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Re: accapellas

: does any one have actual accapellas they want to share

Hiya, i am looking for the accapella of PYT (Pretty young thing) by Michael Jackson.

Does anyone know where I can get it from??

Please email hannah.young@mctworld.com

Thanks!!!

Han

Re: accapellas

: does any one have actual accapellas they want to share

try soulseek search "acapella"

or make your own:

http://www.dazautomatic.co.uk/html/acapellas.html

Re: accapellas

loads of FREE accapella downloads @ www.fellers.co.uk

music from a d.v.d to a mp3

I have AC/DC's Stiff Upper Lip Live D.V.D and I want to copy just the music to my computer not the video. How can i do this?
I Have windows media 9 if that helps?

Re: music from a d.v.d to a mp3

: I have AC/DC's Stiff Upper Lip Live D.V.D and I
: want to copy just the music to my computer not the
: video. How can i do this?
: I Have windows media 9 if that helps?

If you live in a country whith Fair Use copyright
provisions allow you to copy (ie you can't copy to
redistribute or give public performances) the you can
use <a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/TotalRecorder/">Total Recorder</a>.

Download the demo and try it.

CD TO MP3 FILE

HOW DO I TURN MY CD'S TO MP3 FORMAT SO THEY CAN BE READ IN A VCD PROGRAMME? ANY TAKERS?

Re: CD TO MP3 FILE

<a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Cdex/">CDex</a> is the best program for this purpose. You will also find a heap of MP3-related software at <a href="http://www.mp3machine.com">MP3Machine</a>.

: HOW DO I TURN MY CD'S TO MP3 FORMAT SO THEY CAN BE READ IN A VCD PROGRAMME? ANY TAKERS?

looking for a way to isolate drum tracks

looking for a way to isolate drum tracks

This popular thread has been given its own page : looking for a way to isolate drum tracks

superimposing eq curve

Is there a good shareware program that analyzes the eq of a commercial mix and superimposes it onto your file a la Free Filter?

finding a song title

I am looking for a song that is about 5 years plus old , I think.
It's an instrumental and sounds like a music box..

Re: finding a song title

: I am looking for a song that is about 5 years plus old , I think.
: It's an instrumental and sounds like a music box..

I think the name of the song is ROCKY it goes like this Rocky Ive never been in Love before don't know if I can do it just take my hand Ill help you through it I said Baby or sweet baby its more than just a dream,God knows if the world should end your Love is safe with me,I think that is how it goes so Im hoping someone out there can help me look forward to hear from you.

Re: finding a song title

: I am looking for a song that is about 5 years plus old , I think.
: It's an instrumental and sounds like an ethnic dance... it has a lyrics of "the child inside"

song titles of soundtracks

i need all the song titles in the soundtrack of the film " Brotherhood of the wolf"

Re: finding a song title

Could it be Music Box Dancer by Frank Mills?

:)

sf2

Hi
I downloaded some free fonts here and it has the sf2 extension and I don't know how to use it
This is my first time doing this, can anyone please tell me what it is?

Thanks a lot

Ok...

I Know one machine to run my 4000 sounfonts...

This is Fruity Loops 3.4 or better.
And install the plugin for fruity loop 'soundfont player'. It's ultra-easy to learn.

links: http://www.fruityloops.com/ and
http://www.e-officedirect.com/FLStudio/English/frames.html

http://www.livesynth.com/

If you have some questions: lagriff_@hotmail.com

Re: sf2

Here are some links for you:
<a href="http://www.soundfonts.com/working.asp">http://www.soundfonts.com/working.asp</a>
<a href="http://www.indezine.com/products/sound/soundfonts.html">http://www.indezine.com/products/sound/soundfonts.html</a>
<a href="http://atlas.hemmet.chalmers.se/livecenter/showpage.php?id=14">http://atlas.hemmet.chalmers.se/livecenter/showpage.php?id=14</a>

: Hi
: I downloaded some free fonts here and it has the sf2 extension and I don't know how to use it
: This is my first time doing this, can anyone please tell me what it is?

: Thanks a lot

whats this song?

whats this song?

This popular thread has been given its own page : whats this song?

Filtering out background noise

I have mp3's with voice audio and alot of music and noise in the background so the voices are not too clear. Is there any software for sale that can possibly help filter
out the background voices and music? Thanks.

Peter

Re: Filtering out background noise

: I have mp3's with voice audio and alot of music and
: noise in the background so the voices are not too
: clear. Is there any software for sale that can
: possibly help filter out the background voices and
: music? Thanks.

: Peter

The answer is no.

You want to remove some voices but leave other voices
there - there is no software that can do this with an
automatic process. It's a bit like trying to take a
cake and turn it back into it's pre-cooked ingredients.

There are <a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/cgi/htdig/htsearch.cgi?method=and&format=builtin-long&config=htdig&restrict=%2Fsmm%2Fprograms%2F&exclude=&words=noise+reduction" target="noise">noise reduction</a> programs and plug-ins but
these are designed to remove noise caused by recording
equipment.

Sorry - an expert audio engineer might be able to help
a little but you're making even more difficult by using
MP3 files wich are compressed and have removed much of
the original data that would have made the job more easy
for an engineer - but that still wouldn't have been
perfect anyway.

