How do I get Cakewalk into a drum machine

[ido1957]

I write my drum tracks in Cakewalk. Then I play them on the computer (Compaq Presario) and record them through the headphone jack onto a cassette deck. Then I play the cassette deck through my mixer and play along with it. I record that onto another tape deck ( 4 or 8 Track).

My friend has a Yamaha PSR550 keyboard which you can load the drum tracks into via floppy disk. When you play the drum track it sounds 1000% better than the sound I am getting through my computer. The Yamaha has several drum kits to choose from.

Is there a drum machine that will take floppy disks and play them back.

The only thing I have seen is midi <in/out> on drum machines. My computer doesn't have midi out and I can't see where a card with midi will fit - no slots.

Is there an external "card" out there that connects through USB maybe that contains better sounds which I can then record on tape.

Although it would be nice to get a PSR550 I don't play keyboards so I am trying to save money by getting just the drum piece.

 

[jerberson12]

I write my drum tracks in Cakewalk. Then I play them on the computer (Compaq Presario) and record them through the headphone jack onto a cassette deck. Then I play the cassette deck through my mixer and play along with it. I record that onto another tape deck ( 4 or 8 Track).

My friend has a Yamaha PSR550 keyboard which you can load the drum tracks into via floppy disk. When you play the drum track it sounds 1000% better than the sound I am getting through my computer. The Yamaha has several drum kits to choose from.

Is there a drum machine that will take floppy disks and play them back.

The only thing I have seen is midi <in/out> on drum machines. My computer doesn't have midi out and I can't see where a card with midi will fit - no slots.

Is there an external "card" out there that connects through USB maybe that contains better sounds which I can then record on tape.

Although it would be nice to get a PSR550 I don't play keyboards so I am trying to save money by getting just the drum piece.

maybe your getting the default soundfont form your soundcard and those sounds like crap as hell.


CHOICE1
buy an m-audio audiophile2496, this soundcard has a midi in and out where you can connect your drum machine if you would like to buy one, you dont need a floppy disk, just a midi cable, i bet drum machine has a lot of good sample

CHOICE2
Get a virtual drum machine (HALION, GIGASAMPLER, BATTERY, VSAMPLER) and get a good drum sample cd to load up your V-drum machine (like discrete drums and drumkit from hell) no need for floppy disk or midi cable but you need a good soundcard probably delta series from m-audio



any choice you decide will work on your cakewalk