two quickies...

[malgovert]

Hi everybody - two quick questions that popped into my head over the weekend:

1 When and why would you use 'audio extraction' in the process of making music? It's a term I have heard a lot.

2 When using a mixture of audio and midi tracks, is it best to apply fx etc. to midi tracks before converting them to audio or after? It seems to me the options would be greater after.

Thanks a lot. malgo.

 

[drstawl]

Do you refer to Cakewalk's use of that term?

 

[malgovert]

To be honest I'm not sure - I can't find it in my cakewalk help files - I basically thought it meant taking stuff off audio cd's to use in your own music though I can't see how - you can't actually separate sounds or eliminate them from prerecorded tracks can you? Which is what led me to ask the question... regards - Malgo.

 

[tutton]

Hi malgovert

Audio Extraction is generaly putin a CD in you Cd Rom and Extracting or Ripping files off it, in a CD Burner program or a Mp3 program

For the midi tracks it depends on what DSP chip you've got on your soundcard...Some cards like my old Ensoniq Soundscape Elite have great Delays and Verbs etc. you can put on the midi file.. but alternativley your better of playing it dry and using a plugin or external processor cz a lot of new s/cards wont process the midi with effect

see ya

Tony