Jason.

Re: Filtering out background noise

It would be easier if you have the multi-channel *.wav file.

Re: Filtering out background noise

DONT EVENT BOTHER ANYONE. what you put in is what you get out. you should record again and make sure your levels are healthy with ONLY the sound you wanted recorded. Jason is totaly right.

What is the process?:

When you try to take unwanted sound away from another, what your really doing is removeing a range of freqs. thats y you can never get vocals to be pure with out its background music. Some instruments share the same freq. range as the human voice.---the answer is start over again:(

advice!!!

hey! I am a songwriter/singer/guitar player/piano player/etc....and I am trying to find an audio recording system for macs that is easy to use, but good. I don't know much about this stuff at all so it would be good to have some advice. thanks a lot!!

Re: advice!!!

: hey! I am a songwriter/singer/guitar player/piano
: player/etc....and I am trying to find an audio
: recording system for macs that is easy to use, but
: good. I don't know much about this stuff at all so
: it would be good to have some advice. thanks a lot!!

Hello Emily,

The best way to start is to..... well.... start.

I would suggest you have a look a the Mac multitrack
recording programs on this site located at
<a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/mac/MULTITRACK_RECORDING/" target="multimac">http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/mac/MULTITRACK_RECORDING/</a>

You can read about their features and download them.

I would suggest starting with <a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/ProTools_mac/" target="ptf">Pro Tools FREE</a>

Then you might also like to try out Jasmine or Sound
Sculptor.

Let us know how you go.

HTH
Jason.

Nero Wave Ed. will not record my MDs, why?

I want to record an MD to CD using Nero Wave Editor
but it does seem to work.

I can play and hear my MD recording playing through
my PC speakers after connecting it and it sound fine.
But as soon as I press record on the Recording
Console of Nero Wave Editor the sound dies. In fact
it is impossible for me to register any input volumn
on the recording console at all apart from just a
very little amount of background noise.

As soon as I cancel the recording and close the
recording console I can hear the MD coming back
through the speakers loud and clear.

Help!

burning cdgs'

Hi my name is Darlene ,and thank you for your time.I just resently received a wonderful gift (kereoke machine).It plays kereoke cassettes(which will no longer will be available in the next few years .)The business is definly gearing more towards cdgs so cassettes will soon be absolete.My kereoke also supports cdgs'.They are very expensive and I don't have extra funds to purchase them.I have been very ill over the past few years and im a single mom of two living on my small disability.my health is improving now and I am considering getting back into the business ,which I totally ran on the cassette system alone 10 yrs ago.I have been told that I can burn kereoke music from the kazaa or mopheus etc sites. I have a nero cd burner so I can burn kereoke cds and I have but not with the words,which is absolutely no good to me for a public show.Most people need to see and follow the word guide.Another problem I have is im computer illiterate ,which doesnt help.I've been told evrything I need is free on line but I just dont know what im looking for to download and if I can ever get this figured out then it would make more sence for me to purchase what I need when I get out there and start making money.Any advice ? what is the first thing I need to do ,download, purchase ,whatever ,I just need direction. I just read your freeware site and I can not find anything on cdgs.I hope I have not asked too much or broken any legal rules.thank you so much for even taking the time to read this email.

WIndows Media Player 9, linking album tiwh mp3

Windows Media Player 9 is really an awesome program. It recognizes my mp3 (that I have placed in different
Dyrectories named this way: "Artist/band name - Album
name"), downloads lots of information about the artist and the album. But this mechanism is not so perfect:
sometimes Media Player cannot find the album related to the mp3 altought I can find it on Media Player - AMG web syte. Is there a way to do this manually?
Thanks for the help.
Riccardo

down loading music

hello can you help, i need to know how i can play a cassett tape on a tape player and then get it to my pc so i can put it on a cd. thanks for the help ray.

websites i can find music to save so i can play it on media

do you know any web site i can save songs on it

Re: down loading music

: hello can you help, i need to know how i can play a cassett tape on a tape player and then get it to my pc so i can put it on a cd. thanks for the help ray.

Re: down loading music

i need to know how to download music of the internet for free. thank you for your help.

Re: recording from Cassette Tape to CD

: hello can you help, i need to know how i can play a
: cassett tape on a tape player and then get it to my
: pc so i can put it on a cd. thanks for the help ray.

You need to first record your cassette tracks as .WAV
files on your computer, and then burn a CD from those
.WAV files.

The first step is to plug the 'Line Out' of your cassette
player to the 'Line In' on your PC soundcard.

Then you play the cassette while recording on your PC
using an Audio Recording program (<a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Cool_Edit_2k/" target="cool">Cool Edit</a> is one I like). Click
here for a listing of <a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/win95/AUDIO_RECORDING/" target="audio">Audio Recording</a> programs.

Optionally, you can then remove tape noises using a
special tape noise redution program - <a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/The_Tape_Producer/" target="noise">see here for a
list</a>.

Once you have your .WAV files ready you then burn them
onto a CD using a <a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/cat/CD_BURNERS/" target="burn">CD Burning</a> program.

