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onboard cyrstal sound card but no sound

i was on my computer (listening to sound) when Me suddenly froze i restarted the computer and noticed no sound, i saw no speaker icon on the task bar so i whent "start>accesories>entertainment>volume control" nothing happend, i then whent to device mannager and noticed there was no longer a multimedia tab this was odd so i tried to look for new hardware but my comp didnt recognize any i manually selected the right device but it gave error 10 (either that device is not on my comp or i need the driver) i tried installing the driver but still no sound and the error is still there i have followed multiple procedures (except reformating) and non have helped any suggestions would be very helpfull thank you

Re: onboard cyrstal sound card but no sound

If it's onboard (mean i810 or sth else)with a big propablity it's a "Cyrstal 4299" and you have to download it from internet (try www.download.com and there is a section "drivers"), if not, you can open the case and look for a small chip in the middle-left side, hmm where, between PCI slots mostly or a bit below PCI slots and hard to read the values on it but you can, can't you? the size of the chip is appx. 5-6mm x 5-6mm so be careful about it, may be it can be an AL1881, this is two most commonly used chips for i810 series mainboards. tell me from icq uin#1691211 or e-mail me.

windows xp and cakewalk

I am now running windows xp, but this has somehow disabled cakewalk. I reinstalled Pro audio 9 but the .exe will just not work - nothing happens. Is this a cakewalk thing or XP? anybody help please?
Cheers,
Jon

Re: windows xp and cakewalk

I am running Pro Audio 9 with Win98 and I am
considering upgrading to Windows XP . Do someone
can assure me it will work fine?
I don't want to pay big bucks for Sonar.
Many Thanks!
jean.beaumier@sympatico.ca

Re: windows xp and cakewalk

To Jon (and whomever else it may concern!):

I am currently running Cakewalk HS 9.01 on an XP platform and it seems to be working fine. However, I had XP and installed CWHS fresh afterwards. I gather from the way you mention the problem, that Cakewalk was installed (on your computer) in Win 98 and then you upgraded to WinXP and the problem emerged. I had this happen with my Cakewalk 6.0 installation when I upgraded from Win95 to Win98. All the files seemed to install correctly but the program would not execute. When I in turn upgraded Cakewalk to 9.0, everything worked. There are several possible underlying problems and the fix may not be at all simple. Two kinds of approaches suggest themselves. One involves deleting registry keys that refer to CWHS; the other involves shared file version conflicts.

Before you read on, note well: MESSING WITH THE REGISTRY CAN BE DANGEROUS for the O.S. itself. I HAVE NOT TRIED ANY REGISTRY MODIFICATIONS IN XP... BUT ...

A traditional approach to driver/install problems is to 1) Unistall the dysfunctional software; 2) run regedit and use the search to find all keys that reference the software and delete those references; then exit regedit and reboot; make sure OS is functioning otherwise well; try a clean reinstall of the software.

BE ADVISED (I'm emphasizing, not shouting): MESSING WITH THE REGISTRY CAN BE DANGEROUS for the O.S. itself. I HAVE NOT TRIED ANY REGISTRY MODIFICATIONS IN XP and would ONLY TRY ON MY SYSTEM as a LAST RESORT

The following explanation/remedy (from Cakewalk's TS FAQs) of what sounds like a serious program crash may also be helpful (this is the shared file conflict approach.You will need to compare what they say about the problem observed in the fix and see how closely it matches what you recall about the problem on your own machine):

>"Cakewalk 7.0 or 8.0 gives me an Invalid Page >Fault error or a Divide By Zero error when I >access certain menus.
>You may experience Divide by Zero or Invalid >Page Fault errors if your computer is using an >older version of a file named Comctrl32.dll

>There is a fix. The Cakewalk 7.0 CD contains a >file called 40Comupd.exe. (The Setup routine >should have detected the older file and asked if >you want to update Comctrl32.dll. It's possible >that you clicked No or the Install routine >somehow missed the old file.) Updating the >required file on your computer is easy.
> 1. Browse the Cakewalk 7.0 CD using Windows
> Explorer.
> 2. Open the Cakewalk directory
> 3. Double-click the file called 40Comupd.exe.
> This will update your Comctrl32.dll file and
> restore Cakewalk to full operation."

That concludes their information. At this point I would tend to reboot after exiting all programs normally. Then try to run CWHS once you're rebooted.

I checked and Cakewalk HS 9.0 also has this file on its install CD (in the Cakewalk folder, if you browse the CD). I might therefore assume that 8.0 would have it as well. Again, I don't KNOW whether this would fix your problem. But usually when a working program stops working following an upgrade, it's because some shared file got updated by the upgrade software, thus spelling doom for the application that needs the older version. Conventional wisdom is that if you can get the dysfunctioning software's own executable components to update files it shares with the OS/other programs, then that software will run properly again. The only catch involves files that are shared between the OS and several programs that each expect a certain version...

