export audio,,cant hear midi???

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Hello, I just finished a song,,mixed down the audio,,then exported it. I cant seem to hear the midi very well. In cakewalk when I play it,,it sounds great. Can I create a file to sound the same as I hear it in cakewalk??

.thanks........peace.
 
I'm not clear. When you say, "In cakewalk when I play it, it sounds great," do you mean when you play the project with its MIDI files playing? Or is this after you have re-recorded the MIDI parts to audio and muted the MIDI tracks?

If the former, it's possible that you have recorded your MIDI tracks at too low a level. If the MIDI parts themselves are properly audible in the mix, that has nothing to do with whether those audio tracks are OK or not. So you are really not hearing in Cakewalk what you have in the audio realm.

If the latter, an exported WAV of your mix should sound pretty much identical to the tracks as played back in Cakewalk.

One more thought occurs to me... is it possible that you are not recording the MIDI parts to audio tracks first? If so, the MIDI parts you hear in the exported WAV file might be just bleedover into the mics accidentally recorded to one or more of your audio tracks...
 
You might have something AlChuck

When you said I am not recording my midi to audio,maybe thats it.
I record 3 midi tracks,then record 2 audio tracks, I go to mixdown audio, after that I try to export it. Am I missing a step? Please let me know what you think.

thanks...peace.
 
You have to turn the MIDI tracks into audio tracks by recording them. What kind of synth are you using? If it's a soundcard, here's the basic idea:

Say you have one MIDI track that's a bass part. You arm a new audio track, mute everything but the MIDI bass track, and record. The sound produced by the synth on the soundcard is routed through the audio engine on the soundcard and recorded as audio data into your Cakewalk project. (You might need to play with the input levels to get a good signal).

Then repeat for the other MIDI parts.

You could also take all the MIDI tracks you have and record them at once to a stereo pair, if you've premixed them as MIDI tracks already. But doing it track by track gives you the most flexibility later (like, what if you decide to replace your bass track with a real bass player?).

The process is described in the manual and the help system. For more, see this at Cakewalk's website:

http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/faq.htm#28
 
frustrated

AlChuck, I tried what you suggested, and it still does not work.
I also went to the link,(thanks for doing that) and still no luck.
It said in the cakewalk link that it might not work, for pro audio 8 or earlier,,(I am using pro audio 8). I might add that I had no problem before, I would export my project, and it was perfect.
Then I decided I needed more hard-drive space, added 10 gig, and changed my operating system to windows 2000.( I used windows 98 before.) I am also using soundblaster for my soundcard. windows has soundblaster mixer,( its abit different then my old one.(I still have the software for it) When I try to install the software,it conflics with my internet connection,
fuc**n ''aol" . Sorry if I have confused you,,but I am going out of my mind..
Any suggestions?
Thanks.......peace.
 
Ouch! I definetly wouldn't use something as old as PA8 with Windows 2000. I can see that causing all kinds of compatability problems.

Why don't you upgrade to Sonar or Home Studio 2002? It would make a world of a difference since now they would be making use of WDM drivers etc...

Home Studio 2002 can be bought for $69 and IMHO is light years ahead of PA8. It is basically Sonar (minus some additional MIDI editing features and lacks multi input soundcard support).
 
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