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I could really use a fast-loading, simple program to play MIDI files on my computer. I don't want to load cakewalk everytime, and Win. Media Player is ridiculously bulky. Any suggestions? Eternal gratitude. Kev

Well...... You'll just be getting by. 64mb is awful lean these days. Memory is dirt cheap these days, though. About $35 (USD) at McGlen.com for 256mb. Memory is more critical than processing speed for Audio. I've heard astounding things from slower machines than yours. Kev

PA9, No Doubt GS v1.02 won't compare. Unless you've got a very limited computer.

When I use the SoundFonts tool (under Tools) in Guitar Studio to attach SoundFonts for a song, they don't appear in the the SoundFont Cache utility provided with SBLive!'s LiveWare. The memory allocation bar shows memory allocated for them, but I can't find a way to clear the cache. Resulting...

Curing Clips and Pops If you export the audio track to something like SoundForge (I use SF-XP 4.5) you can zoom right in on the wave form, locate the offending peak/s and use the pencil tool to smooth them out. Just draw a nice round shape to replace the sharp spike caused by a momentary clip...

I like it. Been using it for a year and a half with an SBLive card. It allows 16-audio tracks plus all the MIDI tracks you could want. It has been pretty stable and entirely satisfactory for the niche products I record and sell. The nifty deal is the Fretboard interface that lets you enter...

SBLive! plus a better sound card No problem, Maston, You keep the SBLive! in place, and add whatever card you wish. The main reason for a better card is to improve your live audio recording. Cakewalk (and other recording/sequencing programs) will let you choose the SBLive as the source for...

Better Soundfonts To change sounds here's a simple way: 1. Right click on a track in Cakewalk 2. Choose Track Properties, 3. Click the menu button next to Patch and choose any of 128 instruments. Or, 1. Open the "Console" window in Cakewalk 2. Above each track is several buttons. One is...

Musicologicality Might be interesting to note that in the 50s one of the major radio broadcast networks commissioned a survey to answer this question: Why does a listener change stations? The survey returned one answer above all others: "Listeners changes stations when they don't like the...

Hey toyL, Thanks! I found Blitz Inc. website, and then found some at Walmart. So far it works like a charm. Blitz packages a "String Care" version for music stores. But I'm betting the only thing different is the package and probably the price. How much do you pay for the cloths? Mine was $3.78...

G-Tracks to G-Studio 2 GS2 is aimed at axers. But really it's more of what all companies do to increase market share and profit. They segment the market by offering something for everyone and then luring us into upgrades. The problem we see at the low-end priced stuff is weak support. GS2 is...

G-Tracks to G-Studio 2 I've used Guitar Studio 2 for a couple years now. But FYI, Guitar Studio 2 is currently $169, Because of Sonar's debut, Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 is only a few dollars more (Musiciansfriend.com) and now includes all the Guitar Studio tools for guitar. If you can, go for the...

I just inherited a Tascam M-30. Circa 1985. It's Teac's old 8/4 mixer intended for their home/demo recording stuff. Sometimes there's a peculiar trait that makes an old dog like this useful for something. Anybody know anything like that about the M-30? Or what is an extra mixer useful for in a...

I have a riot making money with niche recording products. Mainly acoustic guitar, vocals, and midi string bass. The problem is I get bogged down by trying to play and engineer at the same time. I.e., the perfect take is often trashed by clipping when I wasn't looking. I don't need blistering...

Vitalis I'm old enough to remember rock'n'roll players whose razor-sharp looks required a substance known as Vitalis. A little extra Vitalis above the ears and you'd lube your fingertips as needed by smoothing your cool hair. I think Brilliantine in the UK was the same sort of stuff. Maybe I...

Pick Choice Thanks. I mainly use thumbpicks. I play finger-style jazz on a 12-string. I used to get big klutzy picks and hand carve them down to something useful. The breakthrough pick for me now is Fred Kelly's weird design. Now if someone will just build me an electric jazz 12-string I'll be...

Worked For Me Pick and string noise drove me nuts until I listened to the track with my eyes closed and asked: if I close my eyes and imagine a guitarist, where is he in my aural space? AAAARRRGH, he right in my face, 2 inches from my ear! So I simply moved the mic (and old AKG CE series with...

Tick/Millisecond Formula Thanks for the idea of doubling tracks and adding delay! Works fabulously to fatten tracks and add aural space to my simple productions. But is the following the simplest way to make the delay? My Cakewalk software doesn't make it handy to shift a track by msecs. I...

I'm new here, but have read quite a few threads without seeing this URL AnalogX.com So I wanted to contribute. The webmaster is a sharp programmer and musical hobbiest who has offers a handful of free, super handy utilities and Dx plug ins. All of them very tightly written using negligeable...