Hope this answers more questions than it raises!
(So much for hope...) Probably the wisest thing to do is to involve Cakewalk's people on this...

Brian

: I am now running windows xp, but this has somehow disabled cakewalk. I reinstalled Pro audio 9 but the .exe will just not work - nothing happens. Is this a cakewalk thing or XP? anybody help please?
: Cheers,
: Jon

Re: windows xp and cakewalk

To Jon (and whomever else it may concern!):

I am currently running Cakewalk HS 9.01 on an XP platform and it seems to be working fine. However, I had XP and installed CWHS fresh afterwards. I gather from the way you mention the problem, that Cakewalk was installed (on your computer) in Win 98 and then you upgraded to WinXP and the problem emerged. I had this happen with my Cakewalk 6.0 installation when I upgraded from Win95 to Win98. All the files seemed to install correctly but the program would not execute. When I in turn upgraded Cakewalk to 9.0, everything worked. There are several possible underlying problems and the fix may not be at all simple. Two kinds of approaches suggest themselves. One involves deleting registry keys that refer to CWHS; the other involves shared file version conflicts.

Before you read on, note well: MESSING WITH THE REGISTRY CAN BE DANGEROUS for the O.S. itself. I HAVE NOT TRIED ANY REGISTRY MODIFICATIONS IN XP... BUT ...

A traditional approach to driver/install problems is to 1) Unistall the dysfunctional software; 2) run regedit and use the search to find all keys that reference the software and delete those references; then exit regedit and reboot; make sure OS is functioning otherwise well; try a clean reinstall of the software.

BE ADVISED (I'm emphasizing, not shouting): MESSING WITH THE REGISTRY CAN BE DANGEROUS for the O.S. itself. I HAVE NOT TRIED ANY REGISTRY MODIFICATIONS IN XP and would ONLY TRY ON MY SYSTEM as a LAST RESORT

The following explanation/remedy (from Cakewalk's TS FAQs) of what sounds like a serious program crash may also be helpful (this is the shared file conflict approach.You will need to compare what they say about the problem observed in the fix and see how closely it matches what you recall about the problem on your own machine):

>"Cakewalk 7.0 or 8.0 gives me an Invalid Page >Fault error or a Divide By Zero error when I >access certain menus.
>You may experience Divide by Zero or Invalid >Page Fault errors if your computer is using an >older version of a file named Comctrl32.dll

>There is a fix. The Cakewalk 7.0 CD contains a >file called 40Comupd.exe. (The Setup routine >should have detected the older file and asked if >you want to update Comctrl32.dll. It's possible >that you clicked No or the Install routine >somehow missed the old file.) Updating the >required file on your computer is easy.
> 1. Browse the Cakewalk 7.0 CD using Windows
> Explorer.
> 2. Open the Cakewalk directory
> 3. Double-click the file called 40Comupd.exe.
> This will update your Comctrl32.dll file and
> restore Cakewalk to full operation."

I checked and Cakewalk HS 9.0 also has this file on its install CD (in the Cakewalk folder, if you browse the CD). I might therefore assume that 8.0 would have it as well. Again, I don't KNOW whether this would fix your problem. But usually when a working program stops working following an upgrade, it's because some shared file got updated by the upgrade software, thus spelling doom for the application that needs the older version. Conventional wisdom is that if you can get the dysfunctioning software's own executable components to update files it shares with the OS/other programs, then that software will run properly again. The only catch involves files that are shared between the OS and several programs that each expect a certain version...

Hope this answers more questions than it raises!
(So much for hope...) Probably the wisest thing to do is to involve Cakewalk's people on this...

Brian

: I am now running windows xp, but this has somehow disabled cakewalk. I reinstalled Pro audio 9 but the .exe will just not work - nothing happens. Is this a cakewalk thing or XP? anybody help please?
: Cheers,
: Jon

Re: windows xp and cakewalk

I have the same problem :(

Re: windows xp and cakewalk

I reckon you gotta contact Cakewalk for an answer.

: I am now running windows xp, but this has somehow disabled cakewalk. I reinstalled Pro audio 9 but the .exe will just not work - nothing happens. Is this a cakewalk thing or XP? anybody help please?
: Cheers,
: Jon

Re: windows xp and cakewalk

this is a known issue with direct x 9. cakewalk has a patch that you can apply.

cubase and color monitor

the manual says my cubase version 2 does not support color monitors, can any one help?? Does that mean it doesnt work correctly with color monitors or just that the program has no color but still operates as normal.
thanks

Music file editing

I have a lot of old vinyl that I would like to preserve. I need to be able to edit out the hiss and scratches. What would be a good software product to accomplish this?