HTH
Jason.

Re: recording from Cassette Tape to CD

: : hello can you help, i need to know how i can play a
: : cassett tape on a tape player and then get it to my
: : pc so i can put it on a cd. thanks for the help ray.

: You need to first record your cassette tracks as .WAV
: files on your computer, and then burn a CD from those
: .WAV files.

: The first step is to plug the 'Line Out' of your cassette
: player to the 'Line In' on your PC soundcard.

: Then you play the cassette while recording on your PC
: using an Audio Recording program (<a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Cool_Edit_2k/" target="cool">Cool Edit</a> is one I like). Click
: here for a listing of <a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/win95/AUDIO_RECORDING/" target="audio">Audio Recording</a> programs.

: Optionally, you can then remove tape noises using a
: special tape noise redution program - <a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/The_Tape_Producer/" target="noise">see here for a
: list</a>.

: Once you have your .WAV files ready you then burn them
: onto a CD using a <a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/cat/CD_BURNERS/" target="burn">CD Burning</a> program.

: HTH
: Jason.

What is the "best" freeware program to record form tape to cd?

--DV

playing dvd with motu 896

I've a dvd-rom on my computer (PC), and I would like to ear dts (or ac3) surround sound of my dvd's on my motu 896, is it possible ?, wich software dvd player should I use ?

Thanks

HOW CAN I EXTRACT . BIN FILE?

How can I extract .bin file full of AKAI SAMPLES AND LOOPS? Please, heeeeeeeeeeeeelp ME!

Re: HOW CAN I EXTRACT . BIN FILE?

I Have Found It... :D
just download a program called: winISO

Re: HOW CAN I EXTRACT . BIN FILE?

: I Have Found It... :D
: just download a program called: bin file

Re: HOW CAN I EXTRACT . BIN FILE?

im srry i dont know.
but....
did u figured it out yet i downloaded 2 files also.
but i just cant find a way to extract them
please answer this letter.
ty

Re: HOW CAN I EXTRACT . BIN FILE?

: How can I extract .bin file full of AKAI SAMPLES AND LOOPS? Please, heeeeeeeeeeeeelp ME!

I gave you an answer at
<a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/wwwboard/messages/131237.html">http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/wwwboard/messages/131237.html</a>

Please let me know if those programs didn't help so I'll
know in the future.

What do you think of the new retro look here?

Just thought I'd ask to see what you feel about the
new design of this dicussion forum?

Do you like it, hate it, don't care?

Post your replies here....

Re: What do you think of the new retro look here?

Nice one Jason....
Keep up the good work :)

Re: What do you think of the new retro look here?

: Nice one Jason....
: Keep up the good work :)

Thanks Keith,

BTW the new spam filter has successfully blocked over
12 spam posts since the weekend and only let one through
which we quickly discovered and removed.

Our next project will be to protect people who post to
this board from having their email addresses collected
by spammers and provide a safe messaging system to send
and receive private messages.

Might take a few weeks to have this up and running but
we already have the basic system designed.

Jason.

Re: What do you think of the new retro look here?

Excellent work Jason.
I was thinking there was a lot less spam on here alright.

1 gig Mp3 player ; Muvo Style?

Has anyone tried/seen a way of attaching multiple memory sticks to a
single muvo unit? Seems to me like a large capacity solid-state mp3
player could be made using a cheap (~70$ on half.com) 64 mb model, and
voiding the warrenty with a few 128 or 256 sticks of your own...

Re: 1 gig Mp3 player ; Muvo Style?

: Has anyone tried/seen a way of attaching multiple memory sticks to a
: single muvo unit? Seems to me like a large capacity solid-state mp3
: player could be made using a cheap (~70$ on half.com) 64 mb model, and
: voiding the warrenty with a few 128 or 256 sticks of your own...

Re: 1 gig Mp3 player ; Muvo Style?

Why must people always reply with the same message on these things. ALWAYS! I end up looking for some info or to help someone and a bunch of asshats just reply 100 times with the same message attached and nothing else.

Where can I get the KAR file format white paper

Hello every experts in MIDI
I want to write a karaokay program and I am looking for KAR file format
specfication
please help me find the kar file format white paper
thank you

Chord Analyser

Does anyone know of a (preferably free), app/VST that analyzes MIDI notes
and tells you what chord it is? Alternatively, one that you type in notes
and it tells you what chord it is?

I've looked all over and can't find one....

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

Re: Chord Analyser

Band-in-a-Box creates chord sheets from imported midi files.

: Does anyone know of a (preferably free), app/VST that analyzes MIDI notes
: and tells you what chord it is? Alternatively, one that you type in notes
: and it tells you what chord it is?

: I've looked all over and can't find one....

: Any advice would be appreciated.

: Thanks

CubaseFAQ page www.laurencepayne.co.uk/CubaseFAQ.htm

sampler

hi guys,
i'm looking for a sampler which can give for every key, any sample... ex:
i've got an midi keyboard and it's connected to pc. then i want to play
samples on evry key other one.
on c4 - c4.wav, on d4 - something.wav etc.
i've got sb16 soundcard
please help my in looking for this..

micha³ :)