Recent content by JodyLevinson

Hi, all, I need to create a pattern for my drum machine, but I'm not a drummer. I can read a chart though. I need a pattern that's like the basic drumming in the song "Hod Rod Lincoln." The basic pattern is pretty obvious, but I have no idea what drums are used when. If anyone can give me a...

Hi, all, I'm hoping someone in this group can give me some advice. I am trying to make copies of my demo to send out and I want them to be reliable. My acid test is my car CD player. If the CD will play there, it will play anywhere. The cheap-o TDK CD-R blanks from Costco work fine, but if I...

Hi all, I ran into a problem last night where, when I got the recording level set to a good level it was too loud in the headphones for monitoring - I couldn't hear the other tracks well enough, even maxing them out. The recording track monitor level was just too high. Is there a way to adjust...

Hi, I posted something about this in the n-track area, but now I don't think it's related to that software. Everything was going reasonably well and then today the signal from line in is suddenly going directly to the computer's SPEAKERS - not to the program where it can be recorded. I don't...

grrrr! Everything was going FINE. I recorded TWO songs. Now SUDDENLY today I can't get a signal through the mic input into n-track. If I turn the input up ALL the way and turn the master volume on my keyboard ALL the way up (audio, not MIDI), I can see it register on the monitor but very low...

Hi, all, I hope you can help. I have a problem with increasing lag as I record more tracks. The first tracks go fine, but after more than, say, 5 or 6, the lag becomes apparent. After 10 or more, the track is so out of synch it's unusable. I've read the help files about buffers and preferences...

Hi, all, I just got n-Tracks Studio and have managed to record a song and even burn it onto a CD. Now what I'd like to do is put an mp3 of it on my website. But the file size of the mp3 created by n-tracks is too large - almost 8 meg. I'd like to get it down to say, 3.5 meg but I can't seem to...

Can someone point me towards some REALLY remedial references on MIDI? I just don't have a clue how it works. I'm trying to record some songs and I'm doing okay on the audio tracks (after some initial hair tearing). But I think I may need MIDI to create drum and bass tracks. A really basic...

Hello all, I'm new to home recording and new to this forum. I just bought a SoundBlaster Live! Platinum 5.1 and downloaded the Cakewalk Sonar demo. I'm having multiple headaches trying to figure out how to use it, but I'll start with just one: When I plug an instrument or mic into the 1/4"...