bouncy Acid feel this month)

Also i'm putting an album together, theres plenty of mixes in da BhangraHolics Catalogue, so let me know which ones you think should be included.

Habby aka MC E-Zee P-Zee
BhangraHolics Anonymous
http://bhangraholics.co.uk

SB Live value ME drivers?

Hi,

I have just installed ME with the SB Live value card and I can on;y get to 91% on set up. Everything still seems to work fine except there is no Audio HQ and effects etc.

Maybe I need ME drivers ?

Any help please...

Dave

Re: SB Live value ME drivers?

: Hi,

: I have just installed ME with the SB Live value card and I can on;y get to 91% on set up. Everything still seems to work fine except there is no Audio HQ and effects etc.

: Maybe I need ME drivers ?

: Any help please...

:
: Dave

Hey Dave: The SoundBlaster Live Value card includes the correct drivers to work with Windows ME so that's probably not the problem. Something is going wrong during installation. First of all make sure nothing is running in the background during install. Turn off all screen savers and if you know how to use the System Configuration Utility use selective startup to turn things off there.

Cakewalk Problem

Hi there
I Have a problem with Cakewalk Guitar studio, that i have been using for a long time.
1.- I record my drumloops or whatever on track 1 or 1 and two(for stereo)
2.- Then i record my rhythm guitar on track 3.
3.- When i listen for playback. Track 3 has recorded
Both 1,2 And Track 3.
I have been trying all sorts of things, but i cannot solve the problem.
I would really appreciate any comments or ideas
any of you guys have out there.
cheers
Dennis.

Re: Cakewalk Problem

: Hi there
: I Have a problem with Cakewalk Guitar studio, that i have been using for a long time.
: 1.- I record my drumloops or whatever on track 1 or 1 and two(for stereo)
: 2.- Then i record my rhythm guitar on track 3.
: 3.- When i listen for playback. Track 3 has recorded
: Both 1,2 And Track 3.
: I have been trying all sorts of things, but i cannot solve the problem.
: I would really appreciate any comments or ideas
: any of you guys have out there.
: cheers
: Dennis.

If you are using Windows look in the Windows mixer. IF the recording input is set to Wave it could cause this problem

Macarthur Park

could someone pls tell who did the original version of Macarthur Park and in what year it was first performed
thanks

Re: Macarthur Park

: could someone pls tell who did the original version of Macarthur Park and in what year it was first performed
: thanks

It was the actor Richard Harris in his short lived singing debut. I don't know what year but I'm thinking late sixties because that was such a Beatles wannabe song. " Some one left the cake out in the rain. I don't think that I can take it cause it took so long to make it and I'll never have that recipe again" What fine lyrics.

Re: Macarthur Park

: Richard Harris may be the one who made the song famous, but he was not the first. It was originally written and performed by Jimmy Webb. Not sure of the year. Check out http"//www.jimmywebb.com for more information.

: : could someone pls tell who did the original version of Macarthur Park and in what year it was first performed
: : thanks

: It was the actor Richard Harris in his short lived singing debut. I don't know what year but I'm thinking late sixties because that was such a Beatles wannabe song. " Some one left the cake out in the rain. I don't think that I can take it cause it took so long to make it and I'll never have that recipe again" What fine lyrics.

Re: Macarthur Park

I hate you. Macarthur park is the greatest song EVAR!!111oneone. Oh yes, it is.

Score Writing

Hey, I want to write a musical score on my computer, but I have no money. If anyone knows of free score writing softwear could you e-mail me a bratwatch@yahoo.com.
Thanks,
Lance

Re: Score Writing

: Hey, I want to write a musical score on my computer, but I have no money. If anyone knows of free score writing softwear could you e-mail me a bratwatch@yahoo.com.
: Thanks,
: Lance

Me too, same question!

Re: Score Writing

For small, chamber stuff you can download Finale Notepad for free.

http://www.finalemusic.com/

Re: Score Writing

there's guitar pro ...just for guitars but good

: http://www.finalemusic.com/

HELP !! - Andrea Bocelli's song

Hi.
I'm looking for an Andrea Bocelli's song.
It's a version of "Vivo Per Lei" (Vivo Por Ella), making duet with A WOMAN THAT SINGS IN ENGLISH.
I'd like to get the name of that woman or the name of this version....

Thank you very much... (sorry the english)

Re: HELP !! - Andrea Bocelli's song

Did you find it?

mp3 track marks

i have my decks linked to my computer for recording. The problem i have is that when recoring a long mix and burning it to a cd there are no track marks just one large track. I was wondering if there is any software that allows you to add track marks to an mp3 file before burning to a cd. Much like on a minidisc. Any help would be appreciated.

Re: mp3 track marks

I don't know a program that can do this with MP3 but you probably first transfer your songs as WAV files so in this case you need of WaveKnife. Go to: http://www.spacetaxi.de/sf/waveknife.html
This little utility is free for download.

Re: mp3 track marks

: I don't know a program that can do this with MP3 but you probably first transfer your songs as WAV files so in this case you need of WaveKnife. Go to: http://www.spacetaxi.de/sf/waveknife.html
: This little utility is free for download.

