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...

Smelli, Did you ever get this problem solved? I've just run into something similar and I can't figure out how to fix it. When I do a mix down, the last few seconds of one track is AWOL. It sounds just awful when the flute is going along and then suddenly just stops three notes short of the...

Thanks, AlChuck, That article was very helpful. Actually, I did manage to fix the problem by going to the control panels for the SB Live. But I think the way the article suggests might be easier and more direct. I had looked at the Windows mixer, but didn't find the recording settings section -...

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...

It just occurred to me that at the same time I stopped getting a signal to n-tracks, I STARTED getting a signal to the computer's external speakers. If I play a note with the speakers turned up at all, the sound blares through the speakers very loud and hugely distorted. I never had the signal...

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...

Since 23 people have looked at this message, I thought I'd go ahead and share the solution which I just found on the n-tracks site: The SoundBlaster Live card runs internally at 48000 hz. If you record at a different sampling frequency, the program converts on the fly, which can cause lag...

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...

Ground Control to Major Tom Thank you! I tried your suggestions and it worked! I get a message from the software saying the drives are not supported and asking me if I want to disable or use anyway. I selected use anyway and it seems to work fine. Thanks so much for your help. Jody

Acidrock, please don't be concerned about being condescending. I don't think it's possible in my case. I know that MIDI is not audio, but I'm not sure I understand what difference it makes. I do know that when I recorded through MIDI, the keyboard sounded great on the playback and when I just...

Thanks for the explanation. According to the manual, the mic in is supposed to be used for a mic, guitar, or other line in. What I want to do is record mostly "live" - vocal, clarinet, sax into the microphone. And I also have a KORG keyboard which I'll be delighted to record via the MIDI...