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Dragon, you said (in a previous posting)... "As far as getting MIDI to WAV, it's simpler than you might think...you just play your final MIDI mix and record it as WAV at the same time!" When you say "record it (MIDI mix) as WAV at the same time" can you explain exactly how this is done? Thanks.

Eddie You're doing what I'm doing. My experience so far. 1) Buy a good sequencer that combines audio and MIDI. I use Cakewalk HomeStudio 8. It was cheap but I'm already regretting not buying Pro 8. Lots more effects. More audio tracks. 2) Get a good soundcard. I've learned the hard way that...

Dragon, you said... "As far as getting MIDI to WAV, it's simpler than you might think...you just play your final MIDI mix and record it as WAV at the same time!" When you say "record it (MIDI mix) as WAV at the same time" can you explain exactly how this is done? Thanks.

My thoughts exactly. (Though the SB Live! Value card ($100) is the low end version of SB Live! ($200). Nonetheless, while checking out the SB Live! site I couldn't find a schematic detailing the SB Live's guts/ports. (Anybody find one?) Creative seemed more interested in describing how many...

Somebody using the SB Live! card want to comment, good or bad, on the quality of this card? Tech support at CWalk recommended I ditch my AWE64 and move up in the world. thanks jackdaw

thanks for the great replies... I realize velocity affects the rate of attack. My problem is before playing a specific MIDI voice I'm not sure if I should set the velocity to 127, 10, 47, or 0. (My old Voyetra sequencer used to default all velocity settings to 90.) When I playback recorded...

Thanks. I'll give it awhirl.

I've been taking my first stab at laying down audio and MIDI tracks with Cakewalk's HomeStudio 8. Things were going just great till suddenly the metronome track (you know, the closed high-hat?) started magically appearing on my audio tracks. I've tried eliminating the problem by tweaking and...

When I record MIDI in Cakewalk using "track view," there is 1) a volume control, and 2) a velocity level control. These controls are slaved to my soundcard's (SBAWE64) onscreen mixer. This mixer has 1) a master volume,and 2) a MIDI volume control. I understand the function of each of the...

Dragon... I tried Amazon. Lots of "cakewalk" titles but nothing pertaining to sequencing. Any idea what the title might be? Nothing at Barnes and Noble either. Back again. Found lots of music book, no Cakewalk manual though. http://www.musicbooksplus.com/midi.htm (edited 07-02-1999).]...

Is there such a thing as a hard-copy Cakewalk user manual for Home Studio 8? If so, where can I buy it? Thanks

Blue Budda...Your problems are solved. http://www.audiocomputing.com/turn-key.htm

This co. custom builds PCs for music production. Check it out. http://www.audiocomputing.com/turn-key.htm [This message has been edited by jackdaw (edited 06-27-1999).]

The link below takes you to some great books on the ABCs of MIDI. Ian Waugh's books are particuarly good, especially the one about digital Recording, (didn't see it listed on the link). It's called MAKING MUSIC WITH DIGITAL AUDIO. http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/categories/Popular_Formats/MIDI/

Just in case you're wondering the Studio Mix got mixed reviews in HomeRecording. The reviewer seemed to think it was too expensive for what you got. [This message has been edited by jackdaw (edited 06-24-1999).] [This message has been edited by jackdaw (edited 06-24-1999).]