Get my program and it will let you split up a large mp3 file into multiple tracks and its free. Its on this site and called MP3Clip, the latest version is 0.92 but I'm gonna release a new one soon.
Get it from here or go directly to www.gibbler.com/mp3clip please send me email and tell me how it goes

Dj mp3 software....where to find some free!

http://www.audioenhancedps.co.uk

Keyboard to computer

I am the computer wiz. Our church musician is the music wiz. She wants to hook up her MIDI keyboard to the new Pentium 4 computer we have at the church and use Finale 2000 to score some special music arrangements. We need a little basic help mating these two realms. Do we just plug in the MIDI cable to the sound board in the computer, or do we have to have a MIDI adapter? If we must HAVE a MIDI adapter, can you suggest a relatively inexpensive one for beginners?

Re: Keyboard to computer

Hi, you need a midi adapter. Emagic has good un's. So does motu, steinberg and midiman. Generally if you were using a motu sequencer you'd want motu hardware, if you wanted an emagic sequencer emagic hardware. With finale Im not sure, whatever's clever, but emagics stuff has a good reputation, thats what I'd get, they have their "amt" interfaces.
As for setting it up, they can either work with a serial port or usb, one or the other so get the right type for your CPU.

: I am the computer wiz. Our church musician is the music wiz. She wants to hook up her MIDI keyboard to the new Pentium 4 computer we have at the church and use Finale 2000 to score some special music arrangements. We need a little basic help mating these two realms. Do we just plug in the MIDI cable to the sound board in the computer, or do we have to have a MIDI adapter? If we must HAVE a MIDI adapter, can you suggest a relatively inexpensive one for beginners?

Help! There is a one second gap between tracks!

I have 20 mp3s i downloaded which is a megamix.
WHen i burn it, there is a one second gap between tracks, how do i remove it?
I am using CD creater.
I don't understand why it is there.
Thanks

How do I run 2 programs together?

I want to run 2 programs simultaneously, Sonic Foundry's Acid & Cakewalk's
Pro Audio 9.
Using drum samples in Acid, I need to hear them when I record my midi
sequence into Cakewalk.
In order for Acid to be the master, Cakewalk receives the midi clock
messages sent to it on my TBS Montego MPU-401 input port. I have done this
by connecting a midi cable from the midi out to the midi in of the sound
card. I then need to select another input port to receive midi data for the
sequence. This is done through my Opcode Studio 64x interface. With this
configuration I put Cakewalk into record and it waits for the incoming
signal. When I play Acid however, Cakewalk receives the signal but takes off
at a rate of knots far quicker than the speed dictated by Acid. Up until now
I've had to record the Cakewalk sequence seperately (just listening to the
metronome and not the Acid samples), then disable that particular input
port. With just the one input port now open (the TBS Montego MPU-401 ),
Cakewalk will slave quite happily to Acid. Suffice to say this is a
laborious, painful, 'wait-and-see do the two tracks sit well together' type
of procedure. Cakewalk doesn't seem to like having the 2 input ports
operating at the same time.

I've also tried letting Acid chase to an incoming MTC sent from Cakewalk,
but it just didn't want to know - stuttering and stumbling to a halt.

Help and advice would be greatly appreciated, as I have tried every setting
I can think of.

Yours sincerely,

Peter Beckett

beckettp@indigo.ie

How do I run 2 programs together?

I want to run 2 programs simultaneously, Sonic Foundry's Acid & Cakewalk's
Pro Audio 9.
Using drum samples in Acid, I need to hear them when I record my midi
sequence into Cakewalk.
In order for Acid to be the master, Cakewalk receives the midi clock
messages sent to it on my TBS Montego MPU-401 input port. I have done this
by connecting a midi cable from the midi out to the midi in of the sound
card. I then need to select another input port to receive midi data for the
sequence. This is done through my Opcode Studio 64x interface. With this
configuration I put Cakewalk into record and it waits for the incoming
signal. When I play Acid however, Cakewalk receives the signal but takes off
at a rate of knots far quicker than the speed dictated by Acid. Up until now
I've had to record the Cakewalk sequence seperately (just listening to the
metronome and not the Acid samples), then disable that particular input
port. With just the one input port now open (the TBS Montego MPU-401 ),
Cakewalk will slave quite happily to Acid. Suffice to say this is a
laborious, painful, 'wait-and-see do the two tracks sit well together' type
of procedure. Cakewalk doesn't seem to like having the 2 input ports
operating at the same time.

I've also tried letting Acid chase to an incoming MTC sent from Cakewalk,
but it just didn't want to know - stuttering and stumbling to a halt.

Help and advice would be greatly appreciated, as I have tried every setting
I can think of.

Yours sincerely,

Peter Beckett

beckettp@indigo.ie

Re: How do I run 2 programs together?

