First look at N-TRACKS demo/help?

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N TRACKS etc

hey guys,,,
it says V1.02 on start up Gospel. So its USB/PC.Fostex site time for me is it? Hmm,,! Would i have gotten a USB cable WITH the MR8 guys,,cos i dont remember havin one?

Mrx----- There usually is a fair bit of punchin in,cos i do a lot of backin vocals. Jeeez,,,.
I still cant really figure how i would know what was a keeper and what wasnt if i cant hear thenm together. You know,,if harmonies go together,,or if one track is messed up kinda thing?
Im not makin this very clear am i?
Jeez,,,wish i had a butler to do all this for me.
 
You don't need the card reader if you have Windows 2000 or XP. If you have v 1.02 you need to update before you will be able to transfer tracks. Update from the fostex site. A USB cable does not come with the MR-8.
 
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Hi Gospel
Ah well,,,im stuck for now then cos i dont think i have a bloody USB cable.after all that? Jeeez.
you'd think the miserable sods would give us one since they KNOW we need to get stuck from the site huh?
Ok,,so when i DO get one,,its
Hook up MR8 to Pc
Download Version 3?
THEN i can go back to using the card reader to try and use wav manager?
yes,,?
no?
Your a complete idiot?
Hehehehe.
Im gettin pissed off with it already.
Its obvious im not a tech head huh?
 
USB cable is only cost 10-20 dollars.Run out and get one right now.:eek:
 
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WAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHH !! BUT ITS 2.30 AM!
Wish i could though!

And ive just been out on the landing of my flat to confront a group of drunk(or whatever it is)aresehole teenagers who think its fun to be arseholes and draw all over the fucking walls around my door with ink marker pens.
Oh,,,and all the windows on the landing too. FUcking PRICKS!


Im VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY SORRY about all that un-needed crap there mate,,but i am going quite literally NUTS having to live in this pig sty of a place.
I then had to go out in the landing at 2am with a load of cloths and detergent and SCRUB the shit of before its there for ever.

Had to get it out and have a wee rant. Sorry again.

All i wanted was a quiet night in learning how to use the MR8 with the pc and the wav manager,,,but i couldnt even manage that.

Pissed off,
JimmyD
and amazingly after all that,,,im STILL a people person! Hehehe!

ps,,,so thats all i need you think?
USB cable?


Er,,,sorry folks,,,,,,,again.
 
The MR8 will transfer trax on it's own (via USB), if you're using the right OS on your computer (like Gospel said), and you won't have to use the reader.....some prefer to use the reader anyway, I guess it's your choice to make.
As far as gettin your trax figured out, try starting out with a track you know is a keeper and load it into n-Track. Then one by one start listening to the other trax with it...I dunno, just a thought.


bd
 
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hI Bd,,
i just think the card reader would be easier to leave plugged an,and save movin the wee red box to the pc all the time mate!
i will have a go at what you said,,although ive no idea how to even operate the basic N-Tracks thingy yet either.
Sigh,,,,,these things always seem twice as difficult to me than they actually are. im a technophobe,,and i didnt realise it!
 
I can get ya started there, in the upper left corner click "file", then click "import wave file". The box that pops up will give you a chance to pick which file you want to import, click on the desired track and viola! you're there.

bd
 
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Hi Buck
i will have a go then,, but i can picture myself after 10 mins being fed up with it and giving in.i was doin it like that before when it imported the 50 bloomin tracks. i must get the USB thingy on Monday and have a go with that .
Cheers man!


I can get ya started there, in the upper left corner click "file", then click "import wave file". The box that pops up will give you a chance to pick which file you want to import, click on the desired track and viola! you're there.

bd
 
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Hi Chaps
i spent an hour clickin on and saving what appeared to be the tracks i want in N-Tracks.
There was 2 tracks of the basic backing track too,as well as the individual tracks.i THINK i saved it as a new song.
and i deleted a lot of the rubbish too.
How do i move the bits of tracks to the correct places?
im crap !
Ta much!
 
urghhh, they didn't line up where they belong? This could be a problem for sure now. I have tried to move trax along the timeline in n-Track before with no success. This sounds like a thread for the n-Track forum...something I never did when I was pulling my hair out! Clif can do it with Clubtracks, it's the only thing that saved that project.


bd
 
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aw crap. so the tracks are MEANT to show up in the right places?
well thats me fucked
WWWAAAAGGGGH! ER,,,,,again,,,,,,,,,,
im never gonna get into this am i?
 
So it IS like Trainspotting!!! Good luck with the hooligans.

Anyway, you don't need a USB cable since you have a card reader. How many of those 50 tracks can you get into n-Track before it blows up? I know what you mean about needing to hear the vocal stuff together, but maybe some will clearly be rejects based on hearing a bit of vocals, then "oh, shite" and the sound of the mic being kicked over. You'll get there.
 
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Hi MRX
Hehehe,,there actually WAS one with"aaw,,shite" on it! Hahahaha!
ARe you stalkin me? Also one with"OCH,,FER FUXAKE"!
And a few others. So i think ive got all the keepable bits,,but im biuggered if i know what to do with then now. Ive NO idea how to get all the bits lined up properly,,,,,,,
anyone?
by the way mate,,,if i DONT need a USB cable now,,,how do i update the MR8 with Version 3 of the"whateverthefuckitis thing"?
 
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oh ,,well thats good then. So does the card have to be blank,,then updated using the card reader,,THEN put back in the wee red box to update it?
Ahh jeez,,,im confusing myself more with every line!
 
I don't think it has to be blank. When you update it in the MR-8 it does not have to be blank. You might do yourself some good (if you have XP?) to just get a USB cable. Makes things somewhat easier.
Hang in there Monster. You are gonna get it soon. Probably from now on you should just record a few tracks and then transfer to pc then record a few more. That way you don't have to figure out which ones are keepers.
 
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hi mate,,,i just tried downloading the update file,,then sending it to the card reader.then i put it in the mr8 and switched it on,,,,but it still said V1.02
Bloody thing. I do have XP mate. will i just get a USB and try it that way then?if thats the best way to do it then that s that.
makes the card reader thing rather redundant though huh?
if i do get it i shall be most relieved,,,,,,,MOST!
We shall see. I will buy a USB on Monday or Tuesday. im just gonna forget about the bloody thing til then i think.
i put N-Tracks on again and imported the files id saved last night. thankfully hey were still there,,,but i still have NO idea how to get them lined up in the correct order in the correct places.
is that what the update thing does?
 
You actually have to "install" the upgrade....I don't remember exactly how to do it, but I'll look and see if I can find it.....may be in the manual. You'll notice that the upgrade took up some space on the card. Once you install it, you can then format the card and get all your space back.


bd
 
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hI Bd
i suppose that will mean that i DO have to use a USB cable mate?
i just dont want to spend any money ona cable im only gonna use once,or not at all cos quite frankly i can afford it.
or maybe there is a away of installing it onto the card via the card reader,,THEN geting the card into the mr8?
thats what i thought i was doing, but nuthin seemed to happen
 
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