Re: Music file editing

There is a section devoted to <a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/cat/AUDIO_RESTORATION/">audio restoration</a> on this site. I don't think there is anything that is freeware that is any good. You'll have to look around and make up your mind for yourself. Oh the horrors!

: I have a lot of old vinyl that I would like to preserve. I need to be able to edit out the hiss and scratches. What would be a good software product to accomplish this?

Re: Music file editing

:Thanks! }:-)

: There is a section devoted to <a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/cat/AUDIO_RESTORATION/">audio restoration</a> on this site. I don't think there is anything that is freeware that is any good. You'll have to look around and make up your mind for yourself. Oh the horrors!

: : I have a lot of old vinyl that I would like to preserve. I need to be able to edit out the hiss and scratches. What would be a good software product to accomplish this?

Magix music/video maker 6 pre-listening (?)

Anyone know if you can play a loop,(bass line, etc...) at the same time as the arrangement is playing? My Acid program can,(without dragging it into the arrangement).

Re: Magix music/video maker 6 pre-listening (?)

Not as far as I can remember. Magix isn't all that good anyway IMHO. Just try it out and see what happens.

: Anyone know if you can play a loop,(bass line, etc...) at the same time as the arrangement is playing? My Acid program can,(without dragging it into the arrangement).

Mixdown and Remix

I purchased cubase about 2 years ago.I now have
cubase vst 5.0.Just this week I decided to start using
features that I did not use before,namely :mixdown,
remix and multi record.Mixdown and remix are nowhere
to be found under STRUCTURE Menu.I've reinstalled
the program several times but still they dont show up.

Software Requests by Idiots!...

I saw tons of posts here, some idiots always wrote about illegal softwares, in my opinion first try it and if it's for your work just buy the full version with fully support and no problems. why beg for illegal always?

Re: Software Requests by Idiots!...

Yes, there are a lot of people around here who agree with you on this point.

: I saw tons of posts here, some idiots always wrote about illegal softwares, in my opinion first try it and if it's for your work just buy the full version with fully support and no problems. why beg for illegal always?

Joining 2 wav or mp3 files together

I would like to know if there is a way of joining 2 seaparate wav files or 2 mp3s together as 1 file.
Would appreciate any advise.

Re: Joining 2 wav or mp3 files together

The cheapest and easiest way is to use WinZip, believe it or not! I use it all the time to merge MP3s, Wavs and MPGs.
Open Winzip, and start a new file. Before you add the files you want to merge, be sure the compression ratio is set to "None". Add the files in the order that you want them to play. Save the file, then change the filename extention from .zip to .mp3 or .wav or .mpg. It's that easy!

Re: Joining 2 wav or mp3 files together

: The cheapest and easiest way is to use WinZip, believe it or not! I use it all the time to merge MP3s, Wavs and MPGs.
: Open Winzip, and start a new file. Before you add the files you want to merge, be sure the compression ratio is set to "None". Add the files in the order that you want them to play. Save the file, then change the filename extention from .zip to .mp3 or .wav or .mpg. It's that easy!

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I keep getting a little hitch between the tracks, it's just a millisecond but irritating!! Has anyone another solution??

Re: Joining 2 wav or mp3 files together

I tried following this solution but it doesn't work at all. Any more suggestions?

: The cheapest and easiest way is to use WinZip, believe it or not! I use it all the time to merge MP3s, Wavs and MPGs.
: Open Winzip, and start a new file. Before you add the files you want to merge, be sure the compression ratio is set to "None". Add the files in the order that you want them to play. Save the file, then change the filename extention from .zip to .mp3 or .wav or .mpg. It's that easy!

Re: Joining 2 wav or mp3 files together

Addawav is free download for joining wav files. Doesn`t work too good with music files.

Re: Joining 2 wav or mp3 files together

WaveLab is a professional solution for it but also Fruity Tracks can do that as well for cheaper. if need sth freeware or shareware for a limited time, try mp3trackmaker :P

Re: Joining 2 wav or mp3 files together

Most of the audio editors will do it. For example, using Cool Edit, you'd load one WAV file, copy it, load in the second file, then paste the first. Easy.

Andy

rm to wa or to mp3 ?

hello,

Does anyone could show me how to convert rm file into
wav or to mp3 file.

Thanks in advance..

Re: rm to wa or to mp3 ?

No. Scroll through this discussion forum and you'll find the answer. It gets answered often enough!

: hello,

: Does anyone could show me how to convert rm file into
: wav or to mp3 file.

: Thanks in advance..

help

help

Re: help

Typical Turkish behaviors, called "do sth but not sure about what, just press on 'submit'" ehehehe. damn idiots... Ayca is a idiot from Turkey, land of idiots, mostly, total ratio in population is %99.8

Re: help

Typical Turkish behaviors, called "do sth but not sure about what, just press on 'submit'" ehehehe. damn idiots... Ayca is a idiot from Turkey, land of idiots, mosly, total ratio in population is %99.8

lol - of what kind? medical, technical, psychological???

:
: help

how to extract songs.

hi, I want to extract songs from .mpeg format movie cd.
and want to convert songs into .mp3 format. Is any s/w is there. Plz. send me site add.
thanks.

Re: how to extract songs.

you can use vcd cutter for that, so you can split mpegs into mpeg video and audio format or combine. multiplex i mean. also for encoding it you can use any mp3-encoder for it.

Re: how to extract songs.

I want to extract full songs from the vcd movie to create mp3 let me know the software which i can download

Re: how to extract songs.

I want to extract songs from the vcd movie to create mp3

how to extract songs.

hi, I want to extract songs from .mpeg format movie cd.
and want to convert songs into .mp3 format. Is any s/w is there. Plz. send me site add.
thanks.

how to extract songs.

hi, I want to extract songs from .mpeg format movie cd.
and want to convert songs into .mp3 format. Is any s/w is there. Plz. send me site add.
thanks.

how to convert from .ra or .ram to .mp3 format.

Plz. tell me free download software site to convert from .ra( real player ) or .ram to .mp3 format.
thanks

Re: how to convert from .ra or .ram to .mp3 format.

: Plz. tell me free download software site to convert from .ra( real player ) or .ram to .mp3 format.
: thanks

Re: how to convert from .ra or .ram to .mp3 format.

: : Plz. tell me free download software site to convert from .ra( real player ) or .ram to .mp3 format.
: : thanks

LOST STREAMBOX SIGN UP WITH NEW OPERATING SYSTEM.

I lost my Streambox Ripper account/login when i re installed my operating system..I cannot login with new ME operating system...do not have account number...
No answer from Streambox...what to do ???
called 206 956 0544

: in what way change from . or . to . form mp3 .

: . tell situation programme copy gratuitousness change from . ( player true ) or . to . form mp3 . :

Re: how to convert from .ra or .ram to .mp3 format.

Streambox is a good solution for it

Re: how to convert from .ra or .ram to .mp3 format.

: Streambox is a good solution for it

yo, where can i get that streambox, bro?
thnx

Free SoundFont Conversion

Free SoundFont Conversion

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Outputtng Music File to Actual Notes

I play the tenor sax and am interested in capturing the actual notes that are being played in certain pieces of music (e.g., music file to sheet music). Does anybody know of a software package out there that is capable of doing this? Please e-mail me at GMTemple@aol.com if you know of a package that is capable of this. Thanks!

Re: Outputtng Music File to Actual Notes

First you have to convert your recording into midi file,hmmm audioworks's wav2mid is a great tool for it, then in a midi editor, hmmm like cakewalk, you can get notations on a paper by printing out from cakewalk.

Re: Outputtng Music File to Actual Notes

: I play the tenor sax and am interested in capturing the actual notes that are being played in certain pieces of music (e.g., music file to sheet music). Does anybody know of a software package out there that is capable of doing this? Please e-mail me at GMTemple@aol.com if you know of a package that is capable of this. Thanks!

Hey Gina: You could achieve your purpose by getting a midi sequencer with notation capabilities. Then you find the piece of music you want on the net as a midi file and convert the sax part to notation. There's a lot of programs that can do this from very little to a lot of money, wish I could be more specific but there's so much out there. It's a little a hard to get into PC recording but with a little perseverance the benefits to ANY musician are astounding. There's also a program called Transcribe which helps you manually convert to notation. Later

What are the certain pieces of music...

Picking out a saxophone's note from within a track with other instruments is something you will have to do with your ears.

There are audio to midi programs around but they struggle even with quite a basic monophonic instrument. Have a look on this site under format convertors. I think they are in there but don't expect much.

Logic Audio does this as well, as may Cubase and the like so if you already have a midi/audio sequencer, you should be able to find the facility.

Steve...R

Connecting VCR/TV to my Desktop

Hi Guys !!! Can anyone tell me how do i connect my TV/VCR to my Desktop and also do some recording. I have a idea that i need a special card for it. Can anyone explain me how this work & which card is the best !!! Thanxs in advance