Peter,

Have you tried a software midi router like Hubi's Midi Loopback device? (available on this website). Once loaded it appears on the bar at the bottom of windows. It gives you the option to route midi signals/clock from one program to another. Using this you can sand your midi drum pattern from Cakewalk to friuty loops as if you were controlling it from and external midi source. Plugging a soundcard back into itself is never a good idea as it tends to get upset!

drums on computer

I am looking for a good drum machine for desktop
recordings. Preferably something with lots of
drum tunes, and the ability to design drums for
a complete song and export in WAV format.
Thanks

Re: drums on computer

: I am looking for a good drum machine for desktop
: recordings. Preferably something with lots of
: drum tunes, and the ability to design drums for
: a complete song and export in WAV format.
: Thanks

I don't know if you found anything yet, but I've found a couple things on Download.com that have been awesome in creating my own drum licks. There's no more b.s. of trying to find the right loop. Give it a whirl, just type in "drums" in the search engine on download.com. l8r g8r.

Re: drums on computer

Hey man,
fruity loops is a good choice, and it can use different plug ins like sonic syndicates orion, or this new one Ive seen, the dr 008 modular drum sampler.
[url]http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/news/1002/[/url]

As well theres waldorfs attack drum synth(as opposed to sampler) and NI's battery.

: I am looking for a good drum machine for desktop
: recordings. Preferably something with lots of
: drum tunes, and the ability to design drums for
: a complete song and export in WAV format.
: Thanks

Re: drums on computer

<a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/FruityLoops_win95/">FruityLoops</a> might do.

: I am looking for a good drum machine for desktop
: recordings. Preferably something with lots of
: drum tunes, and the ability to design drums for
: a complete song and export in WAV format.
: Thanks

MP3 Song

Does anyone know or have where I can definitly get the instrumental version of "Boyz II Men - A Song For Mama"? Please let me know as soon as possible. Dom

Re: MP3 Song

ROFL!

: Does anyone know or have where I can definitly get the instrumental version of "Boyz II Men - A Song For Mama"? Please let me know as soon as possible. Dom

Re: MP3 Song

: ROFL!

What ever the hell that means....

: : Does anyone know or have where I can definitly get the instrumental version of "Boyz II Men - A Song For Mama"? Please let me know as soon as possible. Dom

how do I put vocals over my acid songs?

Can any one help me with this? I can mix down the tracks to wav or mp3 files but I cant figure out how to record my voice over them.

Re: how do I put vocals over my acid songs?

: Can any one help me with this? I can mix down the tracks to wav or mp3 files but I cant figure out how to record my voice over them.

** You can record the vocals seperatly then merge them in Cool Edit or Sound Forge. **

Re: how do I put vocals over my acid songs?

It's well worth using ACID with an audio editor or multi-track recorder. <a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Cool_Edit_2k/">Cool Edit 2000</a> could be used to create vox track and then you can drop it into ACID. Or you could use <a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/n-Track_studio/">n-track</a> if you wanted to do live multi-track recording by yourself or other musicians.

Lisa

: : Can any one help me with this? I can mix down the tracks to wav or mp3 files but I cant figure out how to record my voice over them.

: ** You can record the vocals seperatly then merge them in Cool Edit or Sound Forge. **

re: re: formac

I found formac. Thanx so much. I still have a problem though. I read that the cd rw drives, which are mostly fire wire, cannot be heard on regular cd players. Here's the deal. I have been offered a distribution & marketing deal by Time Warner. My label is anffiliated company called Caroline Records. They're a funding a six month tour of the states and want me to make the preliminary recording in return. I need to set up recording capabilities, mix down and burn. The cd I burn must be professional quality and audible on a regular cd player. Once I do this the company will take over. I'm willing to forget i tunes if I can obtain what I need. What do I do? Where do I go. I need an in home recording studio. HELP!!!!!!!???????!!!!!!!

Re: re: re: formac

Older CD players can't play CD-R or CD-RW discs because of the different way they are made. There's no way you can get around this problem.

Andy

Connection

I have a software program ( cakewalk), I want to transfer cassettes to Cds ( i have CDRW) To do this
I know I need to hook up my cassette player to the sound card. I also have analog to digital connecters.
My problem is that the connection in the back of the stereo has little square connecters, Can I connect through the headphone connecter? And will that require a digital to digital cable?
Thanks for help.
Belinda

Re: Connection

Hello, Ide suggest going from the analog out of the cassete deck to the analog in, as digital ins are only for digital outputs. Make sense? Theres nithing digital about a cassette therefore for your computer to recoprd it it fits needs to be converted to digital. Just figure out what the outputs shape is go to radio shack and find the right shaped adapter to hook it all up.

: I have a software program ( cakewalk), I want to transfer cassettes to Cds ( i have CDRW) To do this
: I know I need to hook up my cassette player to the sound card. I also have analog to digital connecters.
: My problem is that the connection in the back of the stereo has little square connecters, Can I connect through the headphone connecter? And will that require a digital to digital cable?
: Thanks for help.
: Belinda

this sucks

the god damn contact page is out of order or something.
The download page does not work. I think I'll go to winamp instead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry.

I cant figureout how to boot my MIDI installer

I just totally came in my hand, and it got all over the fucking place.

Re: this sucks

<font color="red"> lol </font>