Audiophile 2496....completely MIDI incapable???

[tonemonger]

Hello.

I'm trying to create some backing tracks using the midi feature on Guitar Pro. I export the midi file out of GP and then import it into Ntrack.

Once in ntrack I try to do a mixdown and it tells me I need to convert it to WAV. It then directs me through a "Midi to wav" setup wizard only to tell me that my hardware is not "set up correctly".

Is there any way to make this 2496 midi capable?

Thanks.

 

[guttadaj]

The Audiophile 2496 does have MIDI ins/outs, but it does not have its own MIDI synth, which is probably what the wizard is expecting. This basically means that the card can record MIDI instructions (like Note On/Off events for example) and can also transmit those instructions to other MIDI devices, but it alone cannot produce sound for that MIDI data.

You would need to hook it up to an external MIDI synth (like a keyboard or specialized synth unit) and route the audio output from there back into an audio track in your software. Or, another option (but I'm not sure if your software has this - I use SONAR which does) is to use "softsynths". A softsynth is just software that acts as a synth unit to produce sound from MIDI. In that case, you would route the output of your MIDI track to the input of the track set up to use the softsynth and you can get sound "in the box" that way. Another similar thing is "soundfonts", which are sorta like "softsynths", except that the sound being produced is not synthesized but actually audio samples triggered by the MIDI data.

Hope this helps.
-Jeff

 

[tonemonger]

Thanks man.

Any suggestions for external midi synths OR software that may do the same and be compatable with Ntrack?

 

[guttadaj]

Hey, tonemonger.

There are tons of external MIDI synths to choose from. You could go with just a regular keyboard with MIDI in/out's, which almost all of them have. Or there are individual MIDI synth (often rack-type) units that you could use. Your choice would be based on which unit's sounds you like best and of course price tag.

Like I was saying, I use SONAR, so I'm unfamiliar with N-tracks. However, I just did a little looking on the web and found that it supports virtual instruments, so you should be able to do the softsynth thing I was telling you about. It said that N-tracks supports both VSTi and DXi virtual instruments, so you should be set. There are plenty of freeware ones out there, and it may even be the case that N-tracks comes with a couple already. Try searching the Help for "virtual instrument", "VSTi", or "DXi" and see if you can figure out how to get it working in N-tracks. If not, you might wanna ask about this in the n-tracks forum.

